Patrick Henry, Governor

Patrick Henry, Governor

Male 1736 - 1799  (63 years)

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  • Name Patrick Henry 
    Suffix Governor 
    Born 29 May 1736  Hanover Co., Va Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Jun 1799  Brookneal, Charlotte Co., Va Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6310  Admin Kevin's Chiefly Lines
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2022 

    Father John Henry 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Winston Syme 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F2658  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Parks Shelton,   b. 1738,   d. 1775  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 1754 
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2022 
    Family ID F2659  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Dorothea Dandridge,   d. 1799 
    Married 1777 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Butler Henry  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2022 
    Family ID F3003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Henry

      On October 9 at Scotchtown, he married Dorothea Dandridge, daughter of his old client, Nathaniel West Dandridge of Hanover County. This made him closer kin to Washington, as Nathaniel Dandridge was Martha Washington's uncle.[102] To add to the six children he had by Sarah Henry, he would have eleven more by Dorothea, though two by the second marriage died very young. She brought 12 slaves with her, adding to the 30 Patrick Henry already had. He sold Scotchtown in 1777, and moved to Leatherwood Plantation in Henry County, which the General Assembly had just created and named for him