Page 183 (William Henry Eldridge, “HENRY GENEALOGY”, 1915):
THE HENRY FAMILY OF KENTUCKY
Reprinted From “THE HENRY FAMILY” by JOHN FLOURNOY HENRY,
LOUISVILLE, KY., 1900.

“It has sometimes been a mooted question as to where the Henry family to which we belong originated.
It is now the accepted belief that they came from Campbellton, Argyleshire, on the southwestern coast of Scotland.
Those who contended for the Irish nativity claimed that they left Ireland for Scotland because of the long and bitter
persecutions endured by the people of Ireland.  There are many Henrys in Ireland, among them Lord Mount Cashel,
but there are also many in Scotland.  When Daniel Henry went to Ireland in search of his uncle’s fortune, and instituted
legal proceedings in the city of Dublin, he was compelled to procure an order for the transcript of the family records from
Campbellton, Scotland, especailly for the trial.  If any descendant of this family has any doubt of its origin, he may remove
it by a visit to Campbellton, or Aberdeen, where the records may be examined.
  Robert Henry, the first member of the family of whom we have any definite knowledge, was a native of Campbellton,
and a covenanter of the faith of John Knox.  He had three sons, Samuel, William, and Robert, Jr.
Samuel and William lived bachelor lives, and removed from Scotland to Dublin where they became wealthy merchants
with immense shipping interests.
  Robert Henry, Jr., emigrated to America about the year 1740.  He was a graduate of the High School at Edinburgh,
and in 1751 took the degree of M.A. at Princeton.  He was a licentiate of the Synod of N.Y., and was ordained by the
Presbytery of that state in 1753, after which he was sent by that body as a missionary to Charlotte Co., Va.
Shortly afterward he married the widow of John Caldwell, whose maiden name was Jean Johnson.
She was born upon the Atlantic Ocean while her parents were on their way from Ireland to America.
He died May 8, 1767.  She outlived him nearly thirty years.
  Their children were: Samuel, Daniel, Jean, William, Robert, Sally, and John Todd.
All of them emigrated to Kentucky soon after the Revolution.

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  General William Henry, (fourth child of Rev. Robert) born in Charlotte Co, Va., Apr. 12, 1761,
became one of Kentucky’s most distinguished men.  In the Revolution, at the age of seventeen,
he fought under Col. Harry Lee of Virginia, and afterwards was with General Greene at the
battle of Guilford, Mar. 15, 1781.  In the War of 1812, although advanced in years, he served as
Major General of the First Dvision of Kentucky militia, with great gallantry.
He was accompanied by five of his sons, three of whom--Robert P., on the staff of his father,
Dr. John F., as surgeon, and William as lieutenant in the 28th Regt. of U.S. Regulars--served throughout the war.
General Henry was present at the battle of the Thames, and for his distinguished services, he received the
commendation of the commanding General (Harrison), and the thanks of Congress.
In 1802 he served as a member of the convention which framed the first constitution of Kentucky,
and was for nearly twenty years a member of the legislature from Scott County.
He was the particular friend of Henry Clay.  He died Nov. 23, 1824.

   (Page 184b: Portrait of General William HENRY of KENTUCKY (1761-1824).
 

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