Henshaw Family History
Henshaw Name Meaning
English (Lancashire):: habitational name from Henshaw in Prestbury (Cheshire) from Old English henn ‘hen’ + sceaga ‘copse small wood’. habitational name from Henshaw (Northumberland) possibly from the Old Norse personal name Hethinn (genitive Hethinns) + Old English halh ‘nook corner of land’. See Hensell of which Henshaw is sometimes a variant.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022