Letter from Alexander Spotswood to William A. Washington, before 1802.
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Washington family
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Prominent Virginia families of Stafford and Spotsylvania counties. Augustine Washington (1694–1743) was a Virginia planter and the father of George Washington. He had a total of ten children by two wives. His son Augustine II (1720-1762) had four children but only one son, William Augustine (1759-1810). William Augustine had nine children, among them his eldest son Augustine (1780-1798); his sixth child, George Corbin Washington (1789-1854), was a Congressman from Maryl...
Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740
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Lieutenant governor of Virginia, 1710-1722; encouraged exploration of the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains; entrepreneur of iron industry. From the description of Proposals for leasing ironworks at Tuball, 1739. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135435 ...
Washington, George, 1732-1799
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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...
Spotswood, Alexander, approximately 1746-1818
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Alexander Spotswood was a Revolutionary War officer from Spotsylvania County, Va. From the guide to the Alexander Spotswood letter to Edmund Pendleton, 1775 November 16, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) William Augustin Washington was (1757-1810) was a nephew of George Washington, son of his half-brother Augustine. William A. Washington fought in the Revolutionary War rising to the rank of Brigadier General. After the war he lived in Wakef...
Washington, William Augustine, 1757-1810
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Nephew of George Washington. From the description of Ledger, 1782-1809. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122347780 The following biographical sketch is not meant to be exhaustive but merely a brief genealogical sketch of the main contributors/creators of this collection. A more definitive source on the Beverly genealogy can be found in the book, The Beverley family of Virginia; descendants of Major Robert Beverley, 1641-1687, and allied fami...
