James Hendricks was the son of John Hendricks and Rebecca Worley born in August 1722. His parents married in a Quaker ceremony on April 30, 1718, at the Chester Monthly meeting.
They made their home in the Conestoga area on the banks of the Susquehanna River near John's parents.
Hendricks married Priscilla Pettit around 1743 and had 12 children: Abigail; Daniel; Lydia; Thomas; Priscilla; Rebecca; Mary; Caleb; James, Jr.; John; Olive; and Elizabeth.
Around 1760, he moved his family to Frederick County, Virginia (present-day Berkeley County, West Virginia) owning approximately 360 acres according to tax rolls, and served as an overseer of county roadwork in 1769 and 1770. (Source: An American Family History: Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, James Hendricks)
During the American Revolution, Hendricks is credited as a Patriot without military service due to his patriotic service of providing material aid, as indicated by his reimbursement claims submitted for goods and services supplied to the Militia, State Line, and/or Continental troops. (Source: Revolutionary War Public Service Claims Index: Hendricks, James. Court booklet(s): I, p. 11., n.d.)
They made their home in the Conestoga area on the banks of the Susquehanna River near John's parents.
Hendricks married Priscilla Pettit around 1743 and had 12 children: Abigail; Daniel; Lydia; Thomas; Priscilla; Rebecca; Mary; Caleb; James, Jr.; John; Olive; and Elizabeth.
Around 1760, he moved his family to Frederick County, Virginia (present-day Berkeley County, West Virginia) owning approximately 360 acres according to tax rolls, and served as an overseer of county roadwork in 1769 and 1770. (Source: An American Family History: Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, James Hendricks)
During the American Revolution, Hendricks is credited as a Patriot without military service due to his patriotic service of providing material aid, as indicated by his reimbursement claims submitted for goods and services supplied to the Militia, State Line, and/or Continental troops. (Source: Revolutionary War Public Service Claims Index: Hendricks, James. Court booklet(s): I, p. 11., n.d.)
James Hendricks was the son of John Hendricks and Rebecca Worley born in August 1722. His parents married in a Quaker ceremony on April 30, 1718, at the Chester Monthly meeting.
They made their home in the Conestoga area on the banks of the Susquehanna River near John's parents.
Hendricks married Priscilla Pettit around 1743 and had 12 children: Abigail; Daniel; Lydia; Thomas; Priscilla; Rebecca; Mary; Caleb; James, Jr.; John; Olive; and Elizabeth.
Around 1760, he moved his family to Frederick County, Virginia (present-day Berkeley County, West Virginia) owning approximately 360 acres according to tax rolls, and served as an overseer of county roadwork in 1769 and 1770. (Source: An American Family History: Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, James Hendricks)
During the American Revolution, Hendricks is credited as a Patriot without military service due to his patriotic service of providing material aid, as indicated by his reimbursement claims submitted for goods and services supplied to the Militia, State Line, and/or Continental troops. (Source: Revolutionary War Public Service Claims Index: Hendricks, James. Court booklet(s): I, p. 11., n.d.)
They made their home in the Conestoga area on the banks of the Susquehanna River near John's parents.
Hendricks married Priscilla Pettit around 1743 and had 12 children: Abigail; Daniel; Lydia; Thomas; Priscilla; Rebecca; Mary; Caleb; James, Jr.; John; Olive; and Elizabeth.
Around 1760, he moved his family to Frederick County, Virginia (present-day Berkeley County, West Virginia) owning approximately 360 acres according to tax rolls, and served as an overseer of county roadwork in 1769 and 1770. (Source: An American Family History: Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, James Hendricks)
During the American Revolution, Hendricks is credited as a Patriot without military service due to his patriotic service of providing material aid, as indicated by his reimbursement claims submitted for goods and services supplied to the Militia, State Line, and/or Continental troops. (Source: Revolutionary War Public Service Claims Index: Hendricks, James. Court booklet(s): I, p. 11., n.d.)
