Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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William Henderson and Nancy Hutchison


Husband William Henderson 1 

           Born: 1766 - ? Scotland 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Oct 1854 - ? Mercer Co, PA
         Buried:  - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


         Father: Robert Henderson (1741-      ) 2 4
         Mother: Margaret Jane Carnahan (1746-      ) 1 2


       Marriage:  - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

Wife Nancy Hutchison 2 

            AKA: Nancy Hutchinson 1
           Born: Abt 1777
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Nov 1854 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA
         Buried:  - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

Children
1 M John Henderson 1 

           Born: 17 Oct 1799 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Nov 1870 5
         Buried:  - Ward Twp, Clarke Co, IA

         Spouse: Hannah Gilliland (1808-1870) 1 6

2 M Archibald [1] Henderson 1 

           Born: 1 Jul 1802 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Jul 1813 1
         Buried:  - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

3 F Nancy Henderson 7 

           Born: 11 May 1803 or 1 Jul 1804 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Sep 1871 7
         Buried:  - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 9

         Spouse: Hugh Marshall (1800-1877) 7
           Marr: 16 Jun 1825 10

4 M Robert Henderson 1 

           Born: 2 Jun 1806 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Nov 1887
         Buried:  - Hendersonville Cemetery, Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA

         Spouse: Sarah Ann Hamilton (1814-1901) 1
           Marr: Neville Island, Allegheny Co, PA

5 M Samuel Henderson 1 

           Born: 22 Feb 1808 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Feb 1886 11
         Buried:  - Hendersonville Cemetery, Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Irwin (1813-1867) 1
           Marr: 6 Aug 1831 11

6 F Margaret Henderson 12 13 

           Born: 17 May 1810 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Sep 1875 14
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Millbrook, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA

         Spouse: Aaron Carmichael (1806-1885) 12 15
           Marr: 11 May 1831 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 16

7 F Mary "Polly" Henderson 17 

           Born: 9 Apr 1812 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Nov 1889 - Belle Plaine, Scott Co, MN
         Buried:  - Oakwood Cemetery, Belle Plaine, Scott Co, MN

         Spouse: Samuel Walker (      -Bef 1850) 17

         Spouse: Nathan Simcox (1805-1887) 17

8 M Archibald [2] Henderson 17 

           Born: 6 Apr 1814 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Jan 1897 18
         Buried:  - Oak Hill Cemetery, Sandy Lake, Mercer Co, PA

         Spouse: Eliza Miller (1817-1903) 2
           Marr: 17 Oct 1839 18

9 M William "Billy" Henderson 2 17 19 

           Born: 6 Sep 1816 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 May 1895 20
         Buried:  - Hendersonville Cemetery, Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA

         Spouse: Hettie Stokely (1818-1901)
           Marr: 20 Dec 1840 - Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 20

10 M David Henderson 1 

           Born: 20 Nov 1818 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Mar 1857 21
         Buried:  - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

         Spouse: Margaret McCleary (      -      ) 1

11 F Sarah Henderson 22 

           Born: 26 Nov 1821 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Apr 1885
         Buried:  - Union Home Cemetery, Centertown, Wolf Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA

         Spouse: Robert Stewart (1815-1891) 23
           Marr: 7 Oct 1841 21

General Notes: Husband - William Henderson


He was prob­ably born in Scotland and removed with his parents to Ireland near Coote Hill, County Cavan; came to America with his parents in 1795 and resided temporarily in or near Pittsburgh, PA. Sometime during that year he and his brothers, John and Robert, Jr., made a trip to the north of Pittsburgh in search of a suitable place to establish a new home in America.

He settled on a tract of land of 150 acres in Worth Township, Mercer County, PA, about two miles distant from his parents, the first house between there and Pittsburgh being the old Burns stand, twelve miles this side of Pittsburgh. Here he commenced in the woods, and with the hoe and mattock engaged in clearing up his farm, and afterward purchased the balance of his tract of 400 acres of land. He voted with the Democratic party, and died about 1854, and his wife only lived six weeks afterward. They had a family of eleven children. [HMC 1888, 1077]

In the year 1796 five brothers, three of them named, respectively, William, Archibald and John, entered from the region lying near Pittsburgh, and, in accordance with the offer spoken of above, made settlements upon tracts of 150 acres each. After effecting a few improvements, blazing a few trees, and, in other ways securing their claims, they returned to their former homes to pass the severe winter which was just setting in. In the following year, with their families, they started on their journey to their new homes in Mercer County. Their progress was slow, and beset with many difficulties. The goods which they brought along, consisting of their provisions and necessary articles of household use—all articles not absolutely indispensable being left behind—were stowed away on the back of an old gray mare, the dilapidated saddle of which was for a long time preserved in the family as a memento of the tour. Mrs. William Henderson sat astride the animal, and it is related that while fording Slippery Rock Creek the party suddenly got in water beyond their depth, and in the struggle which ensued the horse, with all its burdens, capsized. The water flowed very rapidly, and it was by the merest accident that Mrs. Henderson, who was a large, stout woman, was saved. In the confusion a large pot hooked her under the arm and held her head above water until she was rescued. At length, however, after numerous annoyances and perils, of which the one narrated is but a specimen, the new homes were reached. The brothers had not erected any cabins as yet, and the party was forced to be without shelter, sleeping at night under the trees, on beds made of leaves, until small dwellings could be improvised. William Henderson, probably the most prominent of the brothers, succeeded in getting the first roof over his family’s heads. There was but one room in the shanty. In the course of a few weeks this was decorated with rough hewn seats, and a table made of a huge log, hewn flat on the upper surface. Around this the family congregated at meal time and enjoyed their repast, which was exceedingly frugal. Game abounded, and with his trusty rifle Mr. Henderson supplied the meat used at his table. He at once began cultivating the ground, and preparing it for seed. In this task he was assisted by his wife, who was much larger and more powerful than he. The implements with which they set out to conquer the wilderness, consisted of two hoes and a mattock. In the use of the latter instrument they took turns. Henderson working with it until exhausted, and then giving place to his wife. When they came to fence in their cleared land she lifted the heavy end of the rails while he carried the opposite extreme. With them they had brought a cow and a dog. The former was almost indispensable to their existence, as it used often to supply food for the family when all other resources failed. The canine, which was a large and powerful one, was in the habit of accompanying its master upon all his expeditions into the forest in search of game. Upon one of these occasions it saw a large animal slowly moving along in the distance, and, without pausing to ascertain what kind of beast it was, the dog gave a bound and set upon it. The animal thus attacked proved to be an immense black bear, which no sooner beheld that its antagonist was a dog, than it immediately showed fight, and in a few moments had almost succeeded in killing it, when Henderson reached the scene, and with a large, keen knife which he carried, with a few dexterous strokes ended the struggle in favor of the dog, thus saving his faithful animal’s life. [HMC 1888, 617]

General Notes: Wife - Nancy Hutchison


The cemetery book states that she died Oct 26.

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Sources

1 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 30.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1077.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 56.

4 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 35.

5 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 37.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1012.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1079.

8 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 30, 38.

9 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 59.

10 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 38.

11 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 41.

12 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1073.

13 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 64.

14 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 43.

15 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 63.

16 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 42.

17 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 31.

18 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 44.

19 Unknown, Family History of John and Margaret Fowler Perrine (Sharon, PA: Whitehead-Eagle Corp., 1981), Pg 75.

20 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 45.

21 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 46.

22 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1097.

23 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1082.

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