Ancestry of
George Washington

1st U.S. President

George Washington

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Augustine Washington 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Ball   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Feb 1731/1732 
  • Birth Location:
  • Pope's Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 Dec 1799 
  • Death Location:
  • Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia 
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  • Notes: 

  • 1st President of the United States

    George Washington was born on 11 FEB 1731 according to the Julian calendar. When the English adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752, the date shifted forward 11 days so that today we observe Washington's birth date on 22 FEB.

• Marriages for George Washington

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  • Spouse:
  • Martha Dandridge
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Jan 1759
  • Marriage Location:
  • New Kent Co., Virginia

• Sources for George Washington

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1987, Vol. 4, p. 27.
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1975, Vol. 51, p. 167.
  • ³ The William and Mary Quarterly, 1896, Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 35.
  • ⁴ Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 4th ed., Vol. 3, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2007), 391.
  • ⁵ Fiske, John, Old Virginia and Her Neighbours, Cambridge: The Riverside Press (1902), 31.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 6.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 210, 416.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 428, 430, 567, 663.
  • ⁹ Watson, Annah Robinson, Of Sceptred Race, Memphis, TN: Early Printing and Publishing Company (1910), 83.
  • ¹⁰ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 200.
  • ¹¹ Wikipedia, "George Washington", (accessed 2/20/2010).