Daughter of Capt. Jonathan Fletcher and Lucretia Emerson.
Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book XVI (1899), p. 56: "Jonathan Fletcher was a minute man at Lexington and Bunker Hill. He served as fifer in 1776 and in 1778 held the rank of lieutenant under Capt. Jacob Haskins. He was commissioned captain in 1780 and served to the close of the war."
An Average American Army Officer: An Autobiography By Roger Bates Bryan, p. 21:
"Capt. Jonathan Fletcher was the sixth son of Maj. Daniel Fletcher, who was born at Concord, Mass., October 18, 1718; died at Acton, Mass., December 15, 1776, and his wife Sarah Hartwell, of Westforth, Mass., (dates of birth and death unknown). The intention of marriage ("Banns") having been entered Nov. 12th, 1741, (date of marriage record lost). Major Daniel Fletcher was elected Major of the Third Battalion, Massachusetts forces. (See Vol. 26, p. 277, Mass. Rev. Rolls). He was Lieutenant from March to Sept. Rev. Rolls). He was Lieutenant in Captain David Melvin's Company from March to September, 1747."
Andrew Henshaw married first Frances Stedman, according to some Henshaw-Torrey family accounts, and after her death he married Elizabeth Isbell, daughter of John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah Anderson Isbell (ref. Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass by Charissa Taylor Bass & Emma Lee Walton, 1940, p. 32).
According to The Bates and Fletcher Genealogical Register (1892), by Theodore C. Bates, Andrew Henshaw's "first wife" was Mrs. Frances Fletcher Thurston, widow of Nathaniel Thurston. Stedman may have been her middle name or the surname of an unknown second husband after Nathaniel Thurston's death, unless Frances Stedman actually was a second wife of Andrew Henshaw. Page 54 of the Bates and Fletcher Genealogical Register gives several dates which conflict with dates given elsewhere**, and while some of these are known to be in error, yet some others may be indeed accurate:
"Frances Fletcher, the oldest child of Captain Jonathan and Lucretia Emerson Fletcher, was born in Acton, Mass., February 20, 1784. She was married in Boston, Mass., on July 4, 1810, to the Hon. Nathaniel Thurston, of Bradford, Mass., (she being his seventh wife). He was born in Bradford, on January 17, 1755, and died in Laingsburg, N. Y., October 21, 1811, and was buried in Bradford.
"The Hon. Nathaniel Thurston was a member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1795, 1797, l799, and 1805, and was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1806, 1807, 1808 and 1809.
"Frances Fletcher Thurston, widow of the Hon. Nathaniel Thurston, married as her second husband, on June 20**, 1820, at the home of her sister, Susan Fletcher Rouse Whiting, in Mobile, Ala., Andrew Henshaw, of Leicester, Mass., a brother of the Hon. David Henshaw, who was Secretary of Navy under John Tyler, President of the United States in 1843-4. Andrew Henshaw was born in Leicester, Mass., on March 24**, 1783. She died in Clairbourne (sic), Ala., September 20, 1824. She had no children by either marriage.
"Andrew Henshaw married, as his second wife, Elizabeth Isbell Carson, a widow, her maiden name being Elizabeth Isbell. She was born in Powhattan County, Virginia, in 1787. He died in Clairbourne, Ala., November 19, 1853.
She died in Clairbourne, October 8**, 1878."
The same information is given in Personal Memoirs of Worcester County (1907) by Ellery Bicknell Crane, vol. I (of IV), pp. 117-119; also Fletcher Genealogy by Edward H. Fletcher, p. 201: "Fanny (Francis) Fletcher m. (1) in Boston 4 July 1810, as his 7th wife, Nathaniel Thurston of Bradford; m. (2) Andrew Henshaw of Leicester, MA. No children."
Thurston Genealogies (1st edition, 1880) by Brown Thurston, p. 73 says: HON. NATHANIEL THURSTON...married... seventh, FRANCES FLETCHER of Boston, Mass. This last marriage we found recorded in the Williamsburgh (sic), Va., Gazette of 1809, with the following quotation in connection, "counsel our counselors and give our senators wisdom," (Virginia State Library). He was a farmer in Bradford, and exporter of beef; for many years a member of the legislature of Massachusetts; was distinguished for his benevolence and greatly lamented by his friends. He died in Lansingburgh, N.Y., Oct. 21, 1811, aged 56, after which his widow married an ex-governor of Massachusetts, and went to the South.
The 2nd edition (1892), pp. 68-69, says: HON. NATHANIEL THURSTON...married...seventh, July 4, 1809, FRANCES FLETCHER, born Feb. 20, 1784, daughter of Jonathan and Lucretia (Emerson) Fletcher of Boston, Mass. This marriage was printed in the Columbian Sentinel of Boston; Benj. Russell, the editor, being in the senate with Mr. Thurston, added to the notice, "counsel our councilors, and give our senators wisdom." She was a relative of Catherine Emerson, who married Dea. Moses Thurston of Hollis, N. H., p. 44. He was a farmer in Bradford, and exporter of beef; for eighteen years a member of the legislature of Massachusetts; was distinguished for his benevolence, and greatly lamented by his friends. He died in Lansingburg, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1811, and was buried in Bradford. After this his widow married, June 20, 1820, Andrew Henshaw of Leicester, ex-governor of Massachusetts, and went to Claiborne, Ala. She had no children; died Sept. 20, 1824."
Andrew Henshaw was never governor of Massachusetts, nor did Massachusetts have a governor by the name of Henshaw or Stedman.
Andrew Henshaw was a descendant of John Alden, Treasurer of Plymouth Colony and Assistant to Gov. William Bradford of Massachusetts. Alden was also the first of the Pilgrims to step off the Mayflower onto Plymouth Rock.
No marriage record for Andrew Henshaw in Mobile has been found but may be found yet in church records or Rouse-Whiting family records. It is believed the name "Frances Stedman Henshaw" is recorded in a Henshaw family Bible. Mrs. Frances Fletcher Thurston Henshaw, who died in Claiborne in 1824, is probably buried there in the Old Claiborne Cemetery or in Connico Cemetery.
Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book XVI (1899), p. 56: "Jonathan Fletcher was a minute man at Lexington and Bunker Hill. He served as fifer in 1776 and in 1778 held the rank of lieutenant under Capt. Jacob Haskins. He was commissioned captain in 1780 and served to the close of the war."
An Average American Army Officer: An Autobiography By Roger Bates Bryan, p. 21:
"Capt. Jonathan Fletcher was the sixth son of Maj. Daniel Fletcher, who was born at Concord, Mass., October 18, 1718; died at Acton, Mass., December 15, 1776, and his wife Sarah Hartwell, of Westforth, Mass., (dates of birth and death unknown). The intention of marriage ("Banns") having been entered Nov. 12th, 1741, (date of marriage record lost). Major Daniel Fletcher was elected Major of the Third Battalion, Massachusetts forces. (See Vol. 26, p. 277, Mass. Rev. Rolls). He was Lieutenant from March to Sept. Rev. Rolls). He was Lieutenant in Captain David Melvin's Company from March to September, 1747."
Andrew Henshaw married first Frances Stedman, according to some Henshaw-Torrey family accounts, and after her death he married Elizabeth Isbell, daughter of John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah Anderson Isbell (ref. Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass by Charissa Taylor Bass & Emma Lee Walton, 1940, p. 32).
According to The Bates and Fletcher Genealogical Register (1892), by Theodore C. Bates, Andrew Henshaw's "first wife" was Mrs. Frances Fletcher Thurston, widow of Nathaniel Thurston. Stedman may have been her middle name or the surname of an unknown second husband after Nathaniel Thurston's death, unless Frances Stedman actually was a second wife of Andrew Henshaw. Page 54 of the Bates and Fletcher Genealogical Register gives several dates which conflict with dates given elsewhere**, and while some of these are known to be in error, yet some others may be indeed accurate:
"Frances Fletcher, the oldest child of Captain Jonathan and Lucretia Emerson Fletcher, was born in Acton, Mass., February 20, 1784. She was married in Boston, Mass., on July 4, 1810, to the Hon. Nathaniel Thurston, of Bradford, Mass., (she being his seventh wife). He was born in Bradford, on January 17, 1755, and died in Laingsburg, N. Y., October 21, 1811, and was buried in Bradford.
