George Washington's father, Augustine, purchased what is today called Ferry Farm in 1738 and moved the family there in that same year. Upon Augustine's death in 1743, George, just 11 years old, inherited the property. His mother, Mary, managed the property for him and lived there until 1772, when she moved to a small house in Fredericksburg to be closer to her daughter Betty. George sold the farm to Hugh Mercer in 1774.

George Washington - Owner of Ferry Farm

• Ancestors
• Sulgrave Manor - the Washington's ancestral home
• The Early Ancestry of the Washington Family (www.ancestryuk.com)
• The Washington & Lewis Family Connection
• The Meriwether Lewis Connection
• Washington Birthplace History Page (National Park Service) - the site offers several interesting online booklets that can be read on the site
• The Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia
• Mount Vernon
• Augustine Washington's Probate Inventory
• Augustine Washington's Will
• Mary Ball Washington's History (DAR web site)
• Mary Washington's Will
• Mary Washington Monument

The following list of publications may be of use in researching the Washington family (specifically George Washington) and their genealogy:

• Aikman, Lonnelle. Rider with Destiny: George Washington McLean, VA: Link Press, Publishers, 1983
• Clark, Harrison. All Cloudless Glory: The Life of George Washington, From Youth to Yorktown Washington, DC; Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1995
• Flexner, James Thomas. Washington: The Indispensable Man New York: Back Bay Books, 1974
• Rasmussen, William M.S. and Tilton, Robert S. George Washington: The Man Behind the Myths Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999
• Weems, Mason L. The Life of Washington Edited by Marcus Cunliffe. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1962

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