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Immigrant Servants Database

Individual Record

Name

Surname: Henshaw Given Name: Nicholas Variant Surname Spellings: Hanshaw, Handshaw, Hindshaw, Hansher, Hancher Soundex Code: H520

Birth, Christening and Other Information

Gender: Male Date of Birth or Christening: about 1696 Religion(s): Church of England Orphan: Unknown Position in Parent's Family: Unknown Year of Immigration: 1721 Landowner: Yes Literate: Unknown Convict: Yes

Port of Departure

Town: London County: Middlesex Nation: England

Place of Arrival

Town: Annapolis County: Anne Arundel Colony: Maryland Ship: Gilbert

Length of Indenture

Year of Indenture: 1721

Place of Indenture

Colony: [America]

Residence

County: Surrey Nation: England

Residence

Parish: Nottingham County: Chester Colony: Pennsylvania

Residence

Parish: Hopewell County: Frederick Colony: Virginia

Spouse

Surname: Smith Given name: Rebecca Date of Marriage: 1726

Place of Marriage

Parish: Christ Church [Church of England], Philadelph County: Philadelphia Colony: Pennsylvania

Death Information

County: Frederick Colony: Virginia Date of Death: about 1777 Testate: Yes

Research Notes

Comments:

Nicholas's wife and some of his children were Quakers. Source Citations:

Carroll Henshaw Hendrickson, Betty Carson, and Donald Craig Henshaw, "Hypothesis for the Factual Identification of Nicholas Henshaw, the Immigrant Founder of the Henshaw Family of Berkely County, WV," The Hinshaw Family Association, accessed 1 September 2008.