Lawrence Augustine Washington

1694 - 1743  (48 years)

• Name	Lawrence Augustine Washington  [1, 2]
  Birth	12 Nov 1694	Bridges Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Apr 1743	Ferry Farm Plantation, King George, Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Latanes, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I47616	Master
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Captain Lawrence Augustus Washington,   b. 1 Sep 1659, Bridges Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 30 Mar 1697, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Mildred Warner,   b. 20 Feb 1670, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 26 Mar 1701, Whitehaven, Cumberland, Virginia, USA (Age 31 years)
  Married	30 Mar 1686	Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F10819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Ball,   b. 30 Nov 1708, Lively, Lancaster, Virginia, USA d. 26 Aug 1789, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. George Eskridge Washington,   b. 22 Feb 1732, Wakefield Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 14 Dec 1799, Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (Age 67 years)   2. Hannah Washington,   b. 10 Jan 1733, Bridges Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 26 Feb 1763, , , Virginia, USA (Age 30 years)   3. Elizabeth Betty Washington Lewis,   b. 20 Jan 1734, Wakefield Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 31 Mar 1797, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA (Age 63 years)   4. Colonel Samuel Washington,   b. 16 Nov 1734, Colonial Beach, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 9 Sep 1761, Harewood, Jefferson, Alexandria, Virginia, USA (Age 26 years)   5. Colonel John Augustine Jack Washington,   b. 13 Jan 1736, Wakefield Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 17 Feb 1787, Mount Holly, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA (Age 51 years)   6. Colonel Charles Washington,   b. 2 May 1738, Wakefield Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 16 Sep 1799, Berkeley, Albemarle, Virginia, USA (Age 61 years)   7. Mary Mildred Washington,   b. 21 Jun 1739, Wakefield Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 23 Oct 1740, Wakefield Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F10836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Jane Butler,   b. 24 Dec 1699, , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 24 Nov 1729, Pope's Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA (Age 29 years)
  Children	1. Corbin Washington   2. Butler Washington,   b. 1716, Wakefield Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 1716, Wakefield Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA (Age 0 years)   3. Elizabeth Washington,   b. 21 Jun 1717, , Hanover, Virginia, USA d. 3 Feb 1736, , , Virginia, USA (Age 18 years)   4. Major Lawrence Washington,   b. 1718, Bridges Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 26 Jul 1752, Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (Age 34 years)   5. John Washington,   b. 1719, , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 1751, , , Virginia, USA (Age 32 years)   6. Mildred Washington Dade Williamson,   b. 8 Jan 1720, Highgate, Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. Jan 1785, , , Virginia, USA (Age 65 years)   7. Colonel William Augustine Austin Washington,   b. 13 Jan 1721, Wakefield Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 12 Apr 1760, Wakefield Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA (Age 39 years)   8. Jane Washington,   b. 1722, Wakefield Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 17 Jan 1735, Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (Age 13 years)   9. Warner I Washington,   b. 22 Sep 1722, Bridges Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 23 Jun 1790, Fairfield, Clarke, Virginia, USA (Age 67 years)   10. Catherine Washington Lewis,   b. 11 Feb 1724, , Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 19 Feb 1750, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 26 years)   11. Henry Washington,   b. 13 Sep 1727, High Gate, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 2 Jul 1765, , Middlesex, Virginia, USA (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F10828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2023

  
  

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  Father of George Washington, America's first President. The British were well established in America with thirteen colonies prior to the American Revolution led by George Washington culminating in independence from England and the formation of a united county. Cities, seaports, schools, churches and thriving industry doted the landscape. In the south, large plantations sprang up, constructed and operated by cheap labor in the form of slaves imported from Africa. By the time of the birth of George Washington to Jane Butler and Augustine Washington Sr., three family generations had past since George's Great Grandfather John Washington had immigrated to the Colonies during the British Civil War in 1631. The extensive family became prosperous and thriving when Augustine Washington was born in 1694 in Westmoreland County, Virginia on his father's plantation. He was only four when his father died and his inheritance consisted of 1,000 acres on Bridges Creek (Popes Creek). When Augustine came of age, he married Jane Butler, an orphan with considerable wealth of her own. The couple settled on his inherited property and quickly constructed a new house called "Wakefield." He developed the land known as Popes Creek Plantation into a modest but successful farming venture. In addition to cultivating tobacco, he was active in the church, local politics and served at various times as justice of the peace and county sheriff. The marriage would produce two sons, Lawrence and Augustine Jr. Jane would pass away in 1728 and three years later Augustine would marry a second time to Mary Ball. Their first born would be George destined to be the first President of the United States. Although born in the "Wakefield Mansion," he would only spend the first three years of his life as the family moved many times, living at various plantations owned by Augustine Sr. The family lastly settled at Ferry Farm Plantation near Frederiksburg where Augustine owned and operated Accokeek Iron Furnace located nearby. Five other children followed...Samuel, Elizabeth, John Augustine, Charles, and Mildred (died in infancy). When Augustine Washington Sr. died in 1743 at Ferry Farm, he left his wife Mary Ball with many small children but well provided. George the oldest was but eleven. He along with other family members conveyed their father's remains by land and river 35 miles back to Popes Creek where they buried him beside his first wife and near his father and grandfather at the Washington family burial ground (Popes Creek Cemetery.) Mary would continue to live with her children and operate Ferry Farm with enslaved labor until selling the farm and moving into the town of Fredericksburg in 1774. Soon after the death of his father, George would live with his half brother Augustine Washington Jr. (Austin) in order to pursue an education at the Henry Williams School in Westmoreland County. At age fifteen he was a land surveyor. His first assignment was a land survey of 22 acres at Popes Creek. Legacy...In 1779, William, the son of Augustine Washington Jr., accidently burned down "Wakefield" after building a large fire in the mansion fire place then leaving to attend Episcopal church services on Christmas day. A spark from the chimney ignited a fire that destroyed the dwelling. A replica plantation house was constructed on the plantation land in Westmoreland County to approximate the original birth house in 1932 and is today known as the "Memorial House." The historical area today consists of 538 acres with the house, the Washington family burial ground, a working demonstration farm and 18th century period garden. Also interred in the burial ground are 28 other early members of the Washington family. President George Washington was buried at Mt. Vernon in 1799 and his mother Mary Ball Washington in Frederiksburg. The original foundations of what is believed to be the birth house were discovered by preservationist and is outlined. The site is now known as the George Washington Birthplace National Monument. An unmarked slave graveyard discovered at the Washington birthplace is an infamous legacy of Augustine Washington Sr. It contains 156 bodies of slaves owned by George Washington's father. Trivia note: Washington's birthplace eventually was sold and passed from the holdings of the Washington family. It was allow to disintegrate until preservationists realized the historical significance of the site. However, it was to late, nothing remained but finally a concerted effort with private and government assistance began to restore the plantation