George Washington was a central and critical figure in the founding of the United States, and is commonly referred to as father of the nation. He led America's Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. He served two four-year terms from 1789 to 1797, winning reelection in 1792.

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 - May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, Martha Washington is considered as the first First Lady of the United States. During her lifetime, she was simply known as "Lady Washington".

Augustine Washington was the father of George Washington. Augustine was born at Bridges Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the son of Lawrence and Mildred Washington (née Warner). Augustine died in the city of Fredericksburg when young George Washington was only 11.

John Washington (circa 1631-1677) is the great-grandfather of George Washington, first president of the United States of America. Washington, son of Lawrence, was born in Purleigh, Essex, England around 1631 and emigrated to the Colony of Virginia in 1656. Washington married Anne Pope, daughter of plantation owner Nathaniel Pope, in 1658. Their wedding gift from Pope consisted of 700 acres (300 ha) on Mattox Creek in Westmoreland County of Virginia's Northern Neck.

Lawrence Washington (1602-1655) was the great-great-grandfather of George Washington.

Major Lawrence Washington (1659-1698) was the grandfather of George Washington. Lawrence was born in 1659 at Bridges Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia on the Northern Neck. Lawrence married Mildred Warner, daughter of Augustine Warner II (ref: ext.link), around 1686 at Warner Hall in Gloucester County, Virginia.

Lawrence Washington (1718-1752) was George Washington's half-brother and mentor. He married Anne Fairfax (1728-1761), daughter of Colonel William Fairfax of Belvoir, himself a land agent for his cousin, Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. George accompanied his brother Lawrence to the warm springs at Bath (present-day Berkeley Springs, West Virginia), which Lawrence visited frequently to cure his ailments.

Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 - October 12, 1870) was a career U.S. Army officer and the most celebrated general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Lee was the son of Maj. Gen. Henry Lee III "Light Horse Harry" (1756-1818), Governor of Virginia, and his second wife, Anne Hill Carter (1773-1829). He was a descendant of Thomas More and of King Robert II of Scotland through the Earls of Crawford.

Mary Ball Washington was the mother of George Washington. She was born as Mary Ball in 1708 in Lancaster County, Virginia. She was the only child of Joseph Ball and his second wife, Mary Johnson born Montagu. She met Augustine Washington, whom she married in 1730. Augustine died in 1743. She never remarried unlike most widows in Virginia. She lived to see her son, George Washington inaugurated as president in 1789 but died four months later.

Charles Washington was the youngest full brother of United States President George Washington. He was a son of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington. Charles was born at Hunting Creek in Stafford County (now Fairfax County) on May 2, 1738. He arrived in present Jefferson County, West Virginia between April and October 1780 and founded Charles Town.

George Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 - October 10, 1857), the adopted son (and also stepgrandson) of United States President George Washington, was a nineteenth-century American writer, orator, and agricultural reformer. Through his mother Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, he was a great-grandson of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore. He was the grandson of Martha Washington through her first marriage to Daniel Parke Custis.

Fielding Lewis (1726-1781) was born at Warner Hall in Gloucester County, Virginia and died in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He married Catharine Washington on 18 October 1746. She was his second cousin, daughter of John Washington and Catharine Whiting and first cousin to George Washington. The marriage produced three children. Catharine died on 19 February 1750. His second marriage was to Elizabeth "Betty" Washington, …

Bushrod Washington (June 5, 1762 - November 26, 1829) is perhaps most noted for his long career on the U.S. Supreme Court as one of the Justices that made up the Marshall Court. The nephew of George Washington, he authored the famous opinion of "Corfield v. Coryell", 6 Fed. Cas. 546 (C.C.E.D. Penn. 1823), while riding circuit as an Associate Justice.

John Augustine Washington (1736-1787) was the brother of George Washington and the third son of Mary Ball Washington and Augustine Washington. He was a member of the County Committee of Safety at the Revolutionary War. He married Hannah Bushrod in 1756, and lived with her in the family estate, Mount Vernon. He is also an ancestor to the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

Daniel Parke Custis (15 October 1711-8 July 1757) was a wealthy Virginia planter. He was the son of John Custis (1678-1749), a powerful member of the Virginia governor's Council, and Frances Parke Custis and was a grandson of Daniel Parke, also a member of the Council and governor of the Leeward Islands. Custis was born in York County, Virginia, and died in New Kent County, Virginia. He married Martha Dandridge on 15 May 1750.

John Parke Custis was a Virginia planter and stepson of George Washington. He was most likely born at White House, his parents' plantation in New Kent County, Virginia. He was the son of Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy planter, and Martha Dandridge Custis. After the death of his father in 1757, he inherited almost 18,000 acres (73 km²) of land. In 1759 his mother married George Washington and moved with her children to Mount Vernon.

William Washington (February 28 1752 to March 6 1810), was a patriotic Southern cavalry officer during the American Revolutionary War, who held a final rank of Brigadier General in the newly created United States after the war.

Samuel Washington is a brother of United States President George Washington. He was born on November 16, 1734 at Pope's Creek, Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Samuel served numerous posts in Stafford County, Virginia including justice of the peace, county magistrate, county sheriff, militia officer, and parish vestryman. He resided at Mount Vernon from 1735 to 1738.

Elizabeth Washington Lewis was the sister of George Washington, and the first daughter of Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington. She was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia June 20, 1733 and married Fielding Lewis in 1750. They built a house, Kenmore House, in 1752. In later life, she stayed close with her mother, eventually, after Fielding died, moving in with her. She died in 1797 while visiting her daughter, Betty Lewis Carter.

Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, known as Nelly, was the adopted daughter and step-granddaughter of United States President George Washington. Nelly Custis was the daughter of John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert Custis, and granddaughter of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington by her marriage to Daniel Parke Custis. Nelly was also the granddaughter of Benedict Swingate Calvert, son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore.

Major General George Washington Custis Lee (also known as Custis Lee) (September 16, 1832 - February 18, 1913) was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee. From 1850-54 he attended West Point, graduating first in his class. His father was the superintendent at the time of his graduation.

Colonel Augustine Washington, Jr. was the second son of Augustine Washington and Jane Butler, and George Washington's half-brother. Augustine married Anne (or Ann) Aylett who was born in 1726 at "Nominy Plantation." According to the will of Augustine Washington Sr., the land now known as Mount Vernon first was willed to Lawrence Washington (brother of Augustine Jr.). However, …

Thornton Augustine Washington was a nephew of George Washington. He was born circa 1760 in Stafford County, Virginia and died in 1787. He married Mildred Berry on 26 December 1779 and Frances Townshend on 2 April 1786. Children include: *by Mildred Berry **John Thornton Washington *by Frances Townshend **Samuel Washington, Jr.

Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee (October 1, 1808 - November 5, 1873) was the wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Mary was the only surviving child of George Washington Parke Custis and Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, daughter of William Fitzhugh and Ann Randolph. Mary was well educated, having learned both Latin and Greek. She enjoyed discussing politics with her father, and later with her husband. She kept current with the new literature and, after her father's death, …

Lawrence Augustine Washington (April 11, 1774 - February 15, 1824) was a nephew of United States President George Washington and son of Samuel Washington and his fourth wife, Anne Steptoe. Lawrence was born at Harewood in what is now Jefferson County, West Virginia in 1774. He married Mary Dorcas Wood on November 6, 1797 in Winchester, Virginia. Together, the couple had four children. It is through his son, Dr. Lawerence Augustine Washington, …

William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (May 31, 1837 - October 15, 1891), known as Rooney Lee or W.H.F. Lee, was the second son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis. He was a planter, a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, and later a member of the U.S. Congress.

George Corbin Washington (August 20, 1789-July 17, 1854) was a United States Congressman from the third and fifth districts of Maryland, serving four terms from 1827 to 1833, and 1835 to 1837. He was also a grand-nephew of U.S. President George Washington. Washington was born at "Haywood Farms" near Oak Grove of Westmoreland County, Virginia. He attended Harvard University, studied law, but devoted himself to agricultural pursuits on his plantation in Maryland.

Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis (April 22, 1788-April 23, 1853) was an Episcopal lay leader in Alexandria County (now Arlington County, Virginia). The daughter of Ann Randolph Fitzhugh and William Fitzhugh (1741-1809), a member of the Continental Congress, she was most likely born at Chatham, in Stafford County, Virginia. On July 7, 1804, she married George Washington Parke Custis, an orator, playwright, and writer.