Patrick terrail wives of henry

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    • Sarah Shelton Henry - Wikipedia.

    Patrick terrail wives of henry

  • Patrick terrail wives of henry
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  • Sarah Shelton Henry - Wikipedia
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    • Sarah Shelton Henry

    American woman, wife of first governor of Virginia (1738–1775)

    Sarah Shelton (1738–1775), was the first wife of Founding FatherPatrick Henry, the first Governor of Virginia.

    Early life and marriage

    Shelton was born and raised in her family's home of thirteen rooms in Rural Plains in Hanover County, Virginia. In 1754, at age sixteen, Sarah and Patrick were married. Almost a year later, Sarah gave birth to her first child Martha and by 1771, the couple had six children together.

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    Mental illness

    Sarah Shelton did not start to show signs of mental illness until after the birth of her last child, Edward, whom many called Neddy. Patrick Henry's mother sent a letter to his sister which stated, "We feel Sarah is losing her mind after the birth of little Neddy".

    We know today that she was probably suffering from postpartum depression or puerperal psychosis. It is unknown when Sarah's private doctor strongly suggested that she be sent to the new Eastern Stat