tion in the western parts of Pennsylvania, and now resides at his seat, which embraces a part of the Mount Vernon estate; 5. captain Robert Lewis, who was one of president Washington's private secretaries from the time of his inauguration, in 1789, to 1791, and is now settled in the delightful city of Fredericksburg. The other gentlemen, who had the honour of holding the same office and making a part of the illustrious Washington's family at that time, were colonel David Humphreys, colonel Tobias Lear, major William Jackson, and colonel Thomas Nelson. 6. Howell Lewis, who lives at the Great Kenawha.

Colonel Fielding Lewis was proprietor of half of the town of Fredericksburg, and of an extensive territory adjoining it. He left a very valuable estate, which he divided equally among his sons.

He was a most zealous partizan in behalf of his country and took a warm and decided part in opposition to the tyrannical measures of Great Bri tain. He ever stood high in the affection of general Washington and of his fellow citizens. He superintended the great manufactory of arms, at Fredericksburg, which was in operation during the revolutionary war. For a number of years, he was a magistrate in the county of Spotsylvania. He also represented that county in the state legislature. His last moments were gladdened at hearning of the capture of Cornwallis.

In all disputes and difficulties among his neigh

bours, his counsel was eagerly sought; and he had the invaluable talent of restoring harmony and love, where discord and hatred had disturbed the order and happiness of society. He was greatly esteemed and revered; and he was eminently entitled to the character of a peacemaker.

His constitution gradually sunk under a consumptive complaint; but he was enabled to view the last enemy without a fear. He had long been an exemplary and zealous professor of religion; and he, at length, left the world in the triumphs of the christian hope. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace.

892.

FREDERICKSBURG, VIRG.

Note.-Mrs. ELIZABETH LEWIS, the relict of colonel Fielding Lewis, was a lady of eminent worth. She was distinguished by all those virtues, which characterize a dutiful daughter, a tender bosom companion, an affectionate mother, a sincere friend, and an obliging neigbhour. She felt the power, enjoyed the comforts, and exhibited, in her life and conversation, the excellence, of the christian religion, of which she was long a publick pro

fessor.

She died, at the age of about 64 years, in the arms of her daughter, mrs. Carter, at the family seat in Culpeper county, and entered on that rest, which the glorious Redeemer has prepared for the people of God Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord.

BRIDGE'S CREEK, VIRG.

898. Note.-AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON, esq. born in the ancient mansion at Bridge's Creek in Westmoreland county, state of Virginia, was a grandson of John Washington, a gentleman of respectable family in the north of England, who emigrated to this country about the year, 1657, and was the proprietor of an extensive tract of land, much of which remains in the possession of his descendants to the present day.

Augustine Washington, the principal subject of this article, was twice married. By his first wife he had two sons, Lawrence and Augustine. The former, who had no children, left his estate at Mount Vernon to his half brother, the late president of the United States; the latter was the father of the late colonel William Washington of Georgetown in the District of Columbia.

By his second wife he had five children, four sons and one daughter; 1. his excellency, George Washington, whose name will never cease to be remembered with a gratitude, and a veneration, and an applause, which no other mortal now upon earth can ever hope to attain; 2. Elizabeth Washington, the wife of colonel Fielding Lewis, of whom a memoir is given in the preceding article; 3. colonel Samuel Washington, whose children were Thornton Washington; Ferdinand Washington; captain George Steptoe Washington; all of whom died in Jefferson county; Lawrence Augustine Washing

ton, who resides at the Great Kenawha; and Harriet Washington, the wife of Andrew Parks of Baltimore; 4. colonel John Washington, whose children were Jane Washington, whose husband was colonel William Augustine Washington and whose posterity inherit and occupy the ancient homestead at Bridge's Creek; the honourable Bushrod Washington, who inherits and occupies the seat of the late president of the United States at Mount Vernon ; Corbin Washington, who died in Fairfax county; and Augustine Washington, who was accidently killed, while a pupil, at Booth's academy in Maryland; 5. colonel Charles Washington, whose children were major George Washington, aid de camp to marquis De La Fayette in the revolutionary war, and the special favourite of his excellency, George Washington; Frances Washington, the wife of the patriotick colonel Burgis Ball, who raised a regiment of soldiers by his own exertions, furnished them with a uniform and every thing necessary for perfect equipment, and generously paid them for the whole time of their service from his private funds; captain Samuel Washington of Fredricksburg; and Mildred Washington, the late wife of captain Thomas Hammond of Jefferson county.

FREDERICKSBURG, VIRG.

894. Note. Mrs. MARY WASHINGTON, relict of Augustine Washington, esq. noticed in the foregoing article, was a daughter of colonel Ball of Lancaster county, on the northern neck of Virginia'

On the demise of her husband, the family removed to a pleasant situation on the eastern bank of the Rappahannock, in Stafford county, and opposite to Fredericksburg. Here the late beloved and rever. ed Washington spent a number of the early years of his life. This place is now the property of colonel Mercer, a son of the gallant general Mercer, who fell, while contending for the rights of his country, in the vicinity of Princeton college.

Some years before her death, mrs. Washington removed into a house she had purchased, delightfully situated in Fredericksburg, which is now owned and occupied by the rev. S. B. Wilson, where she spent the remainder of her days and died, in the autumn of 1789, at the age of 85 years. She was buried on a beautiful swell of land, which belonged to her son in law, colonel Fielding Lewis, and which is now in possession of the family of the late Seth Barton. She had selected the spot for her grave, in which her remains were deposited agreeably to her express desire. Within a few steps from the place where she lies interred is a romantick ledge of rocks, to which she used often to resort for private meditation and devotion. Nothing distinguishes her grave but the verdure of the grass, which covers it, and a thrifty young cedar near it.

She was a lady ofuncommon excellence, and was greatly endeared to all, who had the 'happiness of her acquaintance. She was a sincere, humble, and