"The Hon. Nathaniel Thurston was a member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1795, 1797, l799, and 1805, and was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1806, 1807, 1808 and 1809.
"Frances Fletcher Thurston, widow of the Hon. Nathaniel Thurston, married as her second husband, on June 20**, 1820, at the home of her sister, Susan Fletcher Rouse Whiting, in Mobile, Ala., Andrew Henshaw, of Leicester, Mass., a brother of the Hon. David Henshaw, who was Secretary of Navy under John Tyler, President of the United States in 1843-4. Andrew Henshaw was born in Leicester, Mass., on March 24**, 1783. She died in Clairbourne (sic), Ala., September 20, 1824. She had no children by either marriage.
"Andrew Henshaw married, as his second wife, Elizabeth Isbell Carson, a widow, her maiden name being Elizabeth Isbell. She was born in Powhattan County, Virginia, in 1787. He died in Clairbourne, Ala., November 19, 1853.
She died in Clairbourne, October 8**, 1878."
The same information is given in Personal Memoirs of Worcester County (1907) by Ellery Bicknell Crane, vol. I (of IV), pp. 117-119; also Fletcher Genealogy by Edward H. Fletcher, p. 201: "Fanny (Francis) Fletcher m. (1) in Boston 4 July 1810, as his 7th wife, Nathaniel Thurston of Bradford; m. (2) Andrew Henshaw of Leicester, MA. No children."
Thurston Genealogies (1st edition, 1880) by Brown Thurston, p. 73 says: HON. NATHANIEL THURSTON...married... seventh, FRANCES FLETCHER of Boston, Mass. This last marriage we found recorded in the Williamsburgh (sic), Va., Gazette of 1809, with the following quotation in connection, "counsel our counselors and give our senators wisdom," (Virginia State Library). He was a farmer in Bradford, and exporter of beef; for many years a member of the legislature of Massachusetts; was distinguished for his benevolence and greatly lamented by his friends. He died in Lansingburgh, N.Y., Oct. 21, 1811, aged 56, after which his widow married an ex-governor of Massachusetts, and went to the South.
The 2nd edition (1892), pp. 68-69, says: HON. NATHANIEL THURSTON...married...seventh, July 4, 1809, FRANCES FLETCHER, born Feb. 20, 1784, daughter of Jonathan and Lucretia (Emerson) Fletcher of Boston, Mass. This marriage was printed in the Columbian Sentinel of Boston; Benj. Russell, the editor, being in the senate with Mr. Thurston, added to the notice, "counsel our councilors, and give our senators wisdom." She was a relative of Catherine Emerson, who married Dea. Moses Thurston of Hollis, N. H., p. 44. He was a farmer in Bradford, and exporter of beef; for eighteen years a member of the legislature of Massachusetts; was distinguished for his benevolence, and greatly lamented by his friends. He died in Lansingburg, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1811, and was buried in Bradford. After this his widow married, June 20, 1820, Andrew Henshaw of Leicester, ex-governor of Massachusetts, and went to Claiborne, Ala. She had no children; died Sept. 20, 1824."
Andrew Henshaw was never governor of Massachusetts, nor did Massachusetts have a governor by the name of Henshaw or Stedman.
Andrew Henshaw was a descendant of John Alden, Treasurer of Plymouth Colony and Assistant to Gov. William Bradford of Massachusetts. Alden was also the first of the Pilgrims to step off the Mayflower onto Plymouth Rock.
No marriage record for Andrew Henshaw in Mobile has been found but may be found yet in church records or Rouse-Whiting family records. It is believed the name "Frances Stedman Henshaw" is recorded in a Henshaw family Bible. Mrs. Frances Fletcher Thurston Henshaw, who died in Claiborne in 1824, is probably buried there in the Old Claiborne Cemetery or in Connico Cemetery.
