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Margaret (Butler) Washington (1568 - 1652)

Margaret Washington formerly Butler aka Butler
Born in Burbage, Wiltshire, Englandmap
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Wife of — married 3 Aug 1588 in Wicken Manor, Althorpe, Northamptonshire, Englandmap
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Died at about age 84 in Thrapston, Northamptonshire, Englandmap
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Biography

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Margaret (Butler) Washington was born in Wiltshire, England.

Margaret was the daughter of William Butler, son of John Butler of Aston-le-Walls, Northants and Margaret Greene, granddaughter of Sir John Butler and Margaret Sutton, Thomas Greene and Jane Thomson. Margaret was the spouse of Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave and Wicken. They were married at Aston-le-Walls on the 3rd of August 1588 and had eight sons and nine daughters.

Birth

Margaret Butler, eldest daughter and co-heiress. [1]
Date: EST 1570 based on marriage date

Marriage

3 Aug 1588
Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire
She married at Wicken Manor, Althorpe, Northants on 3 August 1588 Lawrence Washington, Gent., of Sulgrave and Wicken, Northamptonshire, son and heir of Robert Washington, Esq., of Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, by his 1st wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Walter Lyte, of Radway Grange, Warwickshire.
He was born about 1568.

Children

  1. Elizabeth Washington, (1589-1676) m. Francis Muse (Mewce?)
  2. Sir John Washington (1590-1668) m. Mary Curtis
  3. Sir William Washington (1594-1643)
  4. Rev. Lawrence Washington (1602-1652)
  5. Richard Washington
  6. Robert Washington
  7. Thomas Washington
  8. Gregory Washington
  9. George Washington
  10. Joan Washington, m. Francis Pill
  11. Margaret Washington, m. Robert Sandys, Knt., and Samuel Thornton, Esq.
  12. Alice Washington, m. Robert (Rev.) Sandys.
  13. Frances Washington, m. Robert Gargrave.
  14. Amy Washington, m. Philip Curtis, Gent.
  15. Lucy Washington
  16. Barbara Washington, m. Simon Butler, Gent.
  17. Jane Washington m. Richard Seymour, Gent.
In 1605 he sold the demesne lands of Sulgrave manor, Northamptonshire to Thomas Adkins, and, in 1610, with consent of his father, he sold the reversion of Sulgrave manor to Lawrence Makepeace. He subsequently leased the manor of Wicken, Northamptonshire from the Spencer family.
Lawrence Washington, Gent., died intestate at Wicken, Northamptonshire 13 Dec 1616, and was buried at St. Michael's, Brington, Northamptonshire.[1]

Death

16 Mar 1651/2
Margaret died 16 March 1651/2, and was buried at East Haddon, Northamptonshire. [1]

Research Notes

Contrary to other researchers, she was born in Burbage in Wiltshire, not Cuckfield in Sussex.[citation needed]

Ancestor of George Washington

Margaret Butler is the third great grandmother of US President George Washington.
She is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy.[1]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), volume IV, page 294 WASHINGTON 12.
  • Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
See also:

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

Margaret (Butler) Washington appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestors John Washington and Lawrence Washington to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. IV, pages 293-295 WASHINGTON). The trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of John Washington's profile.
  • Needs Development: This profile needs development against the project's checklist to bring it up to current project standards. ~ Thiessen-117 18:04, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".




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I have adopted this profile to facilitate a merge with a clear duplicate profile managed by the Magna Carta Project.
posted on Buttler-22 (merged) by Michael Cayley
Buttler-22 and Butler-274 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate
posted by Chris Weston
I have completed the merge. Thank you.
posted by Michael Cayley
looking at this profile for the Magna Carta Project.

A very well writ and orderly profile. added to the bio and sources. links in childrens section needed a bit of work. I do not see an Anne listed in the childrens section.

posted by Raymond Nichols DD
Margaret is the third great grandmother of George Washington George Washington 1732-1799
posted by Andrea (Stawski) Pack
Butler-8225 and Butler-274 appear to represent the same person because: The woman in both these profiles was born in the same place on the same date, has the same husband and father. There are also merges needed for the siblings.
posted by Michele Britton