Greetings, I am a recent member of this list and I am thoroughly enjoying the wonderful posts that I find here. I am looking forward to getting involved with the discussions however at the moment I am in the midst of a house renovation which has put any serious genealogy work on the back burner. ALL my family on my mother's side is from Chester/Delaware County. (Sharpless, Smedley, Henderson, Richards, Dutton, Pike, Cobourn, Pyle, etc, etc, etc) What caught my attention on this particular post is the name Asenath. My 3g grandmother is Asenath (Unknown) May 16, 1793 - April 11, 1869, wife of Joseph D. Henderson. (Have not been able to figure out which Henderson line that Joseph is from) They are buried at Middletown Presbyterian Church, Delaware Co., PA. My Asenath could not be your Asenath as the will was written 6 mo. before she was born -- unless the date on her headstone is wrong. As unusual a name as Asenath is, I have not been able to find her maiden name. Susan

Unusual, perhaps, but I checked the CD of wills and there are many found with the given name Asenath....in Chester and surrounding counties. So, what is odd to our ears wasn't, perhaps in earlier times, and there are enough of them to make it clear they aren't all related.....one Anesath wouldn't necessarily be related to another Anesath. I did a google and found that Asenath is a Hebrew name and appears in the old testament.....so, not a family but a biblical name. Sandra " What caught my attention on this particular post is the name Asenath. My 3g grandmother is Asenath (Unknown) May 16, 1793 - April 11, 1869, wife of Joseph D. Henderson. They are buried at Middletown Presbyterian Church, Delaware Co., PA. My Asenath could not be your Asenath......... " -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.0/306 - Release Date: 4/9/2006

Wills containing potential Asenaths ......if you know when she married you'll be able to tell if either of these single Asenaths could be the future Asenath Henderson....there is no mention of an Asenath Henderson in any local wills , so I'll send these along just in case one of these could have been "your'' Asenath before her marriage. If the dates are right then they would be worth your investigating. Sandra SELLERS, JONATHAN. West Bradford.November 24, 1816. January 20, 1817.To dau. Elizabeth Nichols a cow and half a bond that belongs to her mother. To dau. Lydia Archer a cow, $160, and half of bond above mentioned. To Jonathan Madden my mare, saddle and bridle.To my three youngest daus., Asenath, Hannah and Sarah Sellers all household goods and $600 each, and privileges of houseroom &c. while unmarried. Hannah March Reuben Wickersham & Charles Rubincam.To son Joseph the plantation I now live on with stock and farming utensils, he paying legacies.Executors: Son Jos. Sellers and cousin Gideon Wickersham.Wits: Thomas Martin, Neal Hoopes. CONRAD, DENNIS. Penn.April 4, 1824. April 28, 1825.Provides for Deidamia his wife. Mentions having deeded to his son John 41 acres of land in Penn Twp. as his share.To son Edmund a piece of land surveyed off the east end of my plantation, cont. 50 acres, paying $450 to my estate and $100 to my dau. Asenath Conrad. To son William the rem. of my land, cont. about 81 acrs, paying $125 to dau. Asenath and $150 to my dau. Mary Gray.Remainder to two daughters.Executors: Sons Edmund & Wm. Conrad & Isaac Pusey. (Letters to sons.)Wits: Jesse Yarnall, Nathan Evans, William Thomas. " My 3g grandmother is Asenath (Unknown) May 16, 1793 - April 11, 1869, wife of Joseph D. Henderson." -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.0/306 - Release Date: 4/9/2006

Susan Asenath is an uncommon name.I don't know where it comes from.It only appears seven times in "The Genealogy of the Smedley Family,once as a middle name. There are many Hendersons listed but no Joseph.Below are the Asenaths Asenath Walthall,w/o Harvey Cruzen Mary Asenath James,d/o Caleb James & Sarah Garrett Asenath Winder,w/o John Yates Asenath Hill,w/o Davis Reece Asenath Reese,d/o Jesse Baker & Hannah Green Asenath James,2nd w/o Sharpless Lewis Asenath Elizabeth,d/o Thomas Roberts & Orpha Baker Sincerely Lew Smedley ----- Original Message ----- From: <Susansnead@aol.com> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:13 AM Subject: RE:[PaOldC] Will of Capt. Patrick ANDERSON, d. 18 Mar 1793 > > Greetings, > I am a recent member of this list and I am thoroughly enjoying the > wonderful posts that I find here. I am looking forward to getting > involved with > the discussions however at the moment I am in the midst of a house > renovation > which has put any serious genealogy work on the back burner. ALL my > family > on my mother's side is from Chester/Delaware County. (Sharpless, Smedley, > Henderson, Richards, Dutton, Pike, Cobourn, Pyle, etc, etc, etc) > What caught my attention on this particular post is the name Asenath. > My 3g grandmother is Asenath (Unknown) May 16, 1793 - April 11, 1869, > wife of > Joseph D. Henderson. (Have not been able to figure out which Henderson > line > that Joseph is from) They are buried at Middletown Presbyterian Church, > Delaware Co., PA. My Asenath could not be your Asenath as the will was > written 6 > mo. before she was born -- unless the date on her headstone is wrong. As > unusual a name as Asenath is, I have not been able to find her maiden > name. > > Susan > > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing. To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to > PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com > with the single word unsubscribe in the message or subject slot." > > NO VIRUS WARNINGS - if you are concerned contact me PERSONALLY > ferg@ntelos.nettp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/pa-old-chester > this site allows you to browse by month.. > > please visit the Chester Co rootsweb site...it is full of area photos, > helpful URLs and lots of county information > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > if you have a problem contact ME ferg@ntelos and NOT the list > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >