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Descendants of Finlay McAlester
Generation No. 1
1. FINLAY1 MCALESTER was born Bet. 1705 - 1710 in VA?, and died Bef. January 01, 1771 in
Culpeper Co., VA. He married ELIZABETH RUSH 1746, daughter of WILLIAM RUSH. She died Bef.
December 1798 in Madison Co., VA.
Children of FINLAY MCALESTER and ELIZABETH RUSH are:
2. i. ELIZABETH MCALESTER, m. CHARLES HENSON
3. ii. ROBERT MCALESTER.
iii. CATHERINE MCALESTER, m. JAMES HENSON.
iv. MARY MCALESTER.
v. ANN MCALESTER.
4. vi. JOHN MCALESTER, d. Bef. 1810, Franklin Co., KY ?.
5. vii. JAMES MCALESTER.
viii. SARAH MCALESTER.
ix. WILLIAM MCALESTER.
Generation No. 2
2. ELIZABETH, MCALESTER (FINLAY) She married CHARLES HENSON. He was born Abt. 1739.
Children of ELIZABETH MCALESTER and CHARLES HENSON are:
6. i. DANIEL HENSON, b. August 17, 1764, Culpeper Co., VA; d. January 01, 1843, Haywood Co., NC.
ii. ELIJAH HENSON, b. March 01, 1761, Culpeper Co., VA; d. September 02, 1845, Haywood Co. NC;
m. FANNY WEST, July 28, 1803, Buncombe Co., NC; b. Abt. 1785.
3. ROBERT MCALESTER (FINLAY) He married JANE/JEAN/JENNIE.
Child of ROBERT MCALESTER and JANE/JEAN/JENNIE is:
i. BETSY MCALESTER.
4. JOHN MCALESTER (FINLAY1) died Bef. 1810 in Franklin Co., KY ?. He married JEMIMA
YAGER.
Children of JOHN MCALESTER and JEMIMA YAGER are:
i. FELIX MCALESTER, m. BETSY ROBINSON, January 04, 1806, Mercer, KY.
ii. JOANNA MCALESTER, m. RICHARD HARDIN, May 26, 1801, Franklin, KY.
iii. JOHN MCALESTER, m. NANCY CHILTON, February 24, 1829, Woodford, KY.
iv. CHARLES MCALESTER, b. Bet. 1770 - 1779, Culpeper Co., VA; d. Aft. 1830; m. NANCY RUCKER,
February 08, 1797, Mercer, KY.
v. MARY MCALESTER, b. 1771, Culpeper Co., VA; m. JOHN BELZER/BELSER, August 24, 1796,
Franklin, KY.
7. vi. BARTLETT MCALESTER, b. May 25, 1775, Culpeper Co., VA; d. December 17, 1848, Morgan, IL.
vii. ROBERT MCALESTER, b. 1778; m. ELLINDER FRAIZER, June 28, 1806, Franklin, KY.
viii. ZACHARIAH MCALESTER, b. December 22, 1780, Culpeper Co., VA; d. November 21, 1844,
Washington Co., IN; m. MARY MAGILL/MCGILL, December 03, 1810, Mercer, KY.
ix. ALLEN MCALESTER, b. Abt. 1789.
5. JAMES MCALESTER (FINLAY) He married EVE.
Child of JAMES MCALESTER and EVE is:
8. i. MARY "POLLY" MCALESTER.
Generation No. 3
6. DANIEL HENSON (ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born August 17, 1764 in Culpeper Co., VA, and died
January 01, 1843 in Haywood Co., NC. He married FARIBA POOL July 1788 in Anson Co., NC. She
was born Abt. 1769, and died Bef. March 29, 1849 in Haywood Co., NC.
Children of DANIEL HENSON and FARIBA POOL are:
9. i. LLOYD GILBERT HENSON, b. December 27, 1789, NC; d. Bef. April 1827, Haywood Co., NC.
10. ii. ABSOLUM HENSON, b. October 17, 1790, Anson Co., NC (?); d. Abt. 1871, Haywood Co., NC.
11. iii. WILEY HENSON, SR, b. August 20, 1793, Anson Co., NC.
12. iv. ALLEN HENSON, b. January 20, 1795, NC; d. Bet. 1860 - 1870.
13. v. AARON "LEON" HENSON, b. December 28, 1798, NC.
vi. JOHN M. HENSON, b. September 04, 1801; d. 1902; m. ELIZABETH RAY, February 02, 1828,
Haywood Co. NC.
vii. ELVIRA HENSON, b. Abt. 1802.
viii. ADALINE HENSON, b. 1804, Anson Co., NC (?).
ix. CAROLINE HENSON, b. 1804, Anson Co., NC (?).
14. x. DANIEL HENSON, JR, b. 1805, VA; d. Aft. 1870.
15. xi. CHARLOTTE HENSON, b. May 14, 1805, Haywood Co., NC; d. May 23, 1861, Union Co. GA.
16. xii. NATHANIEL HENSON, b. Abt. 1806, NC.
17. xiii. JEMIMA HENSON, b. 1809; d. 1860.
xiv. AQUILLA WASHINGTON HENSON, b. 1814; m. NANCY PRESSLEY, August 18, 1838, Haywood
Co. NC.
7. BARTLETT MCALESTER (JOHN, FINLAY) was born May 25, 1775 in Culpeper Co., VA, and died
December 17, 1848 in Morgan, IL. He married FRANCIS ? ELIZABETH ROBINSON January 22, 1799
in Mercer, KY.
Children of BARTLETT MCALESTER and FRANCIS ROBINSON are:
i. ALLEN MCALESTER, b. 1800; m. FRANCES EGBERT, Abt. 1827, Mercer, KY.
ii. GEORGE MCALESTER, b. 1803, Anderson, KY.
iii. MARY MCALESTER, b. 1805, Anderson, KY; m. CHARLES GALLOWAY, Abt. 1820.
iv. ELIZABETH MCALESTER, b. 1807.
v. JANE M. MCALESTER, b. 1807, KY; m. THOMAS HEDGES, Abt. 1823.
18. vi. JOHN MCALESTER, b. 1810, Anderson, KY; d. July 19, 1887, Morgan, IL.
vii. JAMES T. MCALESTER, b. 1812.
viii. ROBERT H. MCALESTER, b. July 04, 1814, Anderson, KY; d. November 20, 1863, Morgan, IL; m.
CATHERINE KENNEDY, 1836, Mercer, KY.
19. ix. JORDAN WALKER MCALESTER, b. May 05, 1818; d. May 09, 1906.
x. WILLIAM WALTER MCALESTER, b. May 24, 1821, Anderson, KY; d. 1880.
8. MARY "POLLY" MCALESTER (JAMES, FINLAY) She married LEWIS SOUTHARD.
Children of MARY MCALESTER and LEWIS SOUTHARD are:
i. WILLIAM HENRY SOUTHARD, b. Abt. 1818.
ii. JOHN WILLIAM SOUTHARD, b. Abt. 1821.
iii. ANNIE SOUTHARD, b. Abt. 1819.
iv. SALLIE SOUTHARD, b. Abt. 1828.
v. CATHERINE SOUTHARD, b. Abt. 1822.
vi. THOMAS MOSES SOUTHARD, b. Abt. 1830.
Generation No. 4
9. LLOYD GILBERT HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born December 27, 1789 in NC,
and died Bef. April 1827 in Haywood Co., NC. He married SALLIE MEASE May 27, 1818 in Haywood
Co., NC, daughter of MATHIAS MEASE. She was born 1797.
Children of LLOYD HENSON and SALLIE MEASE are:
i. ADREA HENSON, b. 1823, Haywood Co. NC; m. ???? DONLEY.
ii. CYTHINA HENSON, b. 1824; m. LEONARD CARDEN.
10. ABSOLUM HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born October 17, 1790 in Anson Co.,
NC (?), and died Abt. 1871 in Haywood Co., NC. He married CINTHIA ELIZABETH MEDFORD
October 13, 1819 in Haywood Co., NC, daughter of ELIZABETH ROBISON. She was born Abt. 1801,
and died 1884 in Haywood Co., NC (Meth Cem Morningstar).
Children of ABSOLUM HENSON and CINTHIA MEDFORD are:
i. HENRY HENSON, b. Abt. 1821; d. March 05, 1908, Haywood Co., NC; m. PRISCILLA "ZILLA"
HOLLAND, May 31, 1841, Haywood Co. NC; b. June 01, 1820; d. April 13, 1887, Haywood Co., NC.
ii. GRIFFIN HENSON, b. 1823; d. 1903; m. MARY "POLLY" HOLLAND, May 31, 1848, Haywood Co.
NC; b. 1825; d. 1912.
iii. ELIZABETH "BETTY ANN" HENSON, b. 1832; d. 1912; m. GENERAL ELISHA JACKSON.
iv. NANCY TELITHA HENSON, b. 1834; m. JOHN C. HARGROVE, April 01, 1855, Haywood Co., NC;
b. February 24, 1822, Mecklenburg, NC.
v. SARAH JANE HENSON, b. 1836.
vi. LAVINA MILLIE HENSON, b. 1839.
vii. LAVISA "VICIE" HENSON, b. 1842; d. July 1913, Haywood Co NC (Moringstar Meth Cem); m.
ROBERT C. KIRBY, May 22, 1869, Haywood Co. NC; b. 1845; d. 1931.
viii. ARCHABLE "ARCH" HENSON, b. 1843.
ix. ELEANOR HENSON, b. 1846.
x. ELISHA W. HENSON, b. 1848; d. 1923.
11. WILEY HENSON, SR (DANIEL, ELIZABETH , FINLAY) was born August 20, 1793 in Anson Co.,
NC. He married MARY MEACE June 18, 1816 in Haywood Co., NC, daughter of WILLIAM MEACE.
Children of WILEY HENSON and MARY MEACE are:
i. MARY HENSON, b. 1812; m. UNK STANLY.
ii. WILEY HENSON, JR, b. 1817; d. Abt. 1855; m. (1) PEARL INA HARKINS; b. Abt. 1813, SC; d.
Gilmer Co., GA (Tails Creek Baptist Church Cemetery); m. (2) SUSANNAH WISE, February 12, 1837,
Haywood Co., NC.
iii. ALFORD E. HENSON, b. December 09, 1817, Haywood Co., NC; d. June 12, 1880, Crow Creek
Valley, Jefferson Co., MT; m. MARY CECILA BROWN, August 26, 1838, Haywood Co., NC; b. May 01,
1814, Statesville, Iredell Co., NC; d. November 29, 1893, White Sulfur Springs, Meagher Co., MT.
iv. JAMES ALFRED HENSON, b. Abt. 1822, NC; m. CATHERINE BATTERY, May 13, 1847, Union Co.,
GA; b. Abt. 1826, NC.
v. GILBERT HENSON, b. 1823.
vi. LLOYD HENSON, b. June 23, 1825; d. June 23, 1907, Gilmer Co., GA (Oakhill United Methodist
Cemetery); m. MILLIE HARKINS, March 13, 1850, Union Co., GA; b. Abt. 1832, Gilmer Co., GA; d.
April 18, 1908, Gilmer Co., GA (Oakhill United Methodist Cemetery).
vii. TINE HENSON, b. 1830.
viii. ELVIRA JANE HENSON, b. July 16, 1832, Waynesville, Haywood Co., NC; d. March 24, 1919,
Toston, Boardwater Co., MT; m. ALFRED FRANKLIN HARGROVE, August 24, 1851, Haywood Co.,
NC; b. December 27, 1824, Mecklenburg, NC.
ix. NANCY CATHERINE HENSON, b. 1837; m. RUFUS LAFAYETTE DEAVER, December 21, 1865.
12. ALLEN HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born January 20, 1795 in NC, and died Bet.
1860 - 1870. He married ELIZABETH BLAYLOCK August 18, 1821 in Haywood Co. NC, daughter of
ISHAM BLAYLOCK, SR. She was born Abt. 1792 in NC, and died Bet. 1850 - 1860.
