Elizabeth WASHINGTON

     Elizabeth WASHINGTON, daughter of Augustine WASHINGTON and Mary BALL, was born on 20 June 1733 at Pope's Creek Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia.¹ She was also known as Betty. She was the younger sister of George Washington and the only sister to live to adulthood. She was the first daughter of Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington. She is considered a "founding mother" of America.

Elizabeth married Col. Fielding Lewis on 7 May 1750 in Virginia. They built a house in Fredericksburg, Kenmore House, in 1770, and owned The Lewis Store until 1776. She was buried in Western View Plantation, Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia.

Elizabeth WASHINGTON died on 31 March 1797 in Culpeper, Virginia, at age 63.¹