George Steptoe Washington
| George Steptoe Washington | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 17, 1771 Harewood, Berkeley County, Virginia, British America |
| Died | January 10, 1809 (aged 37) Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Planter, Militia officer |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Washington (1793-1809, his death) |
| Children | George Washington II Samuel Walter Washington William Temple Washington George Steptoe Washington II |
| Parent(s) |
Samuel Washington Anne Steptoe |
| Relatives |
George Washington and John Augustine Washington (uncles) Ferdinand Washington Frederick Augustus Washington Lucinda Washington Lawrence Augustine Washington Harriet Washington Thomas Washington (six full siblings and several half-siblings) Eugenia Washington (granddaughter) |
George Steptoe Washington (August 17, 1771 - January 10, 1809) was a planter, militia officer and nephew of the first President of the United States George Washington.
George Steptoe Washington was born August 17, 1771 at Harewood, his father's plantation in Berkeley County, Virginia (now Jefferson County in West Virginia) the fourth of seven children (but the eldest surviving son) born to Samuel Washington and his fourth wife, Anne Steptoe.
George Steptoe Washington was named for his uncle, President George Washington, while his middle name came from that of his mother's family. George had four brothers and two sisters (as well as several half-brothers and sisters):
After his father's death, he, along with brother Lawrence Augustine and sister Harriet, went to live with their uncle George Washington for a time. The future president paid for him and his brother to be educated at Georgetown academy, where according to historian Ron Chernow, "they were wild and uncontrollable and a constant trial to Washington".
George would, after his father's death in 1781, eventually inherit the plantation of Harewood, as well as other properties in what is now West Virginia. While, for a time, he would study law in Philadelphia with Edmund Randolph, the young George Steptoe Washington would serve as his uncle's secretary. The younger Washington was a source of some worry and much expense to his uncle (who supported him and his younger brother Lawrence, and paid for their education), who sent letters of encouragement and, occasionally of reproof.
While in Philadelphia in 1793, George, who was twenty-two years of age, eloped with Lucy Payne, a sister of future First Lady Dolley Madison. Lucy was only fifteen, and a member of the Society of Friends, who disowned her because of her marriage. The families reconciled, and later Lucy's mother Mary Coles Payne, would bring the younger Payne children to Harewood to live with the Washingtons. The parlor of Harewood was the site of the marriage of James Madison and Dolley Payne Todd in 1794.
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