Published in two parts, the General Index of all Washington descendants
and their spouses completes a ten-volume history that traces the
"Presidential Line" of the Washington family in America. Volume one
began with the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland
County, Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the
great-grandfather of President George Washington. It contained the
record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Subsequent
volumes two through eight continued this family history for an
additional eight generations, also highlighting most notable members
(volume two) and tracing lines of descent from the royalty and nobility
of England and continental Europe (volume three). Volume nine treated in
detail the recently discovered line of William Wright (died in Franklin
County, Va., ca. 1809). It also provided briefer accounts of five other
Southern Wright families that have often been mentioned by researchers
as close kinsmen of George Washington.
ADVANCE PRAISE
"At long last the Washingtons have a published history worthy of their
place in history. Glenn has done a masterful job. . . . I am convinced
that his work will be of wide interest to historians and academics as
well as members of the Washington family itself. Although the surname
Washington is perhaps the best known in American history and much has
been written about the Washington family for well over a century, it is
surprising that no comprehensive family history has been published.
Justin M. Glenn's The Washingtons: A Family History finally fills this
void for the branch to which General and President George Washington
belonged, identifying some 63,000 descendants. This is truly a family
history, not a mere tabulation of names and dates, providing
biographical accounts of many of the descendants of John Washington who
settled in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1657." -- John Frederick
Dorman, editor of The Virginia Genealogist (1957-2006) and author of
Adventurers of Purse and Person
"Decades of reviewing Civil War books have left me surprised and
delighted when someone applies exhaustive diligence to a topic not
readily accessible. Dr. Glenn surely meets that standard with the
meticulous research that unveils the Washington family in gratifying
detail--many of them Confederates of interest and importance." -- Robert
K. Krick, author of The Smoothbore Volley that Doomed the Confederacy
and Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain
