Samuel Washington
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Samuel Washington (1734–1781) is a brother of United States President George Washington. He was born on November 16, 1734 at Pope's Creek, Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Virginia.
Samuel served numerous posts in Stafford County, Virginia including justice of the peace, county magistrate, county sheriff, militia officer, and parish vestryman. He resided at Mount Vernon from 1735 to 1738.
Samuel married five times and had seven children:
- Jane Champe
- Mildred Thornton (about 1741-1763) - possibly died during or shortly after childbirth. Her cousin, also named Mildred Thornton, married Samuel's younger brother Charles.
- Thornton Washington (1760–1787)
- Tristram Washington (born 1763)
- Lucy Chapman
- Anne Steptoe (1737–1777)
- Ferdinand Washington (1767–1788)
- George Steptoe Washington (1773–1808) - He married Lucy Payne, sister of Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison. His son Samuel Walter Washington (1799-1831) married Louisa Clemson, sister of Thomas Green Clemson.
- Lawrence Augustine Washington (1775–1824)
- Harriot Washington (1776–1822)
- Susannah Perrin
- John Perrin Washington (1781–1784)
