Henshaw, Caroline M.

  • Posted on: 13 July 2015
  • By: khughes
Primary Name
First Name: 
Caroline
Middle Name: 
M.
Surname: 
Henshaw
Birth and Death
Birth Info
Birth Date Prefix: 
c.
Birth Year: 
1825
Birth Note: 
Germany? But met John Colt in Philadelphia?
Citation for Birth Info: 
Citation Notes: 
http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/75990748/person/46332995138
Death Info
Citation for Death Info: 
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=T9e37mYzuNIC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=caroline+henshaw+von+oppen&source=bl&ots=FuwIiuqICU&sig=FiyRLMte6YkAUMHrFxiBw1VNTuM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMIkp_Xzs7YxgIVA1o-Ch2ReAAB#v=onepage&q=caroline%20henshaw%20von%20oppen&f=false
Relationships
Marriage Information: 
Marriage and Children Info
Spouse: 
Colt, John Caldwell
Marriage Month: 
November
Marriage Day: 
18
Marriage Year: 
1842
Children: 
Colt, Samuel Caldwell
Biographical Information
Seward Context: 
Official/Professional
Profession: 
Variously described as "spinster, dressmaker, and general sewer"
Biography and Citation Information: 
Biography: 
Associated with the Colt brothers. Married Samuel Caldwell Colt in 1838 and got pregnant with his child. Married Samuel's brother, John Caldwell Colt in 1842, the morning before he was sentenced to be hanged. By marrying John, Henshaw's child was somewhat legitimized - Samuel had long ago cast Henshaw away, as she wasn't a suitable wife for his social and business aspirations, and divorce was not classy. However, after John's death, Samuel cared for his "nephew" and gave the child $2million in his will. After the Colt trial, Caroline was never seen from again. It is hypothesized she changed her name to Julia Leicester and married Freidrich von Oppen back in Germany.
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=kHpMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq=julia+leicester+caroline+henshaw&source=bl&ots=7r2S3i8wg0&sig=IRqD4-C6tS2Be-FHZNs8YygPx8g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBGoVChMIg8i84s7YxgIVgjc-Ch3iqQqs#v=onepage&q=julia%20leicester%20caroline%20henshaw&f=false
Extra information from Google Docs spreadsheet
Citation for Marriage Info (old): 
Editorial Information
Editorial Review: 
Unverified and Incomplete