Anne Lee

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20747086/anne-washington_lee

Burial not confirmed, but died here. She was an owner of Mt. Vernon and she and her 2nd husband George Lee leased Mt. Vernon to George Washington. George Washington inherited Mt. Vernon when Anne died. Anne's first Marriage was to Lawrence Washington the elder 1/2 Brother of George Washington. When Lawrence died in July 1752, Anne wasted no time and remarried into the Lee Family. She and George Lee married Dec. 16, 1752.

--------------------------------

• The Fairfaxes and George Washington
• Biography of Anne Fairfax

Anne Fairfax was born in 1728 in the West Indies and moved with her family to Marblehead, Massachusetts. where she was christened in 1730.

Anne married Lawrence WASHINGTON, son of Augustine WASHINGTON and Jane BUTLER, in July 1743 in Belvoir, Virginia. She was the daughter of Colonel William Fairfax of neighboring Belvoir, himself a land agent for his cousin, Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. The marriage of the 15-year old Anne to the newly returned 25-year old army veteran appears to have been prompted by Anne's disclosure to her parents that the family's minister, the Reverend Charles Green of Truro Parish, had taken opportunities with her.

Anne was a woman of charm, grace, and culture. She and Lawrence had several children (none of whom survived childhood):

• Jane (1744-1745)
• Fairfax (1747)
• Mildred (1748-1749)
• Sarah (1750-1754)

Sarah was her father's heir. Had she lived she would have inherited the property now known as Mount Vernon instead of her uncle George Washington.

Anne married second George LEE on 16 December 1752 in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Anne FAIRFAX died in 1761 in Virginia. She was buried in Burnt House Fields, Lee Family Estate, Coles Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Parents:

• William Fairfax (1691 - 1757)
• Sarah Walker (1695 - 1731)

Spouses:

• Lawrence Washington (1718 - 1752)
• George Lee (1714 - 1761)

Sources:

1. Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, non-profit organization founded in 1853 by Ann Pamela Cunningham.

Find A Grave Memorial # 20747086.

Notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fairfax

In the Bahamas, Fairfax married Sarah Walker (c. 1700 – January 21, 1731), the daughter of a former justice of the Vice admiralty court and acting deputy governor of the Bahamas. They had a son, George William Fairfax, followed by a daughter Anne (discussed below) and another daughter Sarah before Mrs. Sarah Fairfax died on January 21, 1731, in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

In June 1743, the eldest Fairfax daughter, Anne (then aged 15) was hastily married to Lawrence Washington.[5]

At age 25 in 1742, Washington had recently returned to Virginia from two years at war in the Caribbean. Washington was appointed Adjutant (commander) of the Virginia militia, at the colonial rank of major.

In the spring of 1743, the young Anne disclosed to her parents that she had been sexually molested by Charles Green, the Anglican priest of Truro Parish.[5]

Surviving court documents suggest Lawrence Washington may have been staying with the Fairfax family at Belvoir before the marriage, awaiting the completion of his new home at nearby Little Hunting Creek. Washington named his home Mount Vernon, to honor Admiral Edward Vernon, under whom he has served for two years as "Captain of the Soldiers acting as Marines" of the American Regiment, aboard the admiral's flagship HMS Princess Caroline (80 guns).[5]

In 1745 Washington took Green to court over his actions with Anne Fairfax; he and the senior Fairfax tried to have the priest deposed for the scandal, but were unsuccessful. Green rallied support in the county, and the trial was aborted.[5] Lawrence and Anne Washington had four children together. Only one, a daughter Sarah, survived to inherit that estate upon Lawrence's death in 1752. The widow remarried, to George Lee.[6]

References

• “George Washington's Family": Cousin of the Lords Fairfax.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Washington_(1718–1752). Lawrence Washington died of tuberculosis at his Mount Vernon home in July 1752. His widow Anne remarried into the Lee family shortly thereafter. Twenty-year-old George lived at, and managed, the Mount Vernon plantation. Upon the death of Lawrence's widow Anne, George Washington inherited the estate at Mount Vernon.