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DANDRIDGE, Dorothea Spottswood

DANDRIDGE, Dorothea Spottswood

Female 1757 - 1831  (73 years)   Has no ancestors but 11 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name DANDRIDGE, Dorothea Spottswood  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 25 Sep 1757  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Female 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 8320 
    Death 14 Feb 1831  Halifax County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Age 73 years 
    Person ID I2577  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 May 2025 

    Family 1 HENRY, Governor Patrick,   b. 29 May 1736, Studley Plantation - Syme Family Home, Studley, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1799, Campbell County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 9 Oct 1777  [1, 2, 3
    Age at Marriage She : 20 years and 1 month - He : 41 years and 5 months. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death 
    Children 
    >  1. Female HENRY, Dorothea Spottswood,   b. 2 Aug 1778, Charlotte County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1854, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    >  2. Female HENRY, Sarah Butler,   b. 4 Jan 1780   d. 10 Dec 1856 (Age 76 years)
    >  3. Female HENRY, Martha Catherine,   b. 3 Nov 1781   d. 22 May 1801 (Age 19 years)
    >  4. Male HENRY, Patrick Jr.,   b. 15 Aug 1783, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1804, Amherst County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
    >  5. Male HENRY, Fayette,   b. 29 Oct 1785   d. 16 Mar 1813 (Age 27 years)
    >  6. Male HENRY, Alexander Spottswood,   b. 2 Jun 1788   d. Abt 1854 (Age 65 years)
    >  7. Male HENRY, Nathaniel W.,   b. 7 Apr 1790   d. Abt 1851 (Age 60 years)
       8. Male HENRY, Richard,   b. 27 Mar 1792   d. Abt 1793 (Age 0 years)
    >  9. Male HENRY, Edward Winston,   b. 21 Jan 1794   d. 2 Oct 1872 (Age 78 years)
    >10. Male HENRY, John,   b. 16 Feb 1796   d. 7 Jan 1868 (Age 71 years)
     11. Female HENRY, Jane Robertson,   b. 15 Jan 1798   d. 19 Jan 1798 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F989  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 May 2025 

    Family 2 WINSTON, Judge Edmund,   b. 1745, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1818, Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage Jun 1802  [3
    Age at Marriage She : 44 years and 9 months - He : ~ 57 years and 6 months. 
    Family ID F1018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 May 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Sep 1757 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 Feb 1831 - Halifax County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 17.

    2. [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Patrick Henry: p. 388.

    3. [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 1 May 2025, Robert Douthat Meade, "Judge Edmund Winston's Memoir of Patrick Henry," Vol 69, No. 1, Part 1, January 1961, p 28-41; digital images, Jstor (www.jstor.org : accessed 1 May 2025).
      Edmund Winston's Memoir of Patrick Henry
      Edmund Winston's Memoir of Patrick Henry


    4. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 4 May 2025, accessed 4 May 2025<, Dorothea Spotswood Dandridge Henry, Memorial #8320.


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