Illustration: Colonel George Washington, by Charles Willson Peale, 1772. Credit: Washington and Lee University; Wikimedia Commons.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 7

By Melissa Berry on July 14, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, wrapping up a story of the French ancestor of George Washington... (Read More)

Illustration: "General George Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, the 18th of October 1794" Artist: Frederick Kemmelmeyr. Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont. Courtesy of Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 6

By Melissa Berry on July 8, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, writing more about the French ancestor of George Washington... (Read More)

Photo: a medallion of George Washinton's ancestor Nicolas Martiau on a statue of Washington located in the garden behind the Ernest Cognacq Museum in Saint Martin de Ré, France. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 5

By Melissa Berry on June 27, 2022

Melissa Berry continues a series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, writing more about the ties between George Washington and Queen Elizabeth II... (Read More)

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