Children of ALLEN HENSON and ELIZABETH BLAYLOCK are:
i. ISAAC HENSON, b. February 1823, Haywood Co., NC; d. April 15, 1913, Cobb, NC (Cherokee Co.,)
Buried in Union Co., GA; m. (1) CASEY STRICKLAND, February 20, 1853, Cass Co., GA (Now
Bartow); b. Abt. 1828; d. Aft. March 21, 1858; m. (2) LOUSIA/LOUISE POSTEN, October 04, 1860,
Fannin Co., GA by: Lindsey Gaddis JP; b. Abt. 1830, Haywood Co., NC; d. March 07, 1884, Cherokee
Co., NC.
ii. GEORGE HENSON, b. Abt. 1829.
iii. DANIEL HENSON, b. Abt. 1831, Haywood Co., NC; d. Aft. 1864, GA; m. RACHEL LOUSIA
STANCEL, Bef. 1864; b. Abt. 1839, Gilmer Co., GA.
iv. EDA HENSON, b. Abt. 1832.
v. ELIZABETH HENSON, b. Abt. 1836.
vi. ALLEN HENSON, m. RHODA MAXWELL, February 06, 1853, Cass Co., GA (Now Bartow).
13. AARON "LEON" HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born December 28, 1798 in NC.
He married ELIZABETH PRESSLEY March 25, 1828 in Haywood Co. NC James Mann, bondsman.
She was born 1803 in NC, and died January 01, 1912 in Haywood Co. NC (Moringstar Meth Cemetery).
Children of AARON HENSON and ELIZABETH PRESSLEY are:
i. CORA HENSON, d. December 22, 1889; m. JOHN LAFAYETTE SHARPE; d. October 07, 1889.
ii. FANNING HENSON, d. October 16, 1894.
iii. MALINDA HENSON, b. 1822.
iv. AARON HENSON, JR, b. 1827, NC; m. NANCY L MANN, September 14, 1849, Haywood Co. NC; b.
April 1829, NC; d. January 1887, Haywood Co., NC.
v. MARTHA ADALINE HENSON, b. December 30, 1830; m. LEONARD SELLERS; b. 1827, NC.
vi. ELIZA EMILINE HENSON, b. March 06, 1831, Haywood Co. NC; d. September 02, 1888; m.
WILLIAM DAVID PRESSLEY, May 04, 1854, Haywood Co. NC; b. 1821; d. September 11, 1889.
vii. WILLIAM "BILL" HENSON, b. September 10, 1833; d. April 29, 1895; m. SARAH MATILDA
PRESSLEY, May 04, 1871, Haywood Co. NC; b. Abt. 1848, NC.
viii. JAMES E. HENSON, b. Abt. 1834, NC; m. MARY HOLDER; b. Abt. 1837, NC.
ix. ABSALOM HENSON, b. August 1836, NC; d. 1919; m. CYNTHIA ELIZABETH MEASE, June 26,
1857, Haywood Co. NC; b. July 1832, NC; d. 1905.
x. WESLEY HENSON, b. November 03, 1839; d. April 1923, Haywood Co., NC (Long United Meth
Cem); m. LUCINDA R. CHRISTOPHER, September 22, 1867, Haywood Co. NC; b. November 1839; d.
March 19, 1924, Haywood Co., NC (Long United Meth Cem).
xi. LUCINDA JANE HENSON, b. August 15, 1845; m. JOSHUA LAFAYETTE SHARP, February 17,
1870, Haywood Co. NC; b. June 1850, NC.
14. DANIEL HENSON, JR (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born 1805 in VA, and died Aft. 1870.
He married MARY ANN "POLLY" PRESSLEY August 09, 1831 in Haywood Co. NC, daughter of
WILLIAM PRESSLEY. She was born 1808, and died 1860.
Children of DANIEL HENSON and MARY PRESSLEY are:
i. NANCY C. HENSON, b. Abt. 1832.
ii. JEMIMA ELMINA "MIMA" HENSON, b. March 1832; m. JOHN WESLEY MEHAFFEY, September
06, 1857, Haywood Co. NC; b. December 1833.
iii. ADELINE MARTHA HENSON, b. Abt. 1833; m. JOHN G. THOMAS, February 17, 1860, Haywood
Co. NC; b. 1831, NC.
iv. BURTON H. HENSON, b. Abt. 1834; d. August 31, 1888.
v. HENRY HENSON, b. April 1835; d. March 1913; m. (1) EFFIE E CREASMAN; b. April 1874; d.
September 1953; m. (2) MARY M. CHRISTOPHER, February 03, 1869, Haywood Co. NC; b. 1846.
vi. SARAH HENSON, b. Abt. 1836.
vii. ELIZABETH HENSON, b. 1839.
viii. REV. WILEY M. HENSON, b. October 07, 1841, NC; d. March 15, 1916, Buried in Buncombe Co.,
NC; m. (1) DEBORAH ANN MEASE, April 25, 1861, Henson Cove, Haywood Co. NC; b. July 07, 1844,
Haywood Co., NC; d. February 03, 1889, Haywood Co., NC; m. (2) LETHA SELLERS, October 06, 1889,
Towns Co., GA; b. November 09, 1867, Clay Co. NC; d. March 22, 1967, Buried in Buncombe Co., NC.
ix. ALLEN CORNELIUS HENSON, SR, b. August 04, 1843; d. May 27, 1915; m. HARRIET LOUISA
O'KELLY, November 21, 1862, Haywood Co. NC; b. Bet. 1845 - 1848.
15. CHARLOTTE HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born May 14, 1805 in Haywood Co.,
NC, and died May 23, 1861 in Union Co. GA. She married WILLIAM ALFRED COBB January 11, 1830
in Haywood County, North Carolina. He was born August 09, 1809 in Burke County, North Carolina,
and died August 06, 1887 in Cherokee County, North Carolina.
