Rev William Henry

1809 - 1880  (71 years)

• Name	William Henry
  Prefix	Rev
  Born	1809	New York City, New York, USA.   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1851	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Christian
  Occupation	1880	Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	preacher
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-27756
  Died	4 Sep 1880	Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Cause: chronic gastritis and ulcer of the stomach
  Buried	Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I27756	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry
  Family ID	F23880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorcas Abbey,   b. 2 Apr 1812, Hope Township, Durham Co., Ontario ,   d. 2 Aug 1885, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. Edward Henry,   b. 1833, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Jane Henry,   b. 1834, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary Ann Henry,   b. 10 Nov 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Feb 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   4. John Henry,   b. 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Orrin Henry,   b. 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mary Ann Henry,   b. 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. William Henry,   b. 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. James Henry,   b. 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Sarah Henry,   b. 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Thomas Henry,   b. 1853, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Dorcas Henry,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Rosina Henry,   b. 1857, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F7230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Kossuth Christian Church Begun: 1857 Closed: The first schism in the American Methodist Episcopal Church occurred in 1792 when James O'Kelly (or O'Kelley) along with "a number of other preachers and several thousand members withdrew from the Methodist Church over the question of the appointing power of the bishop... (Encyclopedia Britannica)." The dissident group "took the name of Republican Methodists. Most of them eventually merged with the followers of Barton W. Stone to form the Christian Church (later united with the Congregationalists [in the United States]) (Ibid.)." William Henry who was pastor to the congregation of the Kossuth Christian Church, may have been of the same family as Elder Thomas Henry, who was an early minister of the Christian Church in Oshawa. Thomas Henry and other members of his family had been brought into the Christian Church in 1825 by Elder Joseph Blackmar, a missionary from the United States. The father of Thomas Henry, John Henry, settled in Oshawa c.1816. Papers of the Canadian Christian Church, which are in private hands, indicate that William Henry may also have been a son of John Henry. A Christian Church is reported to have been founded in Waterloo Township on July 1, 1853. The location of the church is shown on Tremaine's 1861 map of Waterloo Township, on the north side of Waterloo Regional Road 30 (Kossuth Road) at the far eastern edge of Waterloo Township. This would have been in the northwest corner of property belonging to Rev. (Elder) William Henry, which was lot 91 of the German Company Tract; William Henry is recorded as owner of that land for the first time in 1855. Rev. Henry moved from Kossuth c.1861 to near Harriston where he founded Jerusalem Christian Church. William Henry died in 1880 and is buried at Harriston. WATERLOO COUNTY CHURCHES A RESEARCH GUIDE TO CHURCHES ESTABLISHED BEFORE 1900, by Rosemary Ambrose __________________________ the first part of February, I was moved to visit my brothers who lived near Guelph. I started accordingly, accompanied by my wife. The snow was deep, and we had an uncommonly hard journey. When within about three miles of the place we met my brother William. Being very tired we were overjoyed at the meeting, but soon, alas, our joy was turned to sorrow, for he informed us that my brother James was dead. He had died the day before of inflammation of the lungs, and we had arrived in time to attend the funeral, which was to take place at two o'clock the next day. We had expected to meet him well and happy, and enjoy a pleasant visit with him. We arrived at his house and found him cold in death, with his wife and nine children weeping around him. It was an affecting time. The next day about eighty sleighs filled with people met at the house, and followed his remains to the Manse burying ground." Memoir of Rev Thomas Henry

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 1 Pg 47. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 17107- 1880 Wiliam Henry. William Henry d. 4 Sep 1880 Harriston b. *City of New York aged 69, Cause: chronic gastrictis and ulcer of the stomach. *just after Sunday of parents from ship bound being emmigrants from Ireland [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 55.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1809 - New York City, New York, USA. Occupation - farmer - 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Christian - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - preacher - 1880 - Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: chronic gastritis and ulcer of the stomach - 4 Sep 1880 - Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth