Augustine WARNER, II b. 3 Jun 1642 York, Virginia, British America d. 19 Jun 1681 Gloucester, Virginia, British America: Our Family History

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Name	Augustine WARNER [1]
Suffix	II
Birth	3 Jun 1642	York, Virginia, British America [1]
Christening	20 Oct 1643	Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America [1]
Gender	Male
Education	1658	London, Middlesex, England [2]
	Attended Merchant Taylor's School
Fact	[2]
	According to Warner Hall History, Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade had 3 sons and 3 daughters that lived to adulthood. All 3 sons died before Augustine died. Daughters were Mary, Mildred, and Elizabeth
FamilySearch ID	MQ4Y-HM7
LifeSketch	[2]
	In the winter of 1642, Augustine Warner I arrived in Jamestown with twelve new settlers for the Virginia Colonies. For bringing these colonists to the new frontier, Warner was given a “head Grant” of 600 acres in Gloucester, Virginia. He eventually expand
MilitaryService	[2]
	as a Colonel in the Virginia Militia
Relation	[2]
	Great Grandfather of George Washington
Occupation	[2]
	Planter
Occupation	Between 1666 and 1677 [2]
	Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
Residence	1674	Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America [2]
	Warner Hall
Will	16 May 1679	Colony of Virginia, British America [2]
Burial	1681	Warner Hall Graveyard, Naxera, Gloucester, Virginia [1]
Death	19 Jun 1681	Gloucester, Virginia, British America [1]
Person ID	I594768081	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	6 Oct 2024

Father	Augustine WARNER, I, b. 28 Nov 1610, Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 24 Dec 1674, Naxera, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 64 years)
Mother	Mary TOWNLEY, b. 13 May 1614, Stone Edge, Lancashire, England d. 11 Aug 1662, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 48 years)
Family ID	F536729078	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mildred READE, b. 2 Oct 1643, York, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 20 Oct 1686, Naxera, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 43 years)

Marriage Abt 1661 Gloucester, Colony of Virginia, British America [2]

Children

	1. James WARNER, b. 1663, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 13 Feb 1672 (Age 9 years)
	2. Mary WARNER, b. 1664, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, British Coloial America d. 12 Nov 1700, Purton, Gloucester, Colony of Virginia, British America (Age 36 years)
	3. John WARNER, b. Abt 1665, Gloucester, Virginia d. 19 Jun 1681 (Age ~ 16 years)
	4. Augustine WARNER, III, b. 17 Jun 1666, Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 17 Mar 1687, , Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 20 years)
	5. Robert WARNER, b. 1670, Gloucester Point, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1702, Gloucester Point, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 32 years)
	6. Mildred WARNER, b. 24 Nov 1670, Gloucester Point, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 26 Mar 1701, Whitehaven, Cumberland, Virginia (Age 30 years)
	7. Elizabeth WARNER, b. 24 Nov 1672, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 5 Feb 1720, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 47 years)

Family ID F536729077 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 3 Jan 2023

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Augustine Warner

Notes

Biography
Augustine Warner Jr. is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society
Augustine Warner Jr. was a Virginia colonist.

Great Grandfather of Pres George Washington

Birth

Augustine Warner Jr.,[1] eldest child of Augustine Warner and his wife Mary Towneley, was born 3 June 1642, according to the inscription on his tombstone. [2] Augustine Sr. purchased the land on which Warner Hall was built in 1642, [3] and it is unlikely that he would have moved his pregnant wife to this undeveloped location. It is more likely that Augustine Jr. was born on the Warner property on the Poquoson River in York County, Virginia.[4]

Augustine Jr., who would later be known as Speaker Warner, was baptized 20 October 1643, in York County, Virginia.[citation needed] This date was given on his 1657 enrollment at the Merchant Taylor's School in London, England, as "the eldest son of Augustine Warner, Gentleman of Virginia."[5] It was not unusual in colonial times for a baptismal date to be used as birth date.
Marriage

Before Nov. 1672, Augustine married Mildred Reade, daughter of Col. George and Elizabeth (Martiau) Reade, probably in Gloucester County, Virginia. Their daughter Elizabeth was born on the Warner property in Chesake on the Pianketank River, or perhaps on the Chesake property of Col. Reade in Nov 1672[6]
Death

Speaker Augustine Warner died 19 June 1681, aged 39. He is buried at the graveyard on the property of Warner Hall (now located in Naxera, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA[7][4] The inscription reads:
Here Lyeth ye Body of
Coll: Augustine Warner
who was Borne ye 3d of
June 1 6 4 2 and Died
ye 19th of June 1681.[8]
Life

Augustine Jr., after being educated in London, returned to Virginia, where "he became very prominent in the social and political life of the colony."[6] He, and his wife Mildred, spent a couple of years at the Warner estate in Gloucester County on the Pianketank River, where he no doubt saw to the day to day business of running a plantation.

