Augustine Washington Jr.

Augustine Washington Jr. (1720 – May 1762) was an American planter, military officer and politician best known for being the half-brother of George Washington.

Early life A member of the Washington family. He was the third and youngest son of Augustine Washington (1694–1743) and, his first wife, Jane Butler (1699–1729). From his parents' marriage, he had an elder brother, Lawrence Washington. After his mother's death in 1729, his father married Mary Ball. From this marriage, he had several younger half-siblings, including George Washington, Elizabeth Washington, Samuel Washington, John Augustine Washington, and Charles Washington.

His paternal grandparents were Lawrence Washington and Mildred Warner (the daughter of Augustine Warner Jr.). After his grandfather's death in 1698, his grandmother remarried to George Gale of Whitehaven, England, a prominent merchant who helped forge trade links between Whitehaven, England and Virginia. His mother, Jane Butler, had inherited about from her father, Caleb Butler. He also was a member of the Ohio Company.

Personal life In 1743 at "Nominy Plantation," Washington was married to Anne Aylett (1724–1774), the daughter and co-heiress of William Aylett of Westmoreland County, Virginia, and Anne Hardridge ( Ashton) Aylett. Anne "Nancy" Washington (1752–1777), who married Burdett Ashton, a member of the Virginia Ratifying Convention and House of Delegates who was a son of Charles Ashton and Sarah Butler, in 1768. Jane Augusta Washington (1756–1833), who married her second cousin Col. John Thornton, a son of Col. Francis Thornton III and Frances Gregory, in 1784. William Augustine Washington (1757–1810), who would follow in his father's footsteps as a planter and represented Westmoreland County in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1788; he married his cousin Jane "Jenny" Washington, a daughter of John Augustine Washington, in 1777. After her death in 1791, he married Mary Lee, the daughter of Richard Henry Lee. After her death in 1795, he married Sarah Tayloe, a daughter of John Tayloe II of Mount Airy, in 1799.

Washington died at Wakefield plantation, Westmoreland County in May 1762 and was buried at Popes Creek.