Life History

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  Augustine, second son of Lawrence Washington and Mildred Warner; married for his second wife, Mary Ball; their oldest son was George Washington (President of the United States); their only daughter, Betty Washington, was the second wife of Colonel Fielding Lewis, by whom she had a numerous progeny, notable in themselves and their descendants.
  
  Mildred, the only daughter of Lawrence Washington and Mildred Warner, married, first, Roger Gregory, by whom she had three daughters, Mildred, Frances, and Elizabeth, who married three brothers, Colonel John, Colonel Francis, and Reuben Thornton; she married, secondly, Colonel Henry Willis, the founder of Fredericksburg, by whom she had a son, Colonel Lewis Willis, and a daughter, Anne, who married Duff Green.
  
  --  Peyton Neale Clarke, Old King William homes and families; an account of some of the old homesteads and families of King William County, Virginia, from its earliest settlement (Louisville: John P Morton And Company, 1897), p 75, https://archive.org/stream/oldkingwilliamho00clar/oldkingwilliamho00c
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  Francis Thornton, IV
  Birth 1737 Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
  Death 1795 (aged 57-58) Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
  Burial Thornton - Forbes - Washington Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia
  
  Many references list him as "Francis III", but he is the 4th Francis in direct descent from William "the Immigrant" Thornton. Will was proved April 8, 1795. "...to daughters Elizabeth Gregory Thornton, Mary Thornton and Dorothea Thornton £500 each in specie; to daughter Francs Buckner a mourning ring; daughter Mildred Washington Maury £100 in specie."
  
  Father Francis Thornton 1712-1749
  
  Spouse Ann Thompson Thornton 1744-1815
  
  Siblings:
  William Thornton 1742-1818 (m. 1775)
  John Thornton 1743-1822
  
  Children:
  Mildred Washington Thornton Maury 1761 - unknown
  Dorothea Thornton Washington 1778-1813
  
  Created by Chuck Thornton 18 Dec 2016
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 174142439, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174142439/francis-thornton
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Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. Archive.org