Complex sentence: Augustine Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on November 12,1694 to Lawrence Washington, a militia captain and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and Mildred Warner.
Split into simpler sentences: Augustine Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, on November 12,1694. He was the son of Capt. Lawrence Washington (1659-1698), a militia captain and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and Mildred Warner.