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Sarah Winston Syme Henry
Sarah Winston Syme Henry, the mother of Patrick Henry, was a woman who educated her son and worked for the independence of the Thirteen Colonies.
Sarah Winston was born about 1710. Her parents, Mary (Dabney) and Isaac Winston, came from families who immigrated in the 1660s to Colonial Virginia. Sarah descended from distinguished Presbyterian families from Yorkshire, England. Issac immigrated from Wales about 1702, and settled in Hanover County in Colonial Virginia.
Sarah married John Syme in 1726, becoming Sarah Winston Syme. Having immigrated from Aberdeenshire, Scotland recently, he established himself in Hanover County on a large tobacco plantation of several hundred acres called Studley Farm.
John Henry, who owned 400 acres of uncleared land in the county, joined Syme to help him work the plantation and to learn tobacco-farming methods. He lived and worked there for four years and was the farm manager when Syme was away.
Sarah and John had a son, John Syme, Jr., before John Syme died in 1731. William Byrd II, who visited Studley Farm in 1732, described the young widow: "A portly, handsome Dame… much less reserved than most of her countrymen… [which] became her well and set off her other agreeable qualities to good advantage."
Sarah Winston Syme married John Henry in 1732, becoming Sarah Winston Syme Henry. The Henry family was "more respected for their good sense and superior education than for their riches", as a cousin, David Henry, wrote in The Country Gentleman. An immigrant from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, John was the son of Alexander Henry and Jean Robertson Henry. He was known as a man of good character and moderate means. The newly married couple lived on Studley Farm with Henry's baby, John Syme, Jr. who inherited the farm from his father and would own it when he came of age.
Sarah and John had children of their own, including William, Patrick, and daughters, Jane, Sarah, Susanna, Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, and Lucy. Native Americans camped near the plantation and William developed an interest in Native Americans' way of life and lore. He stayed there for weeks at a time, where he hunted and fished. Patrick, who was named after his uncle, a rector of Saint Paul's Anglican Church in Virginia. William and Patrick attended a private school near their home. Patrick attended until the age of ten when he did not have an interest in the subjects at school and resented the severe beatings that boys received from their instructors. The girls learned domestic skills at home.
Henry was a "woman of recognized mental power and an unusual command of language." Her brother William was considered one of the great orators of the colony. Her husband, John Henry had studied Latin, Greek, geography, ancient and modern history, philosophy, mathematics, and theology at King's College in Scotland. He received a liberal education and was well grounded in the classics. John Henry opened a school for his boys and neighborhood children, which improved their level of education that they received and brought in extra income for the family. John was appointed by the Virginia General Assembly to be a justice of the peace, a seat he held for many years. He was a Colonel of the militia and a surveyor. He made a map of Virginia, which was published in 1770 in England.
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Sarah Winston Syme Henry
Sarah Winston Syme Henry, the mother of Patrick Henry, was a woman who educated her son and worked for the independence of the Thirteen Colonies.
Sarah Winston was born about 1710. Her parents, Mary (Dabney) and Isaac Winston, came from families who immigrated in the 1660s to Colonial Virginia. Sarah descended from distinguished Presbyterian families from Yorkshire, England. Issac immigrated from Wales about 1702, and settled in Hanover County in Colonial Virginia.
Sarah married John Syme in 1726, becoming Sarah Winston Syme. Having immigrated from Aberdeenshire, Scotland recently, he established himself in Hanover County on a large tobacco plantation of several hundred acres called Studley Farm.
John Henry, who owned 400 acres of uncleared land in the county, joined Syme to help him work the plantation and to learn tobacco-farming methods. He lived and worked there for four years and was the farm manager when Syme was away.
Sarah and John had a son, John Syme, Jr., before John Syme died in 1731. William Byrd II, who visited Studley Farm in 1732, described the young widow: "A portly, handsome Dame… much less reserved than most of her countrymen… [which] became her well and set off her other agreeable qualities to good advantage."
Sarah Winston Syme married John Henry in 1732, becoming Sarah Winston Syme Henry. The Henry family was "more respected for their good sense and superior education than for their riches", as a cousin, David Henry, wrote in The Country Gentleman. An immigrant from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, John was the son of Alexander Henry and Jean Robertson Henry. He was known as a man of good character and moderate means. The newly married couple lived on Studley Farm with Henry's baby, John Syme, Jr. who inherited the farm from his father and would own it when he came of age.
Sarah and John had children of their own, including William, Patrick, and daughters, Jane, Sarah, Susanna, Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, and Lucy. Native Americans camped near the plantation and William developed an interest in Native Americans' way of life and lore. He stayed there for weeks at a time, where he hunted and fished. Patrick, who was named after his uncle, a rector of Saint Paul's Anglican Church in Virginia. William and Patrick attended a private school near their home. Patrick attended until the age of ten when he did not have an interest in the subjects at school and resented the severe beatings that boys received from their instructors. The girls learned domestic skills at home.
Henry was a "woman of recognized mental power and an unusual command of language." Her brother William was considered one of the great orators of the colony. Her husband, John Henry had studied Latin, Greek, geography, ancient and modern history, philosophy, mathematics, and theology at King's College in Scotland. He received a liberal education and was well grounded in the classics. John Henry opened a school for his boys and neighborhood children, which improved their level of education that they received and brought in extra income for the family. John was appointed by the Virginia General Assembly to be a justice of the peace, a seat he held for many years. He was a Colonel of the militia and a surveyor. He made a map of Virginia, which was published in 1770 in England.