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106 – George Washington's Early Life

Learn about George Washington's early life and his family!

 

Ferry Farm

Discover Ferry Farm here! But here is his birthplace.

 

Portrait of Lawrence Washington possibly done by Gustavus Hesseliusc. 1742

Learn more about Lawrence here

 

 

Colonel William Fairfax. By Anonymous, American School, Virginia, 1701-1750.

More about Col. Fairfax here

 

"Washington as a Young Surveyor." Oil on panel, 19th century, artist unknown. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Sheppard, 2006. (MVLA). Found here.

About Washington's surveying

George Washington House, Barbados.

More about the Washingtons in Barbados.

More about the Washington Siblings:

Augustine Washington, Jr.

Betty Washington Lewis

Credit: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Original Author: John Wollaston
Created: ca. 1750
Medium: Oil on canvas
Samuel Washington 
Portrait of Samuel Washington by James Alexander Simpson after John Hesselius, 1855

Harewood

John Augustine Washington

 

Charles Washington

Lawrence Washington

Lawrence's wife, Anne Fairfax Washington

 


 

 

 

 


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