Samuel Washington

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Name Samuel Washington		Siblings George Washington

Role George Washington's brother Died 1781, Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States Children George Steptoe Washington, Thornton Washington Parents Augustine Washington, Mary Ball Washington Grandchildren John Thornton Augustine Washington Similar People George Washington, Augustine Washington, John Augustine Washington, Mary Ball Washington, Charles 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. 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.

Samuel Washington Samuel Washington Brother of George Washington Image court Flickr

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.

Samuel Washington Col Samuel Washington Bedinger Family History and Genealogy

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.

Marriages and children

Samuel married five times 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)

References

Samuel Washington Wikipedia

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