George Washington

Introduction

George Washington was born on Feb. 22, 1732. He was the oldest child of Augustine Washington and his second wife Mary Ball Washington. They were prosperous Virginia English descents. He had 2 children before with his first wife, Jane Butler Washington. His child was Lawrence and Augustine, in 1718 and 1720. George was born a year after when Augustine wed Mary Ball. Five other young children pursued Samuel, Elizabeth, John Augustine, Charles, and Mildred. Mildred didn't endure infancy.

Discussion

In about 1735 the Washington family moved from Westmorland County to Augustine, Sr.'s plantation in Little Hunting Creek and dwelled there until they moved to a ranch on the Rappahannock River converse Fredericksburg in 1738. Washington study “rules of civility” in his early learning and furthermore study numbers, reviewing, the classics. George expends his early years on his family land parcel on Pope's Creek along the Potomac River. After his dad past away in 1743 he went to proceed reside with his half male sibling Lawrence at Mount Vernon (Dix, pp 39-122).

Washington early aspiration was to proceed to ocean, but his mother famous and competently disappointed it. Then George turns to reviewing and securing. His first designation was to review Lord Fairfax's countries in the Shenandoah Valley. He furthermore assisted Virginia village of Belhaven be lay out. He was nominated surveyor for Culpeper County (John Alden et al, pp 23-199).

When Washington and his male sibling Barbados endeavoured to help therapy Lawrence of tuberculosis but in that effort Lawrence past away in 1752. Washington inherited the Mount Vernon land parcel I. Which he amplified to about 7,300 acres by 1799. Washington wed Martha Dandridge Custis when she was 20 six year vintage on January 1759. She had two Children John Parke and Martha Park Custis with Daniel Parke Custis. They were one of the utmost treasures in Virginia. Washington was title their lawful Guardian two years subsequent and dedicated his time and power over the next sixteen years organising the Custis estate (Wood, pp 2-68).

Washing's household life was one of many of issues. He the expert of Mount Vernon therefore became one of the most rich planters in Virginia Washington's life were likely happiest whereas he and Martha had no young children of their own, the twosome increased Martha's young children, and subsequent two of her grandchildren Eleanor and George Washington Parke Custis (Ellis, pp 45-89).

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