Samuel Henley was born in 1745 in England and was ordained in the Church of England. Henley was recruited to be Professor of Moral Philosophy at William and Mary (1770-1775). Henley returned to England in May 1775 because of the widening rift between England and Virginia. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
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Samuel Henley Letter to Mr. Johnson, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
UA 6.02 Samuel Henley Papers, 1772-1813
Letter from Samuel Henley, St. Paul's [Courtyard] to Mr. Johnson about a debt owed to Johnson and asks for latest [?] edition of Pitt's Virgil published by Dodsley. Undated.