Henry's Early Life and Times (and other life events)

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• 1718 Patrick Henry's uncle and namesake completes Master of Arts at Marischal College, Aberdeen University in Scotland and is ordained by Scottish Episcopal Church
  
  
• 1724 Patrick Henry's father John Henry completes four years of study at King's College of Aberdeen University
  
  
• 1727 John Henry living in Hanover County, Virginia
  
  
• 1734 John Henry marries Sarah Winston Syme
  
  
• 1736 May 29 Patrick Henry born at Studley in Hanover County
  
  
• 1750 Henry family moves to Mount Brilliant in Hanover County
  
  
• 1754 Patrick Henry marries Sarah Shelton. Her dowry was Pine Slash, a 300-acre farm in Hanover County, and six slaves.
  
  
• 1755 Birth of Martha (Patsey) Henry at Pine Slash
  
  
• 1757 Birth of John Henry at Pine Slash
  Fire destroys the house at Pine Slash
  
  
• 1760 Patrick and Sarah Henry move their family to Hanover Tavern
  
  
• 1763 Birth of William Henry in Hanover County
  
  
• 1764 Patrick and Sarah Henry move their family to Roundabout in Louisa County
  
  
• 1767 Birth of Anne (Annie) Henry at Roundabout
  
  
• 1769 Birth of Elizabeth (Betsey) Henry in Hanover County
  
  
• 1771 Patrick and Sarah Henry move their family to Scotchtown
  Birth of Edward (Neddy) Henry
  Sarah Henry's mental health begins to decline.
  
  
• 1775 Death of Sarah Shelton Henry at Scotchtown
  
  
• 1777 October 9 Patrick Henry marries Dorothea Dandridge
  
  
• 1778 August 2 Birth of Dorothea (Dolly) Henry in Governor's Palace at Williamsburg
  
  
• 1779 Patrick and Dorothea Henry move family to Leatherwood
  
  
• 1780 January 4 Birth of Sarah (Sally) Butler Henry at Leatherwood
  
  
• 1781 November 3 Birth of Martha Catharina (Kitty) Henry at Leatherwood
  
  
• 1783 August 15 Birth of Patrick Henry, Jr. at Leatherwood
  
  
• 1785 October 1 Birth of Fayette Henry at Salisbury
  
  
• 1786 Patrick and Dorothea Henry move family to Pleasant Grove, in Prince Edward County.
  
  
• 1788 June 2 Birth of Alexander Spotswood Henry at Pleasant Grove
  
  
• 1790 April 7 Birth of Nathaniel West Henry at Pleasant Grove
  
  
• 1791 Death of John Henry in Henry County (survived by wife and their son Edmund)
  
  
• 1792 March 27 Birth of Richard Henry at Pleasant Grove
  Patrick and Dorothea Henry move family to Long Island in Campbell County
  
  
• 1793 August 24 Death of Richard Henry at Long Island
  
  
• 1794 Patrick Henry buys Red Hill
  
  
• 1794 January 21 Birth of Winston Henry at Long Island
  
  
• 1794 October 29 Death of Edward (Neddy) Henry at New Glasgow
   Winston renamed Edward Winston Henry
  
  
• 1796 Birth of John Henry at Red Hill (named for his deceased brother)
  
  
• 1799 January 21 Birth of Jane Robertson Henry at Red Hill; death on January 25th
  
  
• 1799 May 22 Death of Anne Henry Roane in King William County (survived by Spencer Roane and six children)
  
  
• 1798 Death of William Henry in New Bern, N.C.
  
  
• 1799 June 6 Death of Patrick Henry at Red Hill
  
  
• 1831 February 14 Death of Dorothea Dandridge Henry at Seven Islands
  
  
• 1833 John and Elvira Henry build two-story addition to Patrick Henry's House
  
  
• 1868 Death of John Henry at Red Hill
  
  
• 1875 Death of Elvira Henry in Richmond at home of William Wirt Henry
  
  
• 1875-1900 William Wirt Henry owns Red Hill
  
  
• 1911 Lucy Henry Harrison enlarges house at Red Hill
  
  
• 1919 Fire destroys Red Hill mansion, law office survives
  
  
• 1944 October 30 Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation founded
  
  
• 1957 Patrick Henry's house reconstructed
  
  
• 1960 Patrick Henry Boys and Girls Plantation created
  
  
• 1978 Red Hill placed on National Register of Historic Places
  
  
• 1986 May 12 Congress designates Red Hill as the Patrick Henry National Memorial