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My interest is in George Hadfield, a partner in the Henshaw brothers' hatting business.
Thomas Henshaw was the founder of The Bluecoats School in Oldham, Lancashire and Henshaw's Society for Blind People in Manchester (both in England). Thomas and his brother Henry made a great deal of money at the beginning of the 19th century making beaver hats in Oldham. They were supposed to have been the sons of John and Martha Henshaw who farmed in Prestbury, Cheshire and there were brothers John, Christopher, Benjamin and a sister Ann or Hannah. Henry was probably born in 1732 and Thomas in 1733. Thomas married firstly a Hannah Taylor in 1754 and had a son, Henry, born in 1755 who died when he was ten years old. Thomas' will was contested by his second wife, Mrs Sarah Mayers Henshaw (née) Taylor and Mrs Anne Hadfield. The information comes from an unpublished work found in Manchester Central Library called "Henshaw and His Sons" by J.Marshall Taylor. No source information was given for the family details.
George Hadfield was a great nephew of Thomas Henshaw (by marriage); his mother (Anne) probably being a daughter of one of the other brothers, not Henry; he apparently didn't marry. George Hadfield lived at Failsworth Lodge. His three first children were Thomas Henshaw Hadfield, Christiana Hadfield and Henry Henshaw Hadfield born between 1801 and 1809. The first two boys were obviously named after Thomas and Henry Henshaw and I wonder whether the daughter, Christiana, may have been named after Christopher Henshaw. I am trying to find out how Anne Henshaw, George Hadfield's mother, met George's father, probably a John Hadfield and when and where!
A copy of "Henshaw and His Sons" by J.Marshall Taylor is available on request.
Regards
Tim Hadfield
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