Lawrence Washington (1659 - 1699) MP

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Birthplace: Bridge Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States
Death: Died in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
Occupation: Captain, High Sheriff of Virginia, Member of House of Burgeses, Father of President George Washington
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About Lawrence Washington

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Lawrence Washington (John , Lawrence ) was born in Sep 1659 in Westmoreland Co., VA. He died on 30 Mar 1699 in Westmoreland Co., VA.

Lawrence married Mildred Warner in 1689. Mildred was born in 1671. She died on 26 Mar 1701 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England.

They had the following children:

   + 	6 	M 	i 	Augustine Washington
   + 	7 	M 	ii 	John Washington
   + 	8 	F 	iii 	Mildred Washington

Major Lawrence Washington (1659-1698) was the grandfather of George Washington. Lawrence was born in 1659 at Bridges Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia on the Northern Neck. Lawrence married Mildred Warner, daughter of Augustine Warner II (ref: ext.link), around 1686 at Warner Hall in Gloucester County, Virginia.

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In the Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature 1450-1850 , University of London an anonymous work is conserved that bears the title:

   An abridgement of the laws in force and use in her Majesty's plantations, (viz) of Virginia, Jamaica, Barbados, Maryland, New England, Carolina & c. Digested under proper heads in the method of Mr Wingate, and Mr Washington's abridgements
   London, printed for John Nicholson 1704

In 1702 the lawyer George Eskridge represented George Gale, the stepfather of Lawrence's children, before the Westmoreland County court over the custodial claims by John Washington, Lawrence's executor. John's aim was to bring back the children, who were being educated at Appleby-in-Westmorland, near Mr Gale's homebase in Whitehaven.

A connection with Washington's abridgements can be situated in this circle. If Lawrence Washington collected notes on laws in force, as he was qualified to do as a court justice, sheriff and burgess for Westmoreland County in the Assembly at Jamestown, it is conceiveable that they ended up in the care of either George Gale or George Eskridge. They may well have been perceived to be of considerable importance for the use of the Whitehaven merchant-mariners for whom Mr Gale was the Virginian company agent. George Eskridge became the mentor of Mr Gale's stepson, Augustine Washington in Westmoreland County.

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http://www.sulgravemanor.org.uk/history/washington_family.htm

Lawrence Washington inherited Mattox Creek Farm from his father. In 1685 he was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and in about 1686 married Mildred, daughter and co-heiress of Colonel Augustine Warner, of Warner Hall. Lawrence made his will on 11th March 1698 and died soon after, leaving his wife with three children, John, who was nearly seven, Augustine, aged three, and Mildred, a baby.

Capt. Lawrence Washington was born September 1659 in Bridge Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia; and died February 1698 in Warner Hall, Gloucester County, Virginia. He married Mildred Warner (b. 1671 in Warner Hall), in 1690, from Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Mildred married (2) George Gale of Whitehaven, Cumberland, England. Mildred was the daughter of Augustine Warner, Jr. (1642-1681) of Warner Hall, Gloucester County, VA. and Mildred Reade, daughter of George Reade of Virginia and Elizabeth Martiau. Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade were both of Royal Descent, and relate to Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales.

The Lineage of George Washington

Written and researched by Margaret Odrowaz-Sypniewska

Mildred died in 1701. Lawrence Washington provided that upon the death of he and his wife, that his estate should be managed by his first cousin, John Washington of Chotank, which was located in Stafford County, Virginia (which is noe King's County). The courts relinquished custody of Augustine to his father's cousin. So Augustine's life changed and he left Appleby School in England, and returned to rural Virginia. He spent the rest of his childhood and teens at Chotank (as did his siblings). Then at age 21, he set off on his own.

-------------------- Birth: 1659 Death: 1697

Lawrence Washington is the grandfather of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Lawrence married Mildred Warner. It was from this marriage in which Augustine Washington, the father of George Washington, was born.


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Parents:
 John Washington (1627 - 1677)
 Ann Pope Washington (1635 - 1668)

Spouse:
 Mildred Warner Washington (1671 - 1701)*

Children:
 Mildred Washington (____ - 1696)*
 John Washington (1692 - 1746)*
 Augustine Washington (1694 - 1743)*
 Mildred Washington Gregory Willis (1696 - 1747)*
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Burial: George Washington Birthplace National Monument Colonial Beach Westmoreland County Virginia, USA Plot: Popes Creek Plantation


Maintained by: Find A Grave Record added: Apr 17, 2001 Find A Grave Memorial# 21512



      
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Capt. Lawrence Washington's Timeline

1659
September, 1659
Bridge Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States
1690
January 1, 1690
Age 30
Warner Hall, Gloucester County, Virginia
1692
November 12, 1692
Age 33
Bridges Creek, King George, Virginia, USA
1692
Age 32
1694
1694
Age 34
Westmoreland, USA
1696
1696
Age 36
Bridge's Creek, Westmoreland, VA
1697
March 11, 1697
Age 37
Stafford County, Virginia
1698
1698
Age 38
1699
March 30, 1699
Age 39
Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
March, 1699
Age 39
Bridges Creek Washington Family cemetery in Mount Vernon, Virginia