Notes on William Esial Hendren
John Hendren B: abt 1714 in Ulster, N. Ireland, He came over to America with his brother William as indentured servants in about 1733. They were indentured to the widow Howell,who resided in Richmond VA. William married Widow Howell's daughter.
According to Robert Hendren's Journal, this is what he said: " My grandfather, William Hendren was a native of Ireland. He was born according to my own calculations about the year A.D. 1712, He was put an apprentice to the weaving business and
while in his minority, the prospects of America in their most flattering colors were held out to invite him away from his native land and through the importunity of some false friends, he with his brother, John in a clandestine manner and to the
grief of their father, embarked for the land of Columbia. They landed in the northern neck of Virginia in the lower end of Richmond County, where he indentured himself to the widow Howel, for the consideration of his passage expenses. While in her
services he followed his ocupation and courted her daughter, Mara, (Annorah), whom he afterwards married.
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