John Washington
[10] In 1656 John Washington invested with Edward Prescott in a merchant ship which transported tobacco from North America to European markets.He secured tobacco contracts in Europe, joined Prescott's ship (the Sea Horse of London) in Denmark, and sailed as second mate for the Colony of Virginia.[11][12][13] A storm on February 28, 1657, caused the ship (fully laden with tobacco for the return journey) to run aground in the Potomac River at a shoal near its confluence with Mattox Creek.[22] Col. Pope gave the couple a wedding gift of 700 acres (2.8 km2) on Mattox Creek, as well as a loan of 80 pounds for startup expenses, which he forgave in his will, which was filed in April 1660.[30][31] Westmoreland County voters first elected Washington as one of their representatives in the House of Burgesses in 1665, and he continually won re-election until his death more than a decade later.[33] (Settlers in the Northern Neck area had been massacred in 1622 and 1644)[34] In 1675 (by which time Washington's rank had increased to colonel), he and fellow Virginia planter and militia officer Isaac Allerton and Maryland Major Trueman led retaliation against Maryland natives who had killed three Virginia colonists after a trade dispute.[38] Some eight decades later, during the French-Indian War, the Seneca would bestow the same title upon Washington's great-grandson, George, for both his own prowess in warfare against the tribes, and in remembrance of the destruction incurred by his ancestor.[49] Although the exact date of Washington's death has not been recorded, it occurred after he attended a meeting concerning taxes and the suppressed rebellion on August 14, 1677.[52] John and his first wife Anne Pope are buried near present-day Colonial Beach, Virginia, at what is now called the George Washington Birthplace National Monument.
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