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Annie Henry Christian (1738–May 4, 1790) was a colonial pioneer who documented the journey with her husband William Christian and their children westward to Kentucky. Her brother was Patrick Henry, the governor of Virginia. Her sister, Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell, was a Methodist lay leader.
6 de ago. de 2017 · Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Anne (Henry) Christian born abt. 1739 Studley, Hanover County, Virginia died 1790 Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America including ancestors + descendants + 1 photos + DNA connections + more in the free family tree community.
Annie Henry Christian (d. 4 May 1790), pioneer, was born in Hanover County, probably late in the 1730s or early in the 1740s. She was the daughter of Sarah Winston Syme Henry and her second husband, John Henry, a Scottish immigrant.
William Christian and his wife Annie Henry Christian arrives at his Beargrass Land in the summer of 1785 where there are already a handful of people living close to his spring. They had sent slaves ahead of them and slaves also accompanied them on their journey.
The stories of Annie Henry Christian and Eliza Tevis illustrate how women found ways to exert control over their circumstances. Annie Henry Christian directed her husband's salt works operation south of Louisville following his death in 1786.
Annie Henry Christian (1738–May 4, 1790) was a colonial pioneer who documented the journey with her husband William Christian and their children westward to Kentucky. Her brother was Patrick Henry, the governor of Virginia. Her sister, Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell, was a Methodist lay leader.
On today’s episode, Alexi Garrett joins us to discuss three such women – Martha Washington, Catharine Flood McCall, and Annie Henry Christian – who by choice or by fate oversaw major business operations in the early republic.
