William Hendricks was the descendant of one of Pennsylvania's largest Buckskin Pioneer families. The Patriarch of this extended family was Albertus (a.k.a.: Albert) Hendrickson, an indentured servant to Joost de la Grange. He immigrated with de la Grange on February 5, 1662 and married de la Grange's maid, Aeltje. Their first son Jacobus Hendrickson (changed to James Hendricks c1700) was born while Albert was still under his term of indenture.

James was a carpenter, Indian trader and frontiersman. He changed to and used the name James after 1700; genealogical records will be using the name James for simplicity sake.

He appears in Quaker records of Pennsylvania

He lived among the Indians as soon as 1690 and became an active Indian interpreter by 1716. In 1740, at the age of 73, he deposed for the Penn government against the encroachment of Lord Baltimore (Maryland) followers led by Thomas Cresap on the west banks of the Susquehanna River. He cited where the early forts and settlements were and to have been conversant in the Indian language of the time.521

Sources: The Frontier Hendricks
CS71 H5159 1993 HOLDINGS: v.1 (1993)
Author: Dr John Scott Davenport
Publication: Frontier Hendricks Association, c1993
Repository: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Hendricks Family Association - http://sio.midco.net/lysco/hendricks/

Warrant issued to James Hendricks for 1000 acres of land near Strasburg,PA October 128, 1714.475

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