Lawrence Augustine Washington (April 11, 1774 – February 15, 1824) was a nephew of
United States President
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George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
and son of
Samuel Washington
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bi ...
and his fourth wife, Anne Steptoe.
Lawrence was born at
Harewood in what is now
Jefferson County, West Virginia
Jefferson County is located in the Shenandoah Valley in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. It is the easternmost county of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,701. Its county seat is Charles Town ...
in 1774. After his father's death, he, along with his brother
George Steptoe and sister
Harriot, went to live with their uncle
George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
for a time. The future president paid for him and his brother to be educated at Georgetown academy, where according to historian
Ron Chernow
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He won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the 2011 American History Book Prize for his ...
, "they were wild and uncontrollable and a constant trial to Washington".
Lawrence Augustine married Mary Dorcas Wood on November 6, 1797 in
Winchester, Virginia
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. Together, the couple had four children. It is through his son, Dr. Lawrence Augustine Washington, that a direct Washington family lineage exists today.
Children
#George Samuel Washington
#Emma Tell Washington (1812-1838)
#Lawrence Augustine Washington (1813-1882)
#Mary Dorcas Washington (1817-1861)
See also
*
List of George Washington articles
The following is a list of articles about (and largely involving) George Washington.
Ancestry and childhood
* Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington – father and mother of George Washington
* Lawrence Washington (1718–1752) – ...
References
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1774 births
1824 deaths
18th-century American Episcopalians
19th-century American Episcopalians
American planters
People from Charles Town, West Virginia
Lawrence Augustine