Henwoods in Hampshire, England 1538

1838 Hampshire, England, Home of This Henwood Line

Nadene Goldfoot

John Henwood was born 1538 in Medstead, Hampshire, England. His family descendants seemed to stay pretty close to this area. I have found in 1713 another John was born in Shalden Village. His son John was born back in Medstead in 1739.

The next John b: 1772 was in Wield, Hamshpire.. The chain is broken with the next child, Henry b 1803 in Basingstoke. So was his son, Henry b: 1827 in Hantz, Basingstoke.

Finally we get to Charles Ernest Henwood b: 1897 in Winchfield, Hartley Wintney Row, Hampshire. His father, also Charles, b: 1854 had broken the Hampshire tradition of being born in Farnham, Surrey, England. .

It was Charles Ernest who emigrated from England and went to Australia and New Zealand, perhaps because he signed up for the army at age 16. He finally settled as an immigrant in Washington, USA and died in California.

The Hamlet of Henwood

Nadene Goldfoot

Henwood, a hamlet, is in a rural area and is likened to a settlement. It is an unincorporqted community. An urban hamlet would probably be a little larger. Henwood is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) SW of Oxford, England. It is in Wooton civil parish in the Vale of White Horse District.

Oxford is in central southern England and is 50 miles (80km) NW of London. It is the home of the U. Of Oxford. In America Henwood would be considered something like a bedroom community of Oxford.

HIstorically, Henwood started out as a single farm which is still standing and listed as a Grade II building in the parish of Cummor, until Wooton was created as a separate parish in the 19th century. Since I have traced Henwoods as far back as John Henood born in 1538, the family seemed to come before this farm.that developed into a whole community. Later, Henwood was said to be in Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Resource: http//wikipedia.com

Finally Finding a Henwood Match

Finding a Henwood match in dna is quite exciting to me. We have the Tip report which tells a % of chances of having a common ancestor and at how far back. I figure one generation is 25 years; so 12 generations would be 300 years or the year 1712 to John Henwood b: 1713 in Shalden Village, Hampshire, England.


At 24 generations back or 600 years, we had a 91.41% chance to share a common ancestor with him. That would take you back to the year 1412, before Columbus sailed!

I've taken the Henwood genealogy back as far as John Henwood b: 1538 in Medstead, Hampshire, England. I had help with an English genealogist, Valerie Henwood, who has done a lot of research as well as me having used ancestry.com. English people have been keeping great records and they still have them around. I believe I've mentioned her somewhere on my blog.

Charles Henwood b: 1854 Farnham, Surrey, England and Some Descendants

Here are a few generations of our Henwood family. 
Descendants of Charles Henwood




1 Charles Henwood b: February 13, 1854 in Farnham, Surrey, England d: Bet. 1910 - 1913 in England

.. +Mary Ann Munday b: 1861 in Hank Brown Candowood Candover, Hampshire, Winchfield, England d: December 1906 in Hambledon, Surrey Sussex, England age 46

. 2 Charles Ernest Henwood b: February 06, 1897 in Winchfield, Hartley Wintney Row, County of Hampshire, England d: September 10, 1984 in Seal Beach Orange, California 90740 (Los Angeles)Santa Monica

..... +Queenie Dorothy Disney b: December 25, 1899 in Hornchurch, Romford District, Essex County, England d: March 03, 1997 in Anaheim, California: Seal Beach 90740, Orange County

. 2 Frederick James Henwood b: June 1900 in Cranleigh, Ewhurst, Surrey, England

Finding Matches of DNA at FamilyTree

Somehow I looked into the entire data base of familytreedna for a match for my son's dna match.  I just had a look and found several matches at the 37 allele level, but the surnames are not Henwood.  There is a Hardy with at 12 generations has an 88.58% possibility of a match while at 20 generations is 99.93%.  Taylow at 12 generations has an 89.17% while at 28 generations has 99.94%.  McKay at 8 generations is 70.49%, 12 generations has 90.23% while at 20 has 99.96%. 

Then I poked around and the 12 allele test came up.  There was a Henwood match with at 12 generations was 70.69% and at 28 was 94.30%!  I wrote an email and certainly hope to hear back from him.  This was amazing. 

Familytree changed their look several months back and I've been reticent about checking. 

Dr. Wesley Charles Henwood

                                            Wes Henwood with his car, at about age 21, when a senior at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.    He was born in 1930.  Notice he is wearing the Pendleton plaid shirt he favored.

Dr. Wesley Charles Henwood passed away on April 17, 2012 in Le Ceiba, Honduras.  HIs obit is on

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88723930 .  His father, from Hampshire, England, had immigrated and settled in the state of Washington where Wes grew up.  .