Samuel Washington 
Samuel was born on November 16th, 1734. Samuel's father was Augustine Washington and his mother was Mary Ball. His paternal grandfather was John Washington. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Charles, John Augustine, George, Elizabeth and Mildred. He had two half-brothers named Butler and Lawrence. He died at the age of 47 in 1781 in Berkley Co., VA.General Notes
Samuel Washington((4)) (Augustine((3)), Laurence((2)), John((1))), b. Nov. 10, 1734, third child of Mary Ball Washington; brother of George and Elizabeth, elder, and John Augustine, Charles, and Mildred, younger. Married, first, Jane Champe, who died s. p.; second, Mildred Thornton, daughter of Col. John Thornton, and had children; third, Lucy Chapman, daughter of Nathaniel Chapman, Esq.; fourth, Anne Steptoe, of "Homing Hall," widow of Willoughby Allerton and daughter of Col. James Steptoe and Elizabeth Eskridge, his wife.
Anthony Steptoe, the immigrant, b. 1653; located in Lancaster Co., about 1697. Capt. John Steptoe, son of Anthony, married Elizabeth Eustace, who d. 1702. They had issue:
I. William Steptoe. Married Ann, and had children, William and Mary.
II. John Steptoe. Married Joan Lawson, June 12, 1727.
III. Col. James Steptoe, vestryman Cople Parish. Married (1755) Elizabeth Eskridge, daughter of George Eskridge by whom he had two daughters: Elizabeth and Anne Eskridge. Elizabeth married, first, Philip Ludwell Lee; second, P. R. Fendall. Anne married, first, Willoughby Allerton; second, Samuel Washington.
Col. Samuel Washington married Anne Eskridge. They had issue:
I. Ferdinard Washington, b. Harewood, 1773.
II. George Steptoe Washington, b. Harewood, 1775.
III. Laurence Augustine Washington, Jr., b. Harewood, 1777.
IV. Harriet Parks Washington, b. Harewood, 1780.
George Steptoe Washington was a favorite of his uncle, Gen'l George Washington, and was at one time his secretary. He married, in 1796, Lucy Payne. Their children were:
I. George Washington, b. 1797.
II. Samuel Walter Washington, b. 1798.
III. William Temple Washington, b. 1800.
IV. George Steptoe Washington, b. 1806.
Col. James Steptoe Washington married, second, Miss Elizabeth Aylett, widow of Capt. William Aylett, and had four sons.
I. George Washington.
II. James Washington.
III. Thomas Washington.
IV. William Washington.
William Temple Washington married Margaret Calhoun Fletcher, daughter of Gen'l Thomas Fletcher, who served in the War of 1812 on the staff of General, afterwards President, Wm. Henry Harrison.
The ancestor of Gen'l Thomas Fletcher was the Count de Fletcher, who came to America with the Marquis de Lafayette and entered the Continental Army as a private, rising to the rank of captain.
William Temple Washington and Mary Calhoun Fletcher, his wife, had issue:
I. Eugenia Washington, b. in Jefferson Co., W. Va., about 1839; d. unmarried in Washington, D. C., Nov. 30, 1899.
II. Jane Washington (Mrs. Moncure), of Washington, D. C., was left at the death of her sister the sole remaining member of that immediate family.
Miss Eugenia Washington was one of the founders, and honorary vice-president of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She came to Washington, D. C., in 1867. She was buried at Fredericksburg, and her remains were escorted to the depot in Washington by the Daughters of the American Revolution, of which she was the first Registrar General.
Laurence Washington.
Laurence Washington((7)) (Laurence((6)), Robert((5)), Laurence((4)), John((3)), Robert((2)), John((1)), of Whitfield Co., Lancaster, 1450), brother of Col. John Washington, b. about 1635, Twig, Bedfordshire, England; baptized June 23, 1635. Emigrated to Virginia 1656 and died there 1677. Will dated September 27, 1675, probated Rappahannock Co., Jan. 6, 1677. He married, first, in Luton, England, Jan. 26, 1661, Mary Jones, who d. about 1663-5, daughter of Edmund Jones, of Luton, England.
