REV. THOMAS HENRY OF OSHAWA, ONTARIO BORN 1798 – DIED 1879 * * * * * HIS KNOWN DESCENDANTS AS OF 1 9 7 8 COMPILED BY HIS GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER MRS. MILDRED E. FLETCHER Reprinted 2002 by Richard Conn Henry (son of Edwin Mackie Henry, grandson of Edwin Mowat Henry, great grandson of James Orrin Henry, and great great grandson of Thomas Henry) Reprint Page # 1 - i – HENRY FAMILY NOTES Simeon Henery - Born in Cavan, Ireland, 1720 - Died 1823 -- 103 yrs. Thomas Henery, son of Simeon, lived his life in Ireland. b. 1752, d. 1818. Married a Quaker. He had one son, John - one daughter, Mary. John Henery lived in Drumless, a townland situated in the electorial division of Corr, in the County of Cavan, Ireland. b. 1774, d. 1836. Married Nancy Biggar, b. 1776, d. 1816. They had seven children: 4 sons - Thomas, not known, James, William 3 daughters - Names unknown. In 1811 the family set sail for America. After seven weeks, they arrived in New York, then on to Albany. They made their way by boat and wagon up the Mohawk Trail to Niagara Falls (Lewiston), and thence by boat to Toronto (York). In 1816, John bought a farm in the Township of Whitby, at Port Oshawa-on-the-Lake and moved there with his family. His wife, Nancy, died in 1816 and John re-married. There is no record of any additional family members born to John and his second wife in Canada. John Henery changes the family name from Henery to Henry on arrival in Canada. He died in 1836 and is buried in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Thomas Henry, eldest son of John and Nancy, b. 2 Feb. 1798, d. 1879. Thomas was a minister of the Christian Church in Ontario. He was a famous man in his time. His home was a large stone house on the Lake Ontario shore which later on became a museum in his honour, “Henry House Museum” at Oshawa, Ontario. Rev. Thomas Henry had a brother, born 1800, whose name is unknown. It is believed he died unmarried shortly after coming to Canada. Reprint Page # 2 - ii - Rev. Thomas Henry had three sisters. One married Jesse Trull, who owned and operated a ship on Lake Ontario. One sister married and lived in the State of Michigan, U.S.A. (She was still alive in 1871), and the other was unmarried and lived with her brother, Rev. Thomas Henry. James was a younger brother, b. 1802, d. 1845. He was married about 1825, and it is believed his wife was an Ellis from the Oshawa area. James and his wife moved to the Guelph area about 1830 and raised a family of nine children. William was Rev. Thomas Henry’s youngest brother, b. 1808, d. 1884. He was also a minister in the Christian Church in the Harriston, Ontario area. His parish included Mount Forest, Arthur, Drayton, and several other smaller communities. In 1845 he and his brother, Rev. Thomas Henry, attended their brother’s (James) funeral near Guelph. William was still alive in 1880, and at that time was the only sur- viving member of his father’s family. No record has been found of his wife or family. Thomas Henry’s mother, Nancy Biggar, was buried on the hill across the harbour of Oshawa-on-the-Lake. Thomas was then 18 years old. His father, John, was buried on the hill in 1836. In 1848-49, Thomas Henry, assisted by Elder George Coulson, published a Hymn Book - not reprinted. Thomas Henry himself died September 1879 at the Stone house (now Henry House Museum), with daughter Elizabeth (Dearborn), and daughter- in-law, Polly Ann (son George’s wife) present. Some of the family were always there, as wife, Lurenda, was a cripple. Rev. Thomas Henry was buried beside his mother, Nancy Biggar. The old cemetery on the hill across the Oshawa Harbour has now been moved, and the grave stones are today grouped on Guy’s Point (Bonnie Brae), next to the Lakeview Park, Oshawa. Reprint Page # 3 - iii - Rev. Thomas Henry preached for forty-two years. Rev. W. W. DeGeer read the Scripture at his funeral service. Rev. W. W. DeGeer came from Michigan, and was the Minister at the Christian Church for two years. There were 18 Ministers at the service, and 85 carriages lined the road in front of the church. This church was later named Centre Street United Church in 1928. In 1967 the building was demolished for expansion of the City Hall of Oshawa, and the congregation merged with Centennial United Church. (Rev.) Thomas Henry - b. 2 Feb. 1798, d. 20 Sept. 1879, m.