Thomas Porter (d. 1800)
Thomas Porter was a partner in an Alexandria, Virginia, merchandising firm. In 1788 he married Sarah (Sally) Ramsay (d. 1832), daughter of Alexandria co-founder William Ramsay. Porter was friends with a nephew of George Washington, and a contemporary referred to him as "a great favorite at Mount Vernon." He served on Alexandria’s Common Council and was a member of the Old Presbyterian Meeting House, where he is buried. Thomas Porter died from fever in 1800.
"From George Washington to Sarah and Thomas Porter, 18 May 1788," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-06-02-0250. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 6, 1 January 1788 – 23 September 1788, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1997, p. 284.]
"[Diary entry: 15 May 1785]," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-04-02-0002-0005-0…. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 4, 1 September 1784 – 30 June 1786, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, p. 139.]
"To George Washington from William Ramsay, 22 September 1756," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-03-02-0356. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 3, 16 April 1756–9 November 1756, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984, pp. 412–413.]
"From George Washington to Benjamin Lincoln, 5 February 1785," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-02-02-0232. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 2, 18 July 1784 – 18 May 1785, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, pp. 323–324.]
Donald C. Dahmann, A Presbyterian Walking Tour of Early Alexandria (Alexandria, VA: Old Presbyterian Meeting House, 2017).
Diane Riker, The Warehouses of Lower King Street (Alexandria, VA: Office of Historic Alexandria, 2009).
Thomas Porter (wedding) in U.S. Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704– 1930 (Ancestry.com).
Thomas Porter (obituary) in U.S. Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704– 1930 (Ancestry.com).
Thomas Porter at Find a Grave.
Thomas Porter at FamilySearch.