Lucy (Hawkins) Henry (abt. 1789 - 1819)

Born about 1789 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Lewis Dudley Henry — married [date unknown] in Warren County, North Carolina

Died 17 Feb 1819 at about age 30 in Raleigh, North Carolina

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Biography

Lucy was the yougest daughter of Colonel Philemon Hawkins, Jr., Revolutionary patriot, and the sister of Mrs. William Polk and of William Hawkins who a month prior to her marriage to Lewis Henry had completed his third term as governor of North Carolina. Their marriage produced no children.

Sources

• Douglas M. Henry; "Biographical History of North Carolina," Vol. 2, 1905; "History of North Carolina," Vol 2, 1925, both by Samuel A. Ashe; "Marriage and Death Notices from Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1799-1825 (1944), and 1867-1887 (1951)", by Carrie L. Broughton; "North Carolina Manual," 1913, by R. D. W. Connor; "Builders of the Old North State," 1968 by Marshall De Lancey Haywood; and "Henry Genealogy" by William Henry Eldridge, Press of T. R. Marvin and Son, Boston, Massachusetts, 1915. A copy of the latter can be found in the library of the Southwest Texas State Teacher's College, San Marcos, Texas.