Individual Details
Jacob HEMENWAY
(21 Jan 1772 - 8 Dec 1836)
All info on this family and Hemenway ancestors, unless otherwise noted, is from Art Brown and not verified.
"History of Ludlow Vermont" by Joseph N. Harris, 1949, Charlestown, N.H., pages 143-144, have an item on South Hill Cemetery, which says"In the cemetery on South Hill, there are visible a hundred and five graves, of which eighty-four have suitable markers, while the remainder are unmarked. There is only one monument in the yard, and that was erected to the memory of Jacob Hemenway, who died Dec. 8,1836. Mr. Hemenway lived on Bear Hill, on the farm once owned by William English. He came to his death by falling from the high beams of his barn, and breaking his neck."
"History of Ludlow Vermont" by Joseph N. Harris, 1949, Charlestown, N.H., pages 143-144, have an item on South Hill Cemetery, which says"In the cemetery on South Hill, there are visible a hundred and five graves, of which eighty-four have suitable markers, while the remainder are unmarked. There is only one monument in the yard, and that was erected to the memory of Jacob Hemenway, who died Dec. 8,1836. Mr. Hemenway lived on Bear Hill, on the farm once owned by William English. He came to his death by falling from the high beams of his barn, and breaking his neck."
Events
| Birth | 21 Jan 1772 | ||||
| Marriage | 17 Aug 1794 | Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts - Hannah SHEFFIELD | ![]() | ||
| Death | 8 Dec 1836 | Ludlow, Windsor Co., Vermont | ![]() | ||
| Reference No | 2839 |
Families
| Spouse | Hannah SHEFFIELD (1772 - 1823) |
| Child | Daniel Shefield HEMENWAY (1795 - 1869) |
| Child | Samuel Burbank HEMENWAY (1796 - ) |
| Child | Asa Fletcher HEMENWAY (1798 - 1849) |
| Child | Calvin Chamberlain HEMENWAY (1800 - 1860) |
| Child | Mary Martha HEMENWAY (1802 - ) |
| Child | William HEMENWAY (1804 - 1827) |
| Child | Betsey E HEMENWAY (1805 - 1885) |
| Child | Hannah HEMENWAY (1807 - ) |
| Father | Jacob HEMENWAY (1748 - 1811) |
| Mother | Sarah HAVEN (1750 - 1811) |
| Sibling | Samuel HEMENWAY (1775 - ) |
| Sibling | Francis HEMENWAY (1776 - ) |
| Sibling | Jonathan HEMENWAY (1777 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah HEMENWAY (1781 - ) |
| Sibling | William HEMENWAY (1785 - ) |
| Sibling | Isaac HEMENWAY (1787 - ) |
| Sibling | Elijah HEMENWAY (1788 - 1856) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com database.
2. Ancestry.com database.
3. Vermont Vital Records Index Cards, FHL #27579.
4. Origiinal town records, Ludlow, Vermont, Town Vital Records 1768-1873, Pg. 62.
