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As a teenager, George Washington watched as his eldest half-brother, Lawrence, suffered from tuberculosis—a deadly, infectious disease. The two visited Barbados in 1751, seeking a cure from the warm sea air. On this trip, George contracted smallpox, but survived, rendering him immune to the disease that would later threaten so many lives.
When Lawrence Washington was born on 31 March 1728, in Westmoreland, Virginia, United States, his father, John Washington, was 31 and his mother, Mary ‘Polly’ Massey, was 25. He married Elizabeth Dade on 31 July 1750, in Saint Pauls Parish, King George, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 ...
Lawrence Washington (1718 - julho de 1752), foi um pioneiro nos Estados Unidos, meio-irmão de George Washington, considerado o pai da independência daquele país e seu primeiro presidente. [ 1 ] Como membro fundador da Ohio Company da Virginia, e membro da legislatura colonial que representa o condado de Fairfax , ele também fundou a cidade de Alexandria, Virgínia , às margens do rio ...
Lawrence Washington was the oldest surviving child of Augustine and his first wife, Jane Butler. The probable date of his birth was 1718. The family had come far since the first Washington had reached Virginia as the mate on a trading ship. The Washingtons were extensive land-owners on the lower Potomac, the tidewater region.
George naturally gravitated toward Lawrence and spent many days at Mount Vernon, no doubt escaping his mother’s nagging. In 1743, Lawrence Washington married Ann Fairfax, catapulting the Washingtons into the top reaches of Virginia’s elite. Fortunately, the Fairfax family took an active interest in George’s future.
Augustine Washington, Sr. (12 November 1694 – 12 April 1743), was an British colonial American planter and iron ore miner. He was the father of George Washington, the first president of the United States. He belonged to the Colony of Virginia 's landed gentry. Like his father and his sons, Washington had owned plantations which he operated by ...
