Henry Albright, the son of Jacob Albright b.1729 in Germany and Sophia C Welder b.1729 Berks Co. He married Mary "Polly" Gibbs in 1784 and they had at least six children:
Henry Albright enlisted in the war of the revolution Aug. 20, 1781 in Hillsboro, NC as private, served three weeks and was made a sergeant under Capt. Trousdale and Col. O'Neale.
In Sept. 1781 he was captured at Hillsboro, NC and carried to Wilmington, NC, thence on a prison ship to Charleston, SC, where he was exchanged in July 1782.
War Record from Revolutionary War Records V.L.M.-L.F.6 488, Rev. War from Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, DC.
Burial
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23147648/henry-albright: accessed 23 September 2023), memorial page for SGT Henry Albright (4 May 1759–9 Jun 1840), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23147648, citing Stoner's Cemetery, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Brenda Horton (contributor 46944877).
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 18, 2017), "Record of Henry Albright", Ancestor # A000971.
Albright Family Records, published by Alamance County Historical Society, pp 55-66
Albright-1001 was created by David Jorgensen through the import of Jorgensen and Roesli_2016-09-02.ged on Sep 2, 2016.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Albright-1001 and Albright-658 appear to represent the same person because: One only had years. When I added the full dates this became an obvious duplicate.
Using the DAR template gets the following that should be added to the bio:
"Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 18, 2017), "Record of Henry Albright", Ancestor # A000971."
Without the quotes. Removing the quotes and that code returns:
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 18, 2017), "Record of Henry Albright", Ancestor # A000971.
http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A000971
Using the DAR template gets the following that should be added to the bio:
"Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 18, 2017), "Record of Henry Albright", Ancestor # A000971."
Without the quotes. Removing the quotes and that code returns:
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 18, 2017), "Record of Henry Albright", Ancestor # A000971.
Thanks.