Augustine Washington
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Augustine Washington Sr. was an American planter and merchant. Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, he was the father of 10 children, among them the first president of the United States, George Wash
1867 depiction of Washington
Mary Ball Washington
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Mary Washington was an American planter best known for being the mother of the first president of the United States, George Washington. The second wife of Augustine Washington, she became a prominent
Augustine Washington
…four children, only two of whom (Lawrence and Augustine Jr.) lived to adulthood. After Jane Butler's death in November 1728 or 1729, Washington married Mary Ball in 1731, and the couple had five children who survived to adulthood – George, Betty, Samuel, Charles, and John Augustine – and a daughter named Mildred…
Portrait by Robert Edge Pine, c. 1786
Mary Ball Washington House, 1200 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1927. The house was originally built in 1761 and has later additions.