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George Washington

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George Washington

1st U.S. President

    John Washington

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    • 4th Generation — Great-grandfather of George Washington
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 8 
    • Birth Date:
    • ABT 1634 
    • Birth Location:
    • Purleigh, Essex, England 
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    • Death Date:
    • from 14 Aug 1677 to 26 Sep 1677 
    • Death Location:
    • Washington Parish, Westmoreland, Virginia 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • BEF Jan 1658 
    • Marriage Location:
    • prob. Westmoreland County, Virginia 
    • Notes: 

    • It is said that John Washington arrived in Virginia in 1658 in a ship owned by Edward Prescott and commanded by Captain John Greene. On the voyage, a passenger named Elizabeth Richardson was suspected of being a witch by Captain Greene and his sailors. She was hung and her body tossed into the sea. Washington later received a summons to appear in court as a witness to the execution.

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  • Sources for John Washington

    • 1 History of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration, Volume 3 , Washington, D.C.: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission (1932) , 582, Google Books (Digital Library).
    • 3 Fiske, John , Old Virginia and Her Neighbours , Cambridge: The Riverside Press (1902) , 31.
    • 4 Hoppin, Charles Arthur , The Washington Ancestry: and Records of the McClain, Johnson, and Forty Other Colonial Americ an Families , Greenfield, Ohio: Privately Printed (1932) , Vol. 1, pp. 340, 391, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
    • 5 Kennedy, Mary Selden , Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families, Volume 1 , New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Company (1911) , 344.
    • 6 King, George Harrison Sanford , Marriages of Richmond County, Virginia 1668-1853 , Fredericksburg, Virginia: G.H.S. King (1964) , 269.
    • 7 Ritchie, Anne Reed , Supplement - Corrections and Additions to Major Francis Wright and Ann Washington, with Allie d Families , Milwaukie, Oregon: A.R. Ritchie (c1979) , 80, FamilySearch.org (Online Database).