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Sarah Shelton (1738–1775), was the first wife of Founding Father Patrick Henry, the first Governor of Virginia.
Sarah Shelton Henry was the first wife of Patrick Henry, the famous American Revolutionary leader. She died in 1775, leaving six children, and he married Dorothea Dandridge in 1777.
Henry's wife, Sarah Shelton Henry, dealt with depression and violent outbursts. Despite recommendations, together they refused to place her in a hospital, instead providing care for her at home until her death. Patrick and Sarah knew each other from childhood and fell in love.
899: Sarah Shelton Henry. Patrick Henry’s First Wife. Born: 29 May 1736, Rural Plains, The Colony of Virginia (Present-day Rural Plains, Virginia, United States of America) Died: 19 March 1775, Scotchtown, The Colony of Virginia (Present-day Scotchtown, Virginia, United States of America)
Biography. Sarah Shelton was born on 29 May 1736 in Rural Plains, Hanover County, Virginia], the fifth of eight known children and the oldest of three daughters of John and Eleanor Parks Shelton. in 1754, when she was in her mid-teens, she married Patrick Henry.
- Female
- February 19, 1775
- Patrick Henry
By 1772, Sarah was experiencing symptoms of an extreme form of what seems to be post-partum depression so debilitating that Henry’s friends urged him to institutionalize her. Instead, Henry kept her at home, with her doctor recommending the use of a “Quaker gown” – an early form of a straightjacket – when symptoms were particularly ...
Sarah Shelton Born ca. 1738 at “Rural Plains,” died 1775 at “Scotchtown” in Hanover Co., VA, buried in Hanover Co., VA, married 1754 at “Rural Plains” to Patrick Henry born 29 May 1736 at “Studley,” died at “Red Hill” on 6 June 1799, age 63, and buried at “Red Hill.”
