Captain Captain William Henderson
1676 - 1737 (61 years)-
Headstones Grave-HENDERSON William
Arms and Icons Clan Henderson
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Name Captain William Henderson [1, 2, 3] Title Captain Birth 30 Apr 1676 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland [1, 2] Gender Male FSID LBVC-SXM Death 1 Aug 1737 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland [1, 2] Residence 21 Nov 1755 Alternate Death Date : Needs more research that mentions 3rd wife Anna Grahame : also : Does not match find a grave records _MILT Captain in Major-General Philip Anstruther's Regiment of Foot Burial Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland [2] - (St Bridget's Kirk)
Grave-HENDERSON William Person ID I25509 A Tree Called Smith Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Father 2nd Baronet of Fordel Sir William Henderson, b. 1664, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 28 Sep 1708, Fordell, Fife, Scotland (Age 44 years) Relationship natural Mother Jean Hamilton, b. 1667, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 9 Mar 1731, Scotland (Age 64 years) Relationship natural Marriage 17 Feb 1682 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland [1] Family ID F3554 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Florence Hamilton d. 1704, Scotland Family ID F10434 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Family 2 Margarette Bruce, b. 1 Mar 1680, Angus, Scotland d. 15 Dec 1739, Fordell, Fife, Scotland (Age 59 years) Marriage 7 Feb 1705 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Children 1. Leiutenant James Henderson, Sr., b. 17 Jan 1708, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 19 May 1784, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years) [natural] Family ID F10435 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Family 3 Grizel Russell, b. 1678, Fordell, Fife, Scotland Marriage 1704 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland [1] Family ID F10436 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
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Sources - [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
- [S251] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), CPT William Henderson Birth 30 Apr 1676, Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland Death 1 Aug 1737 (aged 61) Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland Burial Fordell Castle Chapel Crypt, Fordell, Fife, Scotland Memorial ID 39079299.
William Henderson was born in 1676 and baptised in Dunfermline Abbey. Having been born out of wedlock, this circumstance may have induced him to move his family to Ireland with a view to improving their economic prospects. In 1735 or 1736, four of his sons - William, John, James and Samuel - migrated from Ulster to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, becoming prominent members of the community in Augusta County where they were known as the ‘Augusta Boys’. It appears that they were unique in the area because of their literacy*. They were early members of the Old Stone Church, established in 1740 and the oldest presbyterian congregation still existing in the State of Virginia. The youngest son, Samuel, who fought in the French and Indian War, became a well-to-do farmer and land owner. His grandson, John, fought for the cause of Independence as a private in the rebel army at the Battle of King’s Mountain. Some sources state that William Snr. was buried at Fordell,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39079299/william-henderson - [S425] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
- [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.