Download or read book Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington written by Margaret Cockburn Conkling and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Ball was born in Virginia in 1706. She married Augustin Washington, a widower with two sons, in 1730. Her oldest child, George Washington, was born in Westmoreland County. The family then moved to and estate in Stafford County, Virginia, when her other two sons and three daughters were born. She died at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1789.