The earliest land grant to Laurence Washington, the immigrant, was dated Sept. 27, 1667. He married second, in Virginia, 1667-'8, Joyce (familiarly called Jane) Fleming, daughter of widow of Capt. Alexander Fleming. In his will, Laurence calls her Jane.
Laurence Washington was a merchant, and had storehouses in England and in Virginia. He was a witness to the will of Col. Nathaniel Pope, May 16th, 1659. He married Mary Jones, at Luton, England, Jan. 21, 1661. There is on record in Westmoreland, a power of attorney from Gabriel Reve, of London, merchant, to Laurence Washington, of Luton, Co. Bedford, Merchant, to demand from the heirs, executors, and administrators of Col. Nathaniel Pope, late merchant of Virginia, deceased, all debts due from Pope to Reve, which power of attorney is dated Oct. 31, 1660, and was recorded Feby. 4, 1662. Laurence was certainly in Virginia, in February 1662, at the time the paper was recorded, and he probably brought his wife with him.
This record proves that Laurence Washington made frequent trips over the ocean to and from England during the first ten years of his residence in Virginia. The second wife of Laurence Washington was Joyce, in legal documents:
"Laurence Washington, of Rappahannock, and his wife, Joyce," conveyed "200 acres of land, Feb. 6, 1671-2, formerly the property of Alexander Fleming, and by Fleming, assigned to John Thomazine, and by the latter to Laurence Washington." Capt. Alexander Fleming was married twice. Records in Ellis Co. show that Alexander Fleming and wife, Ursula, made a deed August 19, 1660. His other wife, Joyce, by whom he had daughter Alexia, married Thomas Pace, and their daughter, Elizabeth, married Rowland Thornton.
In 1692, Thomas Pace, planter of Va., and wife Jane, of Rappahannock Co., and Rowland Thornton, planter, and his wife Elizabeth, one of the daughters of Alexander Fleming, made a deed to Francis Thornton, of Richmond Co., for 320 acres of land, being part of 960 acres given by Fleming to his wife, Joyce, and two daughters, which 320 acres came to Pace, with Alexia, his first wife. Joyce (Fleming) Washington, married, third, a man who squandered her patrimony, so that her son, John Washington, had not the value of £20 therefrom. By his first marriage, Laurence Washington had three daughters.
I. Mary Washington, bap. Dec. 22, 1663; named as heir to her father's English estate. She married Gibson, of Hawnes, Bedford, England.
II. The second daughter was married.
III. A daughter, died very young.
Laurence Washington by his second marriage had issue:
I. A daughter, died very young.
II. John Washington, born after 1667.
III. Ann Washington.
John((2)) Washington, Sr. (Laurence((1))), born after 1667; married Mary, daughter of Richard Townsend, who emigrated to Virginia, in 1637. Her sister, Frances, married Francis Dade, and had Cadwallader Dade.
John Washington, Sr., was so named in the will of his uncle, Col. John Washington, as his "nephew and godson." He is also named in the will of Laurence((2)), of that family, 1698, as "my cousin John Washington, Sr., of Stafford Co." This Washington being John, Sr., it follows that John Washington, son of Colonel John W., b. 1660, was dead in 1698. John Washington, Sr., son of Laurence, wrote to his sister in England, that he had three sons and one daughter, two of whom died before 1699. John Washington was Sheriff of Stafford Co., 1717-18.
John((2)) Washington, Sr., married Mary Townsend. They had issue:
I. Laurence((3)) Washington, b. 1692-3, d. before 1699.
II. A daughter, name not known; d. before 1699.
III. Henry((3)) Washington, b. 1695.
IV. Townsend((3)) Washington, b. 1705.
V. John((3)) Washington, said to have married Mary, and had Laurence.
Henry((3)) Washington (John((3)), Laurence((1))), b. 1695; d. Oct., 1747. Will dated Feb. 2, 1647; married Butler (or more probably Baily), of Stafford Co., Nov. 8, 1747. He was a Justice of Stafford Co., 1731-45. They had issue:
I. Laurence((4)) Washington, died before 1747; married Eliza, mentioned in grandfather's will.
II. John((4)) Washington.
III. Baily((4)) Washington.
His will names his trusty friends, Laurence Washington, Cadwallader Dade, and John Washington, Sr., and minor sons, John and Baily.
