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Jon-David, great! This 1898 newspaper article about Major Ebenezer Burgess Ball states that he had been declared by the lineage society Sons of the American Revolution to be the nearest living relative of Washington, and that he had a remarkable personal resemblance. The newspaper reports: At first sight his picture is nearly always taken for a likeness of General Washington. I was impressed to find that out. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 on his father's plantation on Pope's Creek in Virginia's Westmoreland County Best known in his lifetime as the adopted son of George Washington, George Washington Parke Custis eventually became a key figure in preserving the memory and possessions of Washington. Im related to him through his mom, Mary Ball. The letter of Sally's discussing her husband's trip to prove to his Uncle in England that Good luck! At the death of her husband, it was she who, in fact, inherited Mount Vernon. Click on the names below to see their relationshipcharts, Exclude: Also how can Obama be his 9th cousin 6 times removed were Abraham Lincoln was his 10th cousin 4 times removed? Just surprised to see him pop up as family on my Ancestry. Although Martha Custis Washington will forever be considered the mistress of Mount Vernon, it should now be pointed out that the first was Anne Fairfax, a woman of color and either the daughter or granddaughter of an African slave. WASHINGTON, George, (granduncle of George Corbin Washington), a Delegate from Virginia and first President of the United States; born at "Wakefield," near Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Va., February 22, 1732; raised in Westmoreland County, Fairfax County and King George County; attended local schools and engaged in land surveying; appointed adjutant general of a military district in Virginia with the rank of major in 1752; in November 1753 was sent by Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie, of Virginia, to conduct business with the French Army in the Ohio Valley; in 1754 was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and served in the French and Indian war, becoming aide-de-camp to General Braddock in 1755; appointed as commander in chief of Virginia forces in 1755; resigned his commission in December 1758 and returned to the management of his estate at Mount Vernon in 1759; served as a justice of the peace 1760-1774, and as a member of the Virginia house of burgesses 1758-1774; delegate to the Williamsburg convention of August 1774; Member of the First and Second Continental Congresses in 1774 and 1775; unanimously chosen June 15, 1775, as commander in chief of all the forces raised or to be raised; commanded the Continental armies throughout the war for independence; resigned his commission December 23, 1783, and returned to private life at Mount Vernon; was delegate to, and president of, the Federal Convention in Philadelphia in 1787; unanimously elected as the first President of the United States, being inaugurated April 30, 1789, in New York City; unanimously reelected in 1792 and served until March 3, 1797, declining a renomination; again appointed as lieutenant general and commander of the United States Army July 3, 1798, and served until his death on December 14, 1799, in Mount Vernon, Va.; interment in the vault at Mount Vernon.