Daughter of Capt. Jonathan Fletcher and Lucretia Emerson.
Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book XVI (1899), p. 56: "Jonathan Fletcher was a minute man at Lexington and Bunker Hill. He served as fifer in 1776 and in 1778 held the rank of lieutenant under Capt. Jacob Haskins. He was commissioned captain in 1780 and served to the close of the war."
An Average American Army Officer: An Autobiography By Roger Bates Bryan, p. 21:
"Capt. Jonathan Fletcher was the sixth son of Maj. Daniel Fletcher, who was born at Concord, Mass., October 18, 1718; died at Acton, Mass., December 15, 1776, and his wife Sarah Hartwell, of Westforth, Mass., (dates of birth and death unknown). The intention of marriage ("Banns") having been entered Nov. 12th, 1741, (date of marriage record lost). Major Daniel Fletcher was elected Major of the Third Battalion, Massachusetts forces. (See Vol. 26, p. 277, Mass. Rev. Rolls). He was Lieutenant from March to Sept. Rev. Rolls). He was Lieutenant in Captain David Melvin's Company from March to September, 1747."
Andrew Henshaw married first Frances Stedman, according to some Henshaw-Torrey family accounts, and after her death he married Elizabeth Isbell, daughter of John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah Anderson Isbell (ref. Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass by Charissa Taylor Bass & Emma Lee Walton, 1940, p. 32).
According to The Bates and Fletcher Genealogical Register (1892), by Theodore C. Bates, Andrew Henshaw's "first wife" was Mrs. Frances Fletcher Thurston, widow of Nathaniel Thurston. Stedman may have been her middle name or the surname of an unknown second husband after Nathaniel Thurston's death, unless Frances Stedman actually was a second wife of Andrew Henshaw. Page 54 of the Bates and Fletcher Genealogical Register gives several dates which conflict with dates given elsewhere**, and while some of these are known to be in error, yet some others may be indeed accurate:
"Frances Fletcher, the oldest child of Captain Jonathan and Lucretia Emerson Fletcher, was born in Acton, Mass., February 20, 1784. She was married in Boston, Mass., on July 4, 1810, to the Hon. Nathaniel Thurston, of Bradford, Mass., (she being his seventh wife). He was born in Bradford, on January 17, 1755, and died in Laingsburg, N. Y., October 21, 1811, and was buried in Bradford.
"The Hon. Nathaniel Thurston was a member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1795, 1797, l799, and 1805, and was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1806, 1807, 1808 and 1809.
"Frances Fletcher Thurston, widow of the Hon. Nathaniel Thurston, married as her second husband, on June 20**, 1820, at the home of her sister, Susan Fletcher Rouse Whiting, in Mobile, Ala., Andrew Henshaw, of Leicester, Mass., a brother of the Hon. David Henshaw, who was Secretary of Navy under John Tyler, President of the United States in 1843-4. Andrew Henshaw was born in Leicester, Mass., on March 24**, 1783. She died in Clairbourne (sic), Ala., September 20, 1824. She had no children by either marriage.
"Andrew Henshaw married, as his second wife, Elizabeth Isbell Carson, a widow, her maiden name being Elizabeth Isbell. She was born in Powhattan County, Virginia, in 1787. He died in Clairbourne, Ala., November 19, 1853.
She died in Clairbourne, October 8**, 1878."
The same information is given in Personal Memoirs of Worcester County (1907) by Ellery Bicknell Crane, vol. I (of IV), pp. 117-119; also Fletcher Genealogy by Edward H. Fletcher, p. 201: "Fanny (Francis) Fletcher m. (1) in Boston 4 July 1810, as his 7th wife, Nathaniel Thurston of Bradford; m. (2) Andrew Henshaw of Leicester, MA. No children."
Thurston Genealogies (1st edition, 1880) by Brown Thurston, p. 73 says: HON. NATHANIEL THURSTON...married... seventh, FRANCES FLETCHER of Boston, Mass. This last marriage we found recorded in the Williamsburgh (sic), Va., Gazette of 1809, with the following quotation in connection, "counsel our counselors and give our senators wisdom," (Virginia State Library). He was a farmer in Bradford, and exporter of beef; for many years a member of the legislature of Massachusetts; was distinguished for his benevolence and greatly lamented by his friends. He died in Lansingburgh, N.Y., Oct. 21, 1811, aged 56, after which his widow married an ex-governor of Massachusetts, and went to the South.
