JEFFREY HEMENWAY

I would like to begin by stating that
my Jeffrey Hemenway is
NOT
in the bloodline of Ralph Hemenway.

GENEALOGY OF
Jeffrey Hemenway m 1st Susanna Wright
Thaddeus Hemenway m Lovina Dudley
Joseph Hemenway m Permelia Shipman
Abigail Hemenway m Afonso Billings
Photo of Abigail (Hemenway) Billings
Jeffrey Hemenway m 2nd Hepsibeth Bowman/Crossman:
(Highlighted names in this section link to old newspaper articles)

Photo of Hepsibeth and article by her descendant, Richard Massey
Article From Newsletter of WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Re: Hepsibeth's Portrait Being Permanently Installed In Fletcher Auditorium

Poem written by Ebenezer Hemenway on the death of his mother
Hepsibeth (Crossman) Hemenway

Wills
Military History
Memorial Service 13 Sep 1997
Hemenway Births Framingham, MA

COPYRIGHT 1997
(this includes all the above pages)


THE DESCENDANTS OF
JEFFREY HEMENWAY

I. Jeffrey HEMENWAY - b abt 1738 Boston, MA; d 15 Aug 1819 Worcester, MA; m 1rst to Susanna WRIGHT b 10 Jun 1737, dau of Sampson WRIGHT & Martha CONSTABLE; Ch were:

1. Thaddeus HEMENWAY - b 22 Feb 1761 (See Below)

2. Susanna HEMENWAY - b 15 Jan 1768

NOTES: Jeffery Hemenway was the adopted/foster child of Ebenezer Hemenway and his wife Mary Eve. The "History Of Framingham" lists him as mulatto, others believe him to be of Indian descent. Mary Eve was captured by Indians as a baby and redeemed in her girlhood. There was some supposition that he was her biological child but this has been disproved. Jeffery was born abt 1738 in Boston, MA and given as a child to Ebenezer & Mary and was raised along with their children in Framingham, MA. It is unknown what connection Jeffery's biological parents may have had with the Hemenways that their child was to be raised by them.

Sometime before 1761 Jeffery married Susanna (Wright), the daughter of Samson and Martha (Constable) Wright. They had two children, Thaddeus & Susanna. Thaddeus moved to NY then on to Bradford Co, PA. Nothing has been found on Susanna but it is presumed both she and her mother died before Jeffery moved to Worcester in 1778.

II. Thaddeus HEMENWAY - b 22 Feb 1761 at Framingham, Middlesex Co, MA; d at Bumpville, Bradford Co, PA; m Jan 1783 Lavinia DUDLEY b 7 Dec 1762 at Framingham, MA; dau of Peter DUDLEY & Experience NEWTON; Ch were:

1. Sarah (Sally) HEMENWAY - d 3 Jul 1874; m Gershom TOWNER

2. John HEMENWAY - m 17 Jun 1816 to Debby (GRAY?) HAWKINS

3. Nancy HEMENWAY - b 28 Jun 1783 at Framingham, MA

4. Francis HEMENWAY - b 22 Oct 1784 at Framingham, MA

5. Lovina HEMENWAY - b 20 May 1787 at Framingham, MA

6. Lawson HEMENWAY - b 29 Apr 1789 at Framingham, MA

7. Charles HEMENWAY - b 9 Jul 1791 at Framingham, MA

8. William HEMENWAY - b abt 1800; m Rachael ???

9. Joseph HEMENWAY - b 1805 (See Below)

10. Levi HEMENWAY - b abt 1810; m Elizabeth BRAGUE

NOTES: Thaddeus died in Rome Township, his wife, Lavina, surviving him some years.

The 1790 census for Middlesex Co., MA lists in household of Thaddeus Hemenway - 2 males under 16 and one 16 & up - 3 females

The 1820 census for Bradford Co., PA lists 1 male 0 to 10; 1 male 16 to 26; 1 female 10 to 16; 1 female 16 to 26

III. Joseph HEMENWAY - b 1805 Bradford Co, PA; d 19 Nov 1883 at North Ghent, Bradford Co, PA; m Permelia SHIPMAN b 10 Sep 1804; d 10 Jun 1893 at North Ghent, PA; Ch were:

1. Mary Ann HEMENWAY - m ??? PACKARD

2. Abigail Mahala HEMENWAY - b 1 Nov 1817 (See Below)

3. Orilla HEMENWAY - b abt 1826 North Ghent, PA; d abt 1883; m 6 May 1846 to Daniel D TOMPKINS

4. Obadiah Ritner HEMENWAY - b abt 1836; d Oct 1862; m Nancy B STEELE

5. Isaac Lemue HEMENWAY - b abt 1838

6. Henry/William Harrison HEMENWAY - b abt 1840; m Margaret GIBSON

7. George Leonard HEMENWAY - b abt 1843; d Jun 1865 North Ghent, PA

NOTES: CENSUS INFO FOR JOSEPH

1830 - Bradford Co., PA lists 1 male 20-30; 2 females 0 to 5; 1 female 5 to 10; 1 female 20-30

1840 - Bradford Co., PA lists 3 males 0 to 5; 1 male 15 to 20; 1 male 20 to 30; 3 females 5 to 10; 2 females 10 to 15; 1 female 30 to 40

1850 - Sheshequin Twp., Bradford Co., PA lists Joseph, age 45, male, white, farmer, born PA; Pamelia, age 45, female, white, born PA; Obadiah Ritner, age 14, born PA; Lemuel (Leonard), age 12, born PA; William Henry Harrison, age 10, born PA; George L., age 7, born PA; also listed is Wealthy, age 37, female, white, born PA (no last name given so possibly Hemenway?)

