James Henry, Sr. was born in Scotland in 1720. He married Hannah McKness (d. 1821) on 25 Apr 1742 in Providence, RI.

It is considered here that this James Henry was the one who married April 25, 1742, in Providence, R. I., Hannah McKness, and who was made a freeman of Providence in May, 1756. (Colonial Rec. R. I., 5-487.)

From: Henry genealogy : the descendants of Samuel Henry of Hadley and Amhers, Mass., 1734-1790, and Lurana (Cady) Henry, his wife : with an appendix containing brief accounts of other Henry families" https://archive.org/stream/henrygenealogyde00eldr/henrygenealogyde00eldr_djvu.txt

They had nine children:

James Henry, Jr., b. 29 Oct 1770, married Hannahritta Waterman, d. 11 Feb 1841

William Henry, b. 1743

Mary Henry, b. 1745

Margaret Henry, b. 1747

Elizabeth Henry, b. 1749

Jean Henry

John Henry, b.1753

Martha Henry

Francis Henry

James, Sr., served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Connecticut. He died 10 Oct 1809 in Sterling, CT.

Burial:

Card-Clark Cemetery

Windham County, Connecticut, USA

Connecticut Death Records

Source Citation

"Connecticut, Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7V8-8QC : accessed 7 June 2012), James Henry, 1809.

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