by gwffoundation | Jan 25, 2017 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Lives & Legacies
Recently I was contemplating Augustine and Mary Washington’s family bible. Like many families at the time, the Washingtons recorded the births of their children on their bible’s end pages. As I casually perused the handwritten notes that I had read so many times, I...
by gwffoundation | Dec 15, 2016 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
Fielding Lewis was married twice. He and Catharine Washington, his first wife, had three children: John, Frances and Warner. Both Warner and Frances died leaving John as the sole heir from this first marriage. After Catharine’s death, Fielding married Betty...
by gwffoundation | Sep 9, 2016 | Lives & Legacies
Samuel Washington was born in Westmoreland County on November 16, 1734 at “…about 3 in the morning.” He was the third child and second oldest boy of Augustine and Mary Washington.[1] Aside from his relationship to his famous older brother, George Washington, there is...
by gwffoundation | Mar 17, 2016 | Lives & Legacies, Oral History Project
I love stories. I mostly love true stories but I also love those stories that may not actually be true but are perceived by many to be true. It is in those perceived truths that one can make discoveries about how people and societies see history. Likewise, studying...
by gwffoundation | Sep 18, 2015 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
George Washington Lewis was Fielding and Betty Lewis’s fourth son, being born on March 14, 1757. His birth came within months of the deaths of two of his older brothers – Augustine and Warner, ages 4 and 1 – and was a bright spot in dark days for his parents. He was...