In 1674, at the death of his father, Augustine Jr. inherited "Warner Hall."

Virginia's colonial government consisted of a Governor appointed by the King of England, a Governor's Council of about a dozen men, and the House of Burgesses. In the time of Augustine Jr., Councillors were appointed by the King, probably at the suggestion of the Governor. The House of Burgesses was elected and was composed of two men from each of the counties of Virginia.[9]

In 1676, Augustine became Speaker of the House of Burgesses. The fragmented records, do not indicate that he had been part of the House before this time, but it is not unreasonable that he was elected to the house some time prior to this. [6] [10]

By the end of that year, 11 Jan 1676/7, he was a member of the Governor's Council. A Court-martial was held that day, the court was reported as the Governor and Council. Col. Warner was listed among them.[6] He apparently continued his duties as Speaker of the House of Burgesses at least until April of 1677 as his name appears on documents until that time.[6] [11] His position on the council continued until his death.

Besides his position's in the colony, he was Colonel, Commandant of the Gloucester County militia, which he held as early as 1675, so probably succeeded his father as Colonel.[6] Coll: is the prefix used on his tombstone.

Bacon's Rebellion, (1676 to 1677), simply put was an anti-Indian movement led by Nathaniel Bacon, against the wishes of Governor Sir William Berkeley. At some time during this "rebellion" Bacon made his headquarters at Warner Hall, supposedly asked the citizens of Gloucester County in a public notice to meet him at Warner Hall for the purpose of swearing their allegiance to his cause. A list of Sufferers from Bacon's Rebellion, in 1677, included "Col. Augustine Warner, Speaker of the House of Burgesses in the late Assembly, and now sworn one of His Majesty's Council of Virginia. An honest, worthy person and most loyal sufferer by the late Rebels; who was plundered as much as any, and yet speaks as little of his losses, tho' they were very great."[12]

Augustine spent his personal funds on public business. Reports of reimbursements exist. 20 Feb 1676 he was reimbursed 6380 lbs. of tobacco and £40 in cash.[13] He contributed generously to his parish, Petsworth Parish[6]

Augustine left a will dated 16 May 1679 leaving Warner Hall to his wife Mildred. During his life Augustine had acquired land on the Mattapony River in King and Queen County and in King William County. He also bequeathed 1400 acres in New Kent County to his niece Alice Townley.[6]

Augustine and Mildred had three sons and three daughters (order unknown):

i. Mary, dc 1700; m c 1678-80 Capt John Smith, of Purton, Gloucester Co., VA, s/o Col John Smith and Anna Bernard
ii. Augustine, b 17 Jan 1666/7; d 17 Mar 1686/7, age 20, bur Warner Hall
iii. Mildred, bc 1670; d 1701 Whitehaven, Cumberland, ENG, bur St. Nicholas Church, Whitehaven; mc 1688-90 (1) Lawrence Washington, thus became grandparents of our 1st President of the United States; m (2) George Gayle, returned with him to England & d there
iv. Elizabeth, b 24 Nov 1672; who married about 1691 to John Lewis, and kept the Warner Hall house in the division of the Warner properties after the brothers' deaths. Elizabeth and John Lewis were the grandparents of Fielding Lewis, who married first George Washington's cousin, and second his sister, both ladies also being grandchildren of Mildred Warner. In addition, Elizabeth and John Lewis were the ancestors of Captain Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
v. George, d aft 1687 as a young man, unm; a land grant of 1728 the heirs of the three sisters are referred to as the heirs of George Warner, suggesting that is was from him the three sisters had inherited their father's estate
vi. Robert, d as a young man, unmarried

Sources

[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Jan 2023), entry for Elizabeth Warner, person ID LYLD-TDK. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Jan 2023), entry for Augustine Warner, person ID MQ4Y-HM7. (Reliability: 3).