• General Notes

  Alice Strother (November 30, 1732- December  , 1795) married on December 16, 1756, Robert Washington, Gentleman, ( January 25, 1730- circa 1800) of Woodstock, Saint Paul’s Parish, Stafford County, son of Townshend and Elizabeth (Lund) Washington of Green Hill, Saint Paul’s Parish. This couple had several children among whom was Lund Washington ( 1767-1853),  postmaster of Washington, D.C., to whom we are indebted for a most informative family manuscript written about 1848 in which he records many genealogical facts of several Stafford County families which would otherwise have been lost. He married first on February 11, 1793 Susanna Monroe Grayson ( May 29, 1768- April 20, 1822) , daughter of the Reverend Mr. Spence Grayson (1734-1798), and secondly on April 11, 1823, Sally Johnson ( October 9, 1797- August 15, 1871), daughter of John Johnson of Worchester County, Maryland.  Lund Washington left issue by both wives; he and some other members of his family are buried in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  
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  Strother. 
  The immigrant of this family was William Strother, who came to Virginia, in 1650, and settled in Cottenborne Parish, near the present Port Conway, King George Co. He was a prominent man in the Colony, and married Dorothy Savage. He died in 1702, and his will was probated, Nov. 4, 1702. 
  His son, William Strother, married Margaret Thornton, and they were parents of: 
  I. William Strother, married Watts. 
  II. Francis Strother, married Susannah Dabney. 
  III. Anthony Strother, married Mary Mann Fitzhugh. 
  IV. Alice Strother, married Robert Washington, of "Green Hill" and "Chotank," cousin of Gen'l George Washington. 
  
  
  Lieutenant Colonel William Washington((5)), U. S. A. (Baily((4)), Henry((3)), John((2)), Laurence((1))), born in Stafford Co., Va., Feb. 28, 1752; died in South Carolina, March 6, 1810; married, 1782, Jane Riley Elliott, b. March 14, 1763; d. Dec. 14th, 1830, daughter of Charles and Jane Elliott. Col. Washington received, Jan. 21, 1784, 7,000 acres of land, as Lieutenant Colonel, for three years' service, and on Nov. 2, 1824, 483 acres more, for five months' service. He removed to South Carolina after 1783, and lived at "Sandy Hill," the ancestral estate of his wife. They had issue: 
  I. William Washington((6)), b. 1785; d. at Charleston, South Carolina; married, 1830, Martha Blake, and had issue: 
  I. John Blake Washington((7)), living, in 1891. 
  II. Lieut. James E. MacPherson, C. S. A., b. 1836, merchant, educated University Virginia, 1854-6. Killed during the war, at the battle of "Cheat Mountain," July 25, 1861. 
  III. Margaret, married Thomas Pinkney Lowndes, and had issue: 
  I. Thomas Pinkney Lowndes, Jr., married Anna Frost (N. Eng. Cav. First Reg.). 
  Baily Washington((5)) (Baily((4)), Henry((3)), John((2)), Laurence((1))), b. Dec. 12, 1754, married Euphase Wallace, daughter of James and Elizabeth Wallace. She married, second, Daniel Carroll Brent. She was born 1765, d. March 28, 1845, age 81. Baily Washington was Delegate from Stafford Co., 1780-7. Mrs. Brent said Gen'l Washington visited them at their Stafford Co. residence, "Windsor Forest." They had issue: 
  I. Baily Washington((6)), M. D., U. S. A., b. 1787, Westmoreland Co., Va.; died in Washington, D. C., Aug. 4, 1854; age 67 years. Married Ann Matilda Lee, b. July 13, 1790; d. Dec. 20, 1880. 
  Bailey Washington was a surgeon, in U. S. N., July 24, 1813; was on the Enterprise when captured by the Boxer; was on Lake Erie, with Chauncey, Fleet Surgeon, under Commodore Rogers, Elliott and Patterson, in the Mediterranean. Served in the Mexican War, Senior Surgeon, U. S. N., in 1854. He left one son, three daughters, and grandchildren; died in South Carolina. 
