Daughter of Alexander Spotswood &
Elizabeth [Washington] Spotswood
1st Wife of Francis Taliaferro Brooke
Married October 3, 1791
Spotsylvania Co., VA
Mother of:
John Francis Brooke
Elizabeth Brooke
Robert Spotswood Brooke
Mary R. Spotswood [Brooke] Berkeley
From Judge Francis T. Brooke:
In that year, the year '90,
I sometimes visited my friends
at Smithfield; paid my addresses
to Mary Randolph Spotswood, the
eldest daughter of Gen. Spotswood
and Mrs. Spotswood, the only whole
niece of Gen. Washington.
Our attachment had been a very early
one. Her father frequently sent to
Smithfield for me when I was only
thirteen years of age; my father
would complain, but always permitted
me to go. I would find the General,
about daylight in the morning, with
his fine horses drawn out, and his
fox hounds, and, as I was an
excellent horseman, would mount me
upon one of his most spirited horses,
and often range through the country
and woods, where I now live. He knew
his daughter was very much attached
to me, but though succeeding in my
profession, I was but poor, and he
had great objections to the match.
After some time, however, when I had
gone back to Tappahannock, finding
his daughter's attachment too strong
to be overcome, though she had been
courted by others, he consented to
our union.
Volume II
Chapter XI A Narrative of
My Life for My Family.
Narrative.
Elizabeth [Washington] Spotswood
1st Wife of Francis Taliaferro Brooke
Married October 3, 1791
Spotsylvania Co., VA
Mother of:
John Francis Brooke
Elizabeth Brooke
Robert Spotswood Brooke
Mary R. Spotswood [Brooke] Berkeley
From Judge Francis T. Brooke:
In that year, the year '90,
I sometimes visited my friends
at Smithfield; paid my addresses
to Mary Randolph Spotswood, the
eldest daughter of Gen. Spotswood
and Mrs. Spotswood, the only whole
niece of Gen. Washington.
Our attachment had been a very early
one. Her father frequently sent to
Smithfield for me when I was only
thirteen years of age; my father
would complain, but always permitted
me to go. I would find the General,
about daylight in the morning, with
his fine horses drawn out, and his
fox hounds, and, as I was an
excellent horseman, would mount me
upon one of his most spirited horses,
and often range through the country
and woods, where I now live. He knew
his daughter was very much attached
to me, but though succeeding in my
profession, I was but poor, and he
had great objections to the match.
After some time, however, when I had
gone back to Tappahannock, finding
his daughter's attachment too strong
to be overcome, though she had been
courted by others, he consented to
our union.
Volume II
Chapter XI A Narrative of
My Life for My Family.
Narrative.
Daughter of Alexander Spotswood &
Elizabeth [Washington] Spotswood
1st Wife of Francis Taliaferro Brooke
Married October 3, 1791
Spotsylvania Co., VA
Mother of:
John Francis Brooke
Elizabeth Brooke
Robert Spotswood Brooke
Mary R. Spotswood [Brooke] Berkeley
From Judge Francis T. Brooke:
In that year, the year '90,
I sometimes visited my friends
at Smithfield; paid my addresses
to Mary Randolph Spotswood, the
eldest daughter of Gen. Spotswood
and Mrs. Spotswood, the only whole
niece of Gen. Washington.
Our attachment had been a very early
one. Her father frequently sent to
Smithfield for me when I was only
thirteen years of age; my father
would complain, but always permitted
me to go. I would find the General,
about daylight in the morning, with
his fine horses drawn out, and his
fox hounds, and, as I was an
excellent horseman, would mount me
upon one of his most spirited horses,
and often range through the country
and woods, where I now live. He knew
his daughter was very much attached
to me, but though succeeding in my
profession, I was but poor, and he
had great objections to the match.
After some time, however, when I had
gone back to Tappahannock, finding
his daughter's attachment too strong
to be overcome, though she had been
courted by others, he consented to
our union.
Volume II
Chapter XI A Narrative of
My Life for My Family.
Narrative.
Elizabeth [Washington] Spotswood
1st Wife of Francis Taliaferro Brooke
Married October 3, 1791
Spotsylvania Co., VA
Mother of:
John Francis Brooke
Elizabeth Brooke
Robert Spotswood Brooke
Mary R. Spotswood [Brooke] Berkeley
From Judge Francis T. Brooke:
In that year, the year '90,
I sometimes visited my friends
at Smithfield; paid my addresses
to Mary Randolph Spotswood, the
eldest daughter of Gen. Spotswood
and Mrs. Spotswood, the only whole
niece of Gen. Washington.
Our attachment had been a very early
one. Her father frequently sent to
Smithfield for me when I was only
thirteen years of age; my father
would complain, but always permitted
me to go. I would find the General,
about daylight in the morning, with
his fine horses drawn out, and his
fox hounds, and, as I was an
excellent horseman, would mount me
upon one of his most spirited horses,
and often range through the country
and woods, where I now live. He knew
his daughter was very much attached
to me, but though succeeding in my
profession, I was but poor, and he
had great objections to the match.
After some time, however, when I had
gone back to Tappahannock, finding
his daughter's attachment too strong
to be overcome, though she had been
courted by others, he consented to
our union.
Volume II
Chapter XI A Narrative of
My Life for My Family.
Narrative.
Family Members
Siblings
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