Mildred (Warner) Washington (1671 - 1701)

Born 1671 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Lawrence Washington — married about 1688 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia

Wife of George (Gayle) Gale — married 1700 in Somerset, Maryland

Descendants

Died 30 Jan 1701 at about age 30 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

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Biography

Grandmother of President George Washington

Mildred Warner, born 1671, in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, United States was the daughter of Augustine Warner of Gloucester Co., Virginia, Speaker of The Virginia House of Burgesses. She first married Captain Lawrence Washington, in 1688/9^[1], having three children from that union: John (the eldest), Augustine, the father of President George Washington, and daughter, Mildred. Upon Lawrence's death, in 1699, Mildred married Colonel George Gale, a merchant, in 1700, with the family relocating to Whitehaven, located on the west coast of England. It is said that on January 24, 1701,^[2] while nearing the end of her pregnancy and possibly acquiring a fever, Mildred made out her will. Then, on January 30,1701, after experiencing a difficult childbirth, she died, followed by the burial of her newly-born daughter, on May 26, 1701. Inasmuch as she died in Whitehaven, England, with a commemorative plaque placed on the wall at her Warner family ancestral cemetery, in Naxera, Gloucester County, stating that she was buried in St. Nicholas Churchyard, Whitehaven, England ^[3], she was, in fact, buried at the George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Colonial Beach, Westmoreland County, Virginia^[4] Initially, her husband, George, was given custody of her children, as stipulated in her will. However, after petitioning the courts, John Washington, Lawrence Washington's cousin, was eventually granted guardianship of her children, and subsequently, returned them to Virginia, in 1704.^[5][6]

"In connection with this the beginning of that war, may we not call to mind and proudly boast that the blood of a Gloucester woman, Mildred Warner, ^[7] courses through the veins of a grandchild, who was called to the command of the Continental armies, guided the destinies of that great struggle, secured the independence of the Colonies and gained for himself the imperishable title of "Father of his Country". "^[8]

U. S. Sons Of The American Revolution

SAR Membership: 40793 Name: Mildred Warner Spouse: Lawrence Washington Children: Augustine Washington ^[9]

SAR Membership: 80145 Name: Mildred Warner Spouse: Lawrence Washington Children: John Washington ^[10]

SAR Membership: 55283 Name: Mildred Warner Spouse: Lawrence Washington Children: Mildred Warner Washington ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Warner Hall - Story of a Great Plantation; David Brown and Thane Harpole; 2004; DATA Investigations L.L.C.; ISBN: 0-9763585-0-6; Preface II, and P 4
2. ↑ http://www.whitehavenandwesternlakeland.co.uk/people/mildredgale.htm
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 December 2020), memorial page for Mildred Warner Washington (1671–30 Jan 1701), Find A Grave: Memorial #21925, citing St. Nicholas Churchyard, Whitehaven, Copeland Borough, Cumbria, England ; Maintained by AJM (contributor 50539672) .
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21513/mildred-washington
5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200222125558/http://kenmore.org/genealogy/washington/lawrence_washington.html
6. ↑ http://www.whitehavenandwesternlakeland.co.uk/people/mildredgale.htm
7. ↑ Lawrence, eldest son of Col. John Washington the immigrant, married Mildred, daughter of Col Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade his wife (daughter of Col. George Reade, of the Virginia Council.) They had John, Augustine and Mildred. The inscription on John's tomb was given in the last number, Augustine married Jane Butler, the daughter of Caleb Butler of Westmoreland and had Butler, Lawrence, Augustine and Jane. Augustine married 2dly Mary Ball March 6, 1730 and had issue President George, Betty, Samuel, John Augustine, Charles and Mildred. See Sparks' Washington; vol. 1; p. 548
8. ↑ A Few Things about Our County"; Author: William B. Taliaferro; Source: The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jul., 1894), p. 22; Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture Stable URL: [1]
9. ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SARMemberApps&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn=mildred&gsln=warner&msbdy=1671&msbpn__ftp=virginia&msddy=1701&msdpn__ftp=england&_F0006399=40793&dbOnly=_F0006399|_F0006399_x&uidh=543&msddd=30&msddm=1&pcat=39&fh=1&h=495610&recoff=&ml_rpos=2
10. ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=835374&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2204
11. ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SARMemberApps&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn=mildred&gsln=warner&msbdy=1671&msbpn__ftp=virginia&msddy=1701&msdpn__ftp=england&_F0006399=40793&dbOnly=_F0006399|_F0006399_x&uidh=543&msddd=30&msddm=1&pcat=39&fh=4&h=1180736&recoff=&ml_rpos=5

• Mildred Gale (1671-1701) aka Mildred Warner, Mildred Washington

• The George Washington Foundation

• "The Ancestry of George Washington", by Sons of Liberty Chapter-Sons of the American Revolution

• Ingeborg Brigitte Gastel, Brigitte's page of U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents of royal descent, (https://web.archive.org/web/20031210204445/http://worldroots.clicktron.com/brigitte/royal/royal11.htm , 2001), "Electronic."

• Kinnexions web site, ancestor of both Griffith BOWEN and Margaret FLEMING, "Electronic."

• Family Genealogical Records. Nicolas Martiau Descendants Association.