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Ann Ashton (Washington)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wakefield, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States
Death: June 03, 1777 (25)
Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Colonel Augustine Washington, II and Anne Washington
Wife of Burdett Ashton
Mother of Sarah Washington Fitzhugh
Sister of Lawrence Washington; Augustine Washington, III; Jane Augusta Thornton; Colonel William Augustine Washington, Sr.; George Washington and 1 other

Managed by: James Hutchison
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About Ann Ashton

4 children, 3 who died without marrying.



From Page 448 of “Ancestral Records and Portraits: A Compilation from the Archives ..., Volume 2” By Colonial Dames of America. Chapter I, Baltimore

The eldest son, Burdett Ashton, of Chestnut Hill, King George's County, born November 21, 1747, married December 19, 1768, Anne, the daughter of Augustine Washington II.; she was born April 2,1752. He was member of State Convention 1788, Delegate 1799 to 1800, etc. Issue: Charles Augustine, died 1800; Burdett, Sarah and Ann.”


From https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=I17655&t...

1799: Mentioned in will of George Washington: To William Augustine Washington, Elizabeth Spotswood, Jane Thornton, and the heirs of Ann Ashton; son, and daughters of my deceased brother Augustine Washington, I give and bequeath four parts; that is--one part to each of them.


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Ann Ashton's Timeline

1752
April 2, 1752
Wakefield, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States
1769
September 30, 1769
“Chestnut Hill”, King George County, Virginia, United States
1777
June 3, 1777
Age 25
Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States