in the early 30's in a style of how it may have looked. Even the burial grounds was a vain attempt at restoration and creation. The finished project today resulted after disinterring of family parts, and a few vandalized markers from around the plantation and area with reinterring on the site. Parents: Lawrence Washington (1659 - 1697) Mildred Warner Washington (1671 - 1701) Spouses: Jane Butler Washington (1699 - 1728) Mary Ball Washington (1708 - 1789) Children: Lawrence Washington (1718 - 1752)* Augustine Washington (1720 - 1762)* George Washington (1732 - 1799)* Betty Washington Lewis (1733 - 1797)* Samuel Washington (1734 - 1781)* John Augustine Washington (1736 - 1787)* Charles Washington (1738 - 1799)* Burial: George Washington Birthplace National Monument Colonial Beach Westmoreland County Virginia, USA Plot: Popes Creek Plantation Lewis Family Ancestors and Descendants Excerpted from Lewis of Warner Hall by Merrow Egerton Sorley Generation 1: Sir Edmund Lewis married Lady Anne, daughter of Earl of Dorset Child: Robert Lewis born 1579 in Brecon, Wales date of death unknown Generation 2: Robert Lewis - wife unknown Child: Robert born about 1605 in Brecon, Wales died about 1655 in York Co., VA. There is a debate amongst Lewis relatives over who the immigrant ancestor of the family was. Sorley claims it was Robert Lewis (as shown here). Subsequent evidence indicates it may have been John Lewis (not shown by Sorley or here). Generation 3: Robert Lewis, General - married Mary (?) about 1630 Children: William - born about 1632 John - born about 1634, probably in Monmouthshire, Wales Mary - born about 1638 in York Co., VA Alice - born about 1640 in York Co., VA Generation 4: John Lewis was born about 1634, probably in Monmouthshire, Wales and died 21 August, 1687 at Chemokins, New Kent Co. (now King & Queen Co.), VA. He married Isabella Miller about 1666, daughter of James Miller. She was born 24 August, 1640 in York Co., VA and died 1703/4 in Chemokins, New Kent Co. (now King & Queen Co.), VA. Children: Edward - born about 1667 at Chemokins, New Kent Co. (now King & Queen Co.), VA.; died about 1713 in King & Queen Co., VA. John, II - born 30 November, 1668 at Chemokins, New Kent Co., VA; died 14 November, 1725 at Warner Hall, Gloucester, VA. Generation 5A: Edward Lewis Children: Ann - born 1688 John - born about 1690; died about 1716. He married Mildred Washington about 1715. Mildred was the sister of Augustine Washington, George Washington's father. Generation 5B: John Lewis, II was born 30 November, 1668 in Chemokins, New Kent Co. VA. and died 14 November, 1725 at Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA. He married Elizabeth Warner, daughter of Augustine II and Mildred Reade, after 1690, in Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA. Elizabeth was born 24 November, 1672 at Chesake, Gloucester Co., VA., and died 5 February, 1718/19 at Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA. Children: John, III - born 1694 at Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA.; died 17 January, 1754 at Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA. Charles, Col. - born 1696 at Chemokins, New Kent Co., VA.; died 1779 at Byrd, Goochland Co., VA. Robert - born 1704 Catherine - born 2 November, 1705; died December, 1705 Elizabeth - born 2 November, 1705; died December, 1705 Elizabeth - born May, 1706 - married John Bolling Isabella - born December, 1707; died 1741 - married Dr. Thomas Clayton Mary - born about 1710 - married Robert Throckmorton. Anne - born 1711/12 Generation 6: John Lewis, III was born 1694 at Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA. and died 17 January, 1754 at Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA. He married (1) Frances Fielding, 1718, daughter of Henry Fielding and Mary Lane. Frances was born about 1702 and died 27 October, 1731 at Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA. He married (2) Priscilla Churchill about 1734. She died without issue. Children (by Frances): Warner - born 10 October, 1720 at Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA. John - born 1723 at Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA.; died 20 November, 1727 at Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA. Fielding - born 7 July, 1725 at Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA.; died 7 December, 1781 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Co., VA. Mildred - born 12 December, 1726; died 4 July, 1727 John - born 20 November, 1728; died ? Charles - born 25 February, 1729/30 at Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA.; died about 1770 at Cedar Creek, Port Royal, Caroline Co., VA. Frances - born 1731; died ? Generation 7: Fielding Lewis was born 7 July, 1725 at Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., VA. and died 7 December, 1781 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Co., VA. He married (1) Catharine Washington, daughter of John Washington and Catharine Whiting, 18 October, 1746. She was born 11 February, 1723/24 in VA. and died 19 February, 1749/50 in VA. He married (2) Betty Washington, daughter of Augustine Washington and Mary Ball, in Stafford Co., VA on 7 May, 1750. Betty was born 20 June, 1733 at Wakefield, Westmoreland Co., VA and died 31 March, 1797 in Western View, Culpeper Co. VA. Children (by Catharine): John - born 22 June, 1747; died 1825 Frances - born 26 November, 1748; died 1775-81 Warner - born 27 November, 1749; died 1749 Children (by Betty): Fielding, Jr. - born 14 February, 1751; died 21 July, 1803 Augustine - born 22 January, 1752; died 1756 Warner - born 24 June, 1755; died 1756 George - born 14 March, 1757; died 15 November, 1821 Mary - born 22 April, 1759; died 25 December, 1759 Charles - born 3 October, 1760; died 1775 Samuel - born 14 May, 1763; died 31 December, 1774 Betty - born 23 February, 1765; died 9 August, 1830 Lawrence - born 4 April, 1767; died 20 November, 1839 Robert - born 25 January, 1769; died 16 January, 1829 Howell - born 1771; died 1822 Article from 1912, New Light on George Washington pedigree by Wharton Dickerson. He gives what he refers to as the corrected version of George Washington lineage and also some personal insight. https://www.nytimes.com/1912/02/18/archives/new-light-on-george-washingtons-pedigree.html https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/02/18/100352073.pdf Holder of Whashton-juxta-Ravensworth (*not* Wessington-on-Tyne, where Washington Old Hall still stands) in the 12th century. TRANSLATION. CHARTA OF BONDO DE WYSSINGTON. WASHTON YORK. To all of the Sons of the Church, greeting. Know that I, Bondo de Wassington, have given, and the present charta confirms the gift, the fees of Marring, which the Lord Hervey son of Acery gave my heirs. One half a carrucate of land in Wyssington [Whashton], and one toft belonging to the aforesaid territory. And this half a carrucate of land is given in pure and perpetual charity, free of all service and of any tax whatsoever, in plain, or meadow, or pasture, and in crop or in seed, or water, in any place belonging to said village. Witnesses : Hervey, son of Ackery, Henry, his son, Robert de Lascelles, Gerard, his son, Roger de Ask, William, son of Bond, and others. The charter is undated, but the names of Hervey FitzAcarius and Henry FitzHervey, of what was to become the FItzHugh family, suggest it was near the end of the 12th century or possibly the beginning of the 13th. The last known subholder under this charter was Robert son of Eudo de Whashton, son of Bonde, a minor, circa 1250-52. By the end of the 1280s the overlords, probably represented by Hugh FitzHenry "FitzHugh" (he was the first to use "FitzHugh" as a surname), had reacquired the whole property. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp87-97 First proposed as "the true Washington ancestor" by one James Phillippe of London, who presented a handsomely illuminated - and mainly bogus - pedigree to President Ulysses S. Grant in 1873. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2014/02/03/george_washington_a_19th_c_genealogist_s_false_chart_of_his_lineage.html What Phillippe didn't realize, nor Albert Welles after him, nor anyone using either one as a source, is that Whashton-juxta-Ravensworth was not the location of Washington Old Hall and had no connection with it or the De Wessington family who held the Hall (for about twice as long as Bondo's descendants were able to hang onto Whashton). From Some Prominent Virginia Families: By Louise Pecquer du Beller (Hertburn/Wessyngton/Washington) CHAPTER III WASHINGTON. Of Washington we can say nihil nisi bonum. He belonged to that fortunate middle class. the English landed gentry, who neither very rich nor very poor, neither in high responsible positions which imperil the heads of the holders nor, on the other hand, of that degraded serfdom which groan under the heels of their oppressors, or which, more despicable, are but the tools and servitors of the powerful. First known about the middle of the thirteenth century, the name was taken from a manor given to William. Previously of Hertburn manor, and therefore called William de Hertburn who exchanged Hertburn for Wessyngton, whence he became known as William de Wessyngton, which gradually changed to its current form of Washington. Few of William de Wessyngton's (1261-1274, time he was so called) descendants attained such eminence in the public esteem as to give perpetuity to their deeds or their character. Several, however, received the honor of knighthood and there may be counted among them prelates, soldiers, scholars, lawyers, and others who were well known to their (contemporaries and occupy niches in the temple of fame. John de Wessyngton was elected Prior of Durham, Dec. 5, 1416. He wrote a tract, "De Juribus et Possessionibus Ecclesiae Dunelm," to prove that the priests of Durham were, from the beginning of the establishment, abbots. Prior Wessyngton presided thirty years and died 1446. The inscription on his tomb has been completely destroyed. Among the soldiers, Col. Sir Henry Washington is favorably spoken of by Clarendon, who says concerning his actions at the capture of Bristol in 1643: Though a division led by Lord Grandison was beaten off, Lord Grandison himself being hurt, and another being led by Col. Belamis likewise having no better fate, Col. Washington with a lesser force, finding a place in the curtain between the places assailed by the other two, which he judged to be weaker than the rest, entered with his force and quickly made room the Horse to follow. ("History of the Rebellion, Book VII.) Col. Sir Henry Washington later (1646) distinguished himself in the defense of Worcester against the parliamentary forces. The governor, Lord Ashly, having been captured and confined at Warwick, Sir Henry Washington was made Governor and Colonel Commandant in his place, and he, by his wisdom, firmness, and courage secured much more favorable terms than were at first intended. The last entry in the Herald's College was in 1618, at which time Henry Washington was named as son and heir of William Washington of Packington, in the County of Leicester, probably nephew to John and Laurence Washington, who emigrated to Virginia. For the most part an investigation of the history of the Washington family shows that the various heads of families were substantial, landing proprietors, living on their estates as gentlemen should do and held in good repute among the higher class of agriculturists. Monuments in churches and records of the transfers of property show that many of them had a goodly share of the wealth of this world, and were able to enjoy the comforts of life. The earliest mention of the migration of the Washington family from Durham was in 1532, although the Washington manor ceased to be held by the male line in 1400. The last William de Wessyngton had a daughter Dionesia who married Sir William Tempest of Studley. (Shuster's History of Durham, Vol. II p. 40.) In the Visitation of Northampton in 1618 are found signatures of Alburn Wassington, and Robert Wassington. These persons were uncles of John and Laurence Washington who emigrated to Virginia. The direct line of the ancestry of the brothers John and Laurence is traced to Whitfield, Lancaster County, 1450. Whitaker, in his "History of Northamptonshire," says of the Parish Church at Warton: "The tower appears to be cotemporary with the restoration of the church and on the north side of it are the arms of Washington, an old family of considerable property within the parish, whence it may be inferred that one of the name either built the tower or was at least a considerable benefactor in the work." In 1552 Laurence, son of John Washington of Warton was Mayor of Northampton. His mother was a daughter of Robert Kilson, of Warton, and sister to Sir Thomas Kilson, Alderman of London. Upon the confiscation of the monasteries in 1538 the manor of Sulgrave near Northampton, which had belonged to the Priory of St. Andrew, was acquired by the crowd, and the following year the manor and other properly was granted to Laurence Washington. On a brass plate in the Parish Church of Sulgrave, August 15, 1793, the following inscription was legible: '''Here lyeth buried the bodies of Laurence Washington, Gent., and Anne, his wife, by whom he had four sons and seven daughters, which Laurence died 19th day of February, A. D., 1589, and Anne deceased 6th day of October, A. D., 1564." In 30 Henry VIII (1538-9), the manor of Sulgrave, parcel of the dissolved priory of St. Andrew, with all the lands in Sulgrave and Woodford and certain lands in Stotesbury and Cotter, near Northampton, late belonging to the said priory and all lands in Sulgrave late belonging to the dissolved priories of the Canons, Ashley and Catesby, were granted to Laurence Washington, of Northampton, Gent., who died, seized, in 26 Elizabeth ( 1583-4), leaving Robert, his son and heir, aged forty years, who jointly with his eldest son, Laurence Washington, sold the manor of Sulgrave, 8 James (1610), to his nephew Laurence Makepeace, of the Inner Temple, London, Esq., Gent. Laurence Washington. After the sale of his estate, retired to Brighton. His second and fourth sons, John and Laurence Washington emigrated to Virginia in 1656. GENEALOGY • John Washington1, of Whitfield, Co. Lancaster, England, 1450, had, among other children: I. John Washington, of Whitfield. II. Robert Washington, of Warton. Robert Washington2 (John1), of Warton, Co. Lancaster, England, married and had among other children: I. John Washington, of Warton. Married Margaret, daughter of Robert Kelson, of Warton, sister of Sir Thomas Kelson, Alderman of London. II. Thomas Washington. III. Ellen Washington. Married Samuel Mason, of Warton. John Washington' (Robert2, John1) married Margaret Kelson and had children: I. Lawrence Washington4"', Esq., of Gray's Inn, Middlesex, Mayor of Northampton, 1532-1545; grantee of "Sulgrave," 30 Henry VIII, 1538-9 ; d. Feb. 19, 26 Elizabeth (1583-4). II. Laurence Washington4, of Sulgrave. Married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Gough, of Northampton; d.s. p.; second, Anne, daughter of Robert Pargiter, Gent. of Gretworth; d. Oct. 7, 1564. Laurence Washington4 (John3, Robert2, John1), of Sulgrave, married, second, Anne Pargiter, and had by her four sons and seven daughters. Their eldest son: Robert Washington5 (Laurence4, John3, Robert2, John1) of Sulgrave had seven sons and seven daughters. His eldest son, Sir William Washington, of Packington, married the half-sister of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. and was the father of the Sir Henry Washington who distinguished himself at Bristol and Worcester. Laurence4 Washington's second son, Laurence Washington, of Garsden, County Wilts. His granddaughter, Elizabeth Washington, only child and heiress, married Robert Shirley, Baron Ferrars of Chartley, afterwards Earl Ferrars and Viscount Tamworth. She died 1693. The family names were merged in their son Washington Shirley, second Earl Ferrars. Robert Washington5, of Sulgrave, married, first, Eliza. daughter of Walter Light, of Radway, Warwickshire; second, Anne Fisher, of Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, about 1601. Robert Washington5 married Elizabeth Light, and had issue : Laurence Washington6 (Robert5, Laurence4, John3 , Robert2, John1). Married Margaret, daughter of William Butler, of Tighes, County Surry. Married (at Ashton, August 3, 1583) Laurence Washington", d. December 13 and was buried at Brighton, December 15, 1616. Laurence Washington married Margaret Butler and had issue: I. Sir William Washington7. II. John Washington7, of South Cave, Yorkshire, England; emigrated to Virginia in 1656 and married there several times. III. Richard Washington7. IV. Laurence Washington7, student at Oxford, 1622; emigrated to Virginia 1656 at the same time as his brother John. V. Thomas Washington7 VI. George Washington7 VII. Gregory Washington7, b. Jan. 17, 1607. There were two daughters also, Martha and Mary Washington. WASHINGTONS IN AMERICA. The following notes are taken from William and Mary College Quarterlies : COL. JOHN WASHINGTON "William Means, aet. 32, deposes and says that John Washington arrived in Virginia in 1656 in the capacity of second man or mate to Edward Prescott; a merchant." The will of Richard Cole was proved June 24, 1674, and the affidavit of Col. John Washington attached says: "Deposition of Col. John Washington, aet. 45, or there about", etc., "and further deponent sayeth not. John Washington." So Col. Washington was forty-five in 1676. He died two years later. He was therefore born about 1631 and his brother Laurence about 1635. Col. John Washington married three times: first, Anne Pope, previous to May 11, 1650, daughter of Colonel Nathaniel Pope: second, Anne Gerrard, widow of Walter Broadhurst who died between Jan. 26 and Feb. 12, 1659: third Frances Gerrard, widow of Col. Valentine Peyton; widow, also, of Capt. John Appleton, and of Col. Thomas Speke; d. in 1650. When John Washington first came to Virginia in 1656 he stayed at the house of Col. Nathaniel Pope, and being about twenty-five years of age he naturally fell in love with the daughter of his host, Anne Pope, and they were married 1658 or '59, and Sept. 20, 1659 their son, Laurence Washington, was baptized. Nathaniel Pope was one of the twenty-four freemen of the "Grand Inquest," in Maryland in 1637. He did not know how to write, and affixed a mark for his signature. In 1643 he and his "nine menial servants" were exempted from all military service: sent as agent to Kent Island, in 1647, he attempted, as charged, to persuade the people there to come and live at Appomattox until they should become strong enough to seize and hold their Kent Island homes. In 1656 he was made Lieutenant Colonel. He married Luce, and had issue: I. Anne Pope. Married John Washington. II. Margaret Pope. Married William Hardwick. III. Thomas Pope. IV. Nathaniel Pope. Col. John Washington married Anne Pope and had three children: I. Laurence Washington. Married Mildred Warner. II. John Washington. III. Anne Washington. Married Francis Wright. September 28, 1670, is the date of a statement of account of Lieutenant Colonel John Washington, who married Ann, widow of Henry Brett: "And we do find that Mrs. Ann Brett Washington has paid," etc., etc., "witness our hand this 3rd October, 1670. Recorded 9th October, 1670." May 31, 1671, Mr. Samuel Brett of Plymouth executed a discharge to "Lieutenant Colonel John Washington who intermarried with Mrs. Ann Brett, widow and administratrix of Henry Brett, of Plymouth, merchant, deceased." The Anne Washington of Col. John Washington's will was not the Anne Washington, mother of his three children, Laurence, John and Anne, but was the dead Anne therein referred to. The live Anne Washington of the will was the Anne (widow of Walter Broadhurst that in the interval since his death had married Mr. Henry Brett who also had died; whereupon she married Colonel John Washington). An old document in the diocesan registry of Litchfield, dated April 12, 1678, stated that Waller Broadhurst, her son, was granted administration of the goods of Anne Washington, alias Broadhurst, late of Washington Parish in the County of Westmoreland, Va. In Westmoreland County is recorded a marriage contract between Col. John Washington and Frances Appleton, widow of Col. John Appleton and born Frances Gerrard. This contract is dated May 10, 1676, so .. of course, Mrs. Anne Washington, the second, must have died before that date. Frances Gerrard, daughter of Dr. Thomas Gerrard and his first wife, Susanna, daughter of Justinian Snow, one of the founders of Maryland and Lord Baltimore's factor in the Indian traders, married, first, Col. Thomas Speke; he died in 1659. She married, second, Colonel Valentine Peyton and had Gerrard Peyton, who died s. p. She married, third, Captain John Appleton, who died between February 25 and April 12, 1676. On May 10, 1676, she entered into a fourth matrimonial engagement, this time with Col. John Washington. Dr. Thomas Gerrard was for a long time Councillor in Maryland, but was finally banished for taking part in the insurrection of Isaias Fendall in 1659. Before this he had provided a refuge in Virginia having obtained, October 18, 1650, a patent for land and naming among the head rights his wife, Susanna Gerrard, and his children, Susanna, Temperance, Frances, Justinian, and ,John Gerrard. The same, day, October 18, 1650, Walter Broadhurst patented land next to William Hardwick on the west side of "Poor Jack Creek." As Walter Broadhurst had a son "Gerrard;" it might be that Anne, his wife, who afterwards married Col. John Washington, was a daughter of Col. Thomas Gerrard, as well as Washington's third wife, Frances. Capt. John Appleton, b. 1640 ; d. 1676. A letter is extant from him to "his brother, Mr. Richard Colbourn, near Spittlefield's Gate, London," dated June 1"2. 1674. He married Frances Gerrard, widow of Thomas Speke and Valentine Peyton. It is not believed that he left children. After his death his widow married, fourth, Col John Washington. Thomas Speke, b. 1603,d. 1659, patented in 1650, one thousand acres of land. He had a son, Thomas, and brother, John who lived in Bath and Plymouth, England. Col. John Washington, b. 1633, d. 1679, married Anne, daughter of Col. Nathaniel Pope. They had issue: I. Laurence Washington, of Bridges Creek, Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., Va.; d. 1697. Married Mildred, daughter of Augustine Warner, of Warner’s Hall, Gloucester Co., Va. II. John Washington. III. Anne Washington. Married Francis Wright. Laurence Washington married Mildred Warner, daughter of Col. and Speaker Augustine Warner, of Warner Hall. They had issue: I. John Washington, b. 1692. Married Catherine Whiting, of Gloucester. II. Mildred Washington. Married, first, Roger Gregory; second, Col. Henry Lewis. III. Augustine Washington, b. 1694; d. April 12, 1743, aged forty-nine years, on the Rappahannock River in Stafford Co., where he located in 1722. Augustine Washington3 (Laurence2, John1), of Bridges Creek, Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., Va. Married, first, Jane Butler, who died Nov. 24, 1728, daughter of Caleb Butler, of Westmoreland Co., by whom he had four children: I. Butler Washington died young. II. Laurence Washington, b. 1718. Married (July 12, 1743) Anne, daughter of William Fairfax; married, second, George Lee. III. Jane Washington, D. in infancy. IV. Augustine Washington, Jr., of Washington Parish. married Anne, daughter of William Aylett. Augustine Washington8, married, second, Mary Ball, March 6, 1730. She died August 25, 1789, aged eighty-two years. Mary Ball (Joseph, William) , born "Epping Forest," Lancaster Co., Va., 1707 or '08; d. at Mount Vernon, Va., August 25, 1789, aged eighty-two. Will dated May 20, 1787, probated Fredericksburg, Va., October 23, 1789. Married probably at "Epping Forest," March 6, 1730, to Augustine Washington. They had issue: I. George Washington, first president of the United States, b. Feb. 22, 1732, in Westmoreland Co., Va. d. Dec. 14, 1799, s. p. aged sixty-seven. Married (Jan. 6, 1759) Martha, daughter of John Dandridge and widow of Daniel Parke Custis, of New Kent Co., Va., b. May, 1732; d. May 22,1802, aged seventy years. II. Elizabeth Washington, b. June 20, 1733. Married Col. Fielding Lewis. III. Samuel Washington, b. May. 16, 1734; d. 1781, aged forty-seven years, of Berkeley Co., Va. Married, first, Jane Champe; second, Mildred Thornton; third, Lucy Chapman; fourth, Anne Steptoe. IV. John Augustine Washington, of Westmoreland Co., Va., b. Jan. 13, 1735; d. 1787, aged fifty-two. Married Hannah, daughter of John Bushrod, Westmoreland Co. V. Charles Washington, b. May I, 1738. Married Mildred, daughter of Francis Thornton. VI. Mildred Washington, b. June 22; d. Oct. 28, 1740. Samuel Washington4 (Augustine3, Laurence2, John1) , b. Nov. 10,1734, third child of Mary Ball Washington ; brother of George and Elizabeth, elder, and John Augustine, Charles, and Mildred, younger. Married, first, Jane Champe, who died s. p. ;second, Mildred Thornton, daughter of Col John Thornton, and had children; third, Lucy Chapman, daughter of Nathaniel Chapman, Esq.; fourth, Anne Steptoe, of "Homing Hall," widow of Willoughby Allerton and daughter of Col. James Steptoe and Elizabeth Eskridge, his wife. Anthony Steptoe, the immigrant, b. 1653; located in Lancaster Co., about 1697. Capt. John Steptoe, son of Anthony, married Elizabeth Eustace, who d. 1702. They had issue: I. William Steptoe. Married Ann, and had children, William and Mary. II. John Steptoe. Married Joan Lawson, June 12, 1721. III. Col. James Steptoe, vestryman Cople Parish. Married (1755) Elizabeth Eskridge, daughter of George Eskridge by whom he had two daughters: Elizabeth and Anne Eskridge. Elizabeth married, first, Philip Ludwell Lee; second, P.R. Fendall. Anne married, first, Willoughby Allerton; second, Samuel Washington. Col. Samuel Washington married Anne Eskridge. They had issue: I. Ferdinaro Washington, b. Harewood, 1773. II. George Steptoe Washington, b. Harewood, 1775. III. Laurence Augustine Washington, Jr., b. Harewood, 1771. IV. Harriet Parks Washington, b. Harewood, 17'80. George Steptoe Washington was a favorite of his uncle, Gen'l George Washington, and was at one time his secretary. He married, in 1796, Lucy Payne. Their children were : I. George Washington, b. 1797. II. Samuel Walter Washington, b. 1798. III. William Temple Washington, b. 1800. IV. George Steptoe Washington, b. 1806. Col. James Steptoe Washington married, second, Miss Elizabeth Aylett, widow of Capt. William Aylett, and had four sons. I. George Washington. II. James Washington. III. Thomas Washington. IV. William Washington. William Temple Washington married Margaret