The 2nd edition (1892), pp. 68-69, says: HON. NATHANIEL THURSTON...married...seventh, July 4, 1809, FRANCES FLETCHER, born Feb. 20, 1784, daughter of Jonathan and Lucretia (Emerson) Fletcher of Boston, Mass. This marriage was printed in the Columbian Sentinel of Boston; Benj. Russell, the editor, being in the senate with Mr. Thurston, added to the notice, "counsel our councilors, and give our senators wisdom." She was a relative of Catherine Emerson, who married Dea. Moses Thurston of Hollis, N. H., p. 44. He was a farmer in Bradford, and exporter of beef; for eighteen years a member of the legislature of Massachusetts; was distinguished for his benevolence, and greatly lamented by his friends. He died in Lansingburg, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1811, and was buried in Bradford. After this his widow married, June 20, 1820, Andrew Henshaw of Leicester, ex-governor of Massachusetts, and went to Claiborne, Ala. She had no children; died Sept. 20, 1824."
Andrew Henshaw was never governor of Massachusetts, nor did Massachusetts have a governor by the name of Henshaw or Stedman.
Andrew Henshaw was a descendant of John Alden, Treasurer of Plymouth Colony and Assistant to Gov. William Bradford of Massachusetts. Alden was also the first of the Pilgrims to step off the Mayflower onto Plymouth Rock.
No marriage record for Andrew Henshaw in Mobile has been found but may be found yet in church records or Rouse-Whiting family records. It is believed the name "Frances Stedman Henshaw" is recorded in a Henshaw family Bible. Mrs. Frances Fletcher Thurston Henshaw, who died in Claiborne in 1824, is probably buried there in the Old Claiborne Cemetery or in Connico Cemetery.
Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book XVI (1899), p. 56: "Jonathan Fletcher was a minute man at Lexington and Bunker Hill. He served as fifer in 1776 and in 1778 held the rank of lieutenant under Capt. Jacob Haskins. He was commissioned captain in 1780 and served to the close of the war."
An Average American Army Officer: An Autobiography By Roger Bates Bryan, p. 21:
"Capt. Jonathan Fletcher was the sixth son of Maj. Daniel Fletcher, who was born at Concord, Mass., October 18, 1718; died at Acton, Mass., December 15, 1776, and his wife Sarah Hartwell, of Westforth, Mass., (dates of birth and death unknown). The intention of marriage ("Banns") having been entered Nov. 12th, 1741, (date of marriage record lost). Major Daniel Fletcher was elected Major of the Third Battalion, Massachusetts forces. (See Vol. 26, p. 277, Mass. Rev. Rolls). He was Lieutenant from March to Sept. Rev. Rolls). He was Lieutenant in Captain David Melvin's Company from March to September, 1747."
Andrew Henshaw married first Frances Stedman, according to some Henshaw-Torrey family accounts, and after her death he married Elizabeth Isbell, daughter of John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah Anderson Isbell (ref. Descendants of Deacon Samuel & Ann Bass by Charissa Taylor Bass & Emma Lee Walton, 1940, p. 32).
According to The Bates and Fletcher Genealogical Register (1892), by Theodore C. Bates, Andrew Henshaw's "first wife" was Mrs. Frances Fletcher Thurston, widow of Nathaniel Thurston. Stedman may have been her middle name or the surname of an unknown second husband after Nathaniel Thurston's death, unless Frances Stedman actually was a second wife of Andrew Henshaw. Page 54 of the Bates and Fletcher Genealogical Register gives several dates which conflict with dates given elsewhere**, and while some of these are known to be in error, yet some others may be indeed accurate:
"Frances Fletcher, the oldest child of Captain Jonathan and Lucretia Emerson Fletcher, was born in Acton, Mass., February 20, 1784. She was married in Boston, Mass., on July 4, 1810, to the Hon. Nathaniel Thurston, of Bradford, Mass., (she being his seventh wife). He was born in Bradford, on January 17, 1755, and died in Laingsburg, N. Y., October 21, 1811, and was buried in Bradford.
