TWELFTH GENERATION


3204. John Washington Colonel was born about 1630 in Sulgrave Manor, , , England. He died in 1677 in , Stafford, Virginia. He was baptized into the LDS church on Aug 21 1877 in the St. George, Utah LDS temple. He was endowed on Aug 22 1877 in the St. George, Utah LDS temple. He was sealed to parents SUBMITTED. He has reference number 1G3Z-HV. GEN: !John is the great-grandfather of George Washington the first president of the
GEN: United States. He was a pioneer settler of the Northern Neck (the area between
GEN: the Potomac and the Rappahannock rivers). He established himself along the
GEN: lower Potomac in Westmoreland County about 1657. In 1674, John and Nicholas
GEN: Spencer were granted 5000 acres of land along the upper Potomac, between Dogue
GEN: and Little Hunting creeks, by Thomas, Lord Culpepper, proprietor of the
GEN: Northern Neck under dispensation of his patron, King Charles II. Part of this
GEN: plantation latter became Mount Vernon the home of George Washington.. He was married to Mary Ford on Oct 15 1658 in , Surry, Virginia. He was sealed to spouse on Oct 15 1658.

3205. Mary Ford was born about 1635 in , Surry, Virginia. She was baptized into the LDS church about 1635. She was endowed about 1635. She was sealed to parents on Apr 12 1654. Children were:

child i. Capt Lawrence Washington was born in Sep 1659. He died in Feb 1697/98.
child1602 ii. Richard Washington.

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