  II. Col. John McRae Washington, U. S. N., b. 1793; was on the San Francisco, Dec. 25, 1853; graduated from West Point Academy, in 1817, third lieutenant, artillery, July 17, 1817; second lieutenant, March 30, 1818; first lieutenant, May 23, 1820; transferred to fourth artillery, June 1, 1821; captain, May 30, 1832; captain and assistant quarter-master, July 7, 1838, to Aug. 11, 1839; major third artillery, Feb. 16, 1847; brevetted captain for ten years' service, May 23, 1830; brevetted lieutenant-colonel, Feb. 23, 1847, for gallantry at Buena Vista. Military Governor of New Mexico, 1848-9; married Fannie, daughter of Jack McRae, Prince William Co., and had issue: 
  I. H. M. Washington, educated W. & M. Col., 1852-'3. 
  II. William Temple Washington. 
  III. Euphase Dandridge Washington, married William Starke. 
  The Strother family is of Scandinavian origin, and came to Britain with the Vikings. The name is found in Sweden and Denmark, at the present da
  A graveyard in "Planet," older than the Norman conquest, has in it tombstones inscribed to the Strothers buried there. The earliest form of the name seems to be "Straathor," which is decidedly Scandinavian, and in the graveyard mentioned, it is found in both forms. The coat-of-arms is as old as any in England, with the following description: 
  Sable, a bend argent three eagles displayed proper. Motto-"Prius mori quam faleri fidem." 
  Both in history and romance, the name frequently appears. In Chaucer we find mention of those who bore it. It is in the records of the Landed Gentry of Northumberland Co., England. It is found in Masicap Union with the proudest, and most influential families of Northern counties. 
  Allen del Strother, Lord of Lyham, 1352, during the reign of Edward III, was Sheriff of Northumberland, and was succeeded by his sons Allen and Henry. His daughter, Joanna, married John Copeland, who captured King David, at the battle of Nevill Cross. He was knighted therefor, and made Warden of Roseborough Castle. Allen del Strother was also warden of the Castle, 1368 to 1396, and was succeeded by Sir Thomas Percy. 
  William Strother, son of this Allen, died without issue, and his estates descended to his sister and their children. To the descendants of this branch of the family they still belong. 
  William del Strother, brother of Allen, was Mayor of Newcastle, in 1352, and subsequently represented that city in Parliament. The descendants of Henry Strother, grandson of Allen del Strother, and youngest son of Allen Strother, lived in Castle Strother, Glendale, in 1460. In 1639, William, son of William Strother, Gent., matriculated at Oxford. At this time the name was frequently found among linquists, jurists, and literateurs. In fact, in every generation and in all times and places, this family has been noted for bravery and loyalty to the cause espoused. Holders of high offices, in times of peace, they were specially noted for staunch adherence to their church, sacrificing property and position in its cause. 
  One of the family mottoes is, "Honesty, truth, fortitude." 
  William Strother((1)), the pioneer of the family in America, came to Virginia in 1650, and settled in Citterboone, or Cotterborne Parish, near the present Port Conway, King George Co. He was a man of great prominence in the community, and married Dorothy Savage. William Strother((1)) died 1702. Will probated, Nov. 4, 1702. 
  William Strother((2)), son of above, married Margaret Thornton. They had issue: 
  I. William Strother((3)), son of above, married Margaret Watts, and had thirteen daughters. 
  II. Francis Strother((3)). Married Susanna Dabney. 
  III. Anthony Strother((3)). Married Behethland Starke. 
  IV. John Strother((3)). Married Elizabeth Pendleton Hunter. 
  V. Benjamin Strother((3)), of Stafford. Married Miss Mary Mason Fitzhugh, sister of George Mason Fitzhugh, Their daughter, Alice Strother((4)), married Robert Washington, of Mathis Point, Dec. 16, 1756. He was a cousin of General George Washington, President U. S.; they were grandparents of: 
  I. Col. Peter G. Washington, assistant secretary of the treasury. 
  II. Col. L. Quinton Washington, Press Correspondent, Washington, D. C. 
  III. Mary Mason Washington, wife of Dr. Warwick Evans, Washingto
  I. Anthony Strother((3)), married Behethland Starke Anthony, was born 1710; died 1765. Behethland Starke was a descendant of Robert Behethland, who came to Virginia in 1607. This couple were ancestors of General David Hunter Strother, Major Beverley Randolph, Prof. Luigar Strother Randolph and Judge Philip William Strother. 
