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| Wade, Miss | There were three Miss Wades who lived on a tract of land adjoining GW’s Mill farm—Valinda, Sarah, and Eleanor. These were the daughters of Valinda and Zephaniah Wade. In 1770, GW today completed a ... Read More | |||
| Wade, Valinda | Valinda Wade was married to Zephaniah Wade. After his death, she was living as widow with her three daughters on a tract of land adjoining Mount Vernon’s Mill farm. In 1761, she owed 12s. 9d. to GW ... Read More | |||
| Wagener, Peter | 1717 | 1774 | Peter Wagener (1717–1774) migrated to Virginia c.1738 from England and settled in Prince William County, where he practiced law and became county clerk (1742–1752). In 1752 he moved to the clerkship ... Read More | |
| Waite, William | c. 1787 | William Waite (died c.1787), a builder from Fauquier County, made repairs on GW’s chimneys in 1760. | ||
| Wake, John | In October 1754 GW purchased a slave "at Publick Sale" from John Wake (see Ledger A, 10). | |||
| Waldron, John | 1770 | John Waldron (d. 1770) was a watchmaker in Cornhill, London. In 1766, Waldron repaired a gold chain for GW and put a new gold case on his watch. In June 1766, GW gave Benjamin Sebastian, Jr., the ... Read More | ||
| Wales, Andrew | c. 1737 | 1799 | Andrew Watts Wales (c.1737–1799) was a brewer in Alexandria, Virginia. Wales owned a brewery and distillery on South Water Street and a tavern on Union Street in Alexandria. | |
| Walke, Anthony | 1692 | 1768 | Anthony Walke (1692–1768) and his son Anthony Walke, Jr. (1726–1782), were merchants in Norfolk who imported rum and sugar from the West Indies. | |
| Walker, Richard Burnet | Richard Burnet Walker, whose tenure at Mount Vernon began in 1783, was a “House keeper,” or steward. When hired to work at Mount Vernon in 1783, he went by the name of Richard Burnet. While it is ... Read More | |||
| Walker, Thomas | 1715 | 1794 | Dr. Thomas Walker (1715–1794), a physician, merchant, land speculator, experienced explorer, and storekeeper in Fredericksburg. Walker had extensive landholdings and business interests throughout ... Read More | |
| Ward, John | John Ward's wife, Mary, had done weaving for GW. | |||
| Washington, Augustine | 1720 | 1762 | Augustine (“Austin”) Washington (1720–1762) of Pope's Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia, was GW’s half brother. He was married to Ann Washington. | |
| Washington, Charles | 1738 | 1799 | Charles Washington (1738–1799) was GW's younger brother and a leading citizen of Fredericksburg, being both a vestryman of St. George's Parish and a Spotsylvania County justice. In 1757, ... Read More | |
| Washington, George Augustine | c. 1758 | 1793 | George Augustine Washington (c.1758–1793) was the oldest son of GW’s brother Charles. He served as a major in the Continental army and as Lafayette’s aide during the Revolution. In 1785 he married ... Read More | |
| Washington, George Steptoe | c. 1773 | 1809 | George Steptoe Washington (c.1773 - 1809) was the son of Samuel Washington and his fourth wife Anne Steptoe Washington, and the brother of Lawrence Augustine Washington. George Washington helped to ... Read More | |
| Washington, Harriot | 1776 | 1822 | Harriot (Harriet) Washington (1776–1822), GW’s niece, was the daughter of GW’s brother Samuel and his fourth wife, Ann Steptoe Washington. | |
| Washington, John | 1740 | 1777 | John Washington (1740–1777), the brother of Lund Washington, was resident overseer of the Dismal Swamp Land Company’s operations in the swamp. Before the Revolutionary War John Washington resided in ... Read More | |
| Washington, John Augustine | 1736 | 1787 | GW's younger brother John Augustine Washington (1736–1787), who lived at Bushfield in Westmoreland County, Virginia, had inherited land in Frederick County which lay near GW's Bullskin ... Read More | |
| Washington, Lawrence | c. 1718 | 1752 | Lawrence Washington (c.1718-1752) was GW's eldest living half brother, the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his first wife, Jane Butler Washington. He attended Appleby School in England ... Read More | |
| Washington, Lawrence Augustine | 1775 | 1824 | Lawrence Augustine Washington (1775–1824) was the son of Samuel Washington and his fourth wife Anne Steptoe Washington, and the brother of George Steptoe Washington. George Washington helped to care ... Read More | |
| Washington, Lund | 1737 | 1796 | Lund Washington (1737–1796), a distant cousin of GW, was the son of Townshend and Elizabeth Lund Washington, of the Chotank area, where GW spent part of his youth. Lund had managed the Ravensworth ... Read More | |
| Washington, Samuel | 1734 | 1781 | Samuel Washington (1734–1781), the eldest of GW’s three younger brothers, left Ferry Farm in the mid–1750s and settled on a 600–acre plantation in the Chotank district of Stafford County, Va., that ... Read More | |
