Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-25

pears, had been that his son Lawrence,
who had accepted q commission In the
British army, should have, as his home,
the property on the Potomac, in Fairfax
i county. afterwards called Mount Vernon,
and among the last affairs of business
that engaged his attention was the
| planning and creating Of a home where
the mansion of that name now stands
The son was married within less than
three months after mis- fathers death,
and with Anne Fairfax as his bride, be-
gan his brief and cfeckered residence in
that now most famous home
, William Augustine, the second son Of
Augustine Washington. became, by his
fathers will, the owner of Wakefield.
He reached his majority in 174l, and mar,
ried Miss Anne Aylett, whose father,
Captain William Aylett, Of the House of
Burgesses, from Wesrmoreland, died
about the time OF her marriage. leaving
her heiress to a valuable estate.
There is little room to doubt that the
Wakefield home now entered upon a most
interesting and attractive era in its history.
Mrs. Anne Washington, by virtue of her
natural and social relationships must
! have made the place. more than ever,
unpopular resort Her only full sister was
| married to William Booth, owner of the
| u1lS UIlCh ElNCltG 1u11SS tuClOWs.
| the Potomac, called Booths" Her half
sister, Mary, was soon married to Ph...p
| LudWell Lee, of Stra tford. and her ha.As
sister, Ann: became the wife of Richard
Henry Lee. Of Chantilly. Thus her. home
became closely linked in association and
| intimacy with the leading homes and
most popular families In the vicinity.
No record of the birth of the children
of Anne tAylett) Washington is known
| to survive. It is believed that the coming
Of most of them brought visitation Of
| bereavement and grief to Mrs. Washing
ton and her husband. General Washing.
| ton, In a clause in his will, referring to
Anne Aylett as. his brothers wife, says:
by whom he had many children. all of
whom died in their homage and infancy
except those named.'
The children Of W. A Washington and
| his wife Anne, born at Wakefield, and
surviving infancy. were three daughters
and son, the last of whom bore his
fathers name. The girls were Elizabeth,
Jane, and Anne the last Of whom was
born April q 1852.
] 1t was during the exciting and stormy
decade preceding the Revolution that
I these daughters of Wakefield bloomed
into womanhood, and went from the
! homes. 9I5sssss51
Elizabeth became the wife Of General
Alexander Spotswood. of the Revolut ton
ernor of that name. Jane married, as
| did many other women of the Washing
ton name, sutton named Thornton, and
Anne M became the. first wife of Burdett
! her illustrious uncle wrote, .she had one
or two children and died young.
MI Washington, the father of these
j ladies', Was long one of the IVestmore-
l. 1SnQ DurG6SSES. and n
during the struggle for independence,
the cause of the Colonists, He com
manded the Westmoreland militia. and
| bore the title Of General = The exact
date of his death an6 that of his wife
nave not ascertained. President WASH
a1gd n mas mas left It on record that lie
and was inferred in the family vault
His companion probably found a rest
| ing place for her remains in the same
| depository. s. 80.
pancy OF Wakefield BY William Angus
tine Washington, s his half other,
George. then youth Of twelve or thir.
| with him and to have attended a school!
| in the neighborhood. Here were princi-
| pally gathered the rudirnents of the
ads se Y foieat tSs
and later in higher spheres of action.
served him SO we'll.
| William A. Washington, the younger,
succeeded his father in the proprietor
III married Jane, the daughter Of his
half-uncle. John a. Washington. His
bride who had been Familiarity known
as.Mlss Jenny, was described by
| contemporary as "of sa1:guine coui1te-
nance. neat In her dress,sof an agreea Bic
size, and well proportioned,s and an easy.
winning behavior. Two sons-An ls.
these parents at Wakefield. III. SO, they.
| We're the last ofsthe name destined to
be sheltered In their native house. for
On Christmas night. 1850. the building
A small house that stood in the yard
an Office, perhaps-escaped the flames.
ana iell into gradual dscay, leaving
solitary, chimney; which stood Tor many
where the home had been. s
NJ; After the burning of Wakefield. Mr..
washington made his home on a neigh
oorlng. planta ton, where he erected a
Blenheln- Later, when peace had been
declared with Great Britain. he & erected
HAYWOOD. near the river. where heses-
tablished his residence.
AIRS. lane Washington died lin 1871 anu
Mr. Washington married Moliie. daugh-
ter Of the Hon. r.. IT. Lee. Mrs. Mollie
Lee Washington did not long survive her
marriage, and left no issue. Colonel
Mashington-for such was his titf-mar-
RED for the third time In 1879, Miss Sally
"a. and removed his family to Wash
father,in- law Colonel ! ohm yFayloe, he
erected the Kalamazoo mansion on the
heights of the city, which soon became
noted social resort and fas ht onable.
ing and commanding place insSthe early
annals of the capital city. Tha wife Of
Colonel Washington's last years, and
Pssopristrsss q this home was