Mildred (Reade) Warner (1643 - aft. 1694)

Born 20 Oct 1643 in Williamsburg, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 4 Jan 1694 after age 50 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Great grandmother of Pres George Washington

Birth

Elizabeth (Martiau) Reade, wife of George, left her daughter, Mildred Warner, a ring in her will. The date of Mildred's birth is unknown, but probably about 1643.^[1]

The date 2 Oct 1643^{[citation needed]} is supported by several online indexes (ie. Family Data Collection, The Millennium File), but without evidence. Many of these list Mildred's birth at Warner Hall in Gloucester County, Virginia, but Warner Hall was the home of her husband, Augustine Warner. Elizabeth and George Reade lived in Williamsburg, Virginia, at the time of Mildred's birth.^[1]

Marriage

She married, about 1671, to Augustine Warner of Warner Hall.^[1]

Mildred and Augustine first lived in the same vicinity, Chesake, Gloucester County, Virginia, on the Pianketunk River. Here their daughter Elizabeth was born in 1672.^[1]After the death of Augustine's father, also Augustine, they inherited the Plantation and Warner Hall. Here they raised six known children. After the death of her husband, Mildred continued as mistress of Warner Hall during here widowhood of thirteen years. ^[1]

A large quantity of arms and ammunition, had been left at Warner Hall, probably from the period of Bacon's Rebellion. In 1684, the Virginia Burgesses asked the governor to appropriate these arms for public use. Col. Bacon (the rebel's uncle) and Maj. Lawrence Smith also had stockpiles in their possessions.^{[1] [2]}

Alternative Marriage date of 1665 at Warner Hall, Virginia^[3]

Death and Legacy

Mildred did leave a will, dated 4 Jan 1694.^[1]

Mildred's husband has a marked tomb in the family cemetery at Warner Hall, and Mildred's body undoubtedly rests there also. Time has left no stone to give us her birth and death dates. A new stone has been carved and placed on the likely grave of Mildred. While Find-A-Grave reports a date of death of 20 October 1686, there are no dates on this stone indicating that there are no accepted vital dates for Mildred.^[4]

Mildred was the 8-Great grandmother of Queens Elisabeth II through her daughter Mary (married John Smith) to the Bowes-Lyons family. She is also the great grandmother of President George Washington as her daughter Millicent married Lawrence Washington.^[5]

Children

• Augustine Warner born; born ye 17 of January 1666/7; died 17 March 1686/7. Had no issue.
• Robert Warner born say 1670; died about 1701
• George Warner born about 1674; died about 1704. No issue.
• Elizabeth Warner born 24th of November 1672; died 6 Feb 1619/20, inherited Warner Hall
• Mildred Warner married Lawrence Washington and was the grandmother of George Washington. She m. (2) George Gale, and she died in England in 1701.
• Mary Warner married John Smith of "Purtan"; died 13 Nov 1700.

Above are the only known children of Mildred and Augustine Warner. Some also include the children below, (sources are Ancestry Family Trees, Family Data Collection, etc.).^{[citation needed]}

• Mary E Warner
• Sarah Warner
• George Warner

Notes

Col George Reade and Elizabeth Martiau Reade had at least eight children, the oldest being their daughter Mildred, who married Col Augustine Warner, Junior.

Colonel Augustine Warner, Senior, was born November 28, 1610 and immigrated to Virginia as early as 1628 but before 1642. His coat of arms is of the Welsh family Warner. He is believed to have acquired the land where he built Warner Hall in 1635. He married a woman named Mary whose maiden name is not known. They had a son Augustine Warner Junior and a daughter Sarah.

Colonel Augustine Warner Senior's daughter Sarah married Lawrence Townley and is the great-great-great grandmother of General Robert E. Lee.

Augustine Warner, Junior, also known as Speaker Warner, inherited Warner Hall when his father died.He was Speaker of the Assembly / Burgess, and later was elevated to one of 12 members of the Governor's Council. He married Mildred Reade, daughter of Col George Reade and granddaughter of Nicholas Martiau. They had three sons and three daughters. Their three sons died without children, so Warner Hall transferred to their oldest daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Councilor John Lewis.

Elizabeth's younger sister Mildred Warner married Lawrence Washington. Their son Augustine Washington was the father of George Washington

Elizabeth's youngest sister Mary Warner married John Smith and is the 7x great-grandmother of Elizabeth, Queen of England and 8x great-grandmother of Charles, Prince of Wales.

Historic Cemetery there ? Councilor John, Elizabeth, her parents buried there. (photos)

Children include: John, Charles (of the Byrd), Robert (Robert of Belvoir)

Councilor John and Elizabeth's oldest son John II inherited Warner Hall. John II's oldest son, Warner Lewis, inherited Warner Hall. John II's third son, Fielding Lewis, was a great patriot in the revolution supplying many of the cannons to the General Washington's army, married George Washington's sister Betty and had his residence at Kenmore. The Kenmore estate is well preserved today, and is open to the public to visit.

There are many Vestry meeting notes in New Kent Parish mentioning Councilor John, and some of the meetings were held at his home Chemokens. Another prominent vestyman was Captain Nicholas Meriwether, whose daughter Jane married Councilor John's third son Robert.

Sorely Notes:

Speaker Warner married Mildred Reade. Their daughter Elizabeth was born 1672 at Chesake in Glocester County, before Speaker Warner moved to Warner Hall in 1674.

Speaker Warner died June 19, 1681 at age 39. A portrait of Speaker Warner hung in the library of William and Mary college in 1935.

Mildred Reade Warner died 1694. One son pre-deceased her. Two other sons died after her and did not have children, so Warner Hall reverted to eldest daughter Elizabeth upon death of last son.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Sorley, Merrow Egerton. Lewis of Warner Hall. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1979. Reprint of book originally published 1935.
2. ↑ Journals of the House of Burgesses 1659/60. H.R. McIlwaine (editor). Richmond, Va.: 1914.
3. ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), www.ancestry.com, Database online. Record for Augustine Warner.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 13 August 2017), memorial page for Mildred Reade Warner, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11596681/mildred-warner
5. ↑ Washington Family Register
6. ↑ http://www.warnerhall.com/words-from-our-innkeepers/portraits-of-the-warner-and-lewis-families/

See also:

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry Vol. IV. page 468
• Lyon Gardiner Tyler's Encyclopedia of Virginia Biographies, Augustine Warner Jr.
• Royal Lineage of Lady Mildred Reade at Ancestry, subscription required
• Ancestors of George Washington, Colonial families of America 1607-1775, Family search, Find a grave, ancestry.com