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1718 Patrick Henry’s uncle and namesake, The Reverend Patrick Henry, completed his Master of Arts at Marischal College of Aberdeen University. He was ordained in the Scottish Episcopal Church and later followed his brother to Virginia.
1720-1724 John Henry, Patrick Henry’s father, attended King’s College of Aberdeen University on scholarship.
1727 By this date John Henry and his brother were settled in Hanover County, Virginia.
1736 May 29: Patrick Henry was born at Studley, in Hanover County, the second son of John Henry and his wife, Sarah Winston Syme Henry. The couple had eleven children together. Two children died at young ages leaving two sons and seven daughters in the family.




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1748 When Patrick Henry was about twelve, the family moved to Mount Brilliant in Hanover County. Henry was educated mainly by his father and his uncle.

Although Patrick Henry was baptized into the Church of England, he often attended Presbyterian services with his mother. The dramatic preaching of Samuel Davies and other ministers associated with the evangelical movement known as the Great Awakening was significant influence on Patrick Henry’s oratory.
1751 Patrick Henry apprenticed to a storekeeper as a clerk.
1752 Colonel John Henry set up a store for his sons, William and Patrick. They were too liberal with credit and the business failed.
1754-1763 French and Indian War between France and Great Britain.
1754 Patrick Henry married Sarah Shelton. Her dowry was a 600-acre tobacco farm in Hanover County named Pine Slash, a house, and six slaves. Henry’s first effort at farming failed during the severe drought that afflicted Virginia.
1755 Patrick and Sarah Henry’s first child, Martha (Patsey), was born at Pine Slash.
1757...