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"summate officer for the service of his country. But the 

 "wisdom of Heaven is inscrutable: human life is ever in 

 "the hands of its author: and while the good and brave are 

 "always ready for death, resignation becomes their sur- 

 "viving friends. Convinced of this duty, yet subdued by 

 "the sentiments of a tender parent, this tablet was inscribed 

 "and dedicated by his sorrowful father: 



"May, Britain, all thy sons like him behave; 

 " Like him be virtuous, and like him be brave: 

 "Thy fiercest foes undaunted he withstood, 

 "And perish'd fighting for his country's good." 



Anne, eldest daughter of William Fairfax, by Sarah 

 Walker, was married to Lawrence, elder brother of Colonel, 

 now General Washington. Lawrence, who had been edu- 

 cated in England, was a captain in the army, and possessed 

 a very considerable landed property in Virginia. An in- 

 fant daughter was the only fruit of this marriage, who died 

 under seven years of age. At her decease, her father being 

 also dead, General Washington succeeded to Mount Vernon, 

 and several fine Virginian estates, the property of this 

 branch of the Washington family. Anne, after the death 

 of Lawrence Washington her husband, married George 

 Lee, Esquire, the head of that numerous family in Virginia; 

 and left behind her three sons, who are now living, viz. 

 George Fairfax Lee, Launcelot Lee, and William Lee. 



Sarah, second daughter of William Fairfax by Sarah 

 Walker, was married to Mr. Carlyle, a merchant of Alex- 

 andria, in Fairfax county, and left two daughters; the eldest 

 married to Mr. Herbert, a merchant of the same place; the 

 younger to Mr. Whiteing, a private gentleman of good 



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