Excerpt from The Life of Patrick Henry of Virginia His father. Col. John Henry, was a native of Aberdeen in Scotland, and emigrated to Vir ginia in quest of fortune about the year 1730. He was a nephew of the Scotch historian, Dr. Wil. Liam Robertson, and, in a few years after his ar rival in Virginia, married the widow of his friend Col. Syme, of Hanover county, where she had been born and educated. Her brother, William Win ston, is said to have possessed something of that extraordinary eloquence with which her son was so eminently endowed. Mrs. Henry was exceedingly indulgent to her children and a little inclined to negligence in the order and arrangement of her household; but she was possessed of a most benevolent disposition, a strong understanding, great probity of character, and was distinguished in the social circles of that day for the grace and intelligence of her conver sation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.