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24 de mar. de 2011 · Fielding Lewis, the eldest son of Betty Washington and Fielding Lewis, was born 14 February 1751 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and died 5 July 1803 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. During his lifetime, he spent time in Fairfax County, Virginia, where his wife Ann Alexander had family connections.
11 de may. de 2002 · From Betty Washington Lewis. Sepbr 25th 1792. My Dear Brother. My Indisposition for some time Past prevented my writing to you when Howell did, 1 finding my self better to day, I shall endeavour to answer your request of my takeing Harriot to stay with me this winter. I shall have no objection to her being with me, if she comes well cloath’d ...
22 de dic. de 2021 · On May 7, 1750, Lewis married Elizabeth (Betty) Washington, the sister of George Washington. The pair had eleven children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Fielding Lewis and George Washington were familiar, if not close, throughout their lives. When Washington passed through Fredericksburg, he often stayed with Lewis.
15 de may. de 2002 · From Betty Washington Lewis. Febry 9th 1794. My Dear Brothe [r] your Letter of the 3th of this Month with your kind Present to Harriot Came safe to hand she values it more as it Comes from Philadelphia and Expects it is more fashonable 1 —things in this Town is Scarce and very dear she seems truly sensable of the many favours receiv’d and ...
4 de may. de 2002 · To Betty Washington Lewis. New York, Oct. 12th 1789. My Dear Sister, Your letter of the first of this month came duly to hand.—I believe Bushrod is right with respect to the distribution of the negroes—When I gave my opinion that you were entitled to a child’s part it did not occur to me that my Mother held them under the will of my ...
Kenmore House in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The cognoscenti of American Colonial architecture say the finest of that period's decors may be viewed at Kenmore, the Fredericksburg home of Revolutionary War patriot Col. Fielding Lewis and his wife, Elizabeth "Betty" Washington, George Washington's only sister.
After the Washington family moved from Mount Vernon during the presidency George instructed Betty to move Harriot to Kenmore. 14. When Fielding Lewis died December 1781, just two months after the American victory at Yorktown, the Commonwealth of Virginia still owed the Lewises some £7,000.
