Lawrence Washington (1718 - abt. 1752)

Born 1718 in Bridges Creek, Westmoreland, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Died about 22 Jul 1752 at about age 34 in Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Lawrence Washington is Notable.

Lawrence Washington was a half-sibling of George Washington^[1] through his father's first marriage to Jane Butler.

According to Wikipedia (although no sources cited), Lawrence was born in 1718 and died in 1752.^[2]

Lawrence is believed to have been born in 1718, the second child of Augustine Washington and Jane Butler (whose first-born son, Butler, died in infancy in 1716.) His birth is based on the documented fact that he was 34 when he died. His death is based on his will. The family was then living in Westmoreland County, Virginia, along the Potomac River. In 1729, Augustine took Lawrence and younger son Augustine, Jr., to England and enrolled them in the Appleby Grammar School in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria.^[3]

On 10 July 1740, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia William Gooch awarded the senior (of 4) Captain's Commission in one of Virginia's companies to Lawrence Washington: his Commission survives in the archives of the Mt. Vernon estate.

Lawrence and Anne had four children together, but none survived childhood; the first three died in infancy:^[3]

1. Jane, (27 Sep 1744 - Jan 1745)
2. Fairfax, (22 Aug 1747 - Oct 1747)
3. Mildred, (28 Sep 1748 - 1749)
4. Sarah Washington, (07 Nov 1750 - 1754)

Washington was married in July 1743 to Anne Fairfax (1728 – 1761), the eldest daughter of English-born Colonel William Fairfax of neighboring Belvoir, and his late wife Sarah (née Walker), born to a prominent family in the Bahamas, where Fairfax had been working when they married.

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.

Lawrence Washington (1718 - 26 July 1752): The older half-brother of George Washington. buried at Mount Vernon Estates, Virginia.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ BURKE'S Presidential Families of the United States of America.1st Ed.(London,Burke's Peerage Unlimited.MCMLXXV)
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Augustine Washington
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Wikipedia: Lawrence Washington
4. ↑ Mount Vernon.org: Burials at Mount Vernon: Lawrence Washington

See also:

• George Washington's Mount Vernon: Digital Encyclopedia: Lawrence Washington
• Ingeborg Brigitte Gastel, Brigitte's page of U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents of royal descent, (http://worldroots.clicktron.com/brigitte/royal/royal11.htm, 2001), "Electronic."
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 June 2020), memorial page for CPT Lawrence Washington (1718–26 Jul 1752), Find A Grave: Memorial #19374361, maintained by J B Williams & T Slaydon Williams (contributor 47696685); citing Mount Vernon Estate, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.