Person:Joshua Henshaw (5)

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Joshua Henshaw
b.16 Feb 1744/45 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.27 May 1823 Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 27 Dec 1733
  1. Sarah Henshaw1736/37 - 1822
  2. Richard Bill Henshaw1739 - Bef 1750
  3. Elizabeth Henshaw1743 - Bef 1773
  4. Joshua Henshaw1744/45 - 1823
  5. John Henshaw1747 - Bef 1773
  6. Richard Bill Henshaw1749/50 - Bef 1773
  7. Andrew Henshaw1752 - 1782
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joshua Henshaw1744/45 - 1823
  • W.  Katharine Hill (add)
m. 16 Nov 1769
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Facts and Events
Name[4] Joshua Henshaw
Gender Male
Birth[1] 16 Feb 1744/45 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[2] 17 Feb 1744/45 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 16 Nov 1769 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Katharine Hill (add)
Death[3] 27 May 1823 Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Record Commissioners of Boston. Boston Births from A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1800: Twenty-fourth report of the Commission. (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1894)
    p. 260.

    Joshua Son of Joshua Henshaw and Elizabeth his Wife, Born 16 Feb 1746.
    [See also sister Elizabeth for reasons why church record is thought to be correct birth year. Same applies here, plus the age at death supports the church year as well.]

  2. ↑ "Brattle Square Church", in Dunkle, Robert J., and Ann S. Lainhart. Records of the Churches of Boston and the First Church, Second Parish, and Third Parish of Roxbury: including baptisms, marriages, deaths, admissions, and dismissals: (1600s-1800s). (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001)
    p. 81.

    [2483.] Joshua Henshaw. [aged] 1W. Febr'y 17. 1745. [parent:] Eliz. Henshaw. [baptized by] Colman
    [Note: since this is followed by entries for the entire 1745 calendar, it is clearly 1744/45.]

  3. ↑ Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1904)
    p. 257.

    HENSHAW, Joshua,, [died] May 27, 1823, a. 78.
    [Note: birth about 1745]

  4. ↑ Ward, Andrew Henshaw. History of the town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts: from its settlement in 1717 to 1829, with other matter relating thereto not before published, including an extensive family register. (Boston, Massachusetts: Samuel G. Drake, 1847)
    p. 326.

    Joshua Henshaw, Esq., grad. Harvard 1763. Brother of the wife of Col. Joseph Henshaw, m. 16 Mar 1769 Catharine Hill, no children. He d. 27 May 1823, aged 78.

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