Anne Steptoe Washington
(1737-1777)
BIRTH
October 10, 1737
PLACE
Westmoreland County, Virginia
DEATH
March 14, 1777
PLACE
Harewood, near Charles Town, Virginia
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Samuel Washington
(1734-1781)
CHILDREN
George Steptoe Washington
(1771-1809)
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Anne Steptoe Washington (1737–1777), widow of Willoughby Allerton, was the fourth wife of Samuel Washington, George’s brother. They married in 1764 and lived at Harewood in what is now West Virginia. Their children included Ferdinand, George Steptoe, Lawrence Augustine, and Harriet Washington. She died in March 1777; historical accounts associate her death with complications of smallpox inoculation. Genealogies differ about her parents and children.
EARLY LIFE
Anne Steptoe was born on Oct 10, 1737 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Anne Steptoe is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Anne Steptoe died on Mar 14, 1777 in Harewood, near Charles Town, Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Anne Steptoe died on Mar 14, 1777, in Harewood, near Charles Town, Virginia. Anne Steptoe Washington, widow of Willoughby Allerton, was the fourth wife of Samuel Washington, George’s brother. They married in 1764 and lived at Harewood in what is now West Virginia. Their children included Ferdinand, George Steptoe, Lawrence Augustine, and Harriet Washington. She died in March 1777; historical accounts associate her death with complications of smallpox inoculation. Genealogies differ about her parents and children. The available account does not establish a detailed sequence of final symptoms, treatment, or bedside attendance.
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