Henshaw Town people are descendants of ANSA EFIOM EKPO who was the first child and first son of EFIOM EKPO. ANSA Efiom EKPO had five children namely Efiom Ansa, Ekpo Ansa, Ewa Ansa, Efanga Ansa and the only daughter Nkoro Ansa. Thus, Henshaw Town Council is made up of the descendants of the sons of Ansa Efiom Ekpo.
History has it that, the exiting children included Efiom Ansa Efiom, Ansa Ansa Efiom, Ekpo Ansa Efiom, Ewa Ansa Efiom, Efaña Ansa Efiom, Ñkoro Ansa Efiom and Ekeñ Ansa Efiom first dwelt with their cousins in Duke Town at a place they called Okopedi Ewa Nsa, and as their population grew, Efik people decided to give them all one separate Ekpe lodge to make of them an autonomous Efik settlement. Establishment of Ekpe Efik lodge in a territory by the Efik people of those days was synonymous with the hoisting of flags by nations in today’s world