William Henshaw, II

HENSHAW, WILLIAM JR DAR Ancestor #: A053931 Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: SERGEANT Birth: 9 May 1742 BROOKFIELD MASSACHUSETTS Death: 21 Jun 1807 PARMA NEW YORK Service Description: 1) CAPT DANIEL GILBERT, COL JOB CUSHING -tcd

Buried in Charlotte cemetery in Rochester, NY. Tombstone insciption from http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nymonroe/cem/charlotte.htm:

Wm. Sr.; Capt. Peter Harwood's Co., Col. Learned's Regt.

  from Brookfield, Mass.; Rev. War; b 1742; d June 21, 1817

æ 75y; [buried Sec. A, row VI, lot 8]
Information from http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?2965:

Born May 9 1742, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.h,i,j,e

He married Christian Bellinger, Sep 16 1766, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.g (Ruth Bollinger)a,k

He then married Mehitable Moffet, May 9 1770.l (Mehitabel Moffit)b,k,h (Mehitable Moffatt)a Willm Hincher junior, of Brookfield, and Mehitabel Moffit had published their intentions of marriage in Sturbridge, Massachusetts on Mar 10 1770.m Mehitable was born in 1746.h,e

During the Revolutionary War, William was a sergeant in Capt. Daniel Gilbert's company, Col. Job Cushing's regiment from Brookfield, Massachusetts.h

On Jan 1 1788 William and family moved from Brookfield to Newtown Point, New York.n In 1789 they moved 14 miles up the Chemung River and 6 miles below Painted Post (near today's Corning, Steuben County), on Hincher Flats.n

In August of 1791, William and his son William went to the mouth of the Genesee River and built a small hut on the west side of the river.n They cut wild grass for the stock which they intended to bring down, and then returned to Hincher Flats (Big Flats) for the family. In the last week of March, 1792, they occupied the hut, becoming the first white settlers on the lakeshore between the Genesee River and the Niagara River.n

They were among the first settlers of the area that is today Monroe County (then Genesee County), New York.d,o At one time William owned 600 acres where the city of Rochester now stands.n (for more see: http://www.frontiernet.net/~mikemay/light.shtml).

William Henshaw died Jun 21 1817, probably Parma, Genesee (now Monroe) County, New York; age 75Y; buried Charlotte Cemetery, Rochester, New York.e

Mehitable died Apr 12 1839, age 93Y; buried Charlotte Cemetery, Rochester, New York.e

In 1851 a history of Monroe County, New York was written which included reminiscences of son William Jr. as well as a biography of William Sr. (the surname spelled Hencher throughout):f