Children of CHARLOTTE HENSON and WILLIAM COBB are:
i. REUBEN FRANCIS COBB, b. October 27, 1830
ii. JOHN FRANKLIN COBB, b. April 21, 1832; d. June 17, 1911; m. SARAH ANN ELIZABETH
WALDROUP, May 04, 1862; b. November 13, 1837; d. October 04, 1921
iii. REBECCA LEONAH COBB, b. September 28, 1833
iv. JOSEPH JASPER COBB, b. October 28, 1835
v. LOUISA JANE COBB, b. February 13, 1837
vi. JAMES WESLEY COBB, b. September 18, 1838
vii. RUFUS ALEXANDER COBB, b. September 30, 1841
viii. ELBERT LORENZA COBB, b. August 26, 1843; d. 1926; m. CATHERINE SARAH KING
CHASTAIN
ix. HARRISON TAYLOR COBB, b. June 14, 1846, Haywood County, North Carolina; d. May 31, 1920,
Union County, Georgia; m. ELIZABETH CAROLINE NEECE, January 27, 1867, Union County,
Georgia; b. September 27, 1845
16. NATHANIEL HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born Abt. 1806 in NC. He married
KATHERINE "KATHY" PRESSLEY November 04, 1824 in Haywood Co. NC, daughter of WILLIAM
PRESSLEY. She was born Abt. 1808 in NC.
Children of NATHANIEL HENSON and KATHERINE PRESSLEY are:
i. LUCINDA HENSON, b. 1827.
ii. MARY ANN HENSON, b. 1828.
iii. NANCY HENSON, b. 1831.
iv. THOMAS FRANKLIN HENSON, b. 1832; m. MARY SMATHERS, December 16, 1852, Haywood Co.,
NC.
v. MARGARET A. HENSON, b. 1835.
vi. RACHEL ADALINE HENSON, b. 1837; m. PARY FRANKLIN, November 08, 1856.
vii. PHIDELLA W. HENSON, b. 1838.
viii. ELIJAH HENSON, b. 1840.
ix. DELILA E. HENSON, b. 1842; m. WILLIAM B. ROSE, December 23, 1857, Haywood Co. NC.
x. MARTHA E. HENSON, b. 1845.
17. JEMIMA HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born 1809, and died 1860. She married
THOMAS PRESSLEY January 01, 1833 in Haywood Co. NC. He was born 1808 in Haywood Co. NC.
Children of JEMIMA HENSON and THOMAS PRESSLEY are:
i. FRANKLIN A. PRESSLEY, b. October 27, 1833, Haywood Co. NC; d. September 13, 1910, Haywood
Co. NC; m. (1) ELIZABETH MEASE, April 15, 1858, Bumcombe/Haywood Co. NC; b. 1838; d. 1876; m.
(2) HARRIET E. HALL, November 05, 1876; b. October 20, 1843, Haywood Co. NC; d. June 12, 1917,
Haywood Co. NC.
ii. MALINDA LOUISE PRESSLEY, b. 1835, Haywood Co. NC; d. Aft. 1900.
iii. DEVOE NEWTON PRESSLEY, b. April 1837, Haywood Co. NC; m. MARGARET E. MEHAFFEY; b.
Abt. 1845; d. October 21, 1915.
iv. CHARLOTTE J. PRESSLEY, b. Abt. 1839, Haywood Co. NC; m. JASPER JOSHUA HALL,
September 08, 1871, Haywood Co. NC; b. Abt. 1851.
v. NELSON A. PRESSLEY, b. Abt. 1841, Haywood Co. NC; d. August 21, 1862, Petersburg, VA.
vi. JOSHUA A. PRESSLEY, b. 1842, Haywood Co. NC; d. August 24, 1862, Petersburg, VA.
vii. JOSEPH A. PRESSLEY, b. Abt. 1845, Haywood Co. NC.
viii. BENJAMIN CRISTIANBERRY PRESSLEY, b. May 1846, Pigeon Twp. Haywood Co. NC; d. June
25, 1925, Beaverdam, Haywood Co. NC; m. MARGARET E. "MOLLIE" BAKER, November 23, 1880,
Pigeon Twp. Haywood Co. NC; b. January 1849, NC.
ix. MARGARET ELIZABETH PRESSLEY, b. June 1852, Haywood Co. NC.
18. JOHN MCALESTER (BARTLETT, JOHN, FINLAY) was born 1810 in Anderson, KY, and died July
19, 1887 in Morgan, IL. He married NARCISSA PARKER December 12, 1833.
Children of JOHN MCALESTER and NARCISSA PARKER are:
i. DAVID FRANKLIN MCALESTER, b. September 21, 1835, Anderson, KY; d. July 27, 1862, Morgan,
IL; m. CATHERINE BOWEN, November 11, 1856, Morgan Co., IL.
ii. ELLEN MCALESTER, b. Abt. 1835.
iii. MARY MCALESTER, b. Abt. 1836.
iv. BARTLETT MCALESTER, b. 1838, Anderson, KY; m. FRANCIS GALLOWAY, January 22, 1860,
Morgan Co., IL.
v. JOSEPH ROBERT MCALESTER, b. 1842; m. CAROLINE SMITH, July 23, 1868, Morgan Co., IL.
vi. MARTHA E. MCALESTER, b. 1843; m. BENJAMIN HARNEY, July 22, 1862, Morgan, IL.
vii. JAMES H. MCALESTER, b. 1845; m. MRS. MARIA BARROW, June 23, 1865, Morgan Co., IL.
viii. JOHN M. MCALESTER, b. January 11, 1848; d. August 05, 1923, Morgan, IL.
ix. ANN E. MCALESTER, b. 1850; m. JAMES W. GALLOWAY, February 06, 1868, Morgan Co., IL.
x. WILLIAM E. MCALESTER, b. January 24, 1854; d. November 10, 1916; m. EMMA KELLY, March 31,
1875, Morgan Co., IL.
19. JORDAN WALKER MCALESTER (BARTLETT, JOHN, FINLAY) was born May 05, 1818, and died
May 09, 1906. He married (1) SARAH ANN PATTERSON November 09, 1843 in Schulyer Co., IL. He
married (2) LUCY ANN HENRY August 25, 1852 in Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL.
Children of JORDAN MCALESTER and SARAH PATTERSON are:
i. WILLIAM MCALESTER.
ii. MARY ELIZABETH MCALESTER, m. NEWTON HAMER ROSE, June 13, 1871, Jacksonville,
Morgan Co., IL.
Children of JORDAN MCALESTER and LUCY HENRY are:
iii. FANNIE MCALESTER, m. JAMES A. MCKEAN, March 29, 1885, Morgan Co., IL.
iv. SARAH MCALESTER, m. DALLAS G. CRAIN, November 05, 1876, Morgan Co., IL.
