James Steuben HENSHAW^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1778 - 1872  (93 years)

• Name	James Steuben HENSHAW
  Birth	20 Aug 1778	Middlebury, Vermont.   [2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	KGC9-354
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KGC9-354
  _UID	AE820D776D114734AB63CCCB480545694D9E
  Burial	Jan 1872	Griffins Mills Cemetery   [2, 4, 5]
  Death	25 Jan 1872	Aurora, Erie County, New York   [2, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I17528	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	William HENSHAW, Lt.,   b. 1742, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut d. 4 Jul 1796, Milton, Onondaga County, New York (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth GILBERT,   b. 13 Dec 1746, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut d. 7 Mar 1826, Aurora, Erie County, New York (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	14 May 1767	Hartford County, Connecticut   [2, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F8656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Amy GALE,   b. 13 Aug 1784, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 16 Feb 1868, Aurora, Erie County, New York (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	4 Jan 1801	Geneva, New York   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Almira HENSHAW,   b. Erie County, New York d. Yes, date unknown   2. Eunice HENSHAW,   b. Erie County, New York d. Yes, date unknown   3. Orrin HENSHAW,   b. 7 Oct 1807, Erie County, New York d. 19 Jul 1889, Aurora, Erie, New York (Age 81 years)   4. Isaac HENSHAW,   b. Jun 1809, Erie County, New York d. 1878 (Age ~ 68 years)   5. Rebecca HENSHAW,   b. 11 Aug 1813, Griffins Mills, Erie County, New York d. Aft 1865, Allegany, New York (Age 52 years)   6. James Stueben , Jr. HENSHAW,   b. 12 Oct 1815, Aurora, Erie County, New York d. 1888, Aurora, Erie County, New York (Age 72 years)   7. Elizabeth HENSHAW,   b. May 1817   d. 7 Mar 1818 (Age ~ 0 years)   8. Seymour HENSHAW,   b. 7 Jun 1817, Eden, Erie County, New York. d. 15 Oct 1850 (Age 33 years)   9. William B. HENSHAW,   b. 11 Sep 1824   d. 1826 (Age 1 year)   10. Evaline HENSHAW,   b. 1829   d. 1851 (Age 22 years)
  Family ID	F8660	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Rachel GAIL   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	30 Apr 1868  [2, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F8659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  [mtunnell.ged] His middle name reflects his father's admiration of Prussia n General Baron Von Steuben, whose leadership and drilling activities kept the Continental Army together at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-8. Some time during that bitter December of 1777, it is clear that his father visited his mother, and James Steuben came along nine monthslater. In 1806, it is recorded that James S. Henshaw purchased from the Holland Company a plot in Township 9, range 6. Quoted from PIONEER HISTORY OF THE HOLLAND PURCHASE OF WESTERN NEW YORK, by O. Turner He served in the War of 1812 as a Pvt., N.Y. State Militia New York Adjutant General's Office Index of Awards on Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812. Albany: 1860; Ancestry, Inc.; Claim No. 4,399, page 231.

  
  

• Sources

  [S758] James Sergent, James Sergent. [S282] mtunnell.ged. [S277] a29060.ged. [S152] Sergent.ged. [S154] Sergent2.ged. [S276] Henshaw History by Lela Henshaw Cook.