HENDERSON SIDE New research from Texas back to Scotland (New Families)

I was looking at the Henderson side of the tree. A lot of it is Henderson's wife and children. But still pretty cool stories and pictures. A lot of it is from the 1800's back to the 1500's. 

All the pictures are of Henderson families and some of their stories from there life.

Noltland Castle Island of Westray on the Islands of Orkney Islands of Scotland. The Belfour's Family owned the Castle. The Balfour Family goes back to 2nd cousin  Nealy Byrd Henderson Family of Texas. The Belfour Family is one of Scotland's very Ancient Families 

Tullibole Castle in Crook of Devon Scotland The Castle was beginning to be built in 1304. It is also know for the WITCH TRAIL CASTLE where there were 11 witches were put on trial at castle and put to there death. Now a days you can rent it for wedding & events and is a Bed & Breakfast. It was owned by Richard Adam Halliday and was known as Halladay of Tullibole 

James "Lord of Pittendreich" Balfour en Munquhanny 1533-1584 of Kincardineshire, Scotland

The son of Andrew Balfour of Montquhanny, he was educated for the legal branch of the Church of Scotland.

Balfour was involved in the murder of Cardinal Beaton and the Siege of St Andrews Castle. In June 1547, following the capture of the castle by French forces he was condemned to be a galley-slave rowing galleys together with John Knox and others captured at St Andrews, Fife. He was released in 1549, denounced Protestantism, entered the service of Mary of Guise, and was rewarded with important legal appointments.

He subsequently joined the Lords of the Congregation, a group of Protestant nobles who opposed the marriage of the young Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Dauphin of France (later to become Francois II of France), but betrayed their plans.

After Mary's arrival in Scotland he became one of her secretaries, in 1565 being reported as her greatest favorited after David Rizzio. He obtained the parsonage of Flisk in Fife in 1561, was nominated an Extraordinary Lord of Session, and in 1563 one of the commissaries of the court which now took the place of the former ecclesiastical tribunal. In 1565 he was made a privy councilor, and in 1566 Lord Clerk Register, and was knighted.

According to Mary his murder was planned together with Rizzio's in 1566. An adherent of Bothwell, he was deeply implicated in the murder of Lord Darnley, though not present at the commission of the crime. By his means Darnley was lodged at Kirk o' Field, his brothers' house. He was supposed to have drawn up the bond at Craigmillar Castle for the murder; he signed it, was made under Bothwell deputy-governor of Edinburgh Castle,^[1] and is said to have drawn up the marriage-contract between Bothwell and Mary. When, however, the fall of Bothwell was seen to be impending he rapidly changed sides and surrendered the castle to James Stewart, Earl of Moray, stipulating for his pardon for Darnley's murder, the retention of the priory of Pittenweem, and pecuniary rewards. He was appointed Lord President of the Court of Session on resigning the office of Lord Clerk Register. He was present at the battle of Langside, and was accused of having advised Mary to leave Dunbar Castle to her ruin, and of having betrayed to her enemies the Casket Letters. The same year, however, in consequence of renewed intrigues with Mary's faction, he was dismissed, and next year was imprisoned on the charge of complicity in Darnley's murder.

He escaped by means of bribery, which he is said to have paid by intercepting money sent from France for Mary's aid. In August 1571, during the regency of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, an act of forfeiture was passed against him, but next year he was again playing traitor and revealed the secrets of his party to James, Douglas, Earl of Morton. He obtained a pardon from Morton in 1573 and negotiated the pacification of Perth the same year. Distrusted by all parties, he fled to France, where he seems to have remained till 1580. In 1579 his forfeiture was renewed by act of parliament. In January 1580 he wrote to Mary offering her his services, and in June made a similar offer to Queen Elizabeth I of England, in which he criticized the influence of the Jesuits, and proposed to make a journey to Dieppe to attend Protestant services.

