Biography

Anne Washington was born ca 1662 in Bridge’s Creek, Westmoreland County, VA, daughter of Col. John Washington and Anne Pope. She died before the date of the will of her brother Capt. Lawrence Washington, which was March 11, 1697, at Great House Point, Westmoreland Co., VA.

In 1682 she married Maj. Francis Wright (1656/Aug 1660 Northumberland Co, VA; died 17/23 Jun 1713, Westmoreland County, VA.) He was the son of Richard Wright and Ann Mottram.

Francis Wright and Anne Washington had one known child:

1. John Wright, born 1685 in Westmorland County, Virginia, died 1729 in Prince William County. Married Dorothy (unknown). Their son was Francis Wright (c1704-42).

Francis Wright married again to Martha Cox. Their children were Richard Wright and Ann Wright.

Charles Hoppins’ account of Maj. Wright starts: "Mr. Francis Wright, gentleman, captain, major, surveyor, attorney, sheriff, and justice of Westmoreland County, is abundantly of record as having increased the excellence of the social position and material independence of his father, Captain Richard Wright...”

“The long intimate friendship between the Wrights and Washington’s suffered a mutual loss in the death of Capt. Lawrence Washington in March, 1698, whose will, naming his deceased sister Anne and her husband Francis Wright, conveys an esteemed impression of the social and intellectual position and material independence of these allied families. The Washington’s at this time resided along Pope's and Mattox (Appomattox) creeks in the northern part of Westmoreland near where the national memorial to the family:

Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds & Wills No. 2 pg. 133, etc: "Item I give and bequeath to my sister Anne Wright's children, one man Servant a piece of four or five years to serve or Three Thousand pounds of Tobacco to purchase the same, to be delivered or paid to them when they arrive to the age of twenty years old Item I give that land which I bought of my Brother Francis Wright, being 200 acres lying near Storke's Quarter, to my son John Washington (etc) 11th day of March, 1697-8."

"The Pulpett cloth of velvet bequeathed to Appomattox church by Lawrence Washington was stolen in 1715 and made into breeches, as was related in full by the present author in the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. XXVII, No. 1.

Anne (Washington) Wright had died before the date of his will, March 11, 1697-8, hence no bequest to her, and hence the reference of the testator to being buried by the side of my Father and Mother & neare my Brother and Sisters, in the family burying ground on the original Washington estate near Pope's Creek in Washington parish, Westmoreland, where now stands the tall granite shaft erected by an act of Congress.

The death of Anne (Washington)Wright, when aged under thirty-eight, is also established the deed of sale, executed by her only son John Wright and his father, of land she had inherited from her father Col. John Washington, viz: (Montross, Westmoreland county, Virginia. Book entitled Deeds & Wills No. 4 Page. 175).

Daughter, Anne, supposed to be Francis Wright’s daughter by his second wife, Martha Cox, whom he married about 1709. I have also seen another son, Richard, but haven’t studied this carefully.

Anne Wright was the daughter of Col. John Washington and Ann Pope Washington. Anne married Francis Wright about 1682 in Virginia. She died before the date of the will of her brother Capt. Lawrence Washington, which was March 11, 1697.

GEDCOM Note

[g675.ftw]The long intimate friendship between the Wrights and Washingtons suffered a mutual loss in the death of Capt. Lawrence Washington in March, 1698, whose will, naming his deceased sister Anne and her husband Francis Wright, conveys an esteemed impression of the social and intellectual position and material independence of these allied families. The Washingtons at this time resided along Pope's and Mattox ( Appomatox) creeks in the northern part of Westmoreland near where the national memorial to the family: (Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds & Wills No. 2 pg. 133, etc) ÒItem I give and bequeath to my sister Anne Wright's children, one man Servant a piece of four or five years to serve or Three Thousand pounds of Tobacco to purchase the same, to be delivered or paid to them when they arrive to the age of twenty years old Item I give that land which I bought of my Brother Francis Wright, being 200 acres lying near StorkeÕs Quarter, to my son John WashingtonÓ (etc) 11th day of March, Anno Dom. 1697-8. The Pulpett cloth of velvet bequeathed to Appomattox church by Lawrence Washington was stolen in 1715 and made into breeches, as was related in full by the present author in the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. XXVII, No. 1. Anne (Washington) Wright had died before the date of his will, March 11, 1697-8, hence no bequest to her, and hence the reference of the testator to being buried by the side of my Father and Mother & neare my Brother and Sisters, in the family burying ground on the original Washington estate near Pope's Creek in Washington parish , Westmoreland, where now stands the tall granite shaft erected by an act of Congress. The death of Anne (Washington) Wright, when aged under thirty-eight, is also established the deed of sale, executed by her only son John Wright and his father, of land she had inherited from her father Col. John Washington, viz: (Montross, Westmoreland county, Virginia. Book entitled Deeds & Wills No. 4 Page. 175).

References

• Anne Washington in the Virginia, U.S., Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, U.S., 1649-1800 < AncestrySharing > Name [Anne Washington] Marriage Date Abt 1682 Spouse Name Francis Wright Marriage Location Virginia, United States
• The Washingtons: A Family History: Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch: Volume One by Justin Glenn 2015. < GoogleBooks > “ .. Anne Washington , had only one son : John Wright . In turn , that John Wright had only one solidly confirmed son , Francis Wright …”
• Anne Washington in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 < AncestrySharing > Name Anne Washington Gender Female Father John Washington Mother Anna Pope
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2249...
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I3000...
• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via brother Lawrence Washington by SmartCopy: Dec 12 2015, 10:16:50 UTC
• Reference: MyHeritage Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 25 2018, 19:35:27 UTC
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~herbarkin/genealogy/Wright%20washing...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54942673/anne-wright
• http://www.mark.stickels.org/FamilyTree2/-Rpt-Washington1.html
• http://washingtonfamilydescendants.org/links/
• Hoppin, Charles Arthur,. The Washington ancestry : and records of the McClain, Johnson, and forty other colonial American families. Greenfield, Ohio: Priv. print., 1932. Page 211 AncestryImage, Page 219 AncestryImage
• https://www.amazon.com/Washingtons-Part-Generation-Presidential-Was... “Part Two contains the descendants of Anne (Washington) Wright.“
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54942673/anne-pope-wright. “Charles Hoppin in his Washington Ancestry, I:394-408, identified a younger son, John Wright (c1700-92) [of John Wright, son of Anne Washington]. However, Robert Grant in his book concluded and with DNA evidence that John Wright was not a son. Robert N. Grant, The Identification of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia As Not the Son of 1729/30 John Wright of Stafford County, Virginia (Heritage Books, Westminster, Md., 2009). Glenn summarizes the controversy, I: 51-62. The Jamestowne Society says there is insufficient evidence to connect [that] John Wright as a son.”
• Hoppin, Charles Arthur, The Washington-Wright Connection and Some Descendants of Major Francis and Anne (Washington) Wright.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242591580/john-wright
• Anne Reed Ritchie, Major Francis Wright and Ann Washington with Allied Families (with supplements I & II) (Owensboro, Ky., 1973-82), 37-38, I: 4.
• Descendants of Rev. Lawrence (1602-52) and Amphyllis Twigden Washington (1601-55)(Five Generation Chart. Chevy Chase, Md. 1982)
• Dr. Justin M. Glenn, The Washingtons, A Family History, Volume One, Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch (Savas Beatie, El Dorado Hills, Ca. 2014), I: 6, 13-14;
• James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 30.