Ancestry of
Patrick Henry

1st and 6th Governor of Virginia

Patrick Henry

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John Henry 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Winston Syme   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 May 1736 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hanover County, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Jun 1799 
  • Death Location:
  • Brookneal, Campbell, Virginia 
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  • 1st and 6th Governor of Virginia

    Famous orator of the American Revolution who is best known for his speech “Give me Liberty, or give me death!”

• Marriages for Patrick Henry

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah Shelton
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1754

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  • Spouse:
  • Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Oct 1777

• Sources for Patrick Henry

  • ¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 101.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 219.
  • ³ Wikipedia, "Patrick Henry", (accessed 11/20/2014).