Achnah Matilda Henderson, wife of James Callaway
From CFA Member, Sandie Grassino, comes this very interesting supposition.
I have an interesting (well, I think, at least) question to pose: What do you think - is it possible/plausible that Matilda Henderson (wife of James Callaway) could be the daughter of a child of Col. Samuel Henderson/Elizabeth Callaway?
The reason I ask this is as follows: If you recall, when we first "met", I told you that all of my life, I had been told that my ancestor was captured by the Indians. THIS Elizabeth (daughter of Col. Richard) was. I was also told that a Callaway ancestor was killed by lightning. I learned yesterday (at the Boone Family Reunion, of all places) that Pleasant Henderson, son of Elizabeth and Samuel, was indeed killed by lightning in 1816 or 1817. The family says 1817, but the tombstone says 1816. His age makes this feasible. She was born (according to CFA) in 1804. CFA only lists one marriage to Agnes Watt in 1805, I think, but that doesn't mean there couldn't have been a previous marriage. She was born in Tennessee, which is where he lived.
What do you think? Has anyone ever broached this subject before? I tried to get info about this from the CFA CD that I bought, but I have had no luck as of yet. The fact that she went by so many first names kind of tells me they may have been nicknames, and we may be missing the real name altogether. So, what do you think? Am I completely off my rocker or what?
Sandie Grassino
I have an interesting (well, I think, at least) question to pose: What do you think - is it possible/plausible that Matilda Henderson (wife of James Callaway) could be the daughter of a child of Col. Samuel Henderson/Elizabeth Callaway?
The reason I ask this is as follows: If you recall, when we first "met", I told you that all of my life, I had been told that my ancestor was captured by the Indians. THIS Elizabeth (daughter of Col. Richard) was. I was also told that a Callaway ancestor was killed by lightning. I learned yesterday (at the Boone Family Reunion, of all places) that Pleasant Henderson, son of Elizabeth and Samuel, was indeed killed by lightning in 1816 or 1817. The family says 1817, but the tombstone says 1816. His age makes this feasible. She was born (according to CFA) in 1804. CFA only lists one marriage to Agnes Watt in 1805, I think, but that doesn't mean there couldn't have been a previous marriage. She was born in Tennessee, which is where he lived.
What do you think? Has anyone ever broached this subject before? I tried to get info about this from the CFA CD that I bought, but I have had no luck as of yet. The fact that she went by so many first names kind of tells me they may have been nicknames, and we may be missing the real name altogether. So, what do you think? Am I completely off my rocker or what?
Sandie Grassino
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posted by DFM | 6/29/2004
2 Comments:
I am descended from Samuel Henderson and Elizabeth Callaway through their daughter Sallie who married Edmunds Rivers. Samuel and Elizabeth had 6 daughters and 4 sons. None of their daughters married a Callaway. Samuel died in 1816 and was living in the home of his son Pleasant in McMinnville, TN at the time of his death. Pleasant did not die until 1837. I have a copy of Samuel's will (1816) from the Tennessee State Archives that lists all of his daughters with their married names. Samuel was the son of Samuel Henderson and Elizabth Williams and they had 11 children (7 sons & 4 daughters). These children named their children for their brothers and sisters. So one must be careful in attaching children. Richard Callaway had 15 children. I do have a Lucy Matilda who was the daughter of Samuel Henderson & Rachel Jane Martin Hughes. This Samuel was the son of Nathaniel Henderson (brother of the Samuel who married Elizabeth Callaway).
Rivers Thompson
I would love to see Samuels will could you please email it to me. At
ssandj3@sbcglobal.net
Samuel was my ggggrandfather. I will share any info I have that you might need.
Sincerely
Sheila Henderson-Haines
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