"The Hon. Nathaniel Thurston was a member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1795, 1797, l799, and 1805, and was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1806, 1807, 1808 and 1809.
"Frances Fletcher Thurston, widow of the Hon. Nathaniel Thurston, married as her second husband, on June 20**, 1820, at the home of her sister, Susan Fletcher Rouse Whiting, in Mobile, Ala., Andrew Henshaw, of Leicester, Mass., a brother of the Hon. David Henshaw, who was Secretary of Navy under John Tyler, President of the United States in 1843-4. Andrew Henshaw was born in Leicester, Mass., on March 24**, 1783. She died in Clairbourne (sic), Ala., September 20, 1824. She had no children by either marriage.
"Andrew Henshaw married, as his second wife, Elizabeth Isbell Carson, a widow, her maiden name being Elizabeth Isbell. She was born in Powhattan County, Virginia, in 1787. He died in Clairbourne, Ala., November 19, 1853.
She died in Clairbourne, October 8**, 1878."
The same information is given in Personal Memoirs of Worcester County (1907) by Ellery Bicknell Crane, vol. I (of IV), pp. 117-119; also Fletcher Genealogy by Edward H. Fletcher, p. 201: "Fanny (Francis) Fletcher m. (1) in Boston 4 July 1810, as his 7th wife, Nathaniel Thurston of Bradford; m. (2) Andrew Henshaw of Leicester, MA. No children."
Thurston Genealogies (1st edition, 1880) by Brown Thurston, p. 73 says: HON. NATHANIEL THURSTON...married... seventh, FRANCES FLETCHER of Boston, Mass. This last marriage we found recorded in the Williamsburgh (sic), Va., Gazette of 1809, with the following quotation in connection, "counsel our counselors and give our senators wisdom," (Virginia State Library). He was a farmer in Bradford, and exporter of beef; for many years a member of the legislature of Massachusetts; was distinguished for his benevolence and greatly lamented by his friends. He died in Lansingburgh, N.Y., Oct. 21, 1811, aged 56, after which his widow married an ex-governor of Massachusetts, and went to the South.
The 2nd edition (1892), pp. 68-69, says: HON. NATHANIEL THURSTON...married...seventh, July 4, 1809, FRANCES FLETCHER, born Feb. 20, 1784, daughter of Jonathan and Lucretia (Emerson) Fletcher of Boston, Mass. This marriage was printed in the Columbian Sentinel of Boston; Benj. Russell, the editor, being in the senate with Mr. Thurston, added to the notice, "counsel our councilors, and give our senators wisdom." She was a relative of Catherine Emerson, who married Dea. Moses Thurston of Hollis, N. H., p. 44. He was a farmer in Bradford, and exporter of beef; for eighteen years a member of the legislature of Massachusetts; was distinguished for his benevolence, and greatly lamented by his friends. He died in Lansingburg, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1811, and was buried in Bradford. After this his widow married, June 20, 1820, Andrew Henshaw of Leicester, ex-governor of Massachusetts, and went to Claiborne, Ala. She had no children; died Sept. 20, 1824."
Andrew Henshaw was never governor of Massachusetts, nor did Massachusetts have a governor by the name of Henshaw or Stedman.
Andrew Henshaw was a descendant of John Alden, Treasurer of Plymouth Colony and Assistant to Gov. William Bradford of Massachusetts. Alden was also the first of the Pilgrims to step off the Mayflower onto Plymouth Rock.
No marriage record for Andrew Henshaw in Mobile has been found but may be found yet in church records or Rouse-Whiting family records. It is believed the name "Frances Stedman Henshaw" is recorded in a Henshaw family Bible. Mrs. Frances Fletcher Thurston Henshaw, who died in Claiborne in 1824, is probably buried there in the Old Claiborne Cemetery or in Connico Cemetery.
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