1860 - Sheshequin Twp., Bradford Co., PA lists Joseph, age 55, male, white, farmer, born NY; Pamelia, age 55, female, white, born PA; Wealthy, age 13, born PA; Harrison (Wm. H.) age 19, farmhand.

1870 - Sheshequin Twp., Bradford Co., PA lists Joseph, age 64, male, white, farmer, real estate $3,500, personal estate $800, born NY; Permelia, age 64, female, white, born PA.

1880 - Sheshequin Twp., Bradford Co., PA (taken 14 June 1880) lists Joseph, age 75, farmer, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY; Pamelia, age 75, wife, born PA, father born PA, mother born NY; Jay Green, age 32, son-in-law, carpenter, born PA, father born PA, mother born PA; Wealthy Green, age 32, born PA, father born PA, mother born NY; Flora Green, age 12, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY.

IV. Abigail Mahala HEMENWAY - B 1 Nov 1817 Bradford Co, PA; d 3 Aug 1906 at North Ghent, PA; m abt 1843 to Alfonso BILLINGS

I. Jeffrey HEMENWAY m 2nd to Hepsibeth BOWMAN/CROSSMAN b abt 1763; d 17 Feb 1847 at Worcester, MA, Bur Hope Cemetery; was dau of Lydia BOWMAN & ??? CROSSMAN; Ch were:

1. Joseph HEMENWAY - b 4 May 1789

2. Lydia HEMENWAY - b 31 Jul 1791 (See Below)

3. Hannah HEMENWAY - b 9 Aug 1793 Worcester, MA; d 2 Dec 1891 Worcester, MA; Never married

4. Patta HEMENWAY - b 19 Aug 1795

5. Adam HEMENWAY - b 20 Nov 1797

6. Patta HEMENWAY - b 9 Apr 1798

7. Alexander HEMENWAY - b 1 Apr 1800

8. Ebenezer HEMENWAY - b 8 Apr 1804; d abt 1878; m Betsy/Elizabeth ??? in Boston MA; Ch were: (A) Francis Greenleaf HEMENWAY b 2 Feb 1827, d 12 Dec 183l; (B) Ebenezer Crossman HEMENWAY b 20 Nov 1828, d 8 Feb 1838; (C) Hepsibah Simmons HEMENWAY b 22 Apr 1830; (D) Lucinda B HEMENWAY - b 26 May 1832, m 1852 in Boston, MA to Francis W CUMMINGS; (E) Alexander Freeman HEMENWAY b 3 Jul 1834, d 28 Oct 1896, m Emma ???; (F) Joseph Jacob HEMENWAY b 10 Apr 1836, d abt 1864, m Fanny A ???; (G) William Lloyd Garrison Hemenway b 5 May 1838, d 21 May 1848

II. Lydia Hemenway - b 31 Jul 1791; d 10 Dec 1850 at Worcester, MA of consumption; m James J JOHNSON; Ch were:

1. Joseph Hemenway Johnson - b 11 Feb 1817; Probably died young.

2. James Jaffrey Johnson II - b 15 Apr 1819 (See below)

III. James Jaffrey JOHNSON II - b 15 Apr 1819; d 3 Aug 1882 of "chol. morbis"; m Mary Ann VICKERS - b 10 Jul 1822 Thompson, CT; d 30 Aug 1875; dau of Samuel VICKERS & Mary Ann CURLESS; Ch were:

1. James Jeffrey JOHNSON III - b 1849; d 18 Feb 1900

2. Mary Ann JOHNSON - b 30 Aug 1850 (See below)

3. Hannah E JOHNSON - b abt 1855

4. Joseph H JOHNSON - b abt 1857

5. William Agustus JOHNSON - b abt 1858

IV. Mary Ann JOHNSON - b 30 Aug 1850; m Alexander Howard JOHNSON - b abt 1848; son of William Henry JOHNSON & Hannah Niles SMITH; Ch were:

1. Hattie Niles JOHNSON - b 1870; m ??? LANDERS

2. Anna Maria JOHNSON - b 1872; m Ned THOMPSON

3. Josephine Elizabeth JOHNSON - b 1875; m Junus RHEDDICK

4. Bertha Georgianne JOHNSON - b 1881; m George BRUSSO

5. Addie Estella JOHNSON - b 1889; m Cornelius MOYNIHAN



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