A Brief History of James Hendricks, Sr.

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SPECIAL NOTE: From all the research available it appears that James (nee: Jacobus) used both the original Hendrickson name and on occasion used Hendricks. It was not until the 3rd generation that the "on" was consistently left off and about one-third of those changed it to Hendrix and the rest used Hendricks. Brothers changed them differently.

All the children of James Hendricks are of the marriage to Lucy Duckett. c1727 he remarried to Mary (last name unknown). All the children were born on the banks of the Delaware in Chester Co. PA (unproved at this time). Children and grandchildren in approximate order:

Children by Lucy Duckett

  1. Ann, b: c1692, m: John Linville c1710 (unproven) d: ? on Linville Creek, Augusta (now Rockingham) Co., VA.
      2.      
    • William Linville
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    • others unknown at this time


  2. Helchey, b: c1694, m: Mar 1714 Thomas Baldwin, d: ? ( last documented in Conestoga Twp., Lancaster Co., PA in 1743.
      3.      
    • Unknown at this time. It appears that some of the Baldwins were among the Quakers on the North Carolina frontier by the 1750's


  3. John, b: c1669, m: 30 Apr 1718 Rebecca Worley (Chester monthly Meeting), d: c Jan 1750, Dover Twp., York Co., PA; Indian Trader and Miller. He is the most colorful "John": Jailed by both Maryland and Pennsylvania during the Cresap Border War during the 1730's; a high profile Pennsylvania history frontier history 1728 - 1740.
      4.      
    • James
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    • Rebecca : m: Thomas Pettit
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    • Caleb
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    • John, Jr
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    • Francis
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    • William


  4. Henry, b: c1698, m: wife #1 c1721, m: wife # 2 or 3, m: Ruth Knott c1745, d: c Oct 1786 Forks of the Yadkin, Rown (now Davie) Co., North Carolina. AKA: South Henry. He settled jus above the later surveyed (1765) Mason-Dixon Line in Shrewsbury Twp., York Co., PA from c1747 to 1771 when he move to the Forks of the Yadkin in Rowan Co., NC. Rumored he was spared General Cornwallis' foragers in 1781 because he was a very old man with a house full of young children.
      5.      
    • Adam Miller
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    • Andrew
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    • Daniel, Sr.
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    • John
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    • William
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    • Garrett
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    • Esrom
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    • Benjamin
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    • Peter
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    • Susannah
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    • Joseph
      •      
    • James
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    • Abraham
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    • Joshua
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    • Amos
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    • Frederick
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    • Seba
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    • Ephraim
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    • Henry, Jr.
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    • Jesse
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    • Isaac
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    • George
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    • Rebecca


  5. James, Jr., b: c1706 m: Ann Gale c 1729, d: Feb 1731 on West Bank Susquehanna, Lancaster (now York) Co., PA. His father in a hunting accident accidentally killed him. He was a carpenter by trade. There were no known children, but one or two possible. His widow married Edmund Cartlege, Indian trader. They moved to Bladen (later Anson, now Montgomery) Co., NC.


  6. Samuel, b: c1715, m: wife #1 c1738, m: Mary Sale 14 Oct 1754, m: Alice Wright 29 Jan 1766, d: May 1782 Menallen Twp., York (now Adams) Co., PA. He was a Quaker and weaver by trade,
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    • Samuel - mother Wife #1, (lived in Randolph Co., NC).
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    • Nathan - mother Wife #1
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    • Ann - mother Wife #1 (m: ? DeLap)
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    • Martha - mother Mary Sale (m: Nathan McGrew)
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    • Mary - mother Mary Sale (m: Finley McGrew)
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    • Patience - mother Mary Sale (m: Peter McGrew)
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    • Lydia - mother Mary Sale (m: William McGrail)
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    • Elizabeth - mother Alice Wright
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    • Stephen - mother Alice Wright
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    • Hannah - mother Alice Wright

 

James was a carpenter, Indian trader and frontiersman. He changed to and used the name James after 1700; genealogical records will be using the name James for simplicity sake.

He appears in Quaker records of Pennsylvania

He lived among the Indians as soon as 1690 and became an active Indian interpreter by 1716. In 1740, at the age of 73, he deposed for the Penn government against the encroachment of Lord Baltimore (Maryland) followers led by Thomas Cresap on the west banks of the Susquehanna River. He cited where the early forts and settlements were and to have been conversant in the Indian language of the time.

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