But unlike George Washington, who is interred in a magnificent ... caused by multiple cross-cousin marriages in the Washington family tree. "The cross-cousin marriages impacted only the brothers ...

Lacking the kind of voluminous documentation that outlines the lives of George Washington and his family, modern historians studying the African American community at Mount Vernon must pore over ...

click image for close-up When American painter Edward Savage sketched a prototype for a print of George Washington and his family in 1789, it included Martha Custis Washington, the wealthy widow ...

George Washington wore many hats ... the future founding father with a great deal of responsibility managing the family's plantation. Source: mountvernon.org Not much else is known about his ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...