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John was born in 1757 in Hanover Co., VA.  John's father was Patrick Henry and his mother was Sarah Shelton.  His paternal grandparents were John Henry and Sarah Dabney Winston; his maternal grandfather was John Armistead Shelton and his maternal grandmother is Eleanor Parks. He had two brothers and three sisters, named William, Edward, Martha, Anne and Elizabeth.  He was the second oldest of the six children. He had six half-brothers and six half-sisters, named Patrick, Alexander Spotswood, Nathaniel West, Richard, Edward Winston, John, Dorothea Spotswood, Kitty, Sarah Butler, Martha Catherine, Fayette and Jane Robertson.  He died about 1791 in Henry Co., VA.


John's family with Susan Walker



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