Individual Details

Married in 1776, Mary Macon. They had sons Philip and William, and probably other children. He was Commissary General and aide-de-camp to Gen. George Washington.


The son Philip married Elizabeth Henry, daughter of Patrick Henry and Sarah Shelton. They had sons Philip, Patrick Henry, and William. Their sons Patrick and William, who both died in 1829 are buried at Fairfield in the Aylett Burying Ground.
"Here lies the body of Patrick Henry Aylett, son of Philip Aylett, of King Wm. who died while a student at the University of Virginia on the 28th day of January 1829, aged 20 years and seven months."
"Here lies the body of Wm. Aylett, son of Philip Aylett, who died at Montville on the 11th of February, 1829, age 22 years and one months.
Philip himself is buried at Fairfield:
"Here lies the body of Philip Aylett, son of Col. Wm. Aylett, who died at Montville on 11th September, 1835, in the 65th year of his age.


A son of Philip and Elizabeth, Gen. Philip Aylett was a Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army. He was born 7 Dec 1791. He married Judith Page Waller of "Enfield" in 1823. Judith is also buried at Fairfield:
"In memory of Judith Page, wife of Gen. Philip Aylett, died at Selma, AL, May 7th 1860, aged 56 years."

William and Mary Macon also had a daughter Elizabeth, taken from this monument at Fairfield:
"Alexander Spotswood Moore, born 1763, married 19 Jul 1787, Elizabeth, born 1769, daughter of Col. Wm. Aylett of Fairfield, King Wm County [and his wife, Mary Macon], son of Philip Aylett and his wife Martha Dandridge, an Aunt of Mrs. Geo. Washington of Mt. Vernon, and a daughter of Capt. Wm. Dandridge, Royal Navy and his wife Unity, daughter of Thomas West, a descendant of Lord Delaware of Royal Lineage."

Father	Philip Aylett (1715 - )
Mother	Martha West Dandridge (1720 - 1747)
Sibling	Unity Aylett ( - )
Sibling	Anne Aylett ( - )
Sibling	John Aylett ( - )