Augustine Washington

Augustine Washington, Sr. (12 November 1694 - 12 April 1743), 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 the use of enslaved labor, as well as speculated in less developed land and had even operated in an iron mine. Unlike his father and his son, George, Washington did not serve as legislator. He also held various offices in the counties he held land. He married Jane Butler, first, and when she died in November of 1729, he married Mary Ball Washington, in which she bore, George Washington, in 1732. He was the son of Lawrence Washington and his wife, Mildred Gale.