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Richard Washington

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Prince George, Surry County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: November 09, 1724 (64)
Surry County, Virginia, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Surry, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John L Washington, Jr., The Immigrant and Mary Briggs
Husband of Elizabeth Washington
Father of Elizabeth Lanier; George Washington; Richard Henry Washington; Thomas Washington; John Washington, Sr. and 13 others
Half brother of Thomas Blunt, of Southwark Parish; Marie Hamlin; Capt. Henry Briggs; George Briggs; Samuel James Briggs and 1 other

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About Richard Washington

Son of John Washington (1623-1660) & Mary Fludd (her 3rd marriage of 4). Married Elizabeth Jordan. Not a direct line to President Washington. https://history.loftinnc.com/Washington_Richard_1660.htm

family

Richard Washington lived and died in Surry County, Virginia. In 1681, he married Elisabeth Jordan (1663-1735), daughter of Arthur Jordan and Elizabeth Bavin. They had seven sons: George, Richard, Joh, William, Thomas, James and Arthur, and five daughters:Elizabeth, who married Sampson Lanier, and Friscilla who married Robert Lanier (Ancestor of the Poet, Sidney Lanier), Ann who married John Stevens, Faith who married Josiah Barker, and Mary who married Robert Hart. Richard Washington's will, dated November 9, 1724, probated May 19, 1725, is on file in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at Surry, Surry County, Virginia.


biographical notes

  1. DARDEN FAMILY HISTORY Newton Jasper Darden 1957

p 104 Richard Washington was a man of some prominence in Surry County, Virginia. He secured several land grants totaling thousands of acres and the records show numerous transactions. his wife was a niece of Col. George Jordan who became the Attorney General of Colonial Virginia. ...His residence was about 3 miles below modern Claremont and about 9 miles above Jamestown.

The will of Richard Washington is dated November 9, 1724, and was probated by order of the court May 17, 1725. This shows that he died between these dates. (Wills and Deeds 1715-1830, Part 2, 583, Surry Co.)

See Source 4

  1. Note: Source 1 Author: Ronald Baril Publication: rootsweb.com, 1 Aug 2004
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Richard Washington's Timeline

1660
September 5, 1660
Prince George, Surry County, Virginia, Colonial America
1677
1677
Ardwick Le Street, , York, England
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1684
Prince George, Prince George County, Virginia, USA
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Prince George County, Virginia
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1685
Surry, Surry County, Virginia
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1686
1687
1687
Surry County, Virginia
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1688
Prince George, Virginia, British Colonial America
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Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America