Dr. Kukla: Hi. Let me know also when you find out about the article. Jane Steele. -----Original Message----- >From: Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Feb 12, 2007 5:38 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [VA-HIST] a Patrick Henry question > >Of Henry's seventeen children, listed below, four (designated with >asterisks *after the year of their birth) died without issue. >Jon Kukla >PS I'd be curious to see the Washington Post article if you have the >citation..... Thank you. jk > > >1754 Patrick Henry married Sarah Shelton. > >1755 Patrick and Sarah Henrys first child, Martha (Patsey), was born at >Pine Slash. > >1757 2d John Henry was born sometime during 1757. > >1763* 3d William Henry was born in Hanover County. > >1767 4th Anne Henry was born at Roundabout. > >1769 5th Betsey Henry was born in Hanover County. > >1771* After the birth of their youngest child, 6th Edward (Neddy) Henry, >Sarah Henrys mental health suddenly began to decline > >1775 Sarah Shelton Henry died at Scotchtown, having never regained her >sanity. > >1776 October 9: Henry married Dorothea Dandridge, granddaughter of >Alexander Spotswood > >1778 August 2: Patrick and Dorothea Henrys first child (7th Dorothea), >named for her mother, was born in the Governors Palace at Williamsburg. > >1780 January 4: 8th Sarah Butler Henry was born at Leatherwood. > >1781 November 3: 9th Martha Catharina Henry was born at Leatherwood. > >1783 August 15: 10th Patrick Henry, Jr. was born at Leatherwood. > >1785 October 1: 11th Fayette Henry was born at Salisbury. > >1788 June 2: 12th Alexander Spotswood Henry was born at Pleasant Grove. > >1790 April 7: 13th Nathaniel West Henry was born at Pleasant Grove. > >1791 John Henry died in Henry County, leaving a wife and one son, Edmund. > >1792* March 27: 14th Richard Henry was born at Pleasant Grove. > >1793 August 24: Richard Henry died at Long Island. > >1794 January 21: 15th Winston Henry was born at Long Island. Edward >(Neddy) died on October 29th at New Glasgow. Winston was renamed Edward >Winston. > >1796 16th John Henry was born at Red Hill. He lived to inherit the house >and half the acreage. He was buried at Red Hill next to his wife, Elvira >McClelland Henry. > >1798* January 21: 17th Jane Robertson Henry was born at Red Hill and died >on January 25th. William Henry died in New Bern, N.C., where he held the >office of sheriff. There was no mention of any children in his will. > >1799 May 22: Anne Henry Roane died at the home of her sister, Betsey >Henry Aylett, in King William County. She was survived by her husband, >Spencer Roane, and six children. > >1799 June 6: Patrick Henry died at Red Hill. With his will, Patrick >Henry left a copy of his Stamp Act resolutions and a note advising future >generations to practice Virtue thyself, and encourage it in others. > >1831 February 14: Dorothea Dandridge Henry died and was buried next to >Patrick Henry at Red Hill. > > > >Dr. Jon Kukla, Executive Vice-President >Red Hill - The Patrick Henry National Memorial >1250 Red Hill Road >Brookneal, Virginia 24528 >www.redhill.org or www.PatrickHenry.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sunshine49 >Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 12:20 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: a Patrick Henry question > >I just read a piece in the Washington Post which mentioned that Patrick >Henry sired 17 children. I had no idea- wow, quite a large family! How >many of them reached adulthood and had children of their own? Or did the >typical high mortality rate for children of the period take its sad toll? > >Nancy > >------- >I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. > >--Daniel Boone > > > > >Dr. Jon Kukla, Executive Vice-President >Red Hill - The Patrick Henry National Memorial >1250 Red Hill Road >Brookneal, Virginia 24528 >www.redhill.org >Phone 434-376-2044 or 800-514-7463 > >Fax 434-376-2647 > >- M. Lynn Davis, Office Manager >- Karen Gorham, Associate Curator >- Edith Poindexter, Curator > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html Lillian Jane Steele To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html