Re: Henson-Holder-Cleveland Connection!
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In reply to:
Re: Henson-Holder-Cleveland Connection!
2/10/01
Teresa,
My hunch is that the Holders living down by the Yadkin River is the family that married the seven Henson brothers. Looking at my maps I place the Henson brothers about 30 miles from where Stewarts creek and the Little Fisher River cross the Virginia border. This would have been over one day's travel by horse which doesn't quite make them neighbors. The other Holders were about nine miles from the Hensons with Colonel Cleveland living between them which would make it much easier for the kids to get to know each other.
What do you know about the Holders that lived down by the Yadkin?
It gets really difficult to say exactly where the Hensons came from within Virginia. There is much speculation as to the ancestor(s) of William H. Henson and their county of origin but I have not seen any evidence from primary or secondary sources to say where it all starts out.
I do believe that one or more families tended to settle new areas by sending out a few men to scout out new land and sometime later bring their women, children, livestock and farming implements. If it was a successful settlement other family members would flow into the area and stake claim to land. This is why I focused on the relationship between Colonel Benjamin Cleveland and William H. Henson for I was hoping to find evidence that the Clevelands and Hensons migrated together from a common area in Virginia.
I do show one Thomas Henson (b. 1786, S.C.; d. 1853 Mo.) marrying Rebecca Langston (b. 1789, N.C.; d. 1865, Mo.) on July 3, 1806 in Warren Co., Kentucky. Thomas was a younger son of William H. Henson (b. ca 1750, Va.; d. 1816, Sumner Co. Tenn.) and Elizabeth Holder.
Finally, there were definitely Hensons in Spartanburg and Greenville counties but, according to my research, they do not appear to be direct descendants of William H. Henson. They could have been descendants of William's brothers or they may have descended from one Phillip Henson whose descendants were moving westward from the Pee Dee river along the N.C./S.C. border as Indian lands were being opened to settlement. Or they might descend from the Hensons in Rutherford county, N.C.
To add to the confusion there were Henson/Hinsons coming into the area from Bermuda.