Genetic analysis has shed light on a long-standing mystery surrounding the fates of President George ... identities and connections in the Washington family, researchers reported Thursday in ...

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 Washington ... half-siblings. When Washington was 11 years old, Augustine died, leaving the future founding father with a great deal of responsibility managing the family's plantation.

The film recounts the early life of George Washington, highlighting his upbringing on a Virginia tobacco plantation. It explores his relationships with family members, particularly his father and half ...

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 ...