Heir of Warner Hall: Augustine Warner Jr.'s Life

By Charles Lewis

Before George Washington, before the American Revolution, foundational families shaped the bedrock of a nation. What if a key ancestor of America's first president and other legendary figures was a man whose own pivotal story has been largely lost to the shadows of history?

Heir of Warner Hall: Augustine Warner Jr.'s Life resurrects the fascinating story of Augustine Warner Jr. (1642-1681), a prominent planter, influential politician, and Speaker of the House of Burgesses in 17th-century Virginia. This meticulously researched book by Charles Lewis transports readers to the turbulent world of the colonial elite, a landscape defined by the lucrative tobacco economy, complex political alliances, and the growing discontent that would ultimately explode into violence.

As a staunch loyalist and ally of Governor Sir William Berkeley, Augustine Warner Jr. found himself at the epicenter of Bacon's Rebellion, the most dramatic upheaval of the era. Witness the profound personal toll of the conflict as rebel forces ransack and desecrate his ancestral home, Warner Hall, an ordeal that contributed to his untimely death at just thirty-nine years of age.

Yet, Warner Jr.'s story does not end with his death. This book traces the remarkable and far-reaching legacy he left through his daughters. Discover how their strategic marriages wove the Warner bloodline into the very fabric of American leadership, creating direct ancestral ties to figures who would define the new nation, including: George Washington, the first President of the United States.Richard Henry Lee, the patriot who introduced the resolution for independence in the Continental Congress.Meriwether Lewis, the famed co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.Written with a unique and intimate perspective, author Charles Lewis is a direct male descendant of the Warner family. Raised on family lore, his grandfather's grandiose stories, and his father's extensive research, Lewis bridges the gap between academic history and lived experience to tell this vibrant, human story.

Heir of Warner Hall is more than a biography; it is the discovery of a vital thread in the American tapestry, connecting the ambitions of colonial Virginia to the birth of the United States.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FL1VMVXL
• ISBN13: 9798296376855
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"