William Augustine Washington's father was Colonel John Augustine Washington, (1736-87) who was a large landowner and a member of the Virginia conventions of 1775 and 1776. He married in 1756, Hannah Bushrod (c1738-1801), daughter of Col. John (-1760), a burgess, 1746-56, and justice, and Jane Corbin Bushrod, of "Bushfield." At her father's death they inherited and lived at "Bushfield," on the Nomini, Westmoreland County. The handsome mansion at "Bushfield" was shelled and burned in the War of 1812. A new house was built on the site in 1917. Their six children were Mary (c1757-c62); Jane (1759-91) who married in 1777, her half first cousin Col. William Augustine Washington (1757-1810); Justice Bushrod (1762-1829); Lt. Corbin (1764-99); William Augustine (c1767-84); and Mildred C. Washington (c1769-c97).
See Albert Welles, The Pedigree and History of the Washington Family (New York, 1879), 167; John W. Wayland, The Washingtons and Their Homes (Genealogical Pub., 1944), 330; Stella Pickett Hardy, Colonial Families of the Southern States of America (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1958), 526-527; John B. Burke, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States (London, 1975), 55, 63; John Augustine Washington (1920-2020), Descendants of Rev. Lawrence (c1602-52/3) and Amphyllis Twigden Washington (-1655) Five Generation Chart (Chevy Chase, Md. 1982); Dr. Justin M. Glenn, The Washingtons, A Family History, Volume One, Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch (Savas Beatie, El Dorado Hills, Ca. 2014), I: 36-39; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 25.
William Augustine Washington's father was Colonel John Augustine Washington, (1736-87) who was a large landowner and a member of the Virginia conventions of 1775 and 1776. He married in 1756, Hannah Bushrod (c1738-1801), daughter of Col. John (-1760), a burgess, 1746-56, and justice, and Jane Corbin Bushrod, of "Bushfield." At her father's death they inherited and lived at "Bushfield," on the Nomini, Westmoreland County. The handsome mansion at "Bushfield" was shelled and burned in the War of 1812. A new house was built on the site in 1917. Their six children were Mary (c1757-c62); Jane (1759-91) who married in 1777, her half first cousin Col. William Augustine Washington (1757-1810); Justice Bushrod (1762-1829); Lt. Corbin (1764-99); William Augustine (c1767-84); and Mildred C. Washington (c1769-c97).
See Albert Welles, The Pedigree and History of the Washington Family (New York, 1879), 167; John W. Wayland, The Washingtons and Their Homes (Genealogical Pub., 1944), 330; Stella Pickett Hardy, Colonial Families of the Southern States of America (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1958), 526-527; John B. Burke, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States (London, 1975), 55, 63; John Augustine Washington (1920-2020), Descendants of Rev. Lawrence (c1602-52/3) and Amphyllis Twigden Washington (-1655) Five Generation Chart (Chevy Chase, Md. 1982); Dr. Justin M. Glenn, The Washingtons, A Family History, Volume One, Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch (Savas Beatie, El Dorado Hills, Ca. 2014), I: 36-39; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 25.
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