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Patrick Henry 1736–1799 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 May 1736

Birth Location: Studley, Hanover, Virginia

Death Date: 6 June 1799

Death Location: Charlotte County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: John Henry

Mother: Sarah Winston

Spouse(s): Dorothea Dandridge, Sarah Shelton

Children(s): Edward Henry, Elizabeth Aylett, Martha Fontaine, Patrick Henry, Alexander Henry, John Henry, Jane Henry, Dorothea Henry, Nathaniel Henry, William Henry, Anne Henry, Sarah Scott, Martha Henry, Fayette Henry, Richard Henry, Edward Henry, John Henry

The story of Patrick Henry began in 1736 in Studley, Hanover, Virginia. Patrick Henry married Dorothea Spotswood Henry Dandridge, Sarah Henry Shelton, Sarah Shelton, and had children including Alexander Spotswood Henry, Anne Roane Henry, Dorothea Spotswood Winston Henry, Edward Patrick Henry, Edward Winston Henry, Elizabeth Henry Aylett, Fayette Henry, Jane Robertson Henry, John Henry, Martha Catharina Henry, Martha Henry Fontaine, Nathaniel West Henry, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry, Sarah Butler Henry Campbell Scott, William Henry. Patrick Henry passed away in 1799 in Charlotte County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Patrick Henry began in 1736 in Studley, Hanover, Virginia.
  • Patrick Henry married Dorothea Spotswood Henry Dandridge, Sarah Henry Shelton, Sarah Shelton, and had children including Alexander Spotswood Henry, Anne Roane Henry, Dorothea Spotswood Winston Henry, Edward Patrick Henry, Edward Winston Henry, Elizabeth Henry Aylett, Fayette Henry, Jane Robertson Henry, John Henry, Martha Catharina Henry, Martha Henry Fontaine, Nathaniel West Henry, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry, Sarah Butler Henry Campbell Scott, William Henry.
  • Patrick Henry passed away in 1799 in Charlotte County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Henry
1704–1773
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Winston
1710–1784
Birth Location: Hanover County, Virginia, United States of America
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Spouses(s)

Dorothea Dandridge
1757–1831
Birth Location: Hanover County, Virginia, United States of America
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Sarah Shelton
1710–1784
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Edward Henry
1771–1794
Birth Location: Scotchtown, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
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Elizabeth Aylett
1769–1842
Birth Location: Hanover County, Virginia, USA
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Martha Fontaine
1755–1818
Birth Location: Hanover County, Virginia, USA
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Patrick Henry
1783–1804
Birth Location: Henry County, Virginia, USA
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Alexander Henry
1788–1854
Birth Location: Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA
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John Henry
1796–1868
Birth Location: Charlotte County, Virginia, USA
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Jane Henry
1798–1798
Birth Location: Charlotte County, Virginia, USA
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Dorothea Henry
1778–1854
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Nathaniel Henry
1790–1851
Birth Location: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States of America
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William Henry
1763–1798
Birth Location: –
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Anne Henry
1767–1799
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Scott
1780–1856
Birth Location: Henry County, Virginia, United States of America
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Martha Henry
1781–1801
Birth Location: –
MH
Fayette Henry
1785–1813
Birth Location: –
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Richard Henry
1792–1793
Birth Location: –
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Edward Henry
1794–1872
Birth Location: –
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John Henry
1757–1791
Birth Location: –
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Patrick Henry's Ancestors

Self
Patrick Henry
1736–1799
Birth Place: Studley, Hanover, Virginia
Parents
John Henry
1704–1773
Sarah Winston
1710–1784
Hanover County, Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
Alexander Henry
1681–1735
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Jean (Henry) Robertson
1684–1735
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Robertson
1625–1708
Eleanor Robertson
1635–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Patrick Henry's Descendants

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Patrick Henry (29 May 1736–6 June 1799) m. Dorothea (Spotswood Henry) Dandridge (25 September 1757–14 February 1831) m. Sarah Shelton (1710–1784)
  1. 1. Edward (Patrick) Henry 1771–1794
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Henry) Aylett 1769–1842 m. Philip Aylett 1767–1835
    1. 1. Phillip Aylett 1787–1848 m. Judith (Page Aylett) Waller 1794–1850
    2. 2. Elizabeth Aylett 1789–1818
    3. 3. William Aylett 1807–1829
    4. 4. Patrick (Henry) Aylett 1809–1829
    5. 5. Sarah (Shelton Fontaine) Aylett 1811–1876 m. William (Spotswood) Fontaine 1810–1882
  3. 3. Martha (Henry) Fontaine 1755–1818 m. John (Smith) Fontaine 1750–1792
    1. 1. John (James) Fontaine 1788–1852 m. Mary Redd 1794–1837
      1. 1. Madison (Redd) Fontaine 1824–1891
      2. 2. Laura Murdoch 1835–1926
      3. 3. Martha (Anne) Anderson 1822–1915
    2. 2. Charles (de La Boulay) Fontaine 1787–1816 m. Anne (Mayo) Carrington 1787–1833
    3. 3. Martha (Henry) Dandridge 1781–1845
    4. 4. Patrick (Henry) Fontaine 1775–1852 m. Nancy (Dabney) Miller 1775–1862
      1. 1. Martha (Henry) Fontaine 1798–1881 m. William (H) Perkins 1880–1871 m. John (Overton) Redd 1788–
      2. 2. John (Dabney) Fontaine 1799–1822
      3. 3. Nancy (Fontaine) Brooks 1802–1856
      4. 4. Mary (Boursiquot Perkins) Fontaine 1805–1891 m. Jesse Perkins 1798–1872
      5. 5. Edward Fontaine 1814–1884
      6. 6. Charles (DE LA Boulay) Fontaine 1817–1871 m. Sarah (Anne Fontaine) Dandridge 1823–1885
      7. 7. Elizabeth (Louisa) Fontaine 1804–1892
  4. 4. Patrick Henry 1783–1804 m. Elvira (Ann) Henry-Bruce 1788–1858
    1. 1. Elvira (Ann Patrick) Clark 1805–1870 m. William (H) Clark 1805–1873
  5. 5. Alexander (Spotswood) Henry 1788–1854 m. Paulina (Jordan Henry) Cabell 1796–1833
    1. 1. George (Lafayette) Henry 1815–1884
    2. 2. Patrick Henry 1818–
    3. 3. Alexander (Spotswood Jr) Henry 1820–
  6. 6. John Henry 1796–1868 m. Elvira (Bruce Henry) McClelland 1808–1873
    1. 1. Margaret (Ann) Henry 1827–1881 m. William (A) Miller 1824–1923
      1. 1. Elvira (Henry) Miller 1850–1955
      2. 2. William (P) Miller 1862–1939
      3. 3. Rose (Miller) Gammon 1868–1954 m. Landen (H) Gammon 1862–
        1. 1. Landen (H) Gammon 1896–
        2. 2. Marg (H) Gammon 1898–
        3. 3. Wm (M) Gammon 1900–
      4. 4. David (P) Miller 1856–1880
      5. 5. Florence (Miller) Dabney 1853–1923 m. John (Collins) Dabney 1849–1917
        1. 1. Margaret (Henry) Dabney 1879– m. Sydnor (Barksdale) Penick 1905–
        2. 2. John (Collins) Dabney 1889–1957 m. Phillys (Dandridge) Payne 1889–1963
        3. 3. Susan (Hill) Dabney 1892–1986
        4. 4. William (Miller) Dabney 1874–1937 m. Thea (Boyd) Goode 1881–1965
        5. 5. Frederick (A) Dabney 1882–
      6. 6. Wirt (H) Miller 1870–1943
      7. 7. Katie Miller 1866–1872
      8. 8. Unnamed (Girl) Miller 1864–1864
      9. 9. Lucy (Cray) Miller 1861–1862
      10. 10. Samuel (Thomas) Miller 1851–1853
      11. 11. Laura (Cabell) Miller 1859–1860
    2. 2. Elvira Henry 1828–
    3. 3. Wm. (Wirt) Henry 1831–1900 m. Lucy Marshall 1832–1922
      1. 1. William (Wirt) Henry 1875–1948
      2. 2. Lucy (Gray) Harrison 1857–1944
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Watkins) Lyons 1855–1920
    4. 4. Thomas (Stanhope McClelland) Henry 1833–1912
    5. 5. Laura (Helen) Henry 1836–1856
    6. 6. Emma (Cabell) Henry 1845–1905 m. James (Boswell Ferguson) Sr 1822–1896
      1. 1. James (B) Ferguson 1861–1914 m. Eudora (W) Horner 1861–
        1. 1. Witt (H) Ferguson 1896–
    7. 7. John Henry 1840–1840
  7. 7. Jane (Robertson) Henry 1798–1798
  8. 8. Dorothea (Spotswood Winston) Henry 1778–1854 m. George (Dabney) Winston 1771–1852
    1. 1. Edmund (Dabney) Winston 1799–1875
      1. 1. Nancy (Miller Black) Winston 1825–1883
      2. 2. William Winston 1828–1878
      3. 3. Dorothea (Spotswood) Winston 1831–1852
      4. 4. George (Dabney) Winston 1833–1910
      5. 5. Patrick (Fontaine) Winston 1845–1906
    2. 2. Patrick (Henry) Winston 1802–1868
    3. 3. Edward (Henry) Winston 1811–1852 m. Susan (Morehead Winston) Reynolds 1813–1898
      1. 1. John Winston 1839–1888
      2. 2. Samuel (Presley) Winston 1848–1925
    4. 4. Fayette (Henry) Winston 1819–1839
  9. 9. Nathaniel (West) Henry 1790–1851 m. Virginia (Henry) Woodson 1796–1838
    1. 1. Patrick (Miller) Henry 1815–1873 m. Susan (Isabella Henry) Robertson 1820–1880
      1. 1. Mary (Virginia) Henry 1841–1846
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Ann) Henry 1843–1846
      3. 3. Infant (Son) Henry 1849–
  10. 10. William Henry 1763–1798
  11. 11. Anne (Roane) Henry 1767–1799
  12. 12. Sarah (Butler Henry Campbell) Scott 1780–1856 m. Robert Campbell 1768–1808 m. Alexander Scott 1769–1819
    1. 1. Henrietta (Dandridge Bailey) Scott 1818–1896 m. William Bailey 1800–1878
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Ann Pendleton) Bailey 1833–1921
  13. 13. Martha (Catharina) Henry 1781–1801
  14. 14. Fayette Henry 1785–1813
  15. 15. Richard Henry 1792–1793
  16. 16. Edward (Winston) Henry 1794–1872
    1. 1. Mariah (Rosalie Lewis) Henry 1818–1897 m. Bernard (William) Lewis 1817–
    2. 2. Thomas (Yuille) Henry 1821–1869
    3. 3. Patrick (Fayette) Henry 1821–1852
    4. 4. Lucy (Dorothea Laighton) Henry 1822–1896 m. Octave Laighton 1822–1866
    5. 5. Sarah (Jane Armistead) Henry 1825–1899 m. William (Harrison) Armistead 1820–1895
      1. 1. William (H) Armistead 1846–1855
      2. 2. John (Clayton) Armistead 1848–1854
      3. 3. Grattan (Henry) Armistead 1851–1883
      4. 4. Edward (Winston) Armistead 1860–1912 m. Anna (H Armistead) Clark 1865–1955
    6. 6. Celine (Catlett) Henry 1827–1874
    7. 7. Ella (Washington) Henry 1831–1831
    8. 8. Ada (Byron Smith) Henry 1835–1876 m. John (G) Smith 1825–1885
    9. 9. Edward (Winston) Henry 1840–1881
  17. 17. John Henry 1757–1791 m. Susanna Walker 1760–
    1. 1. Edmund (Walker) Henry 1791–1855 m. Nancy Williams 1790–1875
      1. 1. Patrick (Henry) Henry 1819–1899

Patrick Henry's Timeline

2 Records

1736
29 May 1736
Birth of Patrick Henry in Studley, Hanover, Virginia
Studley, Hanover, Virginia
1799
6 June 1799
Age 63
Death of Patrick Henry in Brookneal, Campbell County, Virginia, United States of America
Brookneal, Campbell County, Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 May 1736
    Event Place: Studley, Hanover, Virginia
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 243
    [2] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [3] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1728; Birth city: Studley; Birth state: VA
    [4] Family Data Collection - Births
    [5] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1678.061; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [6] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 52.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JH1
    [7] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [8] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Henry Genealogy : The descendants of Samuel Henry of Hadley and Amherst, Massachusetts, 1734-1790 and Lurana (Cady) Henry, his wife : with an appendix containing brief accounts of other Henry families
    [9] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 056
    [10] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 063 : 1907
    [11] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 085
    [12] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 115 : 1915
    [13] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 159 : 1920
    [14] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 164 : 1921

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 June 1799
    Event Place: Brookneal, Campbell County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 243
    [2] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 056
    [5] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 063 : 1907
    [6] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 085
    [7] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 115 : 1915
    [8] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 159 : 1920
    [9] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 164 : 1921

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Charlotte County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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