Sarah, wife of Daniel Henchman, was definitely a daughter of

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John Brandon

Sarah, wife of Daniel Henchman, was definitely a daughter of

Legg inn av John Brandon » 17 feb 2008 01:05:05

NEHGR, 49: 373-74, gives the 1674 will of Hezekiah Woodward, "of
Uxbridge, Middlesex, gent.," otherwise known as the Rev. Hezekiah
Woodward, the schismatical vicar of Bray. This document mentions

--my most dear and beloved grandchild Theodora Oxenbridge [in New
England; i.e., the daughter of his daughter Frances (Woodward)
Oxenbridge]
--the five children of my daughter Sarah Henchman deceased, by Daniel
Henchman of Boston in New England

http://books.google.com/books?id=zsYMAA ... #PPA373,M1

The note at the end of the will says --

His daughter Frances was the second wife of Rev. John Oxenbridge,
afterwards of Boston. Her only daughter, Theodora, who is named in
the will, was born July 25, 1659, and married Nov. 21, 1677, Rev.
Peter Thacher of Milton [Mass.]. (See Cooper's 'The Oxenbridges,' page
11, and the Register, vol. 44, p. 83-8.) Cooper calls Frances, who
married John Oxenbridge, the 'only daughter'; but the testator calls
Sarah, wife of Daniel Henchman, of Boston, N.E., his daughter. Can it
be that she was only a step-daughter?"

The statement that Frances was the "only daughter" is traceable to
Anthony a Wood's biography of Hezekiah Woodward, I believe (see
Woodward's biography in the old DNB).

Although there has been little doubt Sarah Henchman was a true
daughter, rather than a step-daughter of Woodward (for instance, one
of her sons was named Hezekiah), see _Records of the Suffolk County
Court, 1671-1680_, 2 vols. (Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1933),
2: 776-77:

HENCHMANS Guardian

Hezekiah Henchman aged .19. yeares & upwards Nathanael Henchman aged .
15. yeares & upwards appeared in Court and made choise of theire
Father Capt Daniel Henchman to bee theire guardian which hee accepted
& the Court allowd of: And the Court appointed the sd Capt Henchman
to bee guardian unto his daughter Susanna being .9. yeares of age and
upward: relating unto some legacies bequeathed unto them by the last
will & Testament of theire late Grand-Father Hezekiah Woodward late of
Uxbridge in the County of Middx within the Realm of England Gent. datd
22d Febr 1676

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