  Anthony((3)) and Behethland (Stark) Strother had issue: 
  I. Benjamin Strother((4)), married (1778) Kitty Price. 
  I. Francis Strother((3)), of St. Marks, married Susan Dabney. They had issue: 
  I. William Strother((4)), b. April 20, 1726; d. 1808, will probated in Woodford Co., Ky., Nov. 7, 1808. Married, first (after 1749 and prior to Feb., 1752) Sarah Bailey Pannill, daughter of Bailey of Nibrum, Middlesex Co., Va., and widow of William Pannill, whose will was dated Feb. 2, 1749; property appraised Oct. 22, 1750, division according to bequests awarded Nov. 21, 1751. Sarah Bailey Pannill died prior to 1774. William Strother married, second, Ann Kavanaugh, who survived him, in Woodford Co., Ky., 1808. 
  II. John Strother((4)). Married Mary Wade. 
  III. Anthony Strother((4)). Married Francis Eastham. 
  IV. Robert Strother((4)). 
  V. - Strother((4)). Married Mary Kennedy; they were great-grandparents of Col. William Preston Johnston. 
  VI. Susan Strother((4)). Married Thomas Gaines. 
  VII. Elizabeth Strother((4)). Married James Gaines. They were parents of Gen'l E. P. Gaines. 
  VIII. Mary Strother((4)). Married Detherage. 
  IX. Behethland Strother((4)). Married Covington. 
  X. Francis Strother((4)). Married Anne Graves. Their son, Francis Strother, removed to Wilkes Co., Ga. 
  William Strother((4)) married Sarah Bailey Pannill. They had issue: 
  I. Susannah Strother((5)). Married, first (1774), Capt. Moses Hawkins; second, Thomas Coleman, of Orange Co., Va.; later they moved to Woodford Co., Ky. 
  II. William Dabney Strother((5)), educated William and Mary; served in Revolutionary Army, as captain Second Ga. Regiment (roll Aug., 1778); killed in battle Guilford Courthouse. 
  III. Sarah Dabney Strother((5)), b. Dec. 11, 1760; d. Dec. 13, 1829. Married (Aug. 20, 1779) Col. Richard Taylor, son of Zachary Taylor and his wife Elizabeth Lee. 
  Col. Richard Taylor married Sarah Dabney Strother. They had issue: 
  I. Hancock Taylor. Married Annah Henby Lewis. They had a daughter, Mary Louise Taylor, whose line of descent is from genealogy: 
  I. William Strother((1)), pioneer. Married Dorothy Savage. 
  II. William Strother((2)). Married Margaret Thornton. 
  III. Francis Strother((3)). Married Susan Dabney. 
  IV. William Strother((4)). Married Sarah Bailey Pannill. 
  V. Sarah Dabney Strother((5)). Married Col. Richard Taylor. 
  VI. Hancock Taylor((6)). Married Annah Henby Lewis. 
  VII. Mary Louise Taylor((7)). 
  Jeremiah Strother((2)) married Eleanor -, lived in King George Co., later Culpeper Co. They had issue: 
