Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
The Henyons
Monday, May 23rd, 1768, was a busy day at the Colden Store, as were most Mondays. Fifteen persons appeared at the store and purchased 47 items.
The items were of the normal sort: fabrics/buttons/thread/pins, rum, sugar, tea, nails, gun powder/shot and a few luxury items like a Rose Blanket, a Cravat, a Horn Comb, a Linen Handkerchief, and a pair of Worsted Mittens.
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This article is one in a series of a daily accountings of Colden Store transactions. Be sure you read the first installment for an introduction to the store. You should also read this article which appeared in the Journal of the Orange County Historical Society.
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The first and last shopper of the day was a Henyon [Hennion, Heneyon, Henion]. Abraham Henyon was the first transaction and his brother was the last transaction of the day. Abraham purchased powder, shot, ribbon, and sugar, but apparently forgot the all important rum. His brother returned to the store for the rum, and added it to his account for the last transaction of the day.
Members of the Henyon family shopped 45 times at the store and included Abraham & brother (28 times), Ann(e) (2), David & wife (4), Garret (brother of Ann) (2), Isaac & son (6), Jacob (2), and Jean & mother (1).
In 1779, David 'Hanyon' appeared on the tax assessment for Hanover Precinct (the area of the Colden Store). He owned no land and only possessed £10 of personal property. By the 1790 census, no Henyons, Hennions, or Hanyons remained in Ulster or Orange counties. Their fate is unknown to this author.
Hopefully a descendant of this family will find this blog site and add to their knowledge of their ancestors' activities.
P.S. This day's edition of the New-York Mercury announced the graduates of King's College at the ceremony in St. Paul's Church in Manhattan. One was a young man named Governeur Morris who lived on an estate in what is today the Bronx. Almost exactly 19 years from this date, May 25, 1787, Morris would attend the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The Convention recognized his talent with the pen and made him the scribe. It was he who authored the preamble (WE the People...) and laid down the wording of this historic document. He was buried at his home in the current Bronx.
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