Person:Thomas Henshaw (1)

http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?185 Thomas Henshall [ID 00185] (Thomas Henshall)13 (Sir Thomas Henshall) (Sir Thomas Henshawe) (Sir Thomas Henshaw)13,4 Spelled "Henshall" in early records but "Henshawe" later records.4 According to the pedigree prepared in 1701 by grandson Joshua Henshaw http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?188, Thomas was from "Derby, in the County Palantine of Lancaster".4 He married - Kendrick. Thomas married a daughter of the Kendricks "of Prescot http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/places.htm in the County Palantine of Lancaster, or rather of Kendrick's Cross, in the same parish".4,9,38 (This might have been Alice Kendrick or Kenricke).a In the Walton On The Hill <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/places.htm> church records Thomas was listed as a resident of "Darbye"b (Derby <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/places.htm>) so one could assume that all of his children were probably born there.c He then married Elizabeth Wainwright, Jan 20 1625, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England.13,18 NOTE: This is pure speculation that it was *this* Thomas who married Elizabeth Wainwright (second wife?) - it could have been a different Thomas, although the proximity of dates and identical parish location seem to indicate it was probably this Thomas. Thomas, during the reign of James I, had Arms restored to him that had previously belonged to his ancestor, Sir Thomas Henshaw, and had a crest added, and he was knighted.4 Thomas Henshall died c1631.4,9,38 According to Joshua <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?188>'s 1701 pedigree, Thomas died in Toxter Park <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/places.htm> (or Toxteth Park), near "Liverpool in the same County near 70 years ago"4 (making it c1631). Note: Thomas' parents are not known for sure. It appears that his parents might have been William Henshall and Margerie Gyll <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?312> because of the following: The records of the parish of Walton on the Hill <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/places.htm> in Lancashire show Thomas' marriage and also his children's christenings. Also recorded at Walton on the Hill <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/places.htm> are records of several other Henshawe/Henshalls at approximately the same time period and about the same age as Thomas.13,18 One of these records is the christening of Margerie Henshall <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?313>, which shows her parents were William Henshall <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?312> and Margerie Gyll.13,18 It appears that Margerie was Thomas' sister and therefore William Henshall <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?312> was his father. But there is also speculation from Tom Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?4758> that perhaps Thomas might be connected with the family of Roger Henshawe <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?9836> of Farnsworth, near Prescot <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/places.htm>,c because Thomas married a Kendrick of Prescot <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/places.htm>. Roger did have a son named Thomas <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?9837>, born about 1572.d Also living at Farnsworth, near Prescot <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/places.htm> was Raphe Henshawe <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?9841> (probably brother to Roger above), who also had a son named Thomas <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?9843>, born about 1570.d Either of these Thomas's from Farnsworth might be this Thomas.c See also: Thomas d'Derbye Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?11601>.

SOURCES 4. The "New England Historical and Genealogical Register", vol 22, 1868, The New England Historical and Genealogical Society. This issue includes a complete copy of the recorded pedigree of Joshua Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?188>. 9. The "American Registry", Vol. X, pg 181, 973 US015 Vol. X in the LDS Family History Library. 13. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Lancashire, England. 18. "Computer Printout of Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England (1586-1746)", Marriages (Microfilm 0883843 or microfiche 6904107, document 942.72 K29PR, Batch M005451): the LDS Family History Library. 38. An article appearing in the magazine "Hobbies", February 1967, titled "At the Sign of the Crest - Henshaw Coat-of-Arms", by Hazel Karft Eilers copy supplied by Fontella Hinshaw. (a) Speculation. (b) Contribution from Tom Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?4758>. (c) Speculation by Tom Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?4758>. (d) Contribution from Tom Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?4758> citing: LDS IGI.

