General Notes

Thomas Henderson of Fifeshire, Dumfries, Scotland, and Jamestown
and Blue and Yellow Springs, Va. (descendant of Sir James Henderson
of "Fordell," Scotland), b. Scotland, d. Va., m. ....
Jane Forbes, dau. Duncan Forbes of Camphill, Scotland, b. ....,
d. .... P. 250 Macfarlane--Jane Forbes m. Thos. Henderson, son
to Colonel Henderson. Douglas' Baronage of Scotland, Vol. 1, p.
518 (1798). Sir James Henderson m. Jean Muoray and had four
sons: Sir John, his heir, Robert, James and Francis. the last three
Colonels and brave officers in Danish, Swedish and French wars.
It is evident that Thomas Henderson was grandson of Sir James
Henderson of Fordell.

Children:
Richard (of Hanover Co., Va.), b. ...., d. ...., m. Mary (Polly)
Washer (dau. of Ensign Thomas Washer).
Other children, names unknown.

Thos. Henderson is mentioned in an Apprentice Roll of Edinburgh, Scotland,as with James Reddick, peuderer (pewterer) in 1602. Scottish RecordSociety Pub., Vol. 28. Alphabetical, by Edna Ely Weatherford, Genealogist.Research on Henderson Family.
Services: Came to Jamestown, Va., 1607. Landed proprietor of Jamestown
and Blue and Yellow Springs, Va.
References: D. A. C. Douglas Baronage (1784), pp. 39-41--Richard Thurman,
Richard Henderson, Sr., and Richard Henderson, Jr. Land Office
Richmond, Va., Liber 21, p. 378, grant June 20, 1643. Henderson
Geneal. Bk. compiled by Mary Turpin Layton, genealogist. Geneal. of
Hughes, Dalton, Martin and Henderson Fam. of Va., pp. 217, etc. Reg.
Col. Fam. of U. S., Vol. 4, pp. 177-178. Abridg. Com. Am. Geneal.,Vol.
4, p. 713. Geneal. Collections Fam. of Scotland--Macfarlane, Vol.2,
pp. 47 and 250.
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Thomas Henderson was born at Fifeshire, Scotland. He came from Dumfries,Scotland, in the ship "Sarah Constant" or "Goodspeed" or "Discovery,"landed Cape Henry Apr. 26, and landed on the James River where theycalled it Jamestown, after their King, James I, May 13, 1607-8. Residedat Jamestown and Blue and Yellow Springs, Va., and Hanover Co., Va.Had Land Grant June 20, 1643. Died in Virginia. King James I unitedEngland and Scotland.

Married at Fifeshire, Scotland, ca. 1602-1607, to Jane Forbes, bornScotland. She was daughter of Duncan Forbes, Laird of Camphill, andhis wife, Elizabeth Forbes, daughter of the Laird of Corse.
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Children by this marriage:

*2. Richard, Sr. (Other children, names unknown.)

(2) Richard Henderson, Sr., m. in Virginia Mary (Polly) Washer, daughterof Ensign Thomas Washer and Mary Bruce.

Ensign Thomas Washer represented Capt. Christopher Lawne's Plantationin First Virginia House of Burgesses July 30, 1619. Later called Isleof Wight Plantation. His name is on a monument in Jamestown, Va.,as a member of the First House of Burgesses. His father was ReverendWilliam Wassher, Rector of Upminster, Essex. His mother was BlancheCarmarden. Carmarden (Carmarthen) and Washer (Wassher) Family in England.

Thomas Washer's father was the Reverend William Wassher of Upminster,Essex. His mother was Blanche Carmarden, daughter of Thomas Carmardenand Dorothy, his wife, daughter of Paul Alexander. Reverend WilliamWassher died before 20 May, 1609.

Consistory Court of London. 266/7 Sperin.
Anno. Dom. 1610. Apl. 8th.

Abstract of the Will of William Wassher, p'son of Upminster.
Blanche Washer my wife to be sole Exix.
Daur. Mary Wassher the moyetie of my goods, after payment of my debtsetc. My sons Richard Wassher & Thomas Wassher's bonds for money dueto me I intend to be part of the moiety of my goods bequeathed tomy daughter Mary Wassher.
.....Carmarden )
William Pratt ) Wits.
Proved in the Consistory Court of London 20 May 1609 by Blanche Wassherthe Relict and Exix.

