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The Washington family consists of president George Washington, all the other presidents and many other historical figures. Many, to keep the famly wealth together, married their very own cousins. Many of these examples will be in the article.

Most Famous Members
The most famous memeber of the Washington family is the 1st president of the United States George Washington. The closest relations of any other presidents is James Madison, the 4th president of the U.S. Washington's nephew, George Steptoe Washington, Sr., married Mary Coles Payne and Lucy Washington(nee Payne), sisters of Madison's wife Dolly Madison. Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and William Howard Taft are the only presidents that are indirectly related to the Washington's without being their distant cousins, although there are paths that show all three of these presidents are also distant cousins.

Family Names
Common first names in the Washington family for males are Augustine, Lawrence, George, Charles, Samuel, Walter and Fielding. For females, Mildred, Mary, Martha, Anne, Elizabeth and Jane are popular amongst the Washington family. For last names, Washington, Lewis, Thornton, Payne and Warner are popular.

Second Generation
Augustine and Anne's three children were: Jane and John's one child was: Nancy Thornton(1763-1846)- No information known. Elizabeth and Fielding's six children were:
 * Elizabeth Washington(11/15/1749-10/20/1814)- Married Alexander Spotswood, I and had four children.
 * Jane Augusta "Jeannie" Washington(1756-1833)- Named after her half-aunt, married her cousin John Spotswood Thornton and had one child.
 * William Augustine Washington, I(11/25/1757-10/2/1810)- Given a name that wasn't popular in the family. Married three times, twice to his cousins. He married his cousin Jane Washington and had two children. He married his cousin Mary Lee but didn't have a child with her. He then married Sarah Tayloe, whose sister who marry a relative of General Robert E. Lee, and had two children.
 * Fielding Lewis, II(1751-1803)- Married Anne Alexander and had one child.
 * George Washington Lewis(3/14/1757-11/15/1831)- Married his cousin Catherine Dangerfield. Was named after his uncle George. He had one child.