Mildred Thornton Washington (1737–1804)
Mildred Thornton Washington was an aunt of Bushrod Washington.
Mildred Thornton was born on 22 June 1737 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. In 1757 she married Charles Washington (1738–1799), the youngest brother of George Washington. Mildred and Charles lived in Fredericksburg for some years before moving to Berkeley County (in present-day West Virginia), where the couple built a house they named Happy Retreat. Mildred Thornton Washington died on 28 October 1804, survived by three of her four children with Charles. In 1973 Happy Retreat was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
John W. Wayland, The Washingtons and Their Homes (Staunton, VA: McClure Printing Company, 1944), 153, 157.
Maral S. Kalbian and Dennis J. Pogue, "Phase 1 of a Historic Structure Report Happy Retreat Charles Town, West Virginia" (2017), Friends of Happy Retreat.
Reginald Buchanan Henry, Genealogies of the Families of the Presidents (Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Company, 1935), 83–85.
Mildred Thornton Washington at Find a Grave.
Mildred Thornton at FamilySearch.