Calhoun Fletcher, daughter of Gen'l Thomas Fletcher, who served in the War of 1812 on the staff of General, afterwards President, Wm. Henry Harrison. The ancestor of Gen'l Thomas Fletcher was the Count de Fletcher, who came to America with the Marquis de Lafayette and entered the continental Amy as a private, rising to the rank of captain. William Temple Washington and Mary Calhoun Fletcher, his wife, had issue: I. Eugenia Washington, b. in Jefferson Co., W. Va., about 1839; d. unmarried in Washington, D. C., Nov. 30, 1899. II. Jane Washington (Mrs. Moncure), of Washington, D. C., was left at the death of her sister the sole remaining member of that immediate family. Miss Eugenia Washington was one of the founders, and honorary vice-president of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She came to Washington, D.C. in 1867. She was buried at Fredericksburg, and her remains were escorted to the depot in Washington by the Daughters of the American Revolution, of which she was the first Registrar General. Laurence Washington7 (Laurence6, Robert5, Laurence4, John3, Robert2, John1, of Whitfield Co., Lancaster, 1450), brother of Col. John Washington, b. about 1635, Twig, Bedfordshire, England: baptized June 23, 1635. Emigrated to Virginia 1656 and died There 1677. Will dated September 27, 1675, probated Rappahannock Co., Jan. 6, 1677. He married, first, in Luton, England, Jan. 26, 1661, Mary Jones, who d. about 1663-5, daughter of Edmund Jones, of Luton, England. The earliest land grant to Laurence Washington, the immigrant, was elated Sept. 27, 1667. He married second, in Virginia, 1667-'8, Joyce (familiarly called Jane) Fleming, daughter of widow of Capt. Alexander Fleming. In his will, Laurence calls her Jane. Laurence Washington was a merchant, and had storehouses in England and in Virginia. He was a witness to the will of Col. Nathaniel Pope, May 16th, 1659. He married Mary Jones, at Luton, England, Jan. 21, 1661. There is on record in Westmoreland, a power of attorney from Gabriel Reve, of London, merchant, to Laurence Washington, of Luton, Co. Bedford, Merchant, to demand from the heirs, executors, and administrators of Col. Nathaniel Pope, late merchant of Virginia, deceased, all debts due from Pope to Reve, which power of attorney is dated Oct. 31, 1660, and was recorded Feb. 4, 1662 Laurence was certainly in Virginia, in February 1662, at the time the paper was recorded, and he probably brought his wife with him. This record proves that Laurence Washington made frequent trips over the ocean to and from England during the first ten years of his residence in Virginia. The second wife of Laurence Washington was Joyce, in legal documents: "Laurence Washington, of Rappahannock, and his wife, Joyce," conveyed "200 acre of land, Feb. 6, 1671-2, formerly the property of Alexander Fleming, and by Fleming, assigned to John Thomazine, and by the latter to Laurence Washington." Capt. Alexander Fleming was married twice. Records in Ellis Co. show that Alexander Fleming and wife. Ursula, made a deed August 19, 1660. His other wife, Joyce, by whom he had daughter Alexia, married Thomas Pace, and their daughter, Elizabeth, married Rowland Thornton. In 1692, Thomas Pace, planter of Va., and wife Jane, of Rappahannock Co., and Rowland Thornton, planter, and his wife Elizabeth, one of the daughters of Alexander Fleming, made a deed to Francis Thornton, of Richmond Co., for 320 acres of land, being part of 960 acres given by Fleming to his wife, Joyce, and two daughters, which 320 acres came to Pace, with Alexia, his first wife. Joyce (Fleming) Washington, married, third, a man who squandered her patrimony, so that her son, John Washington, had not the value of £20 therefrom. By his first marriage, Laurence Washington had three daughters: I. Mary Washington, bap. Dec. 22, 1663; named as heir to her father’s English estate. She married Gibson, of Hawnes, Bedford, England. II. The second daughter was married. III. A daughter, died very young. Laurence Washington by his second marriage had issue: I. A daughter, died very young. II. John Washington, born after 1667. Ill. Ann Washington. John2 Washington, Sr. (Laurence1), born after 1667; married Mary, daughter of Richard Townsend, who emigrated to Virginia, in 1637. Her sister, Frances, married Francis Dade, and had Cadwallader Dade. John Washington, Sr., was so named in the will of his Uncle, Col. John Washington, as his "nephew and godson." He is also named in the will of Laurence2, of that family, 1698, as “my cousin John Washington, Sr., of Stafford Co." This Washington being John, Sr., it follows that John Washington, son of Colonel John W., b. 1660, was dead in 1698. John Washington, Sr., son of Laurence, wrote to his sister in England, that he had three sons and one daughter, two of whom died before 1699. John Washington was Sheriff of Stafford Co., 1717·18. John Washington, Sr., married Mary Townsend. They had issue: I. Laurence3 Washington, b. 1692-3, d. before 1699. II. A daughter, name not known; d. before 1699. III. Henry3 Washington, b. 1695. III. Townsend Washington, b. 1705. IV. John3 Washington, said to have married Mary, and had Laurence. Henry3 Washington (John2, Laurence1), b. 1695; d. Oct., 1747. Will dated Feb. 2, 1647; married Butler (or more probably Baily), of Stafford Co., Nov. 8, 1747. He was a Justice of Stafford Co., 1731-45. They had issue: I. Laurence4 Washington, died before 1747; married Eliza, mentioned in grandfathers will. II. John4 Washington. III. Baily4 Washington. His will names his trusty friends, Laurence Washington, Cadwallader Dade, and John Washington, Sr., and minor sons, John and Baily. Townsend3 Washington (John2, Laurence1), of "Green Hill," b. Sept. 16, 1705; married, 1st Jan., 1727, Elizabeth Lund. Townsend Washington was appointed, in 1741, Inspector of ''Boyds Hole," Va. They had issue: I. Robert4 Washington. II. Laurence4 Washington, Jr., died s. p., Nov., 1799. Will dated Nov. 5, 1799; probated in Fairfax Co., Dec. 16, 1799; married Catherine. Will names nephew, Haywood Foote, sole executor. Gives land to niece, Ann, wife of William Thompson, of Colchester, and her children. Robert Townsend Thompson, Elizabeth Lund Thompson and Catherine Foote Thompson. III. Lund Washington4, of "Hayfield." He was placed in charge of Mt. Vernon by General Washington as his steward, when the General took command of the army in 1775. Washington's letters to his kinsman, some of which appear in Ford's "Writings of Washington," show the great confidence and affection he felt for him. It is not known that he left issue. IV. Catherine Washington4. Married her cousin John4, son of Henry3 (1695-1747). V. John Washington4, Captain Continental line, 4th, Va., Reg., commissioned April, 1776. His name is not on the army roll after 1777. If he died in the service, his heirs would have been entitled to 4,000 acres of land which was allowed them Aug. 10, 1832. On May 10, 1838, warrants were issued to his heirs for 1,104 acres for a service of seven years and seven months (Cong. Rep. 1062, 1842, p. 36.} In 1832 two warrants for 666 1/3 acres each were issued to his heirs, Elizabeth Lund Thompson and Catherine Foote Thompson, and one for the same amount to Richard T. Thompson, and one for 2,000 acres to Lund Washington. John Washington4 (Henry3, John2, Laurence1), of St. Paul's Parish, King George County, d. 1782; will dated Oct. 1, 1799, probated, King George Co., Sept. 5, 1782; married his cousin, Catherine Washington4, daughter of Townsend Washington, of (“Green Hill," and Elizabeth Lund. He was a member of King George Co. Committee of Safety, 1774 to 1775, and of the House of Delegates, 1780. He was vestryman of his parish. His will names his brother, Baily, and his brother-in-law, Lund Washington, and makes his wife, Catherine, executrix. His children are given as named in the will. After devising land to Henry5, he divides the rest of his estate among the children: I. Elizabeth Washington5. II. Ann Washington5. III. Henry Washington5 (eldest son). To him John willed "the land I live on." Baily Washington4 (Henry3, John2, Laurence1), of Stafford Co., Gent., as in deed of 1784; b. about 1730 or 1733. Married at seventeen years of age, Catherine Starke, who was 26 years when she married him. Baily Washington, Sr., of Stafford Co., Gent., deeded, April 12, 1784, 500 acres of land, "on which I now live," to his son, Baily Washington, Jr. He was Justice for Stafford, in 1769. They have issue: I. William Washington5. II. Baily Washington5. III. John Washington5, b. May 25; baptized June 11, 1756. IV. Elizabeth Washington5, b. March 16, 1758; married William Starke. V. Mary Butler Washington5. Married Valentine Peyton, M. D. VI. Henry Washington5, removed to Mississippi. It is said that the Hon. Henry S. Foote married his granddaughter, and had Mrs. Senator Stewart, of Nevada. VII. Catherine Washington5. Robert Washington4 (Townsend3, John2, Laurence1), of "Chotank." King George Co., Va.; born at "Green Hill," June 25, 1729, married, Dec. 16, 1753, Alice Strother. Robert Washington, Gent., and Catherine, his wife, conveyed, in 1177, the tract, 600 acres of land, on which Mrs. Elizabeth Washington, mother of Robert and Laurence, lived. General Washington, in his will, 1799, names "the acquaintances and friends of my juvenile years, Laurence and Robert Washington, of Chotank." Robert Washington married Ann Strother, and had issue: I. Lund Washington5, merchant of Colchester, b. Mathias Point., King George Co., Sept. 26, 1767; married, first, Feb. 11. 