Generation No. 1
1. FINLAY1 MCALESTER was born Bet. 1705 - 1710 in VA?, and died Bef. January 01, 1771 in
Culpeper Co., VA. He married ELIZABETH RUSH 1746, daughter of WILLIAM RUSH. She died Bef.
December 1798 in Madison Co., VA.
Children of FINLAY MCALESTER and ELIZABETH RUSH are:
2. i. ELIZABETH MCALESTER, m. CHARLES HENSON
3. ii. ROBERT MCALESTER.
iii. CATHERINE MCALESTER, m. JAMES HENSON.
iv. MARY MCALESTER.
v. ANN MCALESTER.
4. vi. JOHN MCALESTER, d. Bef. 1810, Franklin Co., KY ?.
5. vii. JAMES MCALESTER.
viii. SARAH MCALESTER.
ix. WILLIAM MCALESTER.
Generation No. 2
2. ELIZABETH, MCALESTER (FINLAY) She married CHARLES HENSON. He was born Abt. 1739.
Children of ELIZABETH MCALESTER and CHARLES HENSON are:
6. i. DANIEL HENSON, b. August 17, 1764, Culpeper Co., VA; d. January 01, 1843, Haywood Co., NC.
ii. ELIJAH HENSON, b. March 01, 1761, Culpeper Co., VA; d. September 02, 1845, Haywood Co. NC;
m. FANNY WEST, July 28, 1803, Buncombe Co., NC; b. Abt. 1785.
3. ROBERT MCALESTER (FINLAY) He married JANE/JEAN/JENNIE.
Child of ROBERT MCALESTER and JANE/JEAN/JENNIE is:
i. BETSY MCALESTER.
4. JOHN MCALESTER (FINLAY1) died Bef. 1810 in Franklin Co., KY ?. He married JEMIMA
YAGER.
Children of JOHN MCALESTER and JEMIMA YAGER are:
i. FELIX MCALESTER, m. BETSY ROBINSON, January 04, 1806, Mercer, KY.
ii. JOANNA MCALESTER, m. RICHARD HARDIN, May 26, 1801, Franklin, KY.
iii. JOHN MCALESTER, m. NANCY CHILTON, February 24, 1829, Woodford, KY.
iv. CHARLES MCALESTER, b. Bet. 1770 - 1779, Culpeper Co., VA; d. Aft. 1830; m. NANCY RUCKER,
February 08, 1797, Mercer, KY.
v. MARY MCALESTER, b. 1771, Culpeper Co., VA; m. JOHN BELZER/BELSER, August 24, 1796,
Franklin, KY.
7. vi. BARTLETT MCALESTER, b. May 25, 1775, Culpeper Co., VA; d. December 17, 1848, Morgan, IL.
vii. ROBERT MCALESTER, b. 1778; m. ELLINDER FRAIZER, June 28, 1806, Franklin, KY.
viii. ZACHARIAH MCALESTER, b. December 22, 1780, Culpeper Co., VA; d. November 21, 1844,
Washington Co., IN; m. MARY MAGILL/MCGILL, December 03, 1810, Mercer, KY.
ix. ALLEN MCALESTER, b. Abt. 1789.
5. JAMES MCALESTER (FINLAY) He married EVE.
Child of JAMES MCALESTER and EVE is:
8. i. MARY "POLLY" MCALESTER.
Generation No. 3
6. DANIEL HENSON (ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born August 17, 1764 in Culpeper Co., VA, and died
January 01, 1843 in Haywood Co., NC. He married FARIBA POOL July 1788 in Anson Co., NC. She
was born Abt. 1769, and died Bef. March 29, 1849 in Haywood Co., NC.
Children of DANIEL HENSON and FARIBA POOL are:
9. i. LLOYD GILBERT HENSON, b. December 27, 1789, NC; d. Bef. April 1827, Haywood Co., NC.
10. ii. ABSOLUM HENSON, b. October 17, 1790, Anson Co., NC (?); d. Abt. 1871, Haywood Co., NC.
11. iii. WILEY HENSON, SR, b. August 20, 1793, Anson Co., NC.
12. iv. ALLEN HENSON, b. January 20, 1795, NC; d. Bet. 1860 - 1870.
13. v. AARON "LEON" HENSON, b. December 28, 1798, NC.
vi. JOHN M. HENSON, b. September 04, 1801; d. 1902; m. ELIZABETH RAY, February 02, 1828,
Haywood Co. NC.
vii. ELVIRA HENSON, b. Abt. 1802.
viii. ADALINE HENSON, b. 1804, Anson Co., NC (?).
ix. CAROLINE HENSON, b. 1804, Anson Co., NC (?).
14. x. DANIEL HENSON, JR, b. 1805, VA; d. Aft. 1870.
15. xi. CHARLOTTE HENSON, b. May 14, 1805, Haywood Co., NC; d. May 23, 1861, Union Co. GA.
16. xii. NATHANIEL HENSON, b. Abt. 1806, NC.
17. xiii. JEMIMA HENSON, b. 1809; d. 1860.
xiv. AQUILLA WASHINGTON HENSON, b. 1814; m. NANCY PRESSLEY, August 18, 1838, Haywood
Co. NC.
7. BARTLETT MCALESTER (JOHN, FINLAY) was born May 25, 1775 in Culpeper Co., VA, and died
December 17, 1848 in Morgan, IL. He married FRANCIS ? ELIZABETH ROBINSON January 22, 1799
in Mercer, KY.
Children of BARTLETT MCALESTER and FRANCIS ROBINSON are:
i. ALLEN MCALESTER, b. 1800; m. FRANCES EGBERT, Abt. 1827, Mercer, KY.
ii. GEORGE MCALESTER, b. 1803, Anderson, KY.
iii. MARY MCALESTER, b. 1805, Anderson, KY; m. CHARLES GALLOWAY, Abt. 1820.
iv. ELIZABETH MCALESTER, b. 1807.
v. JANE M. MCALESTER, b. 1807, KY; m. THOMAS HEDGES, Abt. 1823.
18. vi. JOHN MCALESTER, b. 1810, Anderson, KY; d. July 19, 1887, Morgan, IL.
vii. JAMES T. MCALESTER, b. 1812.
viii. ROBERT H. MCALESTER, b. July 04, 1814, Anderson, KY; d. November 20, 1863, Morgan, IL; m.
