Samuel Washington child George Steptoe Washington
Personal life
Samuel married five times, surviving four wives, and had nine children who reached adulthood.  His first marriage around 1754 was to Jane Champe (1724–1755).  About two years later, in 1756, after his first wife's death, Washington married his second wife (and first cousin) Mildred Thornton (c. 1741–c. 1762).  She likewise died during or shortly after childbirth, possibly tuberculosis contracted from her husband progressed rapidly after the births. Her cousin, also named Mildred Thornton, married Samuel's younger brother Charles. Together, Mildred and Samuel were the parents of:
Thornton George Washington (1760–1787), who married twice.
Tristram Washington (c. 1762), who died young.After Mildred's death, Washington married for the third time to Lucy Chapman (1743–1763), who also died during childbirth with:
Infant Washington (1762–1762)His fourth marriage, in 1764, was to a widow, Anne Steptoe (1737–1777), widow of Willoughby Allerton. This marriage produced four children before she died of complications following a smallpox inoculation during a Berkeley county epidemic during the Revolutionary War, including:
Ferdinand Steptoe Washington (1767–1788), who died of consumption in Lancaster County.
George Steptoe Washington (1773–1809), who married Lucy Payne, sister of Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison.
Lawrence Augustine Washington (1775–1824), who married Mary Dorcas Wood.
Harriot Washington (1776–1822), who married Andrew Parks of Fredericksburg.His fifth and final marriage was in 1778 to another widow, Susannah Perrin Holden (1753–1783). Together, Susannah and Samuel were the parents of:
John Perrin Washington (1781–1784), who died young.
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