Some Descendants of Samuel Henderson & Elizabeth Williams of Granville County, NC

Thanks to the diligence of Dennis Henderson, we're able to reveal the first comparison of Y-DNA results between a descendant of Richard Henderson of Troublesome Creek and Samuel Henderson (1700-1783), founder of the "Granville Hendersons".  The results indicate a close relationship and the two contributors have been placed in the same "family" group in the Clan Henderson DNA Project.  While awaiting deeper results, we can still comfortably affirm that the Hendersons of Troublesome Creek and Granville County shared a common male ancestor either on this continent or shortly before their emigration from Scotland.  In order for these findings to be confirmed, additional Y-DNA results from Troublesome Creek male descendants should be tested by Family Tree DNA and submitted to the Clan Henderson DNA Project and this website.  If interested, contact me at nancy@nancysdeadrelatives.com.  

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1. Samuel Henderson (c. 1700, Hanover Co, VA - 1783, Granville Co, NC)     "Sheriff Samuel"

     Sp: Elizabeth Williams (4 Sep 1714 - 1790; married 14 Nov 1732, Hanover Co, VA)

2. Mary Henderson (11 Jan 1734, Hanover Co, VA - 25 Aug 1803)

     Sp: Jacob Mitchell (13 Feb 1720 - 13 Mar 1780)

2. Richard Henderson (25 Apr 1735, Hanover Co, VA - 30 Jan 1785, Granville Co, NC)     "Judge Richard"

     Sp: Elizabeth Keeling (     - 26 Apr 1788/92, Granville Co, NC; m. 28 Dec 1763, Hanover Co, VA)

3. Fanny Henderson (1764 - 23 Apr 1792)

     Sp: Spruce McKay (     - 1808; m. 27 May 1785)

3. Richard Henderson (Jul 1766 -     )

3. Archibald Henderson (7 Aug 1768 - 21 Oct 1822)

     Sp: Sarah Alexander

3. Elizabeth Henderson (30 Aug 1770 - 30 May 1806)

     Sp: William Lee Alexander (m. Apr 1792)

3. Leonard Henderson (6 Oct 1772 - 13 Aug 1833)     Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court

     Sp: Frances Farrar (1772 - 16 Sep 1845; m. 3 Nov 1795)

3. John Lawson Henderson (1778 - 11 Jun 1843)

     Sp: Elizabeth ______

2. Nathaniel Henderson (1 Dec 1736, Hanover Co, VA - Dec 1789)

     Sp1: Sarah Franklin Jones (m. 31 Oct 1763, Granville Co, NC)

     Sp2: Charlotte Morgan (m. 25 Aug 1781, Granville Co, NC)

3. Samuel Henderson (3 Dec 1783 - Apr 1843)

     Sp: Tabitha Galbraith (3 Sep 1787 -     )

3. Elizabeth Henderson

2. Elizabeth Henderson (19 Feb 1738, Hanover Co, VA - 17 Aug 1831, SC)

     Sp: John Beckham (m. 12 Aug 1761, Granville Co, NC)

2. Ann Henderson (13 Mar 1739, Hanover Co, VA - 1831, SC)

     Sp1: Adam Potter

     Sp2: Daniel Williams (m. 13 Jul 1763, Granville Co, NC)

2. Susanna Henderson (23 Apr 1742/43, Granville Co, NC - Jan 1787)

     Sp: Reuben Searcy (m. 27 Mar 1760, Granville Co, NC)

2. John Henderson (24 Oct 1744, Granville Co, NC - Sep 1828)

     Sp: Sarah Hinton Alston (m. 4 Jun 1772, Granville Co, NC)     Sarah was the widow of Solomon Alston.

2. Samuel Henderson (6 Feb 1746, Granville Co, NC - 15 Oct 1815)

     Sp: Elizabeth Calloway (m. Aug 1776, Fort Boonesboro, KY)

3. Frances Henderson (29 May 1777 -     )

     Sp: James Smiley Gillespie

3. Richard Henderson (26 Dec 1779 - 1814)

     Sp: Amy Alves

3. Pleasant Henderson (1780 - 1830)

     Sp: Agnes Watts Robards (1793 - 1870)

3. Susan Henderson (4 Jan 1784 -     )

     Sp: Edmund Rivers

3. Julia Henderson

     Sp: Benjamin Duchard

3. Elizabeth Henderson (Aug 1789 -     )

     Sp: Matthew Lyle Dixon

3. Baldwin Henderson (1791 -     )

3. Eudocia Henderson (7 Sep 1794 -     )

     Sp: James Estill

3. Alfred Henderson (1797 - 19 Nov 1893)

     Sp: Sally Quisenberry (7 Mar 1806 - 21 Mar 1872)

2. William Henderson (15 Mar 1748, Granville Co, NC - 29 Jan 1788)

     Sp: Letitia Nelson

2. Thomas Henderson (9 Mar 1752, Granville Co, NC - 11 Nov 1821, Danbury, Rockingham Co, NC)

     Sp: Jane Martin (m. 10 Nov 1778, Guilford Co, NC)

3. Samuel Henderson (c. 1779 - 1834)

     Sp: Peggy Dinkin Roberts (m. 10 Jun 1806)     Peggy was a widow.

3. Alexander Martin Henderson (1780 - 1843)

     Sp: Mary Wallace (m. 21 Feb 1807)

3. Mary "Polly" Henderson (16 Jan 1785 - 4 Jul 1850, Lacy's Spring, Morgan Co, AL)

     Sp: John Lacy (m. 30 May 1803)

3. Thomas Henderson (25 Mar 1787 - 22 Jun 1836, Sumpter Co, AL)

     Sp: Ann Fenner (m. 29 May 1811)

3. Nathaniel Henderson (1793 -     )

     Sp: Susan Searcy (28 Sep 1796 -     ; m. 6 Aug 1818, Rockingham Co, NC)

3. Jane Henderson (     - 31 Oct 1844)

     Sp: William Kendrick (17 Dec 1786 - 31 Oct 1844)

3. Frances "Fanny" Henderson (     - 25 Oct 1831)

     Sp: Andrew Springs (m. Apr 1814)

2. Pleasant Henderson (9 Jun 1750, Granville Co, NC - 10 Dec 1842, Carroll Co, TN)

     Sp: Sarah Martin (24 May 1764, Hunterdon Co, NJ - Nov 1840; m. 27 Jan 1786, Rockingham Co, NC)

3. James Martin Henderson (24 Feb 1787 - 21 Jul 1831, Carroll Co, TN)

     Sp: Margaret Moore Hill (1793 - 18 Nov 1829, TN; m. 19 Mar 1812, Mount Pleasant, TN)

3. William Henderson (1789 - 1838)

3. Maurice Henderson (11 Jun 1791 - 17 Sep 1829)

3. Tippoo Saib "Tip" Henderson (23 Nov 1793 - 8 Oct 1833)

3. Mark Mitchell Henderson (4 Dec 1795 -     )

3. Eliza Jane Henderson (9 Aug 1798 -     )

     Sp: Hamilton Chamberlain Jones

3. Pleasant Henderson (12 Dec 1802 - 21 Oct 1851)

3. Alexander Martin Henderson (16 Mar 1807 - 11 Feb 1873)

     Sp: Melinda Williams Wimbish (1829 - 4 Oct 1905)

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