Sarah Vonschall m. Michael Hendershot III
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Michael Hendershot III, born 3 Apr 1734 in Millstone,
Sussex Co., NJ, son of Elizabeth Schermerhorn
& Michael Hendershot Jr,. died 26 Feb 1810. m. Sarah Vonschall
Their children:
- Casper Hendershot b. 1754 m. ca. 1774 Charity
Ann Dils (or Charity Ann Diltz) and also reportedly Margaret Drake and Elizabeth.
Casper died 1813 in Miami Co., OH. Charity b. 25 DEC 1756, Sussex, NJ, d.
12 MAR 1833, Springfield, Clark Co., OH. (Her parents: Johannes JOHN Diltz
b. 28 JUL 1714, Germany, died 1789, Hunterdon, NJ., m. 1737, Catharina b.
abt. 1719. John's parents: Wilhelm Dils m. Eulalia Thomas )
- Luke Hendershot b. 1756
- Michael Hendershot (IV) b. 1758 m. Phebe Hazen.
info to move to Dils web pg --
1787 Jul 30 - Dils, Johannes of Lebanon, Hunterdon Co, NJ, blacksmith,
Son John (the eldest); dau. Anna, wife of Peter Rodenbogh; son
Hermanus; dau Elizabeth, wife of Mordecai McKinney; sons Peter,
Joseph; dau. Charity, wife of Casper Hendershot, grandson Moraits,
son of dau. Catherine. Proved 27 Nov 1789.
[Another, somewhat conflicting record, states: "On page 271 of book
by Wm.E.Hendershott
Casper is the son of Michael born 5Apr1734 Rockaway Creek Area, Hunterdon
Co. NJ, where bapt. 23Apr1734 by Rev.W.O.Berkenmeyer, family moved to New
Germantown, then to Newton twp. Sussex Co., NJ where he was farmer and on
taxables 1773-74 on 100 acres, customer at Henry Bale store Newton, served
in revoluntionary War, Pri.in Capt. James Bonnel's Co., Sussex Co Militia,
later on 26 May 1778 took oath as officer in Militia. but no further record
is found."]
Children of Casper Hendershot include:
- Elizabeth Hendershot m. John Kennard
- David Hendershot (son of Casper and probably
Charity) m. Rachel McFarland, Catherine Benham and Lydia Allbright.
David b. Feb. 12, 1785 [also reported as 12 Jan 1778] Sussex Co NJ, moved
to Bourbon Co KY before Miami Co OH, he lived first in Piqua, Miami Co where
served in War of 1812, for more info see The McCully Train Iowa to Oregon
1852 by Sanford R. Wilbur & Sally H. Wilbur.
Children of David
Hendershot and Rachel McFarland, m. Sept. 19, 1805:
- Wilkinson Hendershott b. 1806
- Rachel Hendershott b. 1808
Children of David
Hendershot and Catherine Benham, b. Feb. 4, 1787, m. June 20, 1809:
- Jonathan Hendershott b. 9/8/1810
- Elizabeth Hendershott b. 10/2/1812
- Grace Hendershott b. 6/10/1814
- Henry Bascom Hendershott b. 8/16/1815
- Matilda Anne Sally Hendershott b. 3/24/1818
- Elvira Hendershott b. 7/18/1820
- Edward Cole Hendershott b. 12/26/1822
- Charles Benham Hendershott b. 8/6/1825 m. Sarah
Larrison
- William Hendershott b. 10/29/1827
- James Hendershott b. 9/11/1829
- Sidney B. Hendershott b. 1/8/1832
- Ann Eliza Hendershott b. 12/29/1833
- Catharine Hendershott b. 7/8/1836
Children of David
Hendershot and Lydia Allbright, m. Nov. 26, 1844:
- Cyms Hendershott b. 8/27/1845
- Harriet Elvira Hendershott b. 2/22/1848
Charles Benham Hendershott b. 8/6/1825
[obit. says 8/25/1825] Pike Co., Ill., d. May 1907 Sherman, Tx.,, a son
of David Hendershot and Catherine Benham, m.
April 1847 Sarah Larrison b. 1826, d. after her husband. Charles
moved to Iowa in 1844. He served in the Mexican War. He was a hard-core
Democrat and outspoken Southern sympathyzer, and the repercussions of this
in Iowa led him to move to Sherman, Texas with his family after the Civil
War. He and Sarah belonged to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church there.
Children of Sarah Larrison and Charles Benham Hendershott:
- Oliver Hendershott, moved to Fort Worth
- Alice Violetta Hendershott m. George Gordon French,
lived in Sherman
- Emma Hendershott m. O.E. (Frank) Hawley, lived in Sherman
- Clara Hendershott m. Thiessen, lived in Sherman, Tx. in 1907
- Lizzie Hendershott m. Adams, lived in Cisco, Tx. in 1907
- Charles S. Hendershott, d. Los Angeles
Here are the children's birth dates. I haven't matched the person with the
date except for Alice.
- ___ Hendershott b. 8/19/1852
- Alice Violetta Hendershott b. 9/24/1854 Ottumwa, Iowa
- ___ Hendershott b. 4/5/1856
- ___ Hendershott b. 2/4/1861
- ___ Hendershott b. 9/27/1865
- ___ Hendershott b. 6/8/18__
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