Thomas was born in in Northern Ireland. The earliest record in America says he "Arrived in Boston about 1740." One record (Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Washington, D.C.), cites Thomas as born in Northern Ireland about 1721. His marriage intention to Ann Miller, filed in Bridgewater (24 Jan 1742/43), states he was "of Boston". In addition to his intention, the actual marriage (21 Mar 1742/43) to Ann Miller is also recorded in vital records of Bridgewater (North Bridgewater aft. 1821, Brockton aft. 1874), Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. The name was spelled variously depending on how the recorder heard the name. Among the spellings were: Henry, Hendrey, Handrey and Hendry. But surname variations also occurred by choice: "Hendry" in New York became "Henry" in Ohio following the move of certain individual families, for example.
Thomas had two sons killed outright (Thomas and James) during the Revolution when the Indian, Joseph Brant, together with forty-three other Indians and seven Tories surprised a scouting party at Harpersfield, Delaware Co., New York on April 8, 1780 (aka: The Harpersfield Masacre). The third of his five sons, John, was taken prisoner at the same time, marched from Harpersfield overland to Niagara with the other prisoners and subsequently died on a prison ship in Quebec.
According to handwritten notes made by William Hendry, son of David Hendry (the fourth son), Thomas died of consumption in Harpersfield in the spring of 1780 and was buried near his three oldest sons, Thomas, James and John. At the time he died, the two youngest sons, David and William were either at the Schoharie forts or in Connecticut. (David had served in the Continental Army for 18 months in 1778-79. He contracted smallpox and was unfit for life on the frontier. He spent some time during the war in Connecticut. Just where he was in April of 1780 is not clear.) William, the grandson of the original Thomas, writes that the sons David and William were at the Schoharie forts in April of 1780. David Hendry was the fourth son and sixth child of Thomas Hendry and Ann Miller. The William Hendry referred above was David's youngest son, born in Harpersfield, Ashatabula Co., Ohio in 1807.
It is not currently known where or when his wife, Ann Miller Hendry, died or where she is buried - but she is not buried in the Harpersfield Rural Cemetery according to cemetery records.
NOTE: There was a Thomas Hendry (1674-1751) in Boston in 1710, as he married an Ann Thomas in the Old North Church in this year. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Cotton Mather. The couple had eight children including a son named Thomas born 21 December 1712. There is no evidence to connect this Thomas Hendry family with the Thomas Hendry who married Ann Miller in Bridgewater in 1743. It has been concluded that the Thomas in Boston in 1710 represents a completely separate Hendry family.
Additonal daughters:
Margaret Hendry b.10 Feb 1752, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. d.1 Aug 1827, Lodi, Seneca Co., New York. m. 28 Feb 1771, North Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA John Montgomery b. 1744
Ann Hendry b.1 May 1756, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. d. HArpersfield, Delware, NY m. ___ Wilcox
Thomas had two sons killed outright (Thomas and James) during the Revolution when the Indian, Joseph Brant, together with forty-three other Indians and seven Tories surprised a scouting party at Harpersfield, Delaware Co., New York on April 8, 1780 (aka: The Harpersfield Masacre). The third of his five sons, John, was taken prisoner at the same time, marched from Harpersfield overland to Niagara with the other prisoners and subsequently died on a prison ship in Quebec.
According to handwritten notes made by William Hendry, son of David Hendry (the fourth son), Thomas died of consumption in Harpersfield in the spring of 1780 and was buried near his three oldest sons, Thomas, James and John. At the time he died, the two youngest sons, David and William were either at the Schoharie forts or in Connecticut. (David had served in the Continental Army for 18 months in 1778-79. He contracted smallpox and was unfit for life on the frontier. He spent some time during the war in Connecticut. Just where he was in April of 1780 is not clear.) William, the grandson of the original Thomas, writes that the sons David and William were at the Schoharie forts in April of 1780. David Hendry was the fourth son and sixth child of Thomas Hendry and Ann Miller. The William Hendry referred above was David's youngest son, born in Harpersfield, Ashatabula Co., Ohio in 1807.
It is not currently known where or when his wife, Ann Miller Hendry, died or where she is buried - but she is not buried in the Harpersfield Rural Cemetery according to cemetery records.
NOTE: There was a Thomas Hendry (1674-1751) in Boston in 1710, as he married an Ann Thomas in the Old North Church in this year. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Cotton Mather. The couple had eight children including a son named Thomas born 21 December 1712. There is no evidence to connect this Thomas Hendry family with the Thomas Hendry who married Ann Miller in Bridgewater in 1743. It has been concluded that the Thomas in Boston in 1710 represents a completely separate Hendry family.
