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Paternal Family Tree: Washington
On 1st February 1632 John Washington was born to Lawrence Washington (age 30) and Amphilis Twigden (age 23) at Purleigh, Essex.
On 21st January 1653 [his father] Lawrence Washington (age 51) died.
On 19th January 1654 [his mother] Amphilis Twigden (age 45) died at Tring, Hertfordshire [Map].
Around November 1658 or early 1659 John Washington (age 26) and Anne Pope (age 22) were married. Her father Colonel Nathaniel Pope (age 55) gave them a wedding gift of of 2.8 km2 on Mattox Creek as well as a loan of 80 pounds for startup expenses.
Around 1659 John Washington (age 26) purchased 0.4km2 on Bridge Creek near the confluence with the Potomac River, and settled there.
In October 1659 [his son] Lawrence Washington was born to John Washington (age 27) and [his wife] Anne Pope (age 23).
by 1668 John Washington (age 35) was growing tobacco, with holdings of 20 km2.
In September 1669 John Washington (age 37) and Anne Gerrard (age 39) were married. He would, seven years later, marry her sister Frances Gerard (age 39); an example of Married to Two Siblings.
On 26th September 1669 [his wife] Anne Pope (age 33) died at Westmoreland County. She was buried at Bridge Creek.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1675 [his wife] Anne Gerrard (age 44) died at Stafford.
On 20th March 1676 John Washington (age 44) and Frances Gerard (age 46) were married. She the sister of his first wife Anne Gerrard; an example of Married to Two Siblings.
On 16th September 1677 John Washington (age 45) died at Washington Parish. He was buried at Westmoreland County.
Around 1696 [his former wife] Frances Gerard (age 65) died at Westmoreland County.
[his father] Lawrence Washington and [his mother] Amphilis Twigden were married.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Washington
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Washington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lawrence Washington
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Washington
GrandFather: Lawrence Washington
Father: Lawrence Washington
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Butler
GrandMother: Margaret Butler
GrandFather: John Twigden
Mother: Amphilis Twigden
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Dickens
GrandMother: Anne Dickens