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Female Martha Catherine Henry Click to view Martha Catherine Henry in the family tree

Martha Catherine was born on November 3rd, 1781 in Leatherwood Plantation, Henry Co., VA.  Martha Catherine's father was Patrick Henry and her mother was Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge.  Her paternal grandparents were John Henry and Sarah Dabney Winston; her maternal grandparents were Nathaniel West Dandridge and Dorothea Spotswood. She had six brothers and five sisters, named Patrick, Alexander Spotswood, Nathaniel West, Richard, Edward Winston, John, Dorothea Spotswood, Kitty, Sarah Butler, Fayette and Jane Robertson.  She was the fourth oldest of the twelve children. She had three half-brothers and three half-sisters, named John, William, Edward, Martha, Anne and Elizabeth.  She died at the age of 23 in 1804.


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