But unlike George Washington ... number of ancestors — caused by multiple cross-cousin marriages in the Washington family tree. "The cross-cousin marriages impacted only the brothers' kinship ...

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 ...

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project ...

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 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 ...

George was the eldest son of Augustine ... or by the kindness of the greatest and best of heroes.” A loving family man, Washington never had children of his own, though he happily adopted ...

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought ... a document detailing purchases Washington made from the Fairfax family, who sold much of their furniture to him before leaving ...