George WASHINGTON, a descendant of JOHN Washington, who came to Virginia from England in 1657. Father: Augustine WASHINGTON +(1) ----- Mother: (2) Mary BALL Child: GEORGE Washington, born: 22 Feb. 1732, Westmoreland Co., VA. marr: 6 Jan 1759, Martha Dandridge Custis, a widow. died: 14 Dec 1799, Mt. Vernon, Fairfax Co., VA. George Washington, surveyor, soldier, planter, member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1758-1774, delegate to 1st. and 2nd. Continental Congress, General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, President of the Constitutional Convention, President of the United States for two terms, 1789 - 1797, wrote the following in a letter to his nephew, Bushrod Washington, son of half brother John Augustus Washington: “True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.” HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE!! Marketta in Madera