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For the American football player, see Chuck Washington.
Charles Washington Born May 2, 1738
Hunting Creek, VirginiaDied September 16, 1799 (aged 61)
unknownSpouse Mildred Thornton Charles Washington (May 2, 1738 – September 16, 1799) was the youngest brother of United States President George Washington. He was a son of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington.
Charles was born at Hunting Creek in Stafford County (now Fairfax County) on May 2, 1738. He arrived in present Jefferson County, West Virginia between April and October 1780 and founded Charles Town. Charles married Mildred Thornton, daughter of Colonel Francis Thornton and Frances Gregory around 1761. Charles Washington served as a magistrate in Stafford County, Virginia before the Revolution. In 1766 with his brothers Samuel Washington and John Augustine Washington, he signed the Leetown Resolve to protest the British Stamp Act. During the Revolutionary War Charles Washington served as colonel of the Spotsylvania County, Virginia militia in 1780.[1]
The home of Charles Washington, Happy Retreat, was erected in 1780. In 1786, on 80 acres (320,000 m²) of his adjoining land, Charles laid out the streets of Charles Town, naming many of them after his brothers and one after his wife, Mildred. He donated the four corner lots at the intersection of George and Washington Streets for public buildings of the town and county, provided the town become the seat of the county upon its separation from Berkeley County. Jefferson County was formed in 1801 as Charles anticipated. The county court house stands on one of these lots, as did the jail until 1919 when it was demolished to be replaced by the post office.
Charles Washington died sometime between July and September, 1799, only a short while before the death of his brother, George. Charles' and his wife Mildred's grave sites near Evitts Run have recently been located and surrounded by a stone wall.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Charles Washington 16. Lawrence Washington 8. John Washington 17. Amphyllis Twigden 4. Lawrence Washington 18. Nathaniel Pope 9. Anne Pope 19. Lucy (Luce) Fox 2. Augustine Washington 20. Augustine Warner 10. Augustine Warner, Jr. 21. Mary Towneley 5. Mildred Warner 22. George Reade 11. Mildred Read 23. Elizabeth Martian (Martiau) 1. Charles Washington 24. William Ball 12. William Ball 25. Dorothy Tuttle 6. Joseph Ball 26. Thomas Atherold 13. Hannah Atherold 27. Mary Harvey 3. Mary Ball 28. Peter Montague 14. Peter Montague 29. Cicely Matthews 7. Mary Montague 30. Meindert Doodes 15. Mary Doodes 31.Mary Garrett (or Geret) References
The Washington family First generation Second generation Third generation Lawrence Washington (1659–1698)Fourth generation Fifth generation Lawrence Washington (1718–1752) • Augustine Washington, Jr. • George Washington • Betty Washington Lewis • Samuel Washington • John Augustine Washington • Charles WashingtonSixth generation Seventh generation John Thornton Augustine Washington • George Corbin WashingtonEighth generation Washington family residences: Abingdon • Arlington House • Beall-Air • Blakeley • Cedar Lawn • Claymont Court • Ferry Farm • George Washington Birthplace National Monument • Happy Retreat • Harewood • Kenmore • Mary Washington House • Mount Vernon • Richwood Hall • Ridgedale • Rising Sun Tavern • River Farm • Sulgrave • Washington Old HallCategories:- 1738 births
- 1799 deaths
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- American people of German descent
- American planters
- British North American Anglicans
- City founders
- George Washington
- People from Fairfax County, Virginia
- People from Jefferson County, West Virginia
- Siblings of Presidents of the United States
- Virginia colonial people
- Virginia militiamen in the American Revolution
- Washington family
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