Henry Washington (1727/8-c65) lived in Middlesex County, Va. He married (1) in 1749, Anne Thacker (1728-ante1759), daughter of Col. Edwin and Elizabeth Thacker, of Middlesex County. Their five children were John (1750); Elizabeth (c1754-ante1783) who married in 1771, Captain John Perrin (1749-91); Thacker (1755-98); and Anne Washington (c1758-77). Henry Washington married (2) in 1759, Charlotte Foushee (-1791).

Henry Washington's father was Major John Washington IV (1692-1746), elder son of Captain Lawrence (c1659-98) and Mildred Warner Washington (1671-1701), who was born at Bridges Creek, Westmoreland County, Va. He lived at Highgate, Gloucester County, Va. on a plantation of about 2,000 acres. He married in 1716, Catherine Whiting (1694-1743/4), daughter of Col. Henry and Elizabeth Whiting, of Gloucester County. Her father was a member of the King's Council in 1691, treasurer of the colony, 1692-93, high sheriff, 1723-39, and a justice in 1742. Their eight children were Elizabeth (1717-36/7)(unm), John (1718-d.yg), Mildred (1720/1-85), Warner (1722-90), Catherine (1724/5-1749/50), Henry (1727/8-c65), Matthew (1732-d.yg), and Hannah Washington (1734/5-ante1763).

See Albert Welles, The Pedigree and History of the Washington Family (New York, 1879), 113-114, 123, 172; John W. Wayland, The Washingtons and Their Homes (Genealogical Pub., 1944), 317, 325, 328, 342; Stella Pickett Hardy, Colonial Families of the Southern States of America (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1958), 519-520; John Augustine Washington (1920-2020), Descendants of Rev. Lawrence (1602-52) and Amphyllis Twigden Washington (1601-55). Five Generation Chart (Chevy Chase, Md. 1982); Dr. Justin M. Glenn, The Washingtons, A Family History, Volume One, Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch (Savas Beatie, El Dorado Hills, Ca. 2014), I: 7, 15; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 6-7.