Surname Saturday ~ HENDERSON of Saco, Maine and Salem, Massachusetts

HENDERSON

In the late 1600s the early Maine settlers were in conflict with the Native people of the seacoast, and there were many massacres that killed people on both sides.  Large numbers of settlements were completely abandoned.  Many of these settlers fled to Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts.  Some historians believe that the traumas experienced by many of these people, especially the children, may have led to the witch hysteria.

Peter Henderson (about 1649 – after 1700), my 9^th great grandfather, was a fisherman from Saco, Maine. He married his probable brother’s step-daughter, Abigail Bully in 1670 in Saco (now Biddeford Poole, Maine).  The John Henderson who married Ellen Booth, the widow of Nicholas Bully is considered to be his brother or close kin.   In 1671 Peter was granted 12 acres of land next to John’s property.

Peter first appeared in the Salem records around 1677, after the first massacres in Maine.  In Salem Peter Henderson was known as a Master Mariner and “Fisher Captain”.  In 1683 he paid taxes in Salem and appeared in a lawsuit against Robert Bray, Sr., and Richard Bale “for abusive carriages on board to the master. Bale was fined and ordered to be whipped.”   Also in 1683 Peter Henderson’s ship “ketch, Sara, was chased ashore by pirates at Funchal [Madeira].  There was another incident with pirates in 1697 concerning Henderson’s ketch, Margaret.

Two of Peter’s sons, Peter and Benjamin, married two Beadle sisters, Elizabeth and Abigail.  See my BEADLE genealogy at this link:   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/05/surname-saturday-beadle-of-salem.html   I descend from the daughter, Abigail Henderson (1676 – 1737), my 8^th great grandmother, who married Jonathan Glover in 1699.  Abigail and Jonathan Glover were the grandparents of Major General John Glover (1732 – 1797) of Marblehead, the Revolutionary War hero.  Click this link for my GLOVER genealogy:  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/09/surname-saturday-glover-of-salem-and.html

Some HENDERSON resources:

History of Saco and Biddeford, by George Folsom, 1830

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, 1928-1939

“The Henderson Family of Salem” by G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volume 48 (1912), page 328. 

My HENDERSON genealogy: 

Generation 1:  Peter Henderson, born about 1649, died after 27 September 1700 in Salem, Massachusetts; married on 29 December 1670 in Salem to Abigail Bully, daughter of Nicholas Bully and Eleanor Booth.  She was born 1 February 1655 in Saco, Maine.  Five children.

Generation 2:  Abigail Henderson, born October 1676 in Salem, died 29 April 1737 in Salem; married on 31 March 1699 in Salem to Jonathan Glover, son of John Glover and Mary Guppy. He was born 13 April 1677 in Salem and died March 1736.  Six children

Generation 3: Jonathan Glover m. Tabitha Bacon

Generation 4: Daniel Glover m. Hannah Jillings.

Generation 5: Tabitha Glover m. Thomas Homan

Generation 6: Betsey Jillings Homan m. Jabez TREAdwell

Generation 7:  Eliza Ann Treadwell m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 8:  Abijah Franklin Hithcings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis

Generation 9:  Gertrude Maria

Generation 10:  Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ HENDERSON of Saco, Maine and Salem, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted December 9, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/12/surname-saturday-henderson-of-saco.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ GLOVER of Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts

GLOVER

John Glover (about 1638 – 1695) Is my 9^th great grandfather.  He was also the great grandfather of the famous Brigadier General, John Glover, of the American Revolution.  He is of unknown origin, but might be related to the Charles and Elizabeth Glover who lived in Salem, and removed to Gloucester.  John Glover was a cordwainer (shoemaker).  He appears in the court records for assault in 1670, and for excessive drinking in February 1677/8. In 1680 he was accused of stealing.

