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Washington, Augustine (1780–1798)

Role

Augustine Washington was a nephew of Bushrod Washington.

Description

Augustine Washington, a grandnephew of George Washington, was born on 21 November 1780 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the second child and oldest son of William Augustine Washington and Jane Washington Washington. Augustine attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, before passing away on 9 February 1798.

Citations

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

"From George Washington to William Augustine Washington, 21 April 1795," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-18-02-0048. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 18, 1 April–30 September 1795, ed. Carol S. Ebel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, pp. 71–72.]

"To George Washington from Hannah Bushrod Washington, 15 October 1797," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-01-02-0365. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series, vol. 1, 4 March 1797 – 30 December 1797, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, pp. 409–410.]

Augustine Washington at Find a Grave.

Augustine Washington at FamilySearch.