  I. James Strother((6)). Married Margaret French. 
  II. William Strother((6)). 
  III. Francis Strother((6)). 
  IV. Laurence Strother((6)). 
  V. Jeremiah Strother((6)). 
  VI. Catherine Strother((6)). 
  VII. Christopher Strother((6)). 
  VIII. Elizabeth Strother((6)). 
  James Strother married Margaret French. They had issue: 
  I. French Strother((7)). Married Lucy Coleman. 
  II. Mary Strother((7)). Married George Gray. 
  III. James Strother((7)), d. 1765. 
  French Strother((7)) married Lucy Coleman. They had a son: 
  George French Strother((8)), whose son: 
  James French Strother((9)), whose son: 
  Judge Philip Williams Strother((10)), of Pearisburg, was a gallant soldier of the Confederate Army. He was dangerously wounded in the "Bloody Angle," Spottsylvania Courthouse, May 12, 1864. He served in both branches of the General Assembly of Virginia, declined three times nomination to Congress; twice elected Judge of Criminal and District Courts; member National Convention of 1892; elector at large 1896. Married Nannie Strother Pendleton, daughter of Col. A. G. Pendleton, descendant of Henry Pendleton and Mary Taylor, daughter of James Taylor, also of Francis Strother of St. Marks and his wife, Susan Dabney. 
  Sarah Bailey Pannill, by her first marriage with William Pannill, had six children: 
  I. William Morton Pannill, b. Oct. 30, 1783. Married Ann Morton, daughter of Jeremiah Morton, and his wife, Sarah Mallory. 
  II. Samuel Pannill. 
  III. John Pannill. 
  IV. Joseph Pannill. 
  V. Francis Pannill. 
  VI. David Pannill. 
  Through this marriage she was ancestor of Gen'l J. E. B. Stuart, uncle of Ada Stuart, who married John Bull Smith Dimitry, of New Orleans, fifth in descent from Edward Jaquelin, of Jamestown. 
  
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  Through her second marriage with William Strother, she was ancestor of Zachary Taylor, President of the United States. 
  William Strother((3)) married Margaret Watts; were ancestors of 
  I. Agatha Strother((4)). Married John Madison, member of the House of Burgesses from Augusta Co., Va. They had issue: 
  I. George Thomas Madison((5)). Married Susanna Henry, sister of Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia. 
  II. Roland Madison((5)). Married Anne, daughter of Gen'l Andrew Lewis. 
  III. James Madison((5)), bishop 1785, first president of Episcopal Church in Virginia. 
  IV. Margaret Madison((5)), b. 1765. Married Judge Samuel McDowell, of Bowling Green, Ky. (Paxton, p. 147, p. 68.) 
  II. Margaret Strother((4)), second daughter of Wm. Strother and Margaret Watts. Married Gabriel Jones, "The King's Attorney." Their daughter, Margaret Jones, married Col. John Harvie. Their daughter, Gabriella Jones Harvie, married Col. Thomas Mann Randolph. The son of Col. John Harvie, namely, Gen'l Jaquelin Harvie, married Mary Marshall, only daughter of Chief Justice Marshall. Margaret Strother((4)) and Gabriel Jones had a daughter, Elizabeth Jones, who married John Lewis, son of Col. Fielding Lewis and Betty Washington, sister of Gen'l George Washington. (See Vol. I, Chapter V.) 
  III. Anne Strother((4)), third daughter of Wm. Strother and Margaret Watts. Married Francis Tyler, and were parents of United States President, John Tyler. 
  Genealogy. 
  I. William Strother((1)). Married Dorothy Savage. 
  II. William Strother((2)). Married Margaret Thornton. 
  III. Anthony Strother((3)). Married Behethland Starke. 
  IV. Anthony Strother((4)). Married Elizabeth Kenyon. 
  V. Anthony Strother((5)). Married Elizabeth Newton. 
  VI. Elizabeth Strother((6)). Married James Duff. 
  VII. Frances Strother Duff((7)). Married Judge Daniel Smith. 
  VIII. Frances Evelyn Smith((8)). Married Andrew P. Beirne. 
  IX. Mary Frances Beirne((9)). Married James N. Kennie. 
  X. Antoinette Kennie((10)). Married Edward V. Harmon. 
  XI. Mary Benie Harmon((11)).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

Details of Alice's family with Robert Washington