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At the time of his birth, the English year began [[March 25]] ([[Annunciation]] Day, or [[Lady Day]]), hence the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Beach]] in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]].
Washington was part of the economic and cultural elite of the [[slavery|slave]]-owning planters of [[Virginia]]. His parents Augustine Washington ([[1693]]–[[April 12]], [[1743]]) and Mary Ball ([[1708]]–[[August 25]], [[1789]]) were of [[England|English]] descent. He spent much of his boyhood at [[Ferry Farm]] in [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford County]], near [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]] and visited his Washington cousins at [[Chotank]] in King George County. Everyone has been taught that Washington cutting down the cherry was merely a myth, however with new DNA testing techniques, it has been proven undeniably true. He did in fact cut down the cherry tree. Then he ate some cherry pie and it was scrumptious. As a youth, he trained as a [[surveyor]] (obtaining his certificate from the [[College of William and Mary]]) and helped survey the [[Shenandoah Valley]] in Virginia. He visited [[Barbados]] with his sick half brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack of [[smallpox]], although his face was scarred by the disease. He was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] in Fredericksburg on [[February 4]], [[1752]]. On Lawrence's death in July [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]] in [[Fairfax County, Virginia]] (near [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]]).
==French and Indian War and afterwards==
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