Mildred Warner is the grandmother of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Mildred married Lawrence Washington. It was from this marriage in which Augustine Washington, the father of George Washington, was born. After the death of Lawrence Washington, she married George Gale.
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Mildred Warner
Daughter of
Augustine Warner II
and
Mildred Reade
Married Lawrence Washington
Grandmother of General George Washington
Died at Whitehaven, England 1701
Her Body Rests in St. Nicholas Churchyard, Whitehaven, England
This Tablet Placed in Her Memory By the Pocahontas Chapter Virginia Society Daughters of The American Colonists 1960.∼Mildred Gale, née Warner, formerly Washington (1671 – 1701)
Grandmother of George Washington, first President of the United States of America.
Mildred Warner married Lawrence Washington in 1686, with whom she had three children John, Augustine (father of President Washington) and Mildred.
In 1700 widowed Mildred Washington married George Gale, who was part of a family of Whitehaven merchants trading with Virginia.
Mildred Gale made her will on 24th January 1701, before her baby Mildred's baptism on 25th Jan 1701.
Her Negro servant was baptized Jane on the 7th Jan 1701.
Mildred was buried on the 30th January 1701, her maid, Jane, on the 20th February and the baby Mildred on 26th May.
Mildred was buried in the grounds of the Chapel of St.Nicholas in the centre of Whitehaven.
The grave of Mildred Gale was probably destroyed by the re-arrangement of graves in the small churchyard.
Mildred's will was made January 24th, 1700-1, and it was proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Richmond (Copeland Deanery) the following March on the 18th. There she was described as wife of George Gale of Whitehaven, Cumberland, "being doubtful of the recovery of my present sickness;" she states that "by an Indenture of Marriage made and executed by and between John Washington one of the executors of my late husband's will of the one part, and my present husband George Gale with my own consent and approbation thereof of the other part bearing date 16 May in the present year 1700* I am empowered to demise by will or other instrument the estate and legacys of my late husband to the uses and purposes therein mentioned "
*N.B. May 16th preceded January 24th in 1700 because before 1752 new year's day was 25th March.
Mildred Warner is the grandmother of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Mildred married Lawrence Washington. It was from this marriage in which Augustine Washington, the father of George Washington, was born. After the death of Lawrence Washington, she married George Gale.
INSCRIPTION:
[Seal: National Daughters of the American Colonists]
Mildred Warner
Daughter of
Augustine Warner II
and
Mildred Reade
Married Lawrence Washington
Grandmother of General George Washington
Died at Whitehaven, England 1701
Her Body Rests in St. Nicholas Churchyard, Whitehaven, England
This Tablet Placed in Her Memory By the Pocahontas Chapter Virginia Society Daughters of The American Colonists 1960.∼Mildred Gale, née Warner, formerly Washington (1671 – 1701)
Grandmother of George Washington, first President of the United States of America.
Mildred Warner married Lawrence Washington in 1686, with whom she had three children John, Augustine (father of President Washington) and Mildred.
In 1700 widowed Mildred Washington married George Gale, who was part of a family of Whitehaven merchants trading with Virginia.
Mildred Gale made her will on 24th January 1701, before her baby Mildred's baptism on 25th Jan 1701.
Her Negro servant was baptized Jane on the 7th Jan 1701.
Mildred was buried on the 30th January 1701, her maid, Jane, on the 20th February and the baby Mildred on 26th May.
Mildred was buried in the grounds of the Chapel of St.Nicholas in the centre of Whitehaven.
The grave of Mildred Gale was probably destroyed by the re-arrangement of graves in the small churchyard.
Mildred's will was made January 24th, 1700-1, and it was proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Richmond (Copeland Deanery) the following March on the 18th. There she was described as wife of George Gale of Whitehaven, Cumberland, "being doubtful of the recovery of my present sickness;" she states that "by an Indenture of Marriage made and executed by and between John Washington one of the executors of my late husband's will of the one part, and my present husband George Gale with my own consent and approbation thereof of the other part bearing date 16 May in the present year 1700* I am empowered to demise by will or other instrument the estate and legacys of my late husband to the uses and purposes therein mentioned "
*N.B. May 16th preceded January 24th in 1700 because before 1752 new year's day was 25th March.
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