Colonel John Washington, Sr. (1627-1677) - (Mark's G10 Grandfather) - Genealogy Record

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Col. John Washington - (Mark's G10 Grandfather)

Colonel John Washington, Sr. (1627-1677)

Spouse: Anne Pope (Washington) (1635-1668)
Children:

Son: Captain Lawrence Washington (09/01/1659 Est.-02/08/1697)
Daughter: Anne Washington (Wright) (09/01/1659 Est.-03/11/1695 Est.)
Son: Richard Robert Washington (09/05/1660-After 05/19/1725)
Son: John Washington, Jr. (Abt. 1661 - Bet. (1680 - 1753) Married Ann Wyckliffe (1661-?))
Son: Priscilla Washington (Abt, 1661 - ?) )

Parents

Father: Reverend Lawrence Washington (1602-01/01/1653 Est.)
Mother: Amphyllis Twigden (Washington) (Before 02/02/1600-01/01/1655 Est.)

Siblings

Brother: Laurence Washington (23 Jan 1633/34 - Abt. 1677)
Sister: Elizabeth Washington (? - ?)
Sister: Margaret Washington (? - ?)
Brother: William Washington (? - ?)
Sister: Martha Washington (? - ?)

John's Personal Information

Born in Purleigh, Essex, England in 1627

	Died in Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., Virginia (VA), USA in 1677 (Age 51)
	Cemetery: George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Colonial Beach, Westmoreland County, Virginia (VA), USA Popes Creek Plantation

Marriage to:
Anne Pope (Washington) (1635-1668) on Wednesday, December 1, 1658 (Age 32)
- in Westmoreland County, Virginia (VA), USA

Comments: Born around 1631 in England, John emigrated to the Virginia colonies in 1656. Tradition has it that John traveled to the colonies on a trading venture aboard the Seahorse of London. The idea was to trade European goods for tobacco. The ship, laden with tobacco, was sailing down the Potomac river when it struck an uncharted shoal. About that time, a storm came up and the ship was sunk, ruining the valuable cargo of tobacco.

The ship sank near The Cliffs, a plantation owned by Nathaniel Pope. Pope befriended the young Washington and, fortunately for John, had a marriageable daughter named Anne. John and Anne were married in 1658 and received a wedding gift of 700 acres on Mattox Creek from her father. John and Anne had five children together, two of whom died in childhood and whose names are unknown. After Anne's deathin 1668/9, John married twice more before his death in 1677. According to some sources, John may have been married before he emigrated to Virginia (before he married Anne) and may have had two children by her, both of whom died in infancy and before his marriage to Anne. No record is known to exist of this first marriage or when his first wife (if it was not Anne) died.

During his lifetime, he was active in local politics and served for a time in the Virginia House of Burgesses. He actively acquired land and, by the time of his death, owned more than 8,500 acres.

Col John may have been married up to 3 times previous to his marriage to Anne Pope. Marriage 1) Mary Ford (1634-?), 2) Anne Gerard (1642-?), 3) Margaret Hayward (1634-?) and 4) Ann Pope (1658-1668). Ann and John had up to 5 children together and no children were recorded with the other marriages.

A picture of John's grave marker can be seen at - Find a Grave Entry for John Washington

	Other Website Links: Holly N Ashby Hofmann's Rootsweb site and Bud Ensor's Rootsweb site
	Source: John Washington - Wikipedia and Descendants of John Washington's - PDF and Descendants of Richard Wright, Sr. of Rowan County, North Carolina by Herbert Arkin, Jr. and Find a Grave Entry for John Washington, Sr.
	Family Lines: John is listed in the following family line report: Washington

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