1793, Susannah Monroe, daughter of Rev.Spencer Grayson, and had issue: I. Susan Jean Washington6. Married, Dec. 3, 1815, Edward S. Lewis, of Washington, D. C. II. Lund Washington6, Jr., b. 1793; died Aug. 24, 1840, aet. 56. GRAYSON Benjamin Grayson immigrated to Virginia from Scotland, and became a merchant of Dumfries; married Susan Monroe, aunt of James Monroe, sixth President of the United States. They had one child, who became Rev. Spencer Grayson, graduate of Oxford University, England. Rev. Spencer Grayson inherited "Belle Air," on the Potomac. He went to England, studied theology, and was ordained by the Lord Bishop of London, May 29th, 1771; returned to America, and located in Virginia, where he preached. Lund Washington, of Chotank, Sr., made on the 26, 27 and 28 Congresses, a claim for compensation for his son, Lund Washington, Jr., as clerk in the War Department. The amount due in 1817 was $200. The claim was approved June 19, 1844. Lund Washington5, Sr., of Chotank, married, second, Miss Sarah Johnson, daughter of Capt. John Johnson, of Worcester Co., Maryland, and Susan Quinton. his wife, of Accomac. The Johnsons and Quintons were planters on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, in Colonial times. They had three children: I. Peter George Washington6, a banker of New York City, and died there. He was born about 1823. II. Col. Littleton Quinton Washington6, born in Washington, D.C., Nov. 3, 1825: never married, and died in Washington. III. Mary Mason Washington6, b. Sept. 22, 1899; wife of Dr. Warrick Evans, of Washington, whom she married about 1850. Col. Littleton Quinton Washington6 (Lund5, Robert4, Townsend3, John2, Laurence1), born in Washington, D. C., Nov. 3, 1825, of the famous Washington family, of Chotank, a collateral line with that of President George Washington. Col. L. Q. Washington was in the Confederate States service as Chief Clerk of the State Department, and acted as Assistant Secretary of State. After the war he adopted the press for his profession, occupying a seat in the press gallery of Congress, as correspondent of the Washington Intelligencer, London Telegraph, New Orleans Picayune, and other papers, in 1869. He lived with his brother-in-law, Dr. Warwick Evans, of Washington, D. C., for 55 years, except the time he was in the' Confederacy. Shortly before his death, he told one of his nieces who were watching at his bedside that he would choke to death, as his mother had done before him. A few minutes afterward he died in a rigid convulsion of the throat. He was a typical Southerner; his father, Mr. Lund Washington, Sr., of Chotank, King George Co., Va., was likewise a typical Southerner, a Virginian of the old school, named for his uncle, Mr. Lund Washington, of "Hayfield," the factor, kinsman, and confidential correspondent of President George Washington. An uncle of Col. Washington, when but 17 years of age, died on a British hospital ship, the Jersey, rather than take the oath of allegiance to the English government. Through his father, Col. Washington was related to the Masons of Gunston Hall, to the Stuart, Date, Foote, Strother, Lund, and Townsend families. Ann Washington5, daughter of Robert4 and sister of Lund Washington, Sr., of Chotank, married William Thompson, of Colchester, and had issue: I. Robert Thompson, d. in 1833. II. Elizabeth l Lund Thompson. III. Catherine Foote Thompson. STROTHER The immigrant of this family was William Strother, who came to Virginia, in 1650, and settled in Cottenborne Parish, near the present Port Conway, King George Co. He was a prominent man in the Colony, and married Dorothy Savage. He died in 1702, and his will was probated, Nov. 4, 1702. His son, William Strother, married Margaret Thornton, and they were parents of: I. William Strother married Watts. II. Francis Strother married Susannah Dabney. III. Anthony Strother married Mary Mann Fitzhugh. IV. Alice Strother married Robert Washington, of "Green Hill" and "Chotank," cousin of Gen'l George Washington. Lieutenant Colonel William Washington, U. S. A. (Baily4, Henry3, John2, Laurence1), born in Stafford Co., Va., Feb. 28, 1752; died in South Carolina, March 6, 1810; married, 1782, Jane Riley Elliott, b. March 14, 1763; d. Dec. 14th, 1830, daughter of Charles and Jane Elliott. Col. Washington received, Jan. 21, 1784, 7,000 acres of land, as Lieutenant Colonel, for three years' service, and on Nov. 2, 1824, 483 acres more, for five months' service. He removed to South Carolina after 1783, and lived at "Sandy Hill," the ancestral estate of his wife. They had issue: I. William Washington6, b. 1780; d. at Charleston, South Carolina; married, 1830, Martha Blake, and had issue: a. John Blake Washington7, living, in 1891. b. Lieut. James E. MacPherson, C. S. A.,b. 1836, merchant, educated University Virginia, 1854-6. Killed during the war, at the battle of "Cheat Mountain," July 25, 1861. c. Margaret, married Thomas Pinkney Lowndes, and had issue: i. Thomas Pinkney Lowndes, Jr., married Anna Frost (N. Eng. Cay. First Reg.). Baily Washington5 (Baily4, Henry3, John2, Laurence1), b. Dec.12, 1754, married Euphase Wallace, daughter of James and Elizabeth Wallace. She married, second, Daniel Carroll Brent. She was born 1765, d. March 28, 1845, age 81. Baily Washington was Delegate from Stafford Co., 1780-7. Mrs. Brent said Gen'l Washington visited them at their Stafford Co. residence, “Windsor Forest." They had issue: I. Baily Washington6, M. D., U. S. A., b. 1787, Westmoreland Co., Va.; died ill Washington, D. C., Aug. 4, 1854; age 67 years. married Ann Matilda. Lee, b. July 13, 1790; d. Dec. 20, 1880. Bailey Washington was a surgeon, in U. S. N ., July 24, 1813; was on the Enterprise when captured by the Boxer was on Lake Erie with Chauncey, Fleet Surgeon, under Commodore Rogers, Elliott and Patterson, in the Mediterranean. Served in the Mexican War, Senior Surgeon, U. S. N., in 1854. He left one son. three daughters, and grandchildren; died in South Carolina. II. Col. John McRae Washington, U. S. N., b. 1793; was on the San Francisco, Dec. 25, 1853; graduated from West Point Academy, in 1817, third lieutenant, artillery, July 17, 1817; second lieutenant, March 30, 1818; first lieutenant, May 23, 1820; transferred to fourth artillery, June 1, 1821; captain, May 30, 1832 j captain and assistant quarter-master, July 7, 1838, to Aug. 11,1839 ; major third artillery, Feb. 16, 1847; brevetted captain for ten years' service, May 23, 1630 ; brevetted lieutenant-colonel Feb. 23, 1847, for gallantry at Buena Vista. Military Governor of New Mexico, 1848-9; married Fannie, daughter of Jack McRae, Prince William Co., and had issue: I. H. M. Washington educated W. & M. Col., 1852-'3. II. William Temple Washington. III. Euphase Dandridge Washington married William Storke. The Strother family is of Scandinavian origin, and came to Britain with the Vikings. The name is found in Sweden and Denmark, at the present day. A graveyard in "Planet," older than the Norman conquest, has in it tombstones inscribed to the Strothers buried there. The earliest form of the name seems to be “Straathor," which is decidedly Scandinavian, and in the graveyard mentioned, it is found in both forms. The coat-of-arms is as old as any in England, with the following description: Sable, a. bend argent three eagles displayed proper. Motto--"Prius mori quam faleri fidem." Both in history and romance, the name frequently appeals. In Chaucer we find mention of those who bore it. It is in the records of the Landed Gentry of Northumberland Co., England. It is found in Masicap Union with the proudest and most influential families of Northern counties. Allen del Strother, Lord of Lyham, 1352, during the reign of Edward Ill, was Sheriff of Northumberland, and was succeeded by his sons Allen and Henry. His daughter, Joanna, married John Copeland, who captured King David, at the battle of Nevill Cross. He was knighted therefor, and made Warden of Roseborough Castle. Allen del Strother was also warden of the Castle, 1368 to 1396, and was succeeded by Sir Thomas Percy. William Strother, Bon of this Allen, died without issue, and his estates descended to his sister and their children. To the descendants of this branch of the family they still belong. William del Strother, brother of Allen, was Mayor of Newcastle. in 1352, and subsequently represented that city in Parliament. The descendants