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1736 - 1799 (63 years)
1704 - 1773 (69 years)
Birth |
1704 |
Died |
1773 |
Halifax Co., Virginia |
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Family |
Sarah Winston, b. Est 1709 |
Married |
1732 |
Hanover Co., Colonial Virginia |
Children |
+ | 1. Lucy Henry, b. 29 Mar 1743, Prob Hanover Co., Virginia |
| 2. Patrick Henry, b. 29 May 1736, Hanover Co., Colonial Virgnia |
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Est 1709 - 1784 (~ 75 years)
Birth |
Est 1709 |
Died |
1784 |
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Family |
John Henry, b. 1704 |
Married |
1732 |
Hanover Co., Colonial Virginia |
Children |
+ | 1. Lucy Henry, b. 29 Mar 1743, Prob Hanover Co., Virginia |
| 2. Patrick Henry, b. 29 May 1736, Hanover Co., Colonial Virgnia |
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1738 - 1775 (37 years)
Birth |
1738 |
Middlesex, Virginia Colony |
Died |
Feb 1775 |
Hanover County, Virginia |
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Father |
John Armistead Shelton, b. Est 1700, Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania |
Mother |
Eleanor Elizabeth Parks, b. Est 1720 |
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Family |
Patrick Henry, b. 29 May 1736, Hanover Co., Colonial Virgnia [4] |
Married |
1754 |
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Name |
Patrick Henry |
Title |
Governor |
Born |
29 May 1736 |
Hanover Co., Colonial Virgnia |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
6 Jun 1799 |
Charlotte County, Virginia |
Buried |
Henry Cemetery Charlotte County, Virginia [3] |
Person ID |
I17078 |
My Reynolds Line |
Last Modified |
21 Feb 2018 |
Father |
John Henry, b. 1704, d. 1773, Halifax Co., Virginia (Age 69 years) |
Mother |
Sarah Winston, b. Est 1709, d. 1784 (Age ~ 75 years) |
Married |
1732 |
Hanover Co., Colonial Virginia |
- CHILDREN OF JOHN HENRY AND SARAH WINSTON ARE:
Jane Henry 1734-1760
Gov. Patrick Henry, 1st and 6th Governor of Virginia 1736 - 1799
Ann Henry ABT 1740 -
Susannah Henry 1742 - 1831
Lucy Henry 1743 - 1826
Elizabeth 'Betsy' Henry 1747 - 1825
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Family ID |
F2006 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Histories
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| Patrick Henry-Chosen Governor The Virginia Gazette
Jul 6, 1776 |
| Patrick Henry-Letter from Baptist Churches The Pennsylvania Packet
Sep 3, 1776 |
| Patrick Henry-A Proclamation Purdie's Virginia Gazette
Dec 27, 1776 |
| Patrick Henry-A Proclamation Purdie's Virginia Gazette
Feb 21, 1777 |
| Patrick Henry-A Proclamation The Virginia Gazette
May 15, 1779 |
| Patrick Henry-Declines Accepting Office of President of The United States The Pennsylvania Gazette
Nov 16, 1796 |
| Patrick Henry-8,000 Acres of Land to be Sold for Back Taxes The North Carolina Gazette
Oct 3, 1799 |
| The Grave of Patrick Henry Richmond Dispatch
Jan 12, 1858 |
| Patrick Henry-Montville Home Full of Bats Detroit Free Press
Apr 22, 1908 |
| Patrick Henry-Red Hill Home Destroyed by Fire The Washington Post
Feb 21, 1919 |
| Patrick Henry-Red Hill Home Ruined by Fire The Times Dispatch
Feb 23, 1919 |
| Patrick Henry-Red Hill Home Acquired by Foundation Daily Press
May 12, 1945 |
| Patrick Henry-Red Hill Home For Troubled Boys The Danville Bee
Mar 23, 1950 |
| Patrick Henry-Scotchtown Home Restored Chicago Tribune
Jun 29, 1975 |
| Patrick Henry-Scotchtown Va. Home Reno Gazette Journal
Jul 8, 2001 |
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Sources |
- [S223] Olen Lewis Jr. , Halifax Co. Judgement 1817 John Henry Petition for Road.
Petition ask and granted a good road from said Hagood County Store crossing Birch Creek near Thomas Dodson Sen, thence leaving Robert Walton's on the left to the land of James Henry and through that to the land of John Henry thence his land to his mill" The road will only be conducted through the land of Thomas Davenport, Thomas Dodson Sr., The estate of Elias Dodson, Decd thence the lands of James Henry and John Henry, with your petitioners pray your worship to make an order to have the same received and reported and will forever pray.........Petition Signed by Watkins Hobson, Walker Dodson, Joshua Dodson, George M. Marable, William T. Dodson, Martin Dodson, w. W. Hayes, Tho Herndon, Thomas Davenport, Jarratt W. Cook.
- [S82] Wikitree, http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Valentine_Wood_and_Lucy_Henry_%281%29.
Col. Valentine Wood
b. 2 Sep 1724
d. 13 Mar 1781 Goochland County, Virginia
Parents: John Henry and Sarah Winston
Lucy Henry
b. 29 Mar 1743 Prob. Hanover County, Virginia
d. 14 Jul 1826 Flavanna County, Virginia
m. 3 Jan 1764 Poss. Hanover County, Virginia
CHILDREN OF JOHN HENRY AND SARAH WINSTON ARE:
Jane Henry 1734-1760 -
Gov. Patrick Henry, 1st and 6th Governor of Virginia1736 - 1799
Ann Henry ABT 1740 -
Susannah Henry 1742 - 1831
Lucy Henry1743 - 1826
Elizabeth 'Betsy' Henry1747 - 1825
- [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=henry&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1799&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=472&df=all&.
- [S100] Internet Source, http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/patrick-and-sarah-henry-mental-illness-18th-century-america.
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" School children learn these words that Patrick Henry exclaimed on the eve of the American Revolution. However, that is nearly all most Americans know about this Founding Father from Virginia. This year's anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act is a good time to recover the history of how people in the past, including statesmen such as Patrick Henry, understood disability. Henry's wife, Sarah Shelton Henry, dealt with depression and violent outbursts. Despite recommendations, together they refused to place her in a hospital, instead providing care for her at home until her death.
Patrick and Sarah knew each other from childhood and fell in love. They married in 1754 at a very young age, even by 18th century American standards. He was 18 and she 16, and together they had six children. After the sixth child, Sarah became increasingly unwell.
There is little information on the specific nature of Sarah's illness, nor is there a record of Sarah's participation in decisions about her treatment. But there is no doubt that she experienced mental instability. She was ill in 1774 with signs dating back to 1767. She was emotionally unsettled and became violent at times, to the point that she had to be restrained by a strait-dress (an early form of a strait-jacket) to prevent her from harming herself and others. Patrick knew he had to do something to help his wife and care for his family.
Mental illness was understood very differently in the 18th century compared to now. The populace generally viewed it as sinful and criminal, a sign of the devil. A new hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia, the Eastern State Hospital, opened in 1773 specifically for the mentally ill. It served as an alternative to prison or other punishments. The treatments were harsh but also common?patients were bled, blistered, subjected to pain, shock, and terror. They were dunked in water and restrained, resulting in injury or death. The fact that there was an institution separate from almshouses and hospitals for treating the mentally ill is noteworthy. Eastern State Hospital represented progress in care for the mentally ill.
Patrick Henry, who had spent much time in Williamsburg, knew about the hospital and refused to send Sarah there. The Henrys were a family of some wealth, and this probably helped in the decision for Sarah to remain at their home, Scotchtown Plantation. They created a small apartment for her in a sunny section of the mansion's basement. Patrick assigned a slave to serve as a nurse to her, and he also aided directly in her care. He and the children visited her often, and their eldest daughter and her husband moved home to help care for her mother. Sarah died in 1775, possibly of suicide, but historians do not know the exact cause of her death.
Patrick had the option to send Sarah away to an institution, and although ground-breaking at the time, hospitalization would have resulted in a much lower quality of life for his wife. Whether his decision was a result of love for his wife or concern for his reputation and political ambition, his approach to mental illness was remarkably innovative for the 18th century. The example of Sarah Shelton Henry and the Eastern State Hospital mark the beginning of a wave of reform in the approach to mental illness and disability.
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