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Lucy Ann Payne Washington Todd (17691846)

Role

Lucy Payne Washington Todd was a debtor of Bushrod Washington, her second husband's Supreme Court colleague.

Description

Lucy Ann Payne, younger sister of Dolley Payne Todd Madison, was born on 20 November 1769 in Hanover County, Virginia. Following her Quaker father's manumission of his slaves, young Lucy and her family moved to Philadelphia. In 1793 she wed George Steptoe Washington, a nephew and ward of George Washington. The couple had six children (three of whom would reach adulthood) before Washington's death in 1809. Three years later, Lucy married U.S.

Citations

Dolley Payne Todd Madison to Lucy Payne Washington Todd, 4 March 1842, in Holly C. Shuman, ed., The Dolley Madison Digital Edition.

"Todd, Lucy Payne Washington," in Shuman, ed., The Dolley Madison Digital Edition.

Richmond Enquirer, 6 February 1846, page 4, column 7 (Newspapers.com).

Lucy Ann Payne Washington Todd at Find a Grave.

Lucy Ann Payne at FamilySearch.