Townsend((3)) Washington (John((3)), Laurence((1))), of "Green Hill," b. Sept. 16, 1705; married, 1st Jan., 1727, Elizabeth Lund. Townsend Washington was appointed, in 1741, Inspector of "Boyds Hole," Va. They had issue:
I. Robert((4)) Washington.
II. Laurence((4)) Washington, Jr., died s. p., Nov., 1799. Will dated Nov. 5, 1799; probated in Fairfax Co., Dec. 16, 1799; married Catherine. Will names nephew, Haywood Foote, sole executor. Gives land to niece, Ann, wife of William Thompson, of Colchester, and her children, Robert Townsend Thompson, Elizabeth Lund Thompson and Catherine Foote Thompson.
III. Lund Washington((4)), of "Hayfield." He was placed in charge of Mt. Vernon by General Washington as his steward, when the General took command of the army in 1775. Washington's letters to his kinsman, some of which appear in Ford's "Writings of Washington," show the great confidence and affection he felt for him. It is not known that he left issue.
IV. Catherine Washington((4)). Married her cousin John((4)), son of Henry((3)) (1695-1747).
V. John Washington((4)), Captain Continental line, 4th Va., Reg., commissioned April, 1776. His name is not on the army roll after 1777. If he died in the service, his heirs would have been entitled to 4,000 acres of land which was allowed them Aug. 10, 1832. On May 10, 1838, warrants were issued to his heirs for 1,104 acres for a service of seven years and seven months (Cong. Rep. 1062, 1842, p. 36.) In 1832 two warrants for 666 1/3 acres each were issued to his heirs, Elizabeth Lund Thompson and Catherine Foote Thompson, and one for the same amount to Richard T. Thompson, and one for 2,000 acres to Lund Washington.
John Washington((4)) (Henry((3)), John((2)), Laurence((1))), of St. Paul's Parish, King George County, d. 1782; will dated Oct. 1, 1799, probated, King George Co., Sept. 5, 1782; married his cousin, Catherine Washington((4)), daughter of Townsend Washington, of "Green Hill," and Elizabeth Lund. He was a member of King George Co., Committee of Safety, 1774 to 1775, and of the House of Delegates, 1780. He was vestryman of his parish. His will names his brother, Baily, and his brother-in-law, Lund Washington, and makes his wife, Catherine, executrix. His children are given as named in the will. After devising land to Henry((5)), he divides the rest of his estate among the children:
I. Elizabeth Washington((5)).
II. Ann Washington((5)).
III. Henry Washington((5)) (eldest son). To him John willed "the land I live on."
Baily Washington((4)) (Henry((3)), John((2)), Laurence((1))), of Stafford Co., Gent., as in deed of 1784; b. about 1730 or 1733. Married at seventeen years of age, Catherine Starke, who was 26 years when she married him. Baily Washington, Sr., of Stafford Co., Gent., deeded, April 12, 1784, 500 acres of land, "on which I now live," to his son, Baily Washington, Jr. He was Justice for Stafford, in 1769.
They have issue:
I. William Washington((5)).
II. Baily Washington((5)).
III. John Washington((5)), b. May 25; baptized June 11, 1756.
IV. Elizabeth Washington((5)), b. March 16, 1758; married William Starke.
V. Mary Butler Washington((5)). Married Valentine Peyton, M. D.
VI. Henry Washington((5)), removed to Mississippi. It is said that the Hon. Henry S. Foote married his granddaughter, and had Mrs. Senator Stewart, of Nevada.
VII. Catherine Washington((5)).
Robert Washington((4)) (Townsend((3)), John((2)), Laurence((1))), of "Chotank," King George Co., Va.; born at "Green Hill," June 25, 1729, married, Dec. 16, 1753, Alice Strother. Robert Washington, Gent., and Catherine, his wife, conveyed, in 1777, the tract, 600 acres of land, on which Mrs. Elizabeth Washington, mother of Robert and Laurence, lived. General Washington, in his will, 1799, names "the acquaintances and friends of my juvenile years, Laurence and Robert Washington, of Chotank." Robert Washington married Ann Strother, and had issue:
I. Lund Washington((5)), merchant of Colchester, b. Mathias Point, King George Co., Sept. 26, 1767; married, first, Feb. 11, 1793, Susannah Monroe, daughter of Rev. Spencer Grayson, and had issue:
I. Susan Jean Washington((6)). Married, Dec. 3, 1815, Edward S. Lewis, of Washington, D. C.
II. Lund Washington((6)), Jr., b. 1793; died Aug. 24, 1840, aet. 56.
Grayson.
Benjamin Grayson immigrated to Virginia from Scotland, and became a merchant of Dumfries; married Susan Monroe, aunt of James Monroe, sixth President of the United States. They had one child, who became Rev. Spencer Grayson, graduate of Oxford University, England. Rev. Spencer Grayson inherited "Belle Air," on the Potomac. He went to England, studied theology, and was ordained by the Lord Bishop of London, May 29th, 1771; returned to America, and located in Virginia, where he preached.
Lund Washington, of Chotank, Sr., made on the 26, 27 and 28 Congresses, a claim for compensation for his son, Lund Washington, Jr., as clerk in the War Department. The amount due in 1817 was $200. The claim was approved June 19, 1844.
Lund Washington((5)), Sr., of Chotank, married, second, Miss Sarah Johnson, daughter of Capt. John Johnson, of Worcester Co., Maryland, and Susan Quinton, his wife, of Accomac. The Johnsons and Quintons were planters on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, in Colonial times. They had three children:
I. Peter George Washington((6)), a banker of New York City, and died there. He was born about 1823.
II. Col. Littleton Quinton Washington((6)), born in Washington, D. C., Nov. 3, 1825; never married, and died in Washington.
III. Mary Mason Washington((6)), b. Sept. 22, 1899; wife of Dr. Warrick Evans, of Washington, whom she married about 1850.
Col. Littleton Quinton Washington((6)) (Lund((5)), Robert((4)), Townsend((3)), John((2)), Laurence((1))), born in Washington, D. C., Nov. 3, 1825, of the famous Washington family, of Chotank, a collateral line with that of President George Washington. Col. L. Q. Washington was in the Confederate States service as Chief Clerk of the State Department, and acted as Assistant Secretary of State. After the war he adopted the press for his profession, occupying a seat in the press gallery of Congress, as correspondent of the Washington Intelligencer, London Telegraph, New Orleans Picayune, and other papers, in 1869. He lived with his brother-in-law, Dr. Warwick Evans, of Washington, D. C., for 55 years, except the time he was in the Confederacy. Shortly before his death, he told one of his nieces who were watching at his bedside, that he would choke to death, as his mother had done before him. A few minutes afterwards he died in a rigid convulsion of the throat.
He was a typical Southerner; his father, Mr. Lund Washington, Sr., of Chotank, King George Co., Va., was likewise a typical Southerner, a Virginian of the old school, named for his uncle, Mr. Lund Washington, of "Hayfield," the factor, kinsman, and confidential correspondent of President George Washington. An uncle of Col. Washington, when but 17 years of age, died on a British hospital ship, the Jersey, rather than take the oath of allegiance to the English government. Through his father, Col. Washington was related to the Masons of Gunston Hall, to the Stuart, Date, Foote, Strother, Lund, and Townsend families.
Ann Washington((5)), daughter of Robert((4)), and sister of Lund Washington, Sr., of Chotank, married William Thompson, of Colchester, and had issue:
I. Robert Thompson, d. in 1833.
II. Elizabeth Lund Thompson.
III. Catherine Foote Thompson.
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:
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