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Hannah Bushrod Washington (1778–1797)

Role

Hannah Bushrod Washington was a niece of Bushrod Washington.

Description

Hannah Bushrod Washington was born on 7 August 1798 at Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Virginia. She was the first child of William Augustine Washington and his first wife, Jane Washington. Hannah died in May 1797. 

Citations

Reginald Buchanan Henry, Genealogies of the Families of the Presidents (Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Company, 1935), 27. 

"From George Washington to John Augustine Washington, 23 September 1778," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-17-02-0104. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 17, 15 September–31 October 1778, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, pp. 110–112.]

Samuel K. Fore, "William Augustine Washington," Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington (George Washington's Mount Vernon). 

Hannah Bushrod Washington at Find a Grave.

Hannah Bushrod Washington at FamilySearch.