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Ancestry. References. External links. Betty Washington Lewis. Elizabeth Washington Lewis (June 20, 1733 – March 31, 1797) was an American Colonist. She was the younger sister of George Washington and the only sister that survived childhood. Her half-sister, Jane, died at age 11 and her sister Mildred in infancy.
Betty Washington Lewis was more than just the only sister of George Washington to survive to adulthood; she was also a patriot. Lewis and her husband, Fielding, contributed a considerable amount of their personal wealth and time toward the American Revolution.
Elizabeth “Betty” Washington Lewis was born June 20, 1733, on the estate Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia and raised from 1738 at Ferry Farm across the Ra …
Betty Washington Lewis (20 June 1733 – 31 March 1797) 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 was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
- Female
- Ancestor #: A069909
- Fielding Lewis
- June 20, 1733
A portrait of Betty Washington Lewis, the sister of George Washington, by John Wollaston. She is seated indoors with a blue dress, pearls, and roses, and her husband Fielding Lewis built Kenmore plantation.
See the oil painting of George Washington's sister, Betty Washington Lewis, by John Wollaston, Jr., dated 1753-1756. Learn about her life, marriage, and legacy at Mount Vernon.
The mother of his second wife Betty, Mary Ball Washington, frequently visited and had a favorite spot she called her "meditation rock". In 1769, Fielding and Betty started construction of a large Georgian mansion on their property, which was completed in 1775. It has some of the most refined colonial interior finishes of any surviving mansion.
