George Washington's Birthday is recognized this month on the 17th and so I thought maybe I would do a blog about him. Nothing fancy, just a quick note to remember the first POTUS.
George Washington, 1st President of the USA is my second cousin 8 times removed.
You
→ Pop
your father → Rufus S. Nichols
his father → Tressie King Nichols
his mother → Michael O. King
her father → Margaret Wright King
his mother → James Wingfield Wright
her father → William Wright, III
his father → John Wright Jr
his father → John Wright, Sr.
his father → Anne Washington Minor - Wright
his mother → Capt. Lawrence Washington
her brother → Capt. Augustine "Gus" Washington, Sr.
his son → George Washington, 1st President of the USA
his son
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George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States of America (1789–1797), and led the Continental Army to victory over the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).
The Continental Congress appointed Washington commander-in-chief of the American revolutionary forces in 1775. The following year, he forced the British out of Boston, lost New York City, and crossed the Delaware River in New Jersey, defeating the surprised enemy units later that year. As a result of his strategy, Revolutionary forces captured the two main British combat armies at Saratoga and Yorktown. Negotiating with Congress, the colonial states, and French allies, he held together a tenuous army and a fragile nation amid the threats of disintegration and failure. Following the end of the war in 1783, Washington retired to his plantation at Mount Vernon, prompting an incredulous King George III to state, "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."
George's grandfather is the brother of Anne Minor Wright, my 8th great grandmother, and George's great aunt....
George Washington, 1st President of the USA is my second cousin 8 times removed.
You
→ Pop
your father → Rufus S. Nichols
his father → Tressie King Nichols
his mother → Michael O. King
her father → Margaret Wright King
his mother → James Wingfield Wright
her father → William Wright, III
his father → John Wright Jr
his father → John Wright, Sr.
his father → Anne Washington Minor - Wright
his mother → Capt. Lawrence Washington
her brother → Capt. Augustine "Gus" Washington, Sr.
his son → George Washington, 1st President of the USA
his son
LINKS
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