George Eskridge WASHINGTON

   Another name for George was 1st President Of The United STATES.

  General Notes:

Date of Birth was February 11 (February 22nd on today's calendar). Great Britain and the American Colonies changed from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar in 1752. The calendars differed by 10 days. [Sources regarding the change in the calendar: "The Ligon Family and Connections;" and the entry's on "George Washington" and "Calendar" in "The World Book Encyclopedia.]"

George and Martha had no children together, but they raised Jackie and Patsy Custis, (Martha's children from her marriage with Daniel Parke Custis), at Mount Vernon. Much of this info on George and his ancestors, etc is taken from "The Ligon Family and Connections", and also from the site "Genealogy of the Presidents," which is from Funk and Wagnells "The Presidents." The site is: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/presidents

He was elected without opponent by 69 electoral votes. Was in office from 1789 to 1797 (two terms). His vice-president was his successor John Adams. Refused to run for a third term and - thereby - inofficially instituted the 2-term rule for american presidents, the only exception being Franklin Delano Roosevelt (from: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/presidents).

"Father of the United States", US general and politician; led Virginia militia in French and Indian War 1754, 1755-1758; member of House of Burgesses 1759-1774; Virginia delegate to Continental Congress 1774-1775; commander-in-chief of Continental army during American Revolution 1775-1783; forced British troops to evacuate Boston 1776; after crossing Delaware River 1776, defeated Hessians under Johann Rall at battle of Trenton 1776; defeated British troops of Charles Cornwallis at battle of Princeton 1777, solidifying American control over New Jersey; defeated by British troops under William Howe at battle of Brandywine 1777 and battle of Germantown 1777, losing American control over Pennsylvania; settled troops for winter at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 1777-1778; defeated British troops of Charles Cornwallis at battle of Yorktown 1781, causing Cornwallis' surrender, British capitulation, and end of American Revolution; president of Constitutional Convention 1787; 1st president of US 1789-1797 (only unanimously elected US president); established 1st presidential cabinet 1789; moved US capital from New York City to Philadelphia 1790; oversaw establishment of Bank of US 1791 and US Mint at Philadelphia 1792; declared US impartiality in European War of the First Coalition 1793; ordered suppression of Whiskey Rebellion 1794; issued Farewell Address 1796, warning against partisanship and entangling foreign alliances _1732-1799

The following ancestry back to King Edward I and Margaret of France is shown in The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts:

George Washington, husband of Mrs. Martha Dandridge Custis;
Augustine Washington and Mary Ball;
Lawrence Washington and Mildred Warner;
John Washington and Anne Pope;
Lawrence Washington and Amphyllis Twigden;
Margaret Butler and Lawrence Washington;
William Butler and Margaret Greeke;
Margaret Sutton and John Butler;
John Sutton and (_) Charroll;
Joyce Tiptoft and Edmund Sutton;
Joyce Cherleton and John Tiptoft;
Eleanor Holand and Edward Cherleton;
Thomas Holand and Alice FitsAlan;
Joan Plantagenet and Thomas Holand;
Edmund of Woodstock and Margaret Wake;
Edward I King of England and 2nd wife Margaret of France.

Line of Descent of (Sir) Thomas Berkeley, 3rd Lord (1292-1361) to President George Washington:

Sir) Thomas Berkeley, 3rd Lord m 2nd (1347) Catherine (Clivedon) Le Veel;
(Sir) John Berkeley, of Beverstone (b 1351) m 1st Elizabeth Betteshorne;
Elizabeth Berkeley and John De Sutton;
Edmund Sutton (alias Dudley) and Joyce Tiptoft;
(Sir) John Sutton and ( _ ) Charroll;
Margaret Sutton and John Butler;
William Butler and Margaret Greeke;
Margaret Butler and Lawrence Washington;
(Rev) Lawrence Washington and Amphilis Twigden;
(Col) John Washington m 1st (1658) Anne Pope;
(Capt) Lawrence Washington and Mildred Warner;
(Capt) Augustine Washington m 2nd (1731) Mary Ball;
(Gen) George Washington

Sources:

1. The Hancock Family of England and America by Arvil Dale Hancock (Line from Capt Simon Hancock back to Col Thomas Ligon).
2. Ancestors of American Presidents by Gary Boyd Roberts (Washington line).
3. The Ligon Family and Connections, Volumes 1 (1947) and 2 (1957) by William D. Ligon, Jr (Hancock, Ligon and Washington lines back to Thomas Berkeley, 3rd Lord, 1292-1361).
4. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists, by David Faris (Line from Johan Ligon, wife of Robert Hancock, back to Maurice Berkeley, 4th Lord, husband of Elizabeth de Spencer; also Sir John Sutton back to John and Elizabeth (Betteshorne) Berkeley, p 90-92; Washington line back to Elizabeth Berkeley and John Sutton, p 274-275).
5. The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts (Hancock, Ligon, lines back to James and Isabel (Mowbray) Berkeley; and the Washington line back to Edmund Sutton).
6. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 7th edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis (Maurice Berkeley who m Elizabeth de Spencer back to Thomas Berkeley, 3rd Lord who 1st Margaret Moritmer, and 2nd Katherine Clivedon, Line 39; Sir John Berkeley, as the son of Thomas and 2nd wife Katherine de Clyvedon, Line 81).
7. Gateway Families: Ancestors and Descendants of Richard Simrall Hawes, III and Marie Christy Johnson, (1994), by Christy Hawes Bond; edited by genealogist Alicia Crane Williams (Various connections of Hancock, Ligon lines back to royalty).
8. Additional royalty info is shown at Brian Tompsett’s website at <http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgibin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal19930>

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. For nearly 20
years Washington helped shape the birth of a nation. He served as commander of the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War, as president of the convention that wrote the U.S. Constitution, and in
1789 was elected the first President of the United States. As President, Washington successfully
solved many problems, transforming the "plan" of the Constitution into a "working" government.

The following description of Washington was written after his death by another founding father, Thomas
Jefferson:

"His mind was great and powerful ... as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or
imagination, but sure in conclusion...

"Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until everycircumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed;
refraining if he saw doubt, but,when once decided, going through his purpose, whatever obstacles
opposed.

"His integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ...

"He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good and a great man ... On the whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect ... it may truly be said, that never did nature
and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great ..."

One of his officers, Henry Lee, summed up contemporary public opinion of Washington:

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."

George married Martha DANDRIDGE on 6 Jan 1759 in New Kent Co., VA. (Martha DANDRIDGE was born on 2 Jun 1731 in New Kent Co., VA.)