Charles WASHINGTON was born on 2 May 1738 in Little Hunting Creek, Stafford (now Fairfax) County, Virginia, son of Augustine WASHINGTON and Mary BALL.1
Charles married Mildred THORNTON, daughter of Col. Francis THORNTON III and Frances GREGORY, in October 1757 in Virginia.2 In 1757, nineteen-year-old Charles had proposed to Mildred, his cousin. This caused some turmoil in both families.
Mildred's father Francis was deceased, and her mother requested some written assurance of her daughter's future well being from the head of the Washington family. This was 25-year-old George Washington, then residing in Mount Vernon, who viewed her request for a written contract as an aspersion on his "principles of conduct."
Fielding Lewis, now his brother-in-law, worked out an accommodation with John Thornton which satisfied both families. Thornton, Mildred's uncle became his niece's legal guardian. The wedding was then allowed to proceed.
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