From the Essex Institute Historical Collections (Salem, Massachusetts) Volume 2, No. 3, 1860,  page 148:  "john Glover maryed to Mary Guppy by Major Hathorn the 2d January 1660; theire son John Borne ye 29th 6th mo., 1661; theire son William borne 15th March 1663; da'r Mary born ye 1st 3d mo. 1666; da. Sarah borne ye 5th mo. '68; Hana 24th 4th '70; son Benjamin born ye 28th March 1674; Ebenezer born April 13th, 1685" This document does not name my 8^th great grandfather, Johnathan Glover (1677 – 1736), but he was named as a nephew in the will of one of John Glover’s brothers [The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 9, p. 119 and Vol. 11, p. 118; Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Vol. IV, 1667-1671 (Salem: The Essex Institute, 1914), page 274].  His birth is in the Salem town clerk records with no parents listed, and published in the tan books.

John left a will which was probated on 13 May 1695 [Essex County Probate #11025]  His son, Jonathan, my 8^th great grandfather.  Jonathan died without a will.  His son, Jonathan Glover, Jr. (1702 – 1737) is my 7^th great grandfather, and he died only a year after his father, leaving his wife, Tabitha Bacon, with four small children.  Three of the four sons grew up to all serve in the American Revolution, and the third son became Brigadier General John Glover (1732 – 1797).  I descend from the youngest son, Daniel Glover, my 6^th great grandfather.

Daniel Glover was a blockmaker and a ship’s captain.  He married his step-sister, Hannah Jillings in 1757.  (His mother remarried to Thomas Jillings in 1756, the previous year).   He captained some of the ships owned by his brothers, including a schooner named Three Brothers.  Some of the maritime notices of Capt. Daniel Glover as master of ships to Europe and the West Indies appear in The Georgia Gazette 1764 and the Boston Evening Post 1765. [see the website by Doug Sinclair on the life of Daniel Glover http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/glover/danielglover.htm  ]   

Daniel Glover had four children, and I descend from his daughter Tabitha (b. 1765) who married Thomas Homan in 1782 and had seven children. She is my 5^th great grandmother.

Some GLOVER resources:

"Of Ships, Shoes, and Sealing Wax: The Early Career of John Glover." By George Billias,  Essex Institute Historical Collections 92 (1956): 376-387.

Memoir of General John Glover of Marblehead,  by W. P. Upham, 1863

My GLOVER genealogy:

Generation 1:  John Glover, born about 1638, died May 1695 in Marblehead, Massachusetts; married on 2 January 1661 in Salem, Massachusetts to Mary Guppy, daughter of Reuben Guppy and his wife Eleanor.  She was born about 1640. Eight children.

Generation 2: Jonathan Glover, born 13 April 1677 in Salem, died March 1736; married on 31 March 1699 in Salem to Abigail Henderson, daughter of Peter Henderson and Abigail Bully.  She was born in October 1676 in Salem, and died 29 April 1737 in Salem.  Six children.

Generation 3:  Jonathan Glover, born 14 December 1702 in Salem, died August 1737 in Salem; married on 23 February 1727 in Salem to Tabitha Bacon, daughter of John Bacon and Hannah King.  Four sons, one died young and three served in the American Revolution including Brigadier General John Glover (1732 – 1797).

Generation 4: Daniel Glover, born January 1734/5 in Salem; married on 1  December 1757 in Newbury, Massachusetts to Hannah Jillings, daughter of Thomas Jillings and Hannah Mirick.  She was born 25 November 1737 in Newbury, and died 4 October 1810 in Salem.  Four children.

Generation 5:  Tabitha Glover, baptized on 10 February 1765, died 13 March 1837 in Marblehead; married on 28 November 1782 in Marblehead to Thomas Homan, son of William Homan and his wife Elizabeth.  He was born about 1758 and died 20 January 1832 in Marblehead.  Seven children.

Generation 6:  Betsey Jillings Homan m. Jabez Treadwell

Generation 7:  Eliza Ann Treadwell m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 8:  Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis

Generation 9:  Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil

Generation 10:  Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ GLOVER of Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted  September 30, 2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/09/surname-saturday-glover-of-salem-and.html: accessed [access date]).