| Washington, Samuel (c.1770-1831) | c. 1770 | 1831 | Samuel Washington (c.1770–1831) of Berkeley County, Va. (now W.Va.), was the son of GW’s brother Charles and his wife, Mildred Thornton Washington. He was the younger brother of George Augustine ... Read More | |
| Wathing, Edward | Edward Wathing (Wathen), a cobbler, lived near Mount Vernon. He occasionally made shoes for GW's slaves and in return had work done at GW's blacksmith shop. | |||
| Watson, Joseph | 1773 | Joseph Watson (d. 1773) in 1758–59 was a business partner of John Kirkpatrick in Alexandria, Virginia. | ||
| Watson, Josiah | Josiah Watson was an Englishman who settled in Alexandria, Virginia, about 1773 and established Josiah Watson & Company, tobacco agents. He was also a Fairfax County justice of the peace from ... Read More | |||
| Watts, Richard | Richard Watts was a tenant on GW's lands in Fauquier and Loudoun counties. | |||
| Welch, Wakelin | Wakelin Welch, Sr., was a London merchant and a business partner of Robert Cary, GW’s former London agent. After Cary’s death, Welch and his son Wakelin Welch, Jr., carried on the firm | |||
| West, Charles | Charles West operated an ordinary in Loudoun County, Virginia. | |||
| West, Hugh | c. 1755 | 1801 | GW employed West as a recording clerk under the direction of Tobias Lear. West remained in GW’s official household until 1792, when GW certified on 15 Aug. his sobriety, diligence, prudence, and ... Read More | |
| West, Thomas | Thomas West, son of Charles West of Loudoun County, rented two lots totaling 220 acres from GW on the borders of Loudoun and Fauquier counties, for £9 per year. | |||
| Whiting, Anthony | 1793 | Anthony Whiting, a native of England, was an overseer of two of GW's farms - Ferry and French's. See also: “Anthony Whiting.” The Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington. Accessed October 6, 2016. ... Read More | ||
| Whiting, Diana | William and Diana Whiting sold land to John Posey for GW for £75 in 1764, which was paid in three installments. The land was about 200 acre son the west bank of Dogue Run and previously belonged to ... Read More | |||
| Whiting, Francis | 1775 | Francis Whiting (d. 1775) rented a parcel of GW’s Bullskin land in Frederick County, Virginia, in 1773. | ||
| Whiting, Matthew | 1730 | 1810 | Matthew Whiting (d. 1810) lived at Snow Hill on Bull Run in Prince William County, Virginia. | |
| Whiting, William | William and Diana Whiting sold land to John Posey for GW for £75 in 1764, which was paid in three installments. The land was about 200 acres on the west bank of Dogue Run and previously belonged to ... Read More | |||
| Wilkenson, Thomas | ||||
| Williams, Edward | Edward Williams had been a tenant on the Clifton's Neck land at Mount Vernon since GW bought it from William Clifton in 1760. | |||
| Williams, John | John Williams was a tenant on GW's land in Frederick County, Virginia. | |||
| Williams, Thomas | ||||
| Williams, Thomas (cooper) | Thomas Williams was a cooper. | |||
| Williams, Thomas (harvester) | Thomas Williams was retained by GW as a harvester. | |||
| Williams, William | William Williams rented a farm on Mount Vernon lands. | |||
| Williamson, Benjamin | In 1756 Benjamin Williamson rented a farm from GW near Mount Vernon on Little Hunting Creek. During the next four years he slowly slipped behind in his rent. The rental was not renewed for 1760, and ... Read More | |||
| Wilson, Mary | On 17 Dec. 1768 GW wrote in his diary: “Mary Wilson came to live here as a Ho. keeper a[t] 15/. pr. Month” (Diaries, 2:115). Mrs. Wilson was probably a replacement for Rachel McKeaver. | |||
| Wilson, William | c. 1823 | William Wilson (died c.1823) was a native of Scotland. He came to the United States around 1777 and, with his brother James (1767–1805), was a partner in a merchant and shipping firm in Alexandria, ... Read More | ||
| Windsor (Winsor, Winzor), Joseph | Joseph Windsor (Winsor, Winzor) held a 14–year lease, running from 1 Jan. 1785, to 172 acres belonging to GW in Frederick County, Virginia. The land was part of about five hundred and sixty acres GW ... Read More | |||
| Winter, John | John Winter was a painter. GW wrote at the end of John Winter’s personal account in Ledger A, page 54, “Jno. Winter before he had near finishd Painting my House Stole a good deal of my Paint & ... Read More | |||
| Wise, Peter | ||||
| Woelpper (Wilper), John David | 1709 | John David Woelpper (Wilper) was born in Germany in 1709 and had settled in Staunton, Va., by 1751. In recommending him for a captaincy in 1776, GW noted his personal acquaintance with Woelpper, whom ... Read More |
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