CATHERINE KENNEDY, 1836, Mercer, KY.
19. ix. JORDAN WALKER MCALESTER, b. May 05, 1818; d. May 09, 1906.
x. WILLIAM WALTER MCALESTER, b. May 24, 1821, Anderson, KY; d. 1880.
8. MARY "POLLY" MCALESTER (JAMES, FINLAY) She married LEWIS SOUTHARD.
Children of MARY MCALESTER and LEWIS SOUTHARD are:
i. WILLIAM HENRY SOUTHARD, b. Abt. 1818.
ii. JOHN WILLIAM SOUTHARD, b. Abt. 1821.
iii. ANNIE SOUTHARD, b. Abt. 1819.
iv. SALLIE SOUTHARD, b. Abt. 1828.
v. CATHERINE SOUTHARD, b. Abt. 1822.
vi. THOMAS MOSES SOUTHARD, b. Abt. 1830.
Generation No. 4
9. LLOYD GILBERT HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born December 27, 1789 in NC,
and died Bef. April 1827 in Haywood Co., NC. He married SALLIE MEASE May 27, 1818 in Haywood
Co., NC, daughter of MATHIAS MEASE. She was born 1797.
Children of LLOYD HENSON and SALLIE MEASE are:
i. ADREA HENSON, b. 1823, Haywood Co. NC; m. ???? DONLEY.
ii. CYTHINA HENSON, b. 1824; m. LEONARD CARDEN.
10. ABSOLUM HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born October 17, 1790 in Anson Co.,
NC (?), and died Abt. 1871 in Haywood Co., NC. He married CINTHIA ELIZABETH MEDFORD
October 13, 1819 in Haywood Co., NC, daughter of ELIZABETH ROBISON. She was born Abt. 1801,
and died 1884 in Haywood Co., NC (Meth Cem Morningstar).
Children of ABSOLUM HENSON and CINTHIA MEDFORD are:
i. HENRY HENSON, b. Abt. 1821; d. March 05, 1908, Haywood Co., NC; m. PRISCILLA "ZILLA"
HOLLAND, May 31, 1841, Haywood Co. NC; b. June 01, 1820; d. April 13, 1887, Haywood Co., NC.
ii. GRIFFIN HENSON, b. 1823; d. 1903; m. MARY "POLLY" HOLLAND, May 31, 1848, Haywood Co.
NC; b. 1825; d. 1912.
iii. ELIZABETH "BETTY ANN" HENSON, b. 1832; d. 1912; m. GENERAL ELISHA JACKSON.
iv. NANCY TELITHA HENSON, b. 1834; m. JOHN C. HARGROVE, April 01, 1855, Haywood Co., NC;
b. February 24, 1822, Mecklenburg, NC.
v. SARAH JANE HENSON, b. 1836.
vi. LAVINA MILLIE HENSON, b. 1839.
vii. LAVISA "VICIE" HENSON, b. 1842; d. July 1913, Haywood Co NC (Moringstar Meth Cem); m.
ROBERT C. KIRBY, May 22, 1869, Haywood Co. NC; b. 1845; d. 1931.
viii. ARCHABLE "ARCH" HENSON, b. 1843.
ix. ELEANOR HENSON, b. 1846.
x. ELISHA W. HENSON, b. 1848; d. 1923.
11. WILEY HENSON, SR (DANIEL, ELIZABETH , FINLAY) was born August 20, 1793 in Anson Co.,
NC. He married MARY MEACE June 18, 1816 in Haywood Co., NC, daughter of WILLIAM MEACE.
Children of WILEY HENSON and MARY MEACE are:
i. MARY HENSON, b. 1812; m. UNK STANLY.
ii. WILEY HENSON, JR, b. 1817; d. Abt. 1855; m. (1) PEARL INA HARKINS; b. Abt. 1813, SC; d.
Gilmer Co., GA (Tails Creek Baptist Church Cemetery); m. (2) SUSANNAH WISE, February 12, 1837,
Haywood Co., NC.
iii. ALFORD E. HENSON, b. December 09, 1817, Haywood Co., NC; d. June 12, 1880, Crow Creek
Valley, Jefferson Co., MT; m. MARY CECILA BROWN, August 26, 1838, Haywood Co., NC; b. May 01,
1814, Statesville, Iredell Co., NC; d. November 29, 1893, White Sulfur Springs, Meagher Co., MT.
iv. JAMES ALFRED HENSON, b. Abt. 1822, NC; m. CATHERINE BATTERY, May 13, 1847, Union Co.,
GA; b. Abt. 1826, NC.
v. GILBERT HENSON, b. 1823.
vi. LLOYD HENSON, b. June 23, 1825; d. June 23, 1907, Gilmer Co., GA (Oakhill United Methodist
Cemetery); m. MILLIE HARKINS, March 13, 1850, Union Co., GA; b. Abt. 1832, Gilmer Co., GA; d.
April 18, 1908, Gilmer Co., GA (Oakhill United Methodist Cemetery).
vii. TINE HENSON, b. 1830.
viii. ELVIRA JANE HENSON, b. July 16, 1832, Waynesville, Haywood Co., NC; d. March 24, 1919,
Toston, Boardwater Co., MT; m. ALFRED FRANKLIN HARGROVE, August 24, 1851, Haywood Co.,
NC; b. December 27, 1824, Mecklenburg, NC.
ix. NANCY CATHERINE HENSON, b. 1837; m. RUFUS LAFAYETTE DEAVER, December 21, 1865.
12. ALLEN HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born January 20, 1795 in NC, and died Bet.
1860 - 1870. He married ELIZABETH BLAYLOCK August 18, 1821 in Haywood Co. NC, daughter of
ISHAM BLAYLOCK, SR. She was born Abt. 1792 in NC, and died Bet. 1850 - 1860.
Children of ALLEN HENSON and ELIZABETH BLAYLOCK are:
i. ISAAC HENSON, b. February 1823, Haywood Co., NC; d. April 15, 1913, Cobb, NC (Cherokee Co.,)
Buried in Union Co., GA; m. (1) CASEY STRICKLAND, February 20, 1853, Cass Co., GA (Now
Bartow); b. Abt. 1828; d. Aft. March 21, 1858; m. (2) LOUSIA/LOUISE POSTEN, October 04, 1860,
Fannin Co., GA by: Lindsey Gaddis JP; b. Abt. 1830, Haywood Co., NC; d. March 07, 1884, Cherokee
Co., NC.
ii. GEORGE HENSON, b. Abt. 1829.
iii. DANIEL HENSON, b. Abt. 1831, Haywood Co., NC; d. Aft. 1864, GA; m. RACHEL LOUSIA
STANCEL, Bef. 1864; b. Abt. 1839, Gilmer Co., GA.
iv. EDA HENSON, b. Abt. 1832.
v. ELIZABETH HENSON, b. Abt. 1836.
vi. ALLEN HENSON, m. RHODA MAXWELL, February 06, 1853, Cass Co., GA (Now Bartow).
13. AARON "LEON" HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born December 28, 1798 in NC.
He married ELIZABETH PRESSLEY March 25, 1828 in Haywood Co. NC James Mann, bondsman.
She was born 1803 in NC, and died January 01, 1912 in Haywood Co. NC (Moringstar Meth Cemetery).
Children of AARON HENSON and ELIZABETH PRESSLEY are:
i. CORA HENSON, d. December 22, 1889; m. JOHN LAFAYETTE SHARPE; d. October 07, 1889.
ii. FANNING HENSON, d. October 16, 1894.
iii. MALINDA HENSON, b. 1822.
iv. AARON HENSON, JR, b. 1827, NC; m. NANCY L MANN, September 14, 1849, Haywood Co. NC; b.
April 1829, NC; d. January 1887, Haywood Co., NC.
v. MARTHA ADALINE HENSON, b. December 30, 1830; m. LEONARD SELLERS; b. 1827, NC.
vi. ELIZA EMILINE HENSON, b. March 06, 1831, Haywood Co. NC; d. September 02, 1888; m.
WILLIAM DAVID PRESSLEY, May 04, 1854, Haywood Co. NC; b. 1821; d. September 11, 1889.
vii. WILLIAM "BILL" HENSON, b. September 10, 1833; d. April 29, 1895; m. SARAH MATILDA
PRESSLEY, May 04, 1871, Haywood Co. NC; b. Abt. 1848, NC.
viii. JAMES E. HENSON, b. Abt. 1834, NC; m. MARY HOLDER; b. Abt. 1837, NC.
ix. ABSALOM HENSON, b. August 1836, NC; d. 1919; m. CYNTHIA ELIZABETH MEASE, June 26,
1857, Haywood Co. NC; b. July 1832, NC; d. 1905.
x. WESLEY HENSON, b. November 03, 1839; d. April 1923, Haywood Co., NC (Long United Meth
Cem); m. LUCINDA R. CHRISTOPHER, September 22, 1867, Haywood Co. NC; b. November 1839; d.
March 19, 1924, Haywood Co., NC (Long United Meth Cem).
xi. LUCINDA JANE HENSON, b. August 15, 1845; m. JOSHUA LAFAYETTE SHARP, February 17,
1870, Haywood Co. NC; b. June 1850, NC.
14. DANIEL HENSON, JR (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born 1805 in VA, and died Aft. 1870.
He married MARY ANN "POLLY" PRESSLEY August 09, 1831 in Haywood Co. NC, daughter of
WILLIAM PRESSLEY. She was born 1808, and died 1860.
Children of DANIEL HENSON and MARY PRESSLEY are:
i. NANCY C. HENSON, b. Abt. 1832.
ii. JEMIMA ELMINA "MIMA" HENSON, b. March 1832; m. JOHN WESLEY MEHAFFEY, September
06, 1857, Haywood Co. NC; b. December 1833.
iii. ADELINE MARTHA HENSON, b. Abt. 1833; m. JOHN G. THOMAS, February 17, 1860, Haywood
Co. NC; b. 1831, NC.
iv. BURTON H. HENSON, b. Abt. 1834; d. August 31, 1888.
v. HENRY HENSON, b. April 1835; d. March 1913; m. (1) EFFIE E CREASMAN; b. April 1874; d.
September 1953; m. (2) MARY M. CHRISTOPHER, February 03, 1869, Haywood Co. NC; b. 1846.
vi. SARAH HENSON, b. Abt. 1836.
vii. ELIZABETH HENSON, b. 1839.
viii. REV. WILEY M. HENSON, b. October 07, 1841, NC; d. March 15, 1916, Buried in Buncombe Co.,
NC; m. (1) DEBORAH ANN MEASE, April 25, 1861, Henson Cove, Haywood Co. NC; b. July 07, 1844,
Haywood Co., NC; d. February 03, 1889, Haywood Co., NC; m. (2) LETHA SELLERS, October 06, 1889,
Towns Co., GA; b. November 09, 1867, Clay Co. NC; d. March 22, 1967, Buried in Buncombe Co., NC.
ix. ALLEN CORNELIUS HENSON, SR, b. August 04, 1843; d. May 27, 1915; m. HARRIET LOUISA
O'KELLY, November 21, 1862, Haywood Co. NC; b. Bet. 1845 - 1848.
15. CHARLOTTE HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born May 14, 1805 in Haywood Co.,
NC, and died May 23, 1861 in Union Co. GA. She married WILLIAM ALFRED COBB January 11, 1830
in Haywood County, North Carolina. He was born August 09, 1809 in Burke County, North Carolina,
and died August 06, 1887 in Cherokee County, North Carolina.
Children of CHARLOTTE HENSON and WILLIAM COBB are:
i. REUBEN FRANCIS COBB, b. October 27, 1830
ii. JOHN FRANKLIN COBB, b. April 21, 1832; d. June 17, 1911; m. SARAH ANN ELIZABETH
WALDROUP, May 04, 1862; b. November 13, 1837; d. October 04, 1921
iii. REBECCA LEONAH COBB, b. September 28, 1833
iv. JOSEPH JASPER COBB, b. October 28, 1835
v. LOUISA JANE COBB, b. February 13, 1837
vi. JAMES WESLEY COBB, b. September 18, 1838
vii. RUFUS ALEXANDER COBB, b. September 30, 1841
viii. ELBERT LORENZA COBB, b. August 26, 1843; d. 1926; m. CATHERINE SARAH KING
CHASTAIN
ix. HARRISON TAYLOR COBB, b. June 14, 1846, Haywood County, North Carolina; d. May 31, 1920,
Union County, Georgia; m. ELIZABETH CAROLINE NEECE, January 27, 1867, Union County,
Georgia; b. September 27, 1845
16. NATHANIEL HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born Abt. 1806 in NC. He married
KATHERINE "KATHY" PRESSLEY November 04, 1824 in Haywood Co. NC, daughter of WILLIAM
PRESSLEY. She was born Abt. 1808 in NC.
Children of NATHANIEL HENSON and KATHERINE PRESSLEY are:
i. LUCINDA HENSON, b. 1827.
ii. MARY ANN HENSON, b. 1828.
iii. NANCY HENSON, b. 1831.
iv. THOMAS FRANKLIN HENSON, b. 1832; m. MARY SMATHERS, December 16, 1852, Haywood Co.,
NC.
v. MARGARET A. HENSON, b. 1835.
vi. RACHEL ADALINE HENSON, b. 1837; m. PARY FRANKLIN, November 08, 1856.
vii. PHIDELLA W. HENSON, b. 1838.
viii. ELIJAH HENSON, b. 1840.
ix. DELILA E. HENSON, b. 1842; m. WILLIAM B. ROSE, December 23, 1857, Haywood Co. NC.
x. MARTHA E. HENSON, b. 1845.
17. JEMIMA HENSON (DANIEL, ELIZABETH, FINLAY) was born 1809, and died 1860. She married
THOMAS PRESSLEY January 01, 1833 in Haywood Co. NC. He was born 1808 in Haywood Co. NC.
Children of JEMIMA HENSON and THOMAS PRESSLEY are:
i. FRANKLIN A. PRESSLEY, b. October 27, 1833, Haywood Co. NC; d. September 13, 1910, Haywood
Co. NC; m. (1) ELIZABETH MEASE, April 15, 1858, Bumcombe/Haywood Co. NC; b. 1838; d. 1876; m.
(2) HARRIET E. HALL, November 05, 1876; b. October 20, 1843, Haywood Co. NC; d. June 12, 1917,
Haywood Co. NC.
ii. MALINDA LOUISE PRESSLEY, b. 1835, Haywood Co. NC; d. Aft. 1900.
iii. DEVOE NEWTON PRESSLEY, b. April 1837, Haywood Co. NC; m. MARGARET E. MEHAFFEY; b.
Abt. 1845; d. October 21, 1915.
iv. CHARLOTTE J. PRESSLEY, b. Abt. 1839, Haywood Co. NC; m. JASPER JOSHUA HALL,
September 08, 1871, Haywood Co. NC; b. Abt. 1851.
v. NELSON A. PRESSLEY, b. Abt. 1841, Haywood Co. NC; d. August 21, 1862, Petersburg, VA.
vi. JOSHUA A. PRESSLEY, b. 1842, Haywood Co. NC; d. August 24, 1862, Petersburg, VA.
vii. JOSEPH A. PRESSLEY, b. Abt. 1845, Haywood Co. NC.
viii. BENJAMIN CRISTIANBERRY PRESSLEY, b. May 1846, Pigeon Twp. Haywood Co. NC; d. June
25, 1925, Beaverdam, Haywood Co. NC; m. MARGARET E. "MOLLIE" BAKER, November 23, 1880,
Pigeon Twp. Haywood Co. NC; b. January 1849, NC.
ix. MARGARET ELIZABETH PRESSLEY, b. June 1852, Haywood Co. NC.
18. JOHN MCALESTER (BARTLETT, JOHN, FINLAY) was born 1810 in Anderson, KY, and died July
19, 1887 in Morgan, IL. He married NARCISSA PARKER December 12, 1833.
Children of JOHN MCALESTER and NARCISSA PARKER are:
i. DAVID FRANKLIN MCALESTER, b. September 21, 1835, Anderson, KY; d. July 27, 1862, Morgan,
IL; m. CATHERINE BOWEN, November 11, 1856, Morgan Co., IL.
ii. ELLEN MCALESTER, b. Abt. 1835.
iii. MARY MCALESTER, b. Abt. 1836.
iv. BARTLETT MCALESTER, b. 1838, Anderson, KY; m. FRANCIS GALLOWAY, January 22, 1860,
Morgan Co., IL.
v. JOSEPH ROBERT MCALESTER, b. 1842; m. CAROLINE SMITH, July 23, 1868, Morgan Co., IL.
vi. MARTHA E. MCALESTER, b. 1843; m. BENJAMIN HARNEY, July 22, 1862, Morgan, IL.
vii. JAMES H. MCALESTER, b. 1845; m. MRS. MARIA BARROW, June 23, 1865, Morgan Co., IL.
viii. JOHN M. MCALESTER, b. January 11, 1848; d. August 05, 1923, Morgan, IL.
ix. ANN E. MCALESTER, b. 1850; m. JAMES W. GALLOWAY, February 06, 1868, Morgan Co., IL.
x. WILLIAM E. MCALESTER, b. January 24, 1854; d. November 10, 1916; m. EMMA KELLY, March 31,
1875, Morgan Co., IL.
19. JORDAN WALKER MCALESTER (BARTLETT, JOHN, FINLAY) was born May 05, 1818, and died
May 09, 1906. He married (1) SARAH ANN PATTERSON November 09, 1843 in Schulyer Co., IL. He
married (2) LUCY ANN HENRY August 25, 1852 in Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL.
Children of JORDAN MCALESTER and SARAH PATTERSON are:
i. WILLIAM MCALESTER.
ii. MARY ELIZABETH MCALESTER, m. NEWTON HAMER ROSE, June 13, 1871, Jacksonville,
Morgan Co., IL.
Children of JORDAN MCALESTER and LUCY HENRY are:
iii. FANNIE MCALESTER, m. JAMES A. MCKEAN, March 29, 1885, Morgan Co., IL.
iv. SARAH MCALESTER, m. DALLAS G. CRAIN, November 05, 1876, Morgan Co., IL.
