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George WASHINGTON

M, b. 22 February 1730/31, d. 14 December 1799
George WASHINGTON|b. 22 Feb 1730/31\nd. 14 Dec 1799|p59.htm|Augustine WASHINGTON|b. 1694\nd. 12 Apr 1743|p57.htm|Mary BALL|b. 1708\nd. 25 Aug 1789|p58.htm|Lawrence WASHINGTON|b. Sep 1659\nd. 1698|p66.htm|Mildred WARNER|d. 1701|p67.htm|Joseph BALL|b. c 1649\nd. 1711||Mary MONTAGUE|d. 1720||

Relationship=5th great-granduncle of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
The earliest known portrait of Washington, painted in 1772 by Charles Willson Peale, showing Washington in uniform as colonel of the Virginia Regiment.
     
     George WASHINGTON was born on 22 February 1730/31 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia, son of Augustine WASHINGTON and Mary BALL.1
     George married Martha DANDRIDGE, daughter of Col. John DANDRIDGE and Frances JONES, on 6 January 1759 in New Kent County, Virginia.2
     George WASHINGTON left a will dated on 9 July 1799 in Mt. Vernon. One of the provisions of the will was, "To my brother, Charles Washington, I give and bequeath the gold headed cane left to me by Doctr [Ben] Franklin in his will. I add nothing to it because of the ample provision I made for his issue."3
     George WASHINGTON died on 14 December 1799 in Mt. Vernon, Westmoreland Co, Virginia, at age 68.

Last Edited=23 Jun 2008

Citations

  1. [S158] Augustine Washington family Bible.
  2. [S157] John Baer Stoudt, Nicholas Martiau.
  3. [S700] The Papers of George Washington, George Washington's Will.

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