Ancestry of George Washington

Washington

Coat of arms of the Washington family[1]
Ethnicity English, Dutch, French
Current region Virginia, United States
Place of origin  United Kingdom
Members John Washington, Augustine and Mary

The Washington immigrant ancestor and great-grandfather of President George Washington was John Washington, who was born in Purleigh, Essex, England, United Kingdom, around 1631 and emigrated to the Colony of Virginia in 1656.[2]

George Washington's immediate ancestry entirely traces back to England, other than a great-great-great-grandfather, Nicolas Martiau, a Huguenot from Île de Ré, France and naturalized Englishman, who arrived at Virginia aboard the Francis Bonaventure in 1620.[3]

Ahnentafel

This table sets out the ancestry of President George Washington for five generations, numbered according to the Ahnentafel genealogical numbering system.

1. George Washington

Parents

2. Augustine Washington [2]
3. Mary Ball [2]

Grandparents

4. Lawrence Washington
5. Mildred Warner
6. Joseph Ball [4]
7. Mary (the widow Johnson)

Great-grandparents

8. John Washington
9. Anne Pope [5]
10. Augustine Warner, Jr.
11. Mildred Reade
12. William Ball [2][6]
13. Hannah Atherold
14. ?
15. ?

Great-great-grandparents

16. Lawrence Washington [2]
17. Amphyllis Twigden [2]
18. Nathaniel Pope [7]
19. Lucy (Luce) Fox [7]
20. Augustine Warner
21. Mary Towneley [8]
22. George Reade [9]
23. Elizabeth Martian (Martiau) [9]
24. William Ball
25. Dorothy Tuttle
26. Thomas Atherold [10]
27. Mary Harvey [10]
28. ?
29. ?
30. ?
31. ?

Ancestry chart

Patrilineal descent

Matrilineal descent

See also

References

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