Additonal daughters:
Margaret Hendry b.10 Feb 1752, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. d.1 Aug 1827, Lodi, Seneca Co., New York. m. 28 Feb 1771, North Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA John Montgomery b. 1744
Ann Hendry b.1 May 1756, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. d. HArpersfield, Delware, NY m. ___ Wilcox
Thomas was born in in Northern Ireland. The earliest record in America says he "Arrived in Boston about 1740." One record (Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Washington, D.C.), cites Thomas as born in Northern Ireland about 1721. His marriage intention to Ann Miller, filed in Bridgewater (24 Jan 1742/43), states he was "of Boston". In addition to his intention, the actual marriage (21 Mar 1742/43) to Ann Miller is also recorded in vital records of Bridgewater (North Bridgewater aft. 1821, Brockton aft. 1874), Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. The name was spelled variously depending on how the recorder heard the name. Among the spellings were: Henry, Hendrey, Handrey and Hendry. But surname variations also occurred by choice: "Hendry" in New York became "Henry" in Ohio following the move of certain individual families, for example.
Thomas had two sons killed outright (Thomas and James) during the Revolution when the Indian, Joseph Brant, together with forty-three other Indians and seven Tories surprised a scouting party at Harpersfield, Delaware Co., New York on April 8, 1780 (aka: The Harpersfield Masacre). The third of his five sons, John, was taken prisoner at the same time, marched from Harpersfield overland to Niagara with the other prisoners and subsequently died on a prison ship in Quebec.
According to handwritten notes made by William Hendry, son of David Hendry (the fourth son), Thomas died of consumption in Harpersfield in the spring of 1780 and was buried near his three oldest sons, Thomas, James and John. At the time he died, the two youngest sons, David and William were either at the Schoharie forts or in Connecticut. (David had served in the Continental Army for 18 months in 1778-79. He contracted smallpox and was unfit for life on the frontier. He spent some time during the war in Connecticut. Just where he was in April of 1780 is not clear.) William, the grandson of the original Thomas, writes that the sons David and William were at the Schoharie forts in April of 1780. David Hendry was the fourth son and sixth child of Thomas Hendry and Ann Miller. The William Hendry referred above was David's youngest son, born in Harpersfield, Ashatabula Co., Ohio in 1807.
It is not currently known where or when his wife, Ann Miller Hendry, died or where she is buried - but she is not buried in the Harpersfield Rural Cemetery according to cemetery records.
NOTE: There was a Thomas Hendry (1674-1751) in Boston in 1710, as he married an Ann Thomas in the Old North Church in this year. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Cotton Mather. The couple had eight children including a son named Thomas born 21 December 1712. There is no evidence to connect this Thomas Hendry family with the Thomas Hendry who married Ann Miller in Bridgewater in 1743. It has been concluded that the Thomas in Boston in 1710 represents a completely separate Hendry family.
Additonal daughters:
Margaret Hendry b.10 Feb 1752, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. d.1 Aug 1827, Lodi, Seneca Co., New York. m. 28 Feb 1771, North Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA John Montgomery b. 1744
Ann Hendry b.1 May 1756, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. d. HArpersfield, Delware, NY m. ___ Wilcox
Thomas had two sons killed outright (Thomas and James) during the Revolution when the Indian, Joseph Brant, together with forty-three other Indians and seven Tories surprised a scouting party at Harpersfield, Delaware Co., New York on April 8, 1780 (aka: The Harpersfield Masacre). The third of his five sons, John, was taken prisoner at the same time, marched from Harpersfield overland to Niagara with the other prisoners and subsequently died on a prison ship in Quebec.
According to handwritten notes made by William Hendry, son of David Hendry (the fourth son), Thomas died of consumption in Harpersfield in the spring of 1780 and was buried near his three oldest sons, Thomas, James and John. At the time he died, the two youngest sons, David and William were either at the Schoharie forts or in Connecticut. (David had served in the Continental Army for 18 months in 1778-79. He contracted smallpox and was unfit for life on the frontier. He spent some time during the war in Connecticut. Just where he was in April of 1780 is not clear.) William, the grandson of the original Thomas, writes that the sons David and William were at the Schoharie forts in April of 1780. David Hendry was the fourth son and sixth child of Thomas Hendry and Ann Miller. The William Hendry referred above was David's youngest son, born in Harpersfield, Ashatabula Co., Ohio in 1807.
It is not currently known where or when his wife, Ann Miller Hendry, died or where she is buried - but she is not buried in the Harpersfield Rural Cemetery according to cemetery records.
NOTE: There was a Thomas Hendry (1674-1751) in Boston in 1710, as he married an Ann Thomas in the Old North Church in this year. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Cotton Mather. The couple had eight children including a son named Thomas born 21 December 1712. There is no evidence to connect this Thomas Hendry family with the Thomas Hendry who married Ann Miller in Bridgewater in 1743. It has been concluded that the Thomas in Boston in 1710 represents a completely separate Hendry family.
Additonal daughters:
Margaret Hendry b.10 Feb 1752, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. d.1 Aug 1827, Lodi, Seneca Co., New York. m. 28 Feb 1771, North Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA John Montgomery b. 1744
Ann Hendry b.1 May 1756, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. d. HArpersfield, Delware, NY m. ___ Wilcox
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