Early life

George Washington was born on February 11, 1731 (old style) February 22, 1732 (new style). His birthday is celebrated on the Gregorian (new style) calendar date. Also note that the English year began on March 25 (Annunciation Day, or Lady Day) at the time of his birth, hence the difference in his birthyear. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Washington was part of the economic and cultural elite of the slave-owning planters of Virginia. His parents Augustine Washington (1693 - April 12, 1743) and Mary Ball (1708 - August 25, 1789) were of English descent. He spent much of his boyhood at Ferry Farm in Stafford County, near Fredericksburg. As a youth, he was trained as a surveyor and helped survey the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. He inherited his brother's estate, Mount Vernon (near Alexandria), at the age of 20 and was initiated as a Freemason in Fredericksburg on 4 February 1752.

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