John Dandridge Henley
BIRTH
Feb 25, 1781
Williamsburg, Virginia
DEATH
May 23, 1835
Havana, Cuba
FAMILY
FATHER:
Leonard Henley
(c. 1748-1798)
MOTHER:
Elizabeth Dandridge Aylett Henley
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Henley, John Dandridge
(1781-1835)
John Dandridge Henley was an American naval officer and member of the Washington family’s extended circle. Born during the Revolution, he later served in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 and held commands in the early national fleet.
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BROTHER
Frances Dandridge Henley Lear
(1779-1856)
BROTHER
Robert Henley
(1783-1828)
Elizabeth Dandridge Henley
(1749-1799)
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DIED:
Havana, Cuba
May 23, 1835
John Dandridge Henley was born on Feb 25, 1781 in Williamsburg, Virginia. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies John Dandridge Henley with work or public activity as a sailor. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. John Dandridge Henley died on May 23, 1835 in Havana, Cuba. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.