-1- 30 July 1817, Betsey (Elizabeth) Davis, b. 1 Sept. 1800, d. 12 Nov. 1829. Six Children: I. Nancy Henry, b. 6 April 1819 - d. infant 1819. II. John Henry, b. 17 March 1820 - d. 1885. III. William Henry, b. 26 March 1822 - d. 23 Sept. 1846. IV. George Henry, b. 10 April 1824 - d. 6 March 1892. V. Thomas Simon Henry, b. 5 July 1826 - d. 1910. VI. Ebenezer Elijah Henry, b. 19 Sept. 1828 - d. _____ (Rev.) Thomas Henry m. (2) November 1830 - Lurenda Abbey, b. 24 May 1806 d. 25 March 1888. Ten Children: VII. Eliza Jane, b. 29 July 1831. - d. 1867. VIII. James Orrin Henry, b. 18 August 1832 - d. 1917. IX. Phineas Workman Henry, b. 18 July 1835 - d. 20 July 1900. X. Albert Nathaniel Henry, b. 18 January 1837, d. 16 August 1917. XI. Elizabeth (Betsey) Ann Henry, b. 17 April 1839 - d. 6 January 1928. XII. Joseph Gorham Henry, b. 11 December 1841 - d. 1 March 1926. XIII. Jesse Ezra Henry, b. 10 January 1844 - d. 30 September 1930. XIV. Clarissa Ann Henry, b. 23 August 1846 - d. 14 September 1927. XV. William Thomas Henry, b. 27 July 1849 - d. 6 December 1922. XVI. Jennie Lurenda Henry, b. 29 May 1852 - d. 27 October 1935. Reprint Page # 4 - iv - Numbering and Lettering Codes The number and letter codes used to reference the generations descended from Thomas Henry are as follows: I Children II A. Grandchildren B. 1. Great Grandchildren 2. (i) Great Great Grandchildren (ii) (a) Great Great Great Grandchildren (b) (-- --) Further Generations Reprint Page # 5 - 1 - THE FAMILY OF REV. THOMAS HENRY Rev. Thomas Henry had one daughter and five sons by his first wife, Elizabeth Davis. I Nancy Henry - b. 6 April 1819, d. infancy. II John Henry - Eldest son of Rev. Thomas Henry - b. 17 Mar. 1819, d. 1898, m. Elizabeth Nancy - b. 1818, d. 1877. John married and raised his family in the Oshawa area. During the revolution of Upper Canada, he aided some of leaders of the rebellion to escape by hiding them on his uncle’s (Jesse Trull) ship. John was the first salesman for McLaughlin Carriage Co. (General Motors of Canada). Three children: A. Ambrose - b. 1848, d. 1929. Married Sarah A. Tuer, b. 1849, d. 1921. Children: 1 - Hortense S. Eugenia, b. 1869, d. 1958, m. John Herancourt (to U.S.A.). (i) Son, Ross John, b. 1904, d. 1939, m. Marian Bradley (a) son, Allan, (b) daughter, Elinor. B. Wakefield - b. 1851, d. 1874. C. Edna - m. Bowman. Children: 1. Bert, 2. Marian, 3. Leah 4. Arthur. III William Henry - b. 26 March 1822, d. 23 Sept. 1846 A. Nancy - died infancy. IV George Henry - b. 16 April 1824, d. 6 Mar. 1892. Farmer at Bownmanville. m. 1866 - Polly Ann (Pauline) Hayward, daughter of Rev. Joshua Hayward, and authoress of the book, “Memoir of Rev. T. Henry,” b. 8 Nov. 1825, d. 1 Jan. 1913. Five children: A. Rollen - m. Myra Elizabeth Simpson. d. 16 June 1949 (Pasadena, Calif.) 2 Children: 1. Pauline Louise, b. 4 July, d.16 July 1966. 2. Rollin S., d. 13 Mar. 1954. Married-l- Ruby de Corsan Culver, (divorced); married-2- Sigrid - d. 1948 - no children. Reprint Page # 6 - 2 – B. Channing - b. 1 Feb. 1850, d. 6 Sept. 1936 (Pasadena, Calif.) m. Bertha Gamsby - b. 6 Aug. 1862, d. 1 Aug. 1939. Children: 1: Roy Lyman Henry- b. 22 June 1887 (Toronto), d. 3 Nov, 1969 (Pasadena, Calif.), m. 23 Jan. 1913, Minnie Sara Hubbell, d. 11 Aug 1972. 2 Children (i) Nancy - b. 4 July 1915, m. January 24, 1942, Daniel Green -- one child: Daniel W. Green III. Harold Hubbell Henry (Bud) b. 31 Aug. 1917 (Ontario, California) d. 31 Oct. 1953 (car accident), m. 2 Aug. 1941, Ethel -- (a) son, Roy Roderick Henry, b. 2 Oct. 1949. Ethel m. (2) 1941. Now Mrs. James Behse (Hawaii). C. George W. Henry - b. 10 Jan. 1856, d. 29 Apr. 1921 (Pasadena, Calif.) M. (1) Edith Codd; (2) Marian May Fowler - b. 28 Jan. 1865, d. 15 Feb. 1940. Children: 1 - Ellen Maude Henry-- b. 19 Apr. 1897 (Hatzic, B.C.), d. 22 Jan. 1932 (California). M. Dr. Cyril W. Shier, d. 29 Dec. 1967. Children (i) David A. - b. 28 June 1926, m. 8 June 1948 - Jean Ellen Frizelle. 2 Children: (a) Mark Cyril, b. 31 Mar. 1957; (b) Douglas David - b. 31 Dec. 1959. D. Ella Maude - b. 18 July 1853, d. 15 Dec. 1885, m. 15 Dec. 1874 - Robert Collacott - b. 8 Mar. 1848, d. 21 Dec. 1929. 2 Children: 1. George Robert Collacott - b. 31 Dec. 1876, d. 28 Jan. 1933, m. 11 Dec. 1901 - Emma Knight. 4 Children: (i) Doris - b. 1 May 1914, m. Frank Hopkins (Oakville, Ont.); (ii) Marjorie - retired teacher, Bownmanville, Ontario; (iii) Ella Maude; (iv) Robert George. 2. Nina Pearl - b. 7 June 1875, d. 1965, m. Robert Conklin. 1 Child: (i) Mildred - m. Walter Hillis.