My inclination is to believe that Capt./Col. John Henry actually moved to Dorchester in the late 1750s, when he probably settled on WESTON (though I haven’t checked Dorchester Deeds for his purchase date). In 1760 he held warrants in Dorchester which he applied to HENRYS ADDITION TO WESTON, surveyed for him on 29 Apr 1761 (see Dorchester Patented Certificate 1440), adjoining his part of WESTON. His Dorchester homesite was precisely pointed out from across the River in now-Wicomico in one 1769 Somerset survey: see Somerset Patented Certificate 1042, GREENFIELD, for Henry Steele of Dorchester, which describes its first bounder as “a cedar post on the east side of Nanticoke River, in the marsh near the side of the River, opposite the door of Col. John Henry's dwelling house”. This very site can be seen on the 1877 Eastern Shore atlas map of Drawbridge District in Dorchester, labled as “F[rancis] J[enkins] Henry’s” residence. John Henry had been Surveyor of Worcester from its creation in 1742 until at least1755, but there are a few surveys recorded for him up until 1760 - maybe just late filings. I therefore suspect that his son’s biographer was a little imprecise, and that Governor John was actually born in Worcester, where his dad was still busy. As to where Capt. John Henry lived in Worcester, it’s probably precisely discoverable by careful sifting of the various properties he owned. But it’s a messy question without deep digging. In 1734 John Henry was taxed on 100 ac of PHARSALIA, near Spring Hill in now-Wicomico, which had been in his father’s hands. Another inclination might be REHOBOTH on the Pocomoke, where his mother had lived. But he made big acquisitions elsewhere, and my next (and perhaps best) guess for his ultimate dwelling land would be the 1793 acre plantation SECURITY (Somerset Patented Certificate 2122), patented for him in 1744 over in Worcester, “on the SW side of St. Martins River, at the head of Duck Creek out of the River”. This one seems right for the landed gentry, and his brother Robert Jenkins Henry relinquished his interest in it to him by Wo Deeds C:204, in 1754. John "Miller's Choice" <milchoice@yahoo.com> wrote: >Sorry, Marjorie; I have no idea where he lived.  He owned quite a bit of land per his will: > >John Henry made his will 21 April 1781, devising to son John tract Henrys Addition to Western, Cow Quarter and Marsh Meadow; to son Francis Jenkins Henry lands in Worcester County; to son Rider Henry tract Spring Hill, tract Gillys Delight and lands in Dorchester County, Pasture Neck where Benjamin and Joseph Cox live, Henrys Addition to Pasture Neck, two lots in Vienna Town, Lots 6 and 35; to son Robert Henry tract Riders Forest, and tract lying on Chickason in Indian Town, 450 acres of Harwell, Holly Swamp, Hog Range, Addition to Holly Swamp, Security, Greens Lott purchased of John Cope; five daughters Charlotte Winder, Kiturah Henry, Dolly Henry, Nancy Henry, Sarah Henry; to Esther Mahoon who has long lived in my family; a cypress swamp called Second Choice to the sons of David Johnson who surveyed it with me; friends Henry Steele, James Morris, Charles Morris to advise family (EB1:147). >  >  According to a biography of Gov. John Henry, son of Capt/Col. John Henry, he was born in 1750 at Weston on the Nanticoke River in Dorchester County, so his father evidently had removed from Somerset/Worcester by then. >  >Surely someone on the list is related to this political family and may be able to answer the question. >  >Becky M >on the frozen Manokin > >________________________________ >From: marjorie adams <marjea@wildblue.net> >To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 12:54:35 PM >Subject: Re: [LDR] Capt John Henry > >Thanks Becky, >Do you known where he lived in Somerset/Worcester? > > > >*************************************** >QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? >Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: >http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >