Hendricks Family History

One of the great joys of family history is sharing. I have started this blog in this spirit; to share my research and hopefully to get back from others in return. The advantage of a "blog" is that you, the reader, can respond easily. If you see something I've gotten wrong, please let me know. If you have anything to add, please do. I doubt that anything I will place here is copyrighted or otherwise protected, but if I inadvertently post something objectionable, please let me know that, too.

I am starting with a report of my surname ancestors. There is slight awkwardness in this because my grandfather was apparently the child of a female "Hendricks". This has been the inevitable conclusion of DNA studies. Therefore, when you get to the place in this report where my grandfather, Caulie (and his twin brother, Haulie) are listed as children of William H. C. and Levicia Ann Copeland Hendricks, please read the explanation included carefully.

The above photos are of my grandparents, Caulie and Mary Alberta Ward Hendricks (on top), c1919. This is probably a wedding photo. Below is a photo of Caulie and "Bertie" Hendricks along with twin brother, Haulie and his wife, Nellie Stansel Hendricks. This is from an annual family reunion/birthday party and is probably from June, c1961-1962. This will be a basic introduction, but I hope and plan to add more. I particularly want to use this opportunity to discuss various "controversies" in my family history and share what I have collected over the years. 
Paul M. Hendricks, MD

Descendants of Francis Hendrickson

Generation 1

1.      FRANCIS¹ HENDRICKSON was born about 1650 in Netherlands. He died about 1715 in Ye Halfway Tree Plantation, Pasquotank Pct., Albemarle County, North Carolina. He married MARY BUCKLEY about 1678. She died in Ye Halfway Tree Plantation, Pasquotank Pct., Albemarle County, North Carolina.

Notes for Francis Hendrickson:

Info from unpublished research by Dr. John Scott Davenport "the Hendricksons of Ye Halfway tree, Pasquotank Precinct, Albemarle county, North Carolina". Francis Hendrickson first appears in NC records in 1685 and had apparently been there for several years. He was naturalized a British Subject in 1697. Questions remain in document. Mention is made of a George Kendrick as possible patriarch of some of Hendricks in NC. This may be an early hypothesis later discarded. Also, relationships between Hendrickson of NC and Pike's of Mass and NJ may exist and deserve further exploration according to Dr. Davenport.

Notes for Mary Buckley:

Info from unpublished research by Dr. John Scott Davenport "the Hendricksons of Ye Halfway tree, Pasquotank Precinct, Albemarle county, North Carolina". Source of maiden name of Mary Hendrickson not clear. Source not mentioned in above document, but referred to in later letter from Dr. Davenport.

Francis Hendrickson and Mary Buckley had the following children:

2.               i. THOMAS² HENDRICK (son of Francis Hendrickson and Mary Buckley) was born about 1680 in Beech Landing, Pasquotank Pct., Albemarle County, North Carolina. He died about 1739 in Little River, Perquimans Pct., Albemarle County, North Carolina. He married (1) UNK about 1697. He married (2) ELIZABETH [HENDRICKS] about 1719.

3.               ii. HANNAH HENDRICKS (daughter of Francis Hendrickson and Mary Buckley) was born about 1682 in Beech Landing, Pasquotank Pct., Albemarle County, North Carolina. She died in Yeopim River, Perquimans County, North Carolina. She married WILLIAM HALL about 1701 in Pasquotank Pct., Albemarle County, North Carolina.

4.               iii. WILLIAM HENDRICK (son of Francis Hendrickson and Mary Buckley) was born about 1685 in Pasquotank Pct., Albemarle County, North Carolina. He died in Dec 1766 in Swift Creek waters, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. He married UNK about 1711.

iv.      MARY HENDRICKSON (daughter of Francis Hendrickson and Mary Buckley) was born about 1687 in Beech Landing, Pasquotank Pct., Albemarle County, North Carolina. She married ROBERT CARTWRIGHT about 1708.

Notes for Mary Hendrickson:

Info from unpublished research by Dr. John Scott Davenport "the Hendricksons of Ye Halfway tree, Pasquotank Precinct, Albemarle county, North Carolina".

5.               v. FRANCIS HENDRICKSON (son of Francis Hendrickson and Mary Buckley) was born about 1690 in Beech Landing, Pasquotank Pct., Albemarle County, North Carolina. He died in 1734 in Craven Precinct, Bath County, North Carolina. He married

ELISHA [HENDRICKSON] about 1712.

vi.      SARAH? HENDRICKS (daughter of Francis Hendrickson and Mary Buckley).

Notes for Sarah? Hendricks:

Info from unpublished research by Dr. John Scott Davenport "the Hendricksons of Ye Halfway tree, Pasquotank Precinct, Albemarle county, North Carolina". Sarah not mentioned in above document, but is mentioned in later letter from Dr.

Davenport. Possibly results of later research. Documentation not clear.