SECOND GENERATION
2. JOHN HANSARD
(2) (photo) was
born on 4 Nov 1794 in BOLLING CREEK, Amherst County, Virginia.
(3) He served in the military in 1814 in Battle of New Orleans.
(4) John Hansard was a member of the Tennessee
Mounted Militia during the War of 1812. While sleeping near a fire, a pot of
boiling water fell over and scalded his feet, the effects of which bothered him
the rest of his life. He lost a horse at Horseshoe Bend while heading to New
Orleans. He was present at the victory of General Andrew Jackson over the British
at the Battle of New Orleans. He died on 13 Jul 1888 in REDWOOD VALLEY, Mendocino
County, CA.(5)
(3)(2) He was buried after
13 Jul 1888 in Schoolhouse Cemetery, Redwood Valley, Calif..
He was married
to ELENDAR CLAYTON (daughter of JESSE CLAYTON and
Nancy BAYSE) on 1 May 1814 in Bull Run Creek?, Knox County, Tennessee.
(4)(3)
ELENDAR CLAYTON was born on 22 Mar 1793 in SURRY
CO?, North Carolina. She died on 16 Jan 1878 in REDWOOD VALLEY, Mendocino County,
CA. She was buried after 16 Jan 1878 in Schoolhouse Cemetery, Redwood Valley,
Calif.. JOHN HANSARD and ELENDAR CLAYTON had the following children:
11 i.
Nancy HANSARD was born about 1812 in Knox County, Tennessee. Although Nancy
is not mentioned by name, it is felt that she was the "illegitimate female
child" that was mentioned in the Bastardy Suit that Eleanor Clayton brought
against John Hansard in 1812. It was told that Nancy may have been a victim
of infantile paralysis or some other form of crippling illness and had to be
carried. Her care fell to John's parents, William and Martha Hansard. This
would lend credence to the reasoning behind William Hansard's will leaving the
care of Nancy in the care of son, John. She died after 1846 in Knox County,
Tennessee.
+12 ii.
CALVIN BERT HANSARD.
+13 iii.
Sarah Minerva HANSARD.
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