of Henry Strother, grandson of Allen del Strother, and youngest son of Allen Strother, lived in Castle Strother. Glendale, in 1460. In 1639, William, son of William Strother, Gent. matriculated at Oxford. At this time the name was frequently found among linquists, jurists, and literateurs. In fact, in every generation and in all times and places, this family has been noted for bravery and loyalty to the cause espoused. Holders of high offices, in times of peace, they were specially noted for staunch adherence to their church, sacrificing property and position in its cause. One of the family mottoes is, “Honesty, truth, fortitude." William Strother1, the pioneer of the family in America, came to Virginia in 16.50, and settled in Citterboone, or Cotterborne Parish, near the present Port Conway, King George Co. He was a man of great prominence in the community, and married Dorothy Savage. William Strother1 died 1702. Will probated, Nov. 4, 1702. William Strother2, son of above, married Margaret Thornton. They had issue: I. William Strother3, son of above, married Margaret Watts, and had thirteen daughters. II. Francis Strother3. Married Susanna Dabney. III. Anthony Strother3 married Behethland Starke. IV. John Strother3. married Elizabeth Pendleton Hunter. V. Benjamin Strother3, of Stafford. Married Miss Mary Mason Fitzhugh, sister of George Mason Fitzhugh. Their daughter, Alice Strother4, married Robert Washington, of, Mathis Point, Dec. 16, 1756. He was a cousin of General George Washington, President U. S.; they were grandparents of: I. Col. Peter G. Washington, assistant secretary of the treasury. II. Col. L. Quinton Washington, Press Correspondent, Washington, D. C. III. Mary Mason Washington, wife of Dr. Warwick Evans, Washington, D. C. I. Anthony Strother3, married Behethland Starke Anthony, was born 1710; died 1765. Behethland Starke was a descendant of Robert Behethland, who came to Virginia in 1601. This couple were ancestors of General David Hunter Strother, Major Beverley Randolph, Prof. Luigar Strother Randolph and Judge Philip William Strother. Anthony3 and Behethland (Stark) Strother had issue: I. Benjamin Strother4 married (1778) Kitty Price. II. Francis Strother4, of St. Marks, married Susan Dabney. They had issue : a. William Strother4, b. April 20, 1726; d. 1808, will probated in Woodford Co., Ky., Nov. 7, 1808. Married, first (after 1749 and prior to Feb., 1752) Sarah Bailey Pannill, daughter of Bailey of Nibrum, Middlesex Co., Va., and widow of William Pannill, whose will was dated Feb. 2, 1749; property appraised Oct. 22, 1750, division according to bequests awarded Nov. 21, 175l. Sarah Bailey Pannill died prior to 1774. William Strother married, second, Ann Kavanaugh, who survived him, in Woodford Co., Ky., 1808. b. John Strother4. Married Mary Wade. c. Anthony Strother4. Married Francis Eastham. d. Robert Strother4. e. ___________Strother4. Married Mary Kennedy; they were great-grandparents of Col. William Preston Johnston. f. Susan Strother4. 'Married Thomas Gaines. g. Elizabeth Strother4. Married James Gaines. They were parents of Gen'l E. P. Gaines. h. Mary Strother4. Married Detherage. i. Behethland Strother4. Married Covington. j. Francis Strother4 Married Anne Graves. Their son, Francis Strother, removed to Wilkes Co., Ga. William Strother4 married Sarah Bailey Pannill. They had issue: I. Susannah Strother5. Married, first (1774), Capt. Moses Hawkins; second, Thomas Coleman, of Orange Co., Va..; later they moved to Woodford Co., Ky. II. William Dabney Strothers5, educated William and Mary; served in Revolutionary Army, as captain Second Ga. Regiment (roll Aug., 1778); killed in battle Guilfor Courthouse. III. Sarah Dabney Strother5, b. Dec. 11, 1760; d. Dec. 13, 1829. Married (Aug. 20, 1779) Col Richard Taylor, son of Zachary Taylor and his wife Elizabeth Lee. Col. Richard Taylor married Sarah Dabney Strother. They had issue: a. Hancock Taylor. Married Annah Henby Lewis. They had a daughter, Mary Louise Taylor, whose line of descent is from genealogy: I. William Strother1, pioneer. Married Dorothy Savage. II. William Strother2. Married Margaret Thornton. III. Francis Strother3. Married Susan Dabney. IV. William Strother4. Married Sarah Bailey Pannill. V. Sarah Dabney Strother5. Married Col. Richard Taylor. VI. Hancock Taylor6. Married Annah Henby Lewis. VII. Mary Louise Taylor7. Jeremiah Strother2 married Eleanor --, lived in King George Co., later Culpeper Co. They had issue: I. James Strother6. Married Margaret French. II. William Strother6. III. Francis Strother6. IV. Laurence Strother6. V. Jeremiah Strotber6. VI. Catherine Strother6. VII. Christopher Strother6. VIII. Elizabeth Strother6. James Strother married Margaret French. They had issue: I. French Strother7. Married Lucy Coleman. II. Mary Strother7. Married George Gray. III. James Strother7, d. 1765. French Strother7 married Lucy Coleman. They had a son: George French Strother8, whose son: James French Strother9, whose son: Judge Philip Williams Strother10, of Pearisburg, was a gallant soldier of the Confederate Army. He was dangerously wounded in the “Bloody Angle," Spottsylvania Courthouse, May 12, 1864. He served in both branches of the General Assembly of Virginia, declined three times nomination to Congress; twice elected Judge of Criminal and District Courts; member National Convention of 1892; elector at large 1896. Married Nannie Strother Pendleton, daughter of Col. A. G. Pendleton, descendant of Henry Pendleton and Mary Taylor, daughter of James Taylor, also of Francis Strother of St. Marks and his wife, Susan Dabney. Sarah Bailey Pannill, by her first marriage with William Pannill, had six children: I. William Morton Pannill, b. Oct. 30, 1783. Married Ann Morton, daughter of Jeremiah 'Morton, and his wife, Sarah Mallory. II. Samuel PannilI. III. John Pannill. IV. Joseph Pannill. V. Francis Pannill. VI. David Pannill. Through this marriage she was ancestor of Gen'l J. E. B. Stuart, uncle of Ada Stuart, who married John Bull Smith Dimitry, of New Orleans, fifth in descent from Edward Jaquelin, of Jamestown. Through her second marriage with William Strother, she was ancestor of Zachary Taylor, President of the United States. William Strother married Margaret Watts; were ancestors of I. Agatha Strother4. Married John Madison, member of the House of Burgesses from Augusta Co., Va. They had issue: I. George Thomas Madison5, Married Susanna Henry, sister of Patrick Henry. Governor of Virginia. II. Roland Madison5. Married Anne, daughter of Gen’l Andrew Lewis. III. James Madison5, bishop 1785, first president of Episcopal Church in Virginia IV. Margaret Madison5, b. 1765. Married Judge Samuel McDowell, of Bowling Green, Ky. (Paxton, p. 147. p. 68.) II. Margaret Strother4 second daughter of Wm. Strother and Margaret Watts. Married Gabriel Jones, "The King's Attorney." Their daughter, Margaret Jones, married Col. John Harvie. Their daughter, Gabriella Jones Harvie, married Col. Thomas Mann Randolph. The son of Col. John Harvie, namely, Gen'I Jaquelin Harvie, married Mary Marshall, only daughter of Chief Justice Marshall. Margaret Strother4 and Gabriel Jones had a daughter, Elizabeth Jones, who married John Lewis, son of Col. Fielding Lewis and Betty Washington, sister of Gen'l George Washington. (See Vol. I, Chapter V.) III. Anne Strother4, third daughter of Wm. Strother and Margaret Watts. Married Francis Tyler, and were parents of United States President, John Tyler. I. William Strother1. Married Dorothy Savage. II. William Strother2. Married Margaret Thornton. III. Anthony Strother3. Married Behethland Starke. IV. Anthony Strother4. Married Elizabeth Kenyon. V. Anthony Strother5. Married Elizabeth Newton. VI. Elizabeth Strother6. Married James Duff. VII. Frances Strother Duff7. Married Judge Daniel Smith. VIII. Frances Evelyn Smith8. Married Andrew P. Beirne. I X. Mary Frances Beirne9. Married James N. Kennie. X. Antoinette Kennie10. Married Edward V. Harmon. XI. Mary Benie Harmon11. DUFF. In 1712 Robert Green and his uncle William Duff came to Virginia and settled in King George County. Among his descendants was Judge William Green, President of Court of Appeals, and a warm friend of Judge Daniel Smith. Each named a son after the other. Daniel Smith Green was a surgeon U. S. Anny before the war. Judge Daniel Smith named one son John William Green Smith after Judge William Green. William Duff had a brother James Duff. b. 1716. Married Mildred Tutt, of Culpeper Co., Va., 1738. They bad a son: I. John Duff, b. 1739. Married Sarah Nash, in 1760. They had issue: I. James Duff, b. April 15, 1761. Married Elizabeth Strother, b. July 20, 1773. II. Susannah Duff, b. Aug. 23, 1763. Married, first, Benjamin Jennings; second, Daniel Moar, July 12, 1786. She was the ancestor of John Oillard, who shed the first blood of the war for secession. IV. George Duff, b. 1765; d. 1886, unmarried. V. John Duff, b. 1768, moved to Kentucky. Ann Pendleton Slaughter5 (Robert4', Col. James3, Robert2, Robert1). Married (in 1811) John Dabney Strother. They had Issue: I. Elizabeth Strother. Married (in 1834) Enoch H. Hunter. II. Mary Strother. Married (in 1837) Henry Glascock. III. Margaret Strother. Married William A. Slaughter, of Hodgensville, Ky., son of Robert Coleman Slaughter, of Hardin Co., Ky., and his wife, Nancy, daughter of Thomas Haynes. IV. Dr. Robert T. Strother. Married Miss Whitney, daughter of Mrs. Gen' l Edmond Pendleton Gaines by her first marriage. V. Sarah Strother. Married Frank Bealmear, of Nelson Co., Ky. VI. Maria Strother. Married William Howard, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., previously, of Jefferson Co., Ky.: one child, Anna Howard. VII. Dr. William D. Strother. Married Miss Julia Saunders, of Bullitt Co., Ky. Issue: I. Mary Elizabeth Strother. Married Joseph Field. II. Dr. Joseph Saunders Strother. Married Miss Cowherd. III. Hon. John D. Strother, Lee's Summit, Mo.; attorney, and member of Missouri Legislature. IV. George Beauregard Strother, attorney, Belter, Mo. V. Howard Strother, attorney, Belter, Mo. VI. Benjamin F. Strother, insurance agent, Kansas City, Mo. VII. Samuel C. Strother, attorney, Kansas City, Mo. VIII. Juliet Strother, Lee's Summit, Mo. IX. Emily Strother. Married Charles J. Cowherd, Missouri. X. Catherine Strother, unmarried. XI. Dr. John D. Strother. Married Esther Elliott, of Big Spring, Ky.; they have children. XII. Benjamin Strother, of Kansas City, Mo. Married Miss Macauley, of Washington, D. C. They have children: Benjamin, Clement, John D., and William. William Strother2 married Margaret Thornton. They had issue: I. Anthony Strother3, b. 1710, named for his grandfather, Anthony Savage. He married Behethland Starke. II. Frances Strother3. Married Susannah Dabney. Anthony Strother4, son of Anthony3 and Behethland Starke, married Frances Kenyon. Anthony Strother5, son of Anthony4 and Frances Kenyon, married Elizabeth Newton. Elizabeth Kenyon, sister of Francis Kenyon, married Major William Newton, of Westmoreland Co., whose son, Isaac Newton, married Peggy Strother. Isaac Newton was the uncle of Elizabeth Newton, who married Anthony Strother5. Francis Strother3 married Susannah Dabney, daughter of Sarah Jennings. His will was probated, April 6, 1752. Among the English "gentlemen" who came to America, about 1635, were the Taylors, from Carlisle, England, descended from the Earls of Hare. One of the first homes established by them in Virginia was called "Hare Forest/' four miles southeast of Orange Courthouse. James and Frances Taylor lived in New Kent Co. They had three children: I. James Taylor. Married Martha Thompson, daughter of William Thompson, an officer of the British Army, and granddaughter of Sir William Thompson. They had nine children. Two of these were grandparents of Presidents of the United States. I. Frances. Married Ambrose Madison. II. Zachary. Married Elizabeth Lee. III. George. Married, first, Richard Gibson; married, second, Sarah Taliaferro. This Taylor gave ten sons to the Revolution: Charley, Francis, Reuben, William, James, Jonathan, Edmund, Richard, John, and Benjamin. Zachary Taylor married Elizabeth Lee, daughter of Hancock Lee, of Dichlez, and granddaughter of Richard Lee, ancestor of the Lee family, of Virginia. They had issue: I. Zachary Taylor. Married Alice Chen. II. Hancock Taylor. Married and died in Kentucky. III. Richard Taylor. Married Sarah Dabney Strother. IV. Elizabeth Taylor. Married Thomas Ball. After the death of Elizabeth Lee, her husband married, second, Mrs. Esther Blackburn, widow of Anthony Blackburn. The will of Hancock Taylor was the first legal document executed in Kentucky. His grave is the oldest known in that state. Richard Taylor, son of Zachary and Elizabeth (Lee) Taylor, was b. April 3, 1741; rose from First Lieut. to Colonel in the Revolution. Retired Feb. 12, 1781. Married (August 20, 1779) Sarah Dabney Strother, daughter of William Strother and Sarah Bailey Pannill. They had nine children: I. Hancock Taylor. II. Zachary Taylor, twelfth President of the United States. III. Joseph Taylor, rose to rank of Brig. Gen'l U. S. A., and d. June 9, 1864: IV. Elizabeth Lee Taylor. V. Sarah Taylor. VI. Emily Taylor. VII. George Taylor, d. young. VIII. William Taylor, surgeon U. S. A. IX. Strother Taylor, d. young. Zachary Taylor, twelfth President of the United States. Married, first Margaret McKall Smith, of St. Leonard, Calvert Co., Maryland. Her ancestor, Richard Smith, was appointed by Oliver Cromwell Attorney General of Maryland, in 1657; Burgess, April 16, 1661 and again in 1662. They had four children: I. Ann Taylor married Dr. Robert Ward, Surgeon U. S. A. Their child: I. Mira, married, first, Mr. Boyce; second, Baron Guido von Graber, Prussian Consul. II. Sarah Taylor. III. Robert Taylor II. Elizabeth Taylor, the brilliant belle of the White House. Known as ''Betty Bliss,' married, first (1848), Colonel William Wallace Smith Bliss, U. S. A., son of Capt. John Bliss, U. S. A., and his wife Olive Hall Limonds, descended from Thomas Bliss, of Hartford, Connecticut, 1635. Died Aug. 4, 1852. Elizabeth Taylor Bliss married, second, Philip Dandridge, of Winchester, Va. III. Sarah Knox Taylor, third daughter of Zachary Taylor, President of the United States, and Margaret McKall Smith. Married Lieutenant Jefferson Davis, U. S. A., afterwards President of the Confederate States. The marriage of Sarah Knox Taylor and Lieutenant Davis was at first opposed by the Taylor family, owing to the lady's frail constitution, and the hardships to which she would be exposed, as the wife of an officer in active duty on the Indian frontier. But in 1835 the opposition was withdrawn, but the lady died within a year after her marriage, on her husband's plantation: in Mississippi, near Vicksburg. There was always a close friendship, comradeship, and the most cordial relations between Jefferson Davis and Zachary Taylor up to the latter's death and afterwards between the Taylor family and the gracious lady who became his second wife, Miss Varena Howell, of Mississippi, b. at Vicksburg,), May 7, 1826, and married to Mr. Davis, at Natchez, February 26, 1845. IV. Richard Taylor, the fourth child of Zachary Taylor and Margaret McKall Smith, attained the rank of Lieut. Gen'l C. S. A. George Reade [a], a gent. of Hampshire, brought his fortunes into Virginia, in the year 1640, and was immediately made one of his Majesty's Council. He married Miss Elizabeth Martian, one of the daughters 01 Capt. Nicholas: Martian, a French gentleman who was me proprietor of all of the property about York. Thomas [c], third son of George Beatle and Miss Martian. Married Lucy Gwin, the daughter of Edward Gwin [d] and "Lucy Bernard, a regular Doctor of Physick, who was son of Rev. John Gwin [e], rector of Abingdon Pariah many years, and who came to Virginia in Cromwell's time, he being a very stiff churchman. Lucy Bernard was daughter of William Bernard, Esq. [f], one of His Majesty's Council of Virginia, and was the son of the Knight of Huntingdon and a daughter of Col. Hickerson, of Dublin [g), who was the relict of Lewis Burwell. Esq. The said Thomas Reade and Lucy, his wife, had eleven children, one of whom (Mildred) married Major Philip Rootes of King and Queen [h] and had many children, and whose second. son was named Thomas Reade Rootes and was the father of Thomas Reade Rootes, of White Marsh, who writes this part of his genealogy this 15th of March, 1816. Compiled from an ancient paper that contains much more of interest to this writer. NOTES. [a] The first clue to the ancestry of George Reade was the first, shown by several letters in the first volume English Calendar of Colonial State Papers, that he had a brother, Robert Reade, who was private secretary to Sir Francis Windebanke. Secretary of State of England, temp. Charles I. General Meredith Reade, formerly American Consul at Paris, who, though not related to this family, felt an interest in the name, made researches and published the result in the London Athenaeum, of April 28. 1804. He ascertained that George Reade was a descendant of the Reades of Faccombe, in the County of Southampton. In 1585, Andrew Reade bought the manor of Linkenholt, Hampshire. His will, dated October 7, 1619, with a codicil, November 15, 1621, was proved October 24, 1623. He owned the manor and rectory of Faccombe. Married ______ Cooke, of Kent, and had five sons: Henry, Robert, John, George, and Andrew, and four (daughters. The eldest son, Henry, of Faccombe, J . P. for Hampshire, married Anne, the daughter of Sir Thomas Windebanke, and died April 4, 1647. George Reade is mentioned in his father's will as having issue. The fourth son, John, was born at Faccombe, 1579; was a scholar at Winchester College, and an admitted to New College, Oxford, February 4, 1598. He probably died before his father. The second son of Andrew was Robert

  
  

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