http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/england.htm#Joshua The English Henshaws and Henshalls The surname Henshaw is found throughout England (and some in Scotland). Henshaw is noted in the Domesday book as "Hofinchel". Other spellings found in England are "Henshawe", "Henshall", and "Hanshaw". There are several "Henshaw" place names in England: There is a small village named "Henshaw" in Northumberland, near Hadrian's wall, east of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, off A69 or B6319. There is a "place" near Siddington, in the parish of Prestbury, county Chester, named "Henshaw". There was also a family homestead/manor, "Henshaw Hall", in the township of Siddington, county Cheshire. The Family of Thomas Henshawe of Lancashire Sometime in the late 1500s or early 1600s, just as the reign of Queen Elizabeth I was ending, Thomas Henshawe <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?185> of Lancaster was born. Based upon other church records, it is believed that Thomas was the son of William Henshawe <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?312> and Margerie Gyll of Lancashire. This family was variously known as either Henshawe or Henshall (both spellings exist in the same church records). Thomas had seven known children. One of his sons, William <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?186>, married Katherine Houghton in 1630. It is from this line that most (or all) Henshaws in America descend. Another son of Thomas, John <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?77>, "went into Ireland and died there, leaving one son".<sources.htm> It is from this line that, it is believed, most (or all) Hinshaws in America descend. William Wade Hinshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?284>, in various published pedigrees, claimed that all American Hinshaws and Henshaws descended from this Thomas Henshawe. His assertion assumes that, of all the Henshaws in England, only this one individual's descendents ever emigrated to America. This may not necessarily be true - there may be Henshaws in America descended from other English Henshaws. However, it is likely that the vast majority of us did descend from this common ancestor. Thomas must have been somewhat wealthy and held high social status, since his son William married into the family of Evan Houghton, a family with considerable wealth and noble blood. From this marriage, it is possible to reliably trace the lineage back to King Edward III, and from there of course to many preceeding noble and royal generations. Simplified, the lineage is as follows: William Henshawe <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?186> married Katherine Houghton <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?3200>, daughter of: Evan Houghton <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?3201> and Ellen Parker. Evan was the son of: Richard Houghton <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?3204> and Margaret Stanley <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?3206>. Margaret was the daughter of: Henry Stanley <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?3207> of Aughton and Mary Stanley. Henry was the son and only heir of: James Stanley <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?3208>, Marshall of Ireland, and Anne Hart. James was the son of: Lord George Stanley <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?3209> and Joan, 9th Baroness Strange. George was the son of: Lord Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, and Eleanor Neville <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?3210>. Eleanor was the daughter of: Richard Neville <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?3211>, Earl Salisbury, and Alice Montacute. Richard was the son of: Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, and Joan de Beaufort <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?3212>. Joan was the daughter of: John of Gaunt <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?3213>, Duke of Lancaster, and Catherine Swynford Roet. John was the son of: Edward III <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?3214>, King of England, and Philippa of Hainault. It is of course possible to extend this lineage considerably since there are many published pedigrees of the English nobility. We will not attempt to cover in further detail the entire lineage of the royal houses of England. There are many excellent books on the subject at most libraries. The Story of Joshua and Daniel Thomas Henshawe <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?185> of Lancaster had a son William Henshawe <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?186>, who married Katherine Houghton in 1630 and had sons Joshua <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?188> (born c1643) and Daniel <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?189> (born c1644). William had a large estate, which included Wavertree Hall (or Wartre Hall). William was killed at the storming of Liverpool in 1644 (during the English Civil Wars) while fighting against King Charles I. William's wife, Katherine Houghton, died in 1651. About 1652, the orphans Joshua and Daniel were "fraudulently abducted" and sent to New England. They came to Dorchester, Mass., where they resided during their minority. According to family tradition, they were in the care of the Rev. Richard Mather, who came from Lancashire, England, and was responsible for their care, and for the money sent with them for their support and education, and for setting them up in business. Peter Ambrose, the boys steward, is suspected of having been responsible for sending the boys out of England for the purpose of getting possession of their property, for before they were sent away they had been in his care for several years, and after their departure he retained possession and died in the occupation of the estate. Peter Ambrose suposedly claimed that Joshua and Daniel had been sent off to school in London, where they both died of the plague. However, when Peter Ambrose died about 1653, he left the following provision in his will: ... Also my will and mind is and I hereby give and bequeath to Joshua and Daniel Henshawe, late sons of William Henshawe, late of Toxteth aforesaid deceased, who are now in New England, so much money as shall make up what already hath "ben" by me laid forth for them and expended for them for their voyage to New England and otherwise, the sum of thirty pounds, to be paid them at such time as they shall have attained full age and shall give a sufficient discharge for the whole thirty pounds. ... In 1688, Joshua made his will and in the early part of the next year he returned to England for the purpose of recovering the large property left by his parents. When Joshua arrived in England he found Peter Ambrose's son, Joshua Ambrose, in possession of, and claiming rights to, the estates, as heir to his father Peter Ambrose. Joshua filed a bill in Chancery Court against Joshua Ambrose, but not being then prepared to prove his paternity, he returned to Dorchester and procured the necessary evidence. Meanwhile, Joshua Ambrose, as defendant, filed an answer to the Chancery bill. At a subsequent term of the court, in 1690, the plaintiff (Joshua Henshaw) not appearing, the bill was dismissed. In 1692, after Joshua Henshaw's return to England, his case against Ambrose was restored to the court's docket and kept there for nearly thirty years! In 1719, when it became certain that a decision was about to be rendered in favor of Joshua Henshaw, Ambrose invited Joshua to dinner, with a pretence of a desire to compromise. Soon after the dinner, Joshua Henshaw was seized with an illness, from which he died in a few hours. The Chancery suit was then dropped from the docket for lack of a plaintiff! Thus the estate of William Henshaw, heir to Thomas Henshaw, was forever lost to the family. Sir Thomas Henshawe Was Thomas Henshawe <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?185> of Lancaster (mentioned above), father of William and grandfather of Joshua & Daniel, knighted? Should he properly be called "Sir Thomas"? William Wade Hinshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?284>, in various published pedigrees, claimed that all American Hinshaws and Henshaws descended from "Sir Thomas Henshaw" of England. This "Sir Thomas Henshaw" is also mentioned in the book "The Hinshaw and Henshaw Families" <sources.htm> and has been handed-down in family folkelore for years. Was Thomas ever really "Sir Thomas Henshaw"? To find out, several years ago I commissioned a research study at the College of Arms in London (sometimes mistakenly called the "Heralds College"). The College of Arms is the one and only official organization authorized by the Queen to grant and record grants of the right to bear Arms. They did find several Henshaws with Coats of Arms, including several Thomas's. One of these Henshaws might be our ancestor, but no direct proof has yet been found. The research report from the College of Arms is reproduced here in its entirety. Click here see the report: <coa_rpt.htm> <coa_rpt.htm> Note that nowhere in this report is the word "Sir" mentioned. We do not know if any of the Henshaws mentioned were actually knighted, so we can't say for sure that there actually was a "Sir Thomas Henshaw". Nor do we know for sure if any of the Henshaws mentioned are our direct ancestors. One of the Henshaws who would likely have been knighted was Thomas Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?2133>, Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Denmark, mentioned in Visitations NXII-74 <coa_rpt.htm>. But he was not our ancestor as he is known to have died with no male heirs. Which of these English Henshaws moved to Ireland? From the College of Arms report, there appear to be two findings that may possibly be the link to our Irish Hinshaws: Irish Visitations, 1607 <coa_rpt.htm>, shows an Ursula Hinshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?895>, daughter of Captain Hinshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?872> "of Hinshaw Hall". So we know that there were Hinshaws in Ireland as early as 1607 (whether permanently or temporarily). Visitations C38-44b (Chesshire 1663) <coa_rpt.htm>. This describes a Thomas Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?869> of Henshaw, having a grandson Thomas <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?872>, a "Captain in Ireland", who had a son Lea <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?881>. This matches perfectly with the published pedigree of Henshaw of Henshaw31 <sources.htm> (Chester) which also shows the same lineage. However, Lea is known to have returned to England, where his lineage continued. If this is our direct ancestry then Lea or his father Thomas must have left sons in Ireland that we have not yet discovered. Another published pedigree is that of Joshua Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?188> of Boston who recorded his pedigree in 1701<sources.htm>. The College of Arms researchers seem to have missed this pedigree for some reason, even though it is supposedly recorded at the College of Arms! In any case, Joshua's pedigree shows his lineage back to a Thomas Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?185> of Lancaster, who married a daughter of the Kendrick family of Prescot, Lancaster. The pedigree shows one of Thomas' sons was William Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?186> who married Katherine Houghton. From this marriage, using church record extracts18 <sources.htm>, we can then fill-in this family more completely. Joshua's pedigree shows a son of Thomas, John Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?77>, "who went into Ireland and died there, leaving one son deceased."<sources.htm> So apparently by 1701 (when Joshua's pedigree was prepared), John's unnamed only son had died. But there is no mention of whether or not John's son had children before he died. So it is possible that this is our lineage. In fact, this is the lineage that William Wade Hinshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?284> claimed to be the direct line of the Irish Hinshaws back to England. Henshaw Hall There once was a family homestead/manor called "Henshaw Hall" in the township of Siddington, county Cheshire. A description of Henshaw Hall of Siddington can be found in the 1687 recorded pedigree "Thornycroft of Thornycroft and Henshaw of Henshaw" by George King, R.D., ordered to be entered by Henry, Duke of Norfolk, Nov 28, 1687.31 <sources.htm> It describes it as follows (c1687): "Henshaw Hall is a stone building which has been modernised. It was surrounded by a square moat, some portions of which are still visible. Over the entrance doorway is a large stone slab bearing the following inscription, in capitals: THEY HEIRS | OF THIS LAND | WILLIAM HENSHAW | HUGH HENSHAW | ADAM HENSHAW | HUGH HENSHAW | HUGH HENSHAW | THOMAS HENSHAW | EDWARD HENSHAW | THOMAS HENSHAW | LEA HENSHAW | AND THOMAS HENSHAW | WHO DYED THE 9 | DAY OF FEBr ANO | DOMI 1674" Henshaw Hall passed into the hands of the Thornycroft family on October 21, 1712 when Eleanor Henshaw of Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?890> married John Thornycroft of Thornycroft. Eleanor was the daughter and sole heir of John Henshaw of Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?888>, descendent of Thomas Henshaw of Henshaw <http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?869>, described in the College of Arms report under "Visitations C38-44b (Chesshire 1663) <coa_rpt.htm>". Henshaw Hall still exists today, located on Henshaw Lane, just off the small road connecting Siddington with Macclesfield. The Henshaw Family Coat of Arms We want to correct a common misunderstanding that many people (Americans at least) have regarding armorial bearings: There is no such thing as a "family coat of arms"! As you'll notice in the College of Arms report <coa_rpt.htm>, the right to bear Arms is granted to a single individual, not to an entire family. This right is hereditary, and so direct-line descendents of the original grantee will inherit the right to bear these Arms, although subsequent generations commonly used slight individual modifications to the inherited Arms. So if we can ever firmly establish which of these English Henshaws is our direct-line ancestor then we (those of us who are directly descended exclusively in the male line) would have the right to use those Arms. Otherwise, "brothers", "cousins", "in-laws" (female-line connections) and the like may not legally bear these Arms. For further information, check your local library's catalog under "heraldry". Many good books have been written on the subject. There's even a Usenet newsgroup devoted to heraldry: rec.heraldry <news:rec.heraldry> (see the rec.heraldry FAQ <http://www.heraldica.org/faqs/heraldry.faq>). You may also want to check the College of Arms web site <http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/> (especially their FAQ <http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.htm>). See also: Society of Genealogists <http://www.sog.org.uk/leaflets/arms.html>. However, just for entertainment value, if you are curious, click here for an image of the arms of Thomas Henshaw of London:

1. ↑ Http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/.
2.   Miss Valley Virginia Henshaw. West Virginia Magazine, 1903-1904.