Marriage and Family
He married Anne Pope in 1657.
They had three children together:
- Lawrence Washington, born 1659;
- John Washington II, born 1661; and
- Anne Washington, born 1662.
After Anne Pope's death, Washington married Anne Gerrard. She also died before him. For his third wife, he married her younger sister Frances Gerrard.
Washington and his first wife Anne are buried at what is now called the George Washington Birthplace National Monument in present-day Colonial Beach, Virginia. His vault is the largest in the small family burial plot.
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