Son of John T and Margaret Ann (Jesper)Hendron and husband of Letticia Charlotte (Taylor)∼~ William Hicks Hendren, Sr ~ age 92
Raised Sheep, Weaver & Tatter Of Lace

Related through the Hendren - Campbell Connection

Religion: Baptist

Veteran Revolutionary War (1777-1783, VA), Sergeant, 1 Regiment Light Dragoons, Continental, Honorably discharged at end of the war

Father: John T Hendren, father-in-law of 4th great grand uncle, (Birth: 1710, Market Hill, Armagh, Ulster, Northern Ireland - Death: 8 Nov 1794, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA))
married (Abt 1738, Prince William County, Virginia British Province):

Mother: Margaret Ann Jesper, mother-in-law of my 4th great grand uncle, (Birth: 15 Dec 1714, Richmond, Wise, Virginia British Province - Death: 1788, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA)

First Married (Abt 1763, Prince William County, Virginia British Province): Letticia Charlotte "Letty" Taylor, wife of brother-in-law of 4th great grand uncle, (Birth: 1746, Fauquier County, Virginia British Province - Death: 1783. North Wilkesboro, Brushy Mountain, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; Burial: on a hill near the old homeplace, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA) d/o William Taylor & Sarah Glasscock

Resided: Brushy Mountain, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA

Children: 9 males
1. Nimrod Hendren (Birth: 1762, Loudoun County, Virginia Province, British - Death: 28 Jan 1836, Boone County, Missouri, USA) married: Margaret Taylor, (Birth: 19 Oct 1768, Virginia Province, British - Death: 1850, Madison, County, Kentucky, USA);
2. John Hendren (Birth: 1765, Prince William County, Virginia Province, British - Death: 3 Sep 1849, Hendren Farm, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA) married: Sarah Brooks (Birth: 1766, Wilkes County, North Carolina Province, British - Death: 1849, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA);
3. James Hendren (Birth: 1769, Prince William County, Virginia Province, British - Death: 1868, Henry County, Virginia, USA) married: unknown) grandson: C. James Hendren;
4. Thomas Hendren (Birth: 1771, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA);
5. Enos Hendren, (Birth: 15 May 1773, Fauquier County, Virginia, Province, British - Death: 12 Aug 1872, Jolly Ridge, Madison, Kentucky, USA) married: Margaret Molly Cast (Birth: 1781, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA - Death: 1860, Madison County, Kentucky, USA);
6. Doven Hendren (Birth: 15 May 1773, Prince William County, Virginia Province, British - Death: 20 Sep 1848, Jolly Ridge, Madison, Kentucky, USA) married: Jane "Jenny" Taylor (Birth: 10 Jun 1785, Kirksville, Madison, Kentucky, USA - Death: 14 Jun 1861, Kirksville, Madison, Kentucky, USA);
7. Taylor Elijah Hendren (Birth: 1775, Wilksboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA - Death: 28 Jun 1846, Henry County, Kentucky, USA) married: Charlotte Stringfellow (Birth: 1776, Virginia, USA - Died: 4 Oct 1847, Henry County, Kentucky, USA);
8. Oliver Hendren (Birth: 1779, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA - Death: 7 Jan 1868, Wilkesboro, Brushy Mountains, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA);
9. William Hendren, Jr. (Birth: abt 1779, Towan County, North Carolina, USA - Death: 1 Jul 1868, Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA) married: Charlotte Ellis (Birth: 11 April 1785, Surry County, North Carolina, USA - Death: 16 Jan 1851, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA)

Note: Some sons went with Uncle Elijah to KY abt 1798, where brother John lived, and all but Taylor settled in Madison Co., Ky; other Henry Co., KY. William migrated back to Wilkes Co., NC

Second Married (8 Nov 1788, Wilkes Co., NC): Sarah R Mullis (Birth: 1768, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA - Death 6 Feb 1856: Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA)

Children:
1. George Taylor Hendren (B: 04 Jan 1790, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, NC - 04 Apr 1831, Wilkes Co., NC)
2. Margaret Peggay Hendren (B: 16 Feb 1792, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, NC - 03 Sep 1849, Wilkes Co., NC);
3. Elijah Hendren (B: 16 Feb 1791 or 1794, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, NC);
4. Ambrose Hendren (B: 23 May 1796, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, NC - Bef 1850, Metropolis, Massoc County, IL);
5. Sarah Hendren (B: 25 Jul 1797, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, NC - 27 Feb 1898, Alexander Co., NC);
6. Cynthia Hendren (B: 16 Sep 1802, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, NC - 02 Mar 1879, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, NC);
7. Richard J. Hendren (B: 11 Aug 1805, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, NC - 11 Jan 1894, Damascus, Iredell County, NC);
8. Solomon Hendren, Twin, (B: 12 Sep 1807, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, NC - 17 Jan 1872, Wilkes Co., NC)
9. Stephen Hendren, Twin, (B: 12 Sep 1807, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes Co., NC - 04 Mar 1876, Wilkes Co., NC);
10. Eli Hendren (B: 27 Nov 1811, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes Co. NC - 01 Mar 1897, Clinton, Anderson, TN)

Homeplace located: 14 miles south of Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA, on Hunting Creek (today Rocky Creek)

Died: 7 Jan 1838, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA

Buried: Hendren-Mullis Cemetery, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA