Samuel Washington

Samuel Washington (1734–1781) was a brother of United States President George Washington. He was born on November 27, 1734 [O.S. November 16, 1734] at Pope's Creek, Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Virginia.^[1] He died at age 46 on September 26, 1781, a couple of days before the decisive Franco-American victory of Yorktown. His probable cause of death was from tuberculosis, or a similarly contagious and recurring respiratory disease.^[2]

Samuel served in numerous posts in Stafford County, Virginia including justice of the peace, county magistrate, county sheriff, militia officer, and parish vestryman. He resided at Mount Vernon from 1735 to 1738.

He had Harewood, a Georgian-style mansion near then Charles Town, Virginia, designed by the renowned architect John Ariss in 1770. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[3]

Marriages and children

Samuel married five times^[4] and had nine children:

Jane Champe (1724-1755)
Mildred Thornton (about 1741-1763) - possibly died during or shortly after childbirth. Her cousin, also named Mildred Thornton, married Samuel's younger brother Charles.
- Thornton Washington (1760–1787)
- Tristram Washington (born 1763) Birth Date is wrong, Samuel's third wife Lucy died in 1762
Lucy Chapman(1743-1762) - died during childbirth
- Infant Washington(1762-1762)
Anne Steptoe (1737–1777)
- Ferdinand Washington (1767–1788)
- George Steptoe Washington (1773–1809) - He married Lucy Payne, sister of Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison. His son Samuel Walter Washington (1799–1831) married Louisa Clemson, sister of Thomas Green Clemson.
- Lawrence Augustine Washington (1775–1824)
- Harriot Washington (1776–1822)
Susannah Perrin(1740-1783)
- John Perrin Washington (1781–1784)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Samuel Washington

16. Lawrence Washington

8. John Washington

17. Amphyllis Twigden

4. Lawrence Washington

18. Nathaniel Pope

9. Anne Pope

19. Lucy (Luce) Fox

2. Augustine Washington

20. Augustine Warner

10. Augustine Warner, Jr.

21. Mary Towneley

5. Mildred Warner

22. George Reade

11. Mildred Read

23. Elizabeth Martian (Martiau)

1. Samuel Washington

24. William Ball

12. William Ball

25. Dorothy Tuttle

6. Joseph Ball

26. Thomas Atherold

13. Hannah Atherold

27. Mary Harvey

3. Mary Ball

28. Peter Montague

14. Peter Montague

29. Cicely Matthews

7. Mary Montague

30. Meindert Doodes

15. Mary Doodes

31.Mary Garrett (or Geret)

References

↑ "Col Samuel Walter Washington". GENi genealogy website. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
↑ "A proud Washington descendant". Bedinger Family History and Genealogy. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Ambler, Charles Henry. "George Washington and the West". Historic Pittsburgh Text Collection. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 20 September 2013.

George Washington

1st President of the United States, 1789–1797 Senior Officer of the Army, 1798–1799 Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, 1775–1783 Second Continental Congress, 1775 First Continental Congress, 1774

Military career Revolutionary War	Military career French and Indian War Jumonville Glen Battle of Fort Necessity Forbes Expedition Washington and the American Revolution Commander-in-chief, Continental Army Boston campaign Siege of Boston New York and New Jersey campaign Delaware River crossing Battle of Trenton Philadelphia campaign Valley Forge Battles of Saratoga Yorktown campaign Siege of Yorktown Culper spy ring Newburgh Conspiracy Newburgh letter Established, Badge of Military Merit Purple Heart Aides-de-Camp Commander-in-Chief's headquarters Morristown and Ford Mansion Horses: Nelson and Blueskin

Other U.S. founding events	1769 Virginia Association Continental Association 1774 Fairfax Resolves Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture 1785 Mount Vernon Conference Chairman, 1787 Constitutional Convention

Presidency	United States presidential election, 1788–89 1792 First inauguration inaugural bible Second inauguration Title of "Mr. President" Cabinet of the United States Secretary of State Attorney General Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of War Judiciary Act of 1789 Nonintercourse Act Whiskey Rebellion Militia Acts of 1792 Coinage Act of 1792 United States Mint Proclamation of Neutrality Neutrality Act of 1794 Jay Treaty Pinckney's Treaty Slave Trade Act of 1794 Residence Act Thanksgiving Proclamation Farewell Address State of the Union Address 1790 1791 1792 1793 1796 Cabinet Federal judicial appointments

Views and public image	Presidential library The Washington Papers Religious views Washington and slavery Town Destroyer Legacy

Life and homes	Early life Birthplace Ferry Farm boyhood home Mount Vernon Gristmill Woodlawn Plantation Samuel Osgood House, First Presidential Mansion Alexander Macomb House, Second Presidential Mansion President's House, Philadelphia Germantown White House Custis estate Potomac Company James River and Kanawha Canal Mountain Road Lottery Congressional Gold Medal Thanks of Congress President General, Society of the Cincinnati Washington College Washington and Lee University Electoral history of George Washington

Memorials and depictions	Washington, D.C. Washington state Washington Monument Mount Rushmore Washington's Birthday Purple Heart The Apotheosis of Washington George Washington (Houdon) George Washington (Ceracchi) Washington Crossing the Delaware Unfinished portrait Lansdowne portrait The Washington Family portrait Washington at Princeton painting George Washington University Washington University Washington Masonic National Memorial George Washington Memorial Parkway George Washington Bridge Washington and Jefferson National Forests Washington Monument, Baltimore Washington, D.C. statue List of monuments List of places U.S. Postage stamps Washington-Franklin Issues 1932 bicentennial Currency Washington quarter Washington dollar Cultural depictions George Washington (1984 miniseries 1986 sequel)

Related	Bibliography Founding Fathers of the United States Republicanism Federalist Party Federalist Era Virginia dynasty Coat of arms Cherry-tree anecdote River Farm Washington's Crossing 1751 Barbados trip Category Syng inkstand General of the Armies American Philosophical Society American Revolution patriots Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

Ancestry and family	Martha Washington (wife) John Parke Custis (stepson) George Washington Parke Custis (step-grandson, adopted son) Eleanor Parke Custis (step-granddaughter, adopted daughter) Augustine Washington (father) Mary Ball (mother) Lawrence Washington (half-brother) Augustine Washington Jr. (half-brother) Betty Washington Lewis (sister) Samuel Washington (brother) John A. Washington (brother) Charles Washington (brother) Lawrence Washington (grandfather) John Washington (great-grandfather) Bushrod Washington (nephew)

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The Washington family

First generation	Lawrence Washington (1602–1653)

Second generation	John Washington

Third generation	Lawrence Washington (1659–1698)

Fourth generation	Augustine Washington

Fifth generation	Lawrence Washington (1718–1752) Augustine Washington Jr. George Washington Betty Washington Lewis Samuel Washington John Augustine Washington Charles Washington William Washington

Sixth generation	Bushrod Washington George Steptoe Washington Lawrence Augustine Washington George William Washington

Seventh generation	John Thornton Augustine Washington George Corbin Washington

Eighth generation	Lawrence Berry Washington Lewis Washington Benjamin Franklin Washington William D. Washington Eugenia Washington

Related	Coat of arms

Washington family residences Abingdon Arlington House Beall-Air Blakeley Cedar Lawn Claymont Court Fairfield Ferry Farm George Washington Birthplace National Monument Happy Retreat Harewood Kenmore Mary Washington House Mount Vernon Richwood Hall Ridgedale Rising Sun Tavern River Farm Sulgrave Washington Old Hall

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