On 27 December the same year he returned to Scotland and effected the downfall and execution of Morton by producing a bond, probably that in defiance of Bothwell and to promote his marriage with Mary, and giving evidence of the latter's knowledge of Bothwell's intention to murder Darnley. In July 1581 his cause was reheard; he was acquitted of murder by assize, and shortly afterwards in 1581 or 1582 he was restored to his estates and received at court. His career ended shortly before 24 January 1584. He was the greatest lawyer of his day, and part-author at least of Balfour's Practicks, the earliest textbook of Scottish law, not published, however, till 1754.

He wrote a major work on Scots law, called Practicks. This was completed about 1579 and was widely circulated in manuscript copies. It was published in 1754, and republished in 1962: Peter G B McNeil (ed), The Practicks of Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich (1962, Stair Society).

He married Margaret, daughter and heir of Michael Balfour of Burleigh, by whom, besides three daughters, he had six sons, the eldest of whom, Sir Michael Balfour, was created Lord Balfour of Burleigh in 1607. His second son, Sir James Balfour, was created Baron Balfour of Clonawley in 1619

John Bell 1806-1890 & Arah Beck Swafford 1806-1890 They lived in Pickens County, South Carolina around where the Henderson's lived back then. A lot of the Henderson's left the area and moved to Texas. 

Frances Victoria Smith 1859-1932 she was off the Azor Neely Henderson side of family. She from Alabama and moved to Texas.

Lieutenant John Manning Howard 1821-1896 & Mary Adaline Bell Howard 1829-1914 John Manning was in Infantry Regiment Company I South Carolina and was assigned to General Gist's Brigade. He was also off the Azor Neely Henderson Family

Andrew Honeyman, Bishop of Orkney 1619-1676 from St Andrew, Fife, Scotland. 

He was born in 1619, the son of David Honeyman of Pitairchney, a baker of St Andrews. His brother was Rev Dr Robert Honeyman DD, minister of St Andrews.

He was a graduate of the University of St Andrews in 1635, and was presented to the parish of Ferry-Port on Craig in 1641.

In 1664 he succeeded Thomas Sydserf as Bishop of Orkney based at Kirkwall Cathedral.

Answering Naphtali, a Covenanter pamphlet of 1667, Honeymoon became involved in a polemic exchange with James Stewart, one of the presumed authors.

Honeyman was injured in the arm during the assassination attempt made by James Mitchell on Honeyman's friend and colleague Archbishop James Sharp on 9 July 1668, which occurred on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.

He died at Kirkwall on 21 February 1676. He is buried in Kirkwall Cathedral. His position as bishop was filled by Murdoch Mackenzie.

Kirkwall Cathedral where Andrew Honeyman was Bishop of Orkey

Elizbeth Hicks 1600-1651 of England. She came to America and was one of the Plymouth Colony.

This was a painting of Robert Pointer 1565-  and his wife Alice Churchman 1560-. Below is there son John Joseph Pointer 1586-

William of Westness Traill 1654-1705 0f Scotland 

Randolph David Miller 1760-

Archbishop Patrick Adamson 1537-1592 of Scotland. He was the Archbishop of St Andrews.

Nancy Sarah Jane Cook, Joseph Ferris, Joseph, Emil, Alvin Edward Peterson Family. They were Grace Henderson's In-laws. 

Fredrik Ferdinand Peterson 1842-1922 & Martha Ann Allen 1861-1939 Fredrick was from Kullerstad, Ostergotland, Sweden. Martha was from Lawrence County, Mississippi. They were married on 11 November 1877 in Red River, Texas.  ( I would love to know the story of how they met) They settled in Marion County, Texas. Fredrick was trained in Sweden as a Blacksmith. He came to America when he was 15 years old. He left Stockholm, Sweden and went to Hull, England on 30 August 1872. Departed Goteborg, England. He arrived on Ellis Island, New York on 21 May 1872 aboard the ship "S. S. SILESIA". On the ship he signed on as a Baker while aboard.