Mildred Thornton
(1741-1762)
BIRTH
1741
PLACE
Spotsylvania County, Virginia Colony
DEATH
1762
PLACE
Stafford County, Virginia Colony
FAMILY
FATHER
John Thornton
(1719-1778)
HUSBAND
Charles Washington
(1738-1799)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Mildred Thornton was the second wife of Samuel Washington, George Washington’s brother. Genealogical accounts identify her as a daughter of Colonel John Thornton and Mildred Gregory. She must be distinguished from the cousin of the same name who married Charles Washington. Her marriage was brief and ended before the Revolution. Sources differ on her birth, marriage and death dates, placing her death in about 1762–1763 rather than establishing a precise year.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Mildred Thornton’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. 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 Mildred Thornton 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. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Mildred Thornton died in 1762, in Stafford County, Virginia Colony. Mildred Thornton was the second wife of Samuel Washington, George Washington’s brother. Genealogical accounts identify her as a daughter of Colonel John Thornton and Mildred Gregory. She must be distinguished from the cousin of the same name who married Charles Washington. Her marriage was brief and ended before the Revolution. Sources differ on her birth, marriage and death dates, placing her death in about 1762–1763 rather than establishing a precise year. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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