Boyd's Marriages Misc. 1601-1625.

1611--Mary Washer and William Pratt--Bishop of London, M. L.

Thomas Washer went with his mother, Blanche Wassher, and gave hisconsent to this marriage of his sister Mary.

Typewritten Notes Pasted in "Sketches of Upminster."
(From Bp. of London's Marriage Licence Allegations.)
1591, May 6. Washer, Eliz. Spr. of St. Margaret Moses, Friday St.dau. of William Washer, Clerk, Rector of Upminster, Essex & RalphHasler of City of London Vintner. Genl. Licence to marry.

1611. Oct. 2. Wassher, Mary of Upminster, Spr. 22 & more, dau. ofWm. Wassher, Clerk parson of same, dec'd., & William Pratt, Clerk,late curate of Upminster, Essex, 37 a bachelor. Consent of BlancheWassher, widow, mother of said Mary, as alleged by her brother ThomasWassher. To marry at Upminster.
E. 334/7. Composition Books. First Fruits & Tenths Office.
(Public Record Office.)
p. 192. 23 March 5 Elizabeth (1562/3.
Essex. Upminster.
William Wassher, clerk, compounded for the First Fruits of the Rectoryof Upminster Extended at
26. 13. 4., the tithes thereof 43s. 4d.
1 Sep. 1563 )
1 Mar. 1563 )
1 Sep. 1564 )
24.
1 Mar. 1564 )
Bond by William Wassher, Clerk, Peter Atkenson of the parish of St.Martin Orgar, London, Draper, and Richard Wyllet of St. Mary of theArches (St. Mary le Bow) London, Merchant Taylor.
Notes:
(1) Thomas Carmarden (Carmarthen) of Haxstone, County Middlesex, marriedAllice, daughter of Nicholas Hollwey. (2) John Carmarden married DorothyBorne, Co. Cornwall. (3) Thomas Carmarden married Dorothy Alexander,daughter of Paule Alexander, and had Richard, Byron, Blanche and Mary.Mary married James Rowbotham of Upminster, in Essex, Gentleman. (4)Rev. William Wassher, Rector of Upminster, Essex, probably living1591. He married Blanche Carmarden, and they had Richard, Thomas (bothare mentioned in will of their uncle James Rowbotham), Gentleman ofUpminster (1585 P. C. C.); Elizabeth, who had license to marry 1591Ralph Hasler, and Mary, aged 22, of Upminster, had license to marryOct. 2, 1611, William Pratt, late Curate of Upminster, after of Melfordin Suffolk, with consent of Blanche Wassher, widow, mother of thesaid Mary, as alleged by her brother (5) Thomas Wassher, to marryat Upminster (according to the Bishop of London's Marriage LicenseAllegations). This is believed to be the Thomas Washer who came toVirginia (by George Sherwood, F. S. G., Record Searcher and Archivist,of London, Eng.), and in all probability was the Ensign, officer inthe English Army, and Member of the First House of Burgesses. He issaid to have married Mary Bruce. As the son of a clergyman, he wasof some social standing and was appointed Ensign by the King of England.

References: Kentucky Hist. Soc., Vols. 7-8, p. 39, May 1909. MacKenzie'sCol. Fam., Vol. 4, pp. 177-178-179. Henderson Chronicles, p. 1, byMcCue. Stearn Gen. Hist. of New Hampshire. Ency. of Am. Biog., Vol.45, p. 426. Manuscript on Henderson Family, by Thomas Henderson ofMt. Pinson, Tenn., now in possession of Thomas McCorry, Attorney atLaw, Jackson, Tenn. Diary of Judge John Hughes Henderson, now in possessionof his son, Capt. Thomas Henderson of Franklin, Tenn. Hughes, Dalton,Martin and Henderson Families, pp. 200 to 275, by Lucy Henderson Horton(Mrs. Henry Claiborne Horton), Franklin, Tenn.

References to Ensign Washer and Hendersons: Report of American Hist.Soc., 1893, p. 308--W. W. Henry. Colonial Families of U. S. of America,by McKenzie, Vol. 4, p. 179.

Thomas Henderson, who came to Jamestown in 1607, was a lineal descendantof Sir James Henderson, of Fordell, who fell on Flodden
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It is possible that Ursula Keeling may be his wife.