Elizabeth Vernor was born about 1749. She was the daughter of Albany innkeepers John and Martha Vernor.

Growing up serving at her parents' popular Southside establishment, she came into frequent contact with the stream of new people who came to Albany during and after the Seven Years War. In 1766, she married upwardly mobile Scottish trader Robert Henry. Over the next decade, the marriage produced at least five children who grew up in their home and store on Court Street.

Elizabeth Vernor Henry died in the Spring of 1788. She had not reached her fiftieth birthday. She was the mother of a small but distinguished early Albany family.

The life of Elizabeth Vernor Henry is CAP biography number 8411. This profile is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources.