Mary Ball Washington: Who Raised George Washington?

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@ivoryriffs88 Жыл бұрын

Sarah Ball (Mary Balls sister) is my ninth great grandmother, pretty interesting to learn the history.

@Mcfunface 2 ай бұрын

Very cool, I'm related to the Custis line on Martha Washington's side.

@fabiancenko8284 4 жыл бұрын

In Wikipedia it says that George Washington’s mother is Albanian.

@krenarkabashi958 2 жыл бұрын

and thats true.

@NeTxGrl Жыл бұрын

Her parents were Joseph Ball and Mary Johnson. That doesn't sound Albanian to me. A lot of weird stuff is on the internet. It makes it hard to know what to believe sometimes. There is no evidence she has Albanian roots.

@NeTxGrl Жыл бұрын

Her name was Mary Ball. Her parents were born in England, Joseph Ball and Mary Johnson. She was not Albanian. That is myth started by a man named John McCallum from Reuters.

@NeTxGrl 2 жыл бұрын

Currently reading a book about George Washington. The relationship between him and his mother was very strained. They were not close.

@brandondominic3482 Жыл бұрын

More details please. I am interested in learning about this.

@don2592 Жыл бұрын

@@brandondominic3482 Ron Chernow's Pulitzer-prize book, "Washington" goes in depth on George's relationship with Mary. Great read.

@rtinsley4864 2 ай бұрын

Read The Widow Washington by Martha Saxton. It gives a more accurate representation of Mary. Put yourself in her place and your view of her may be different. Don’t think Ron C, as noted below, saw the daily struggles of a women during that time.

@tamarabakewell7068 2 ай бұрын

I read the Chernow book as well, and it does not paint such a sympathetic picture. Was she actually a Loyalist?

@darlenefarmer5921 4 жыл бұрын

Great bit of American history...Thank you.

@dawnlovejoy8917 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I used to live near Washington's ancestral home in the North East of England. My family too emigrated to America in 1633, so I'm fascinated in this time period.

@mikepeine3898 3 жыл бұрын

Sulgrave Manor .why wasn't it burned to the ground like all traitors family homes ?

@IanP1963 3 жыл бұрын

@@mikepeine3898 Good question, but then again battles with us Brits occured not far from MV so why didn't us Brits burn down MV ?

@jrglenn2 Жыл бұрын

I'm a social studies teacher and recently came across your wonderful website. My goodness have I learned a lot in a very short period of time. Thank you and I look forward to meeting you folks at Mt. Vernon one day. Till the, keep up the amazing work!

@cindymacferran331 Жыл бұрын

We absolutely loved Mt Vernon! So cool/beautiful and so many artifacts!!

@FCCENM 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Again, the information provided is always cherished. Thank you!!

@spartanlukas 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful story of a lady who was a great mother to George Washington and he only lived 10 years past the death of her.

@enzee4154 2 жыл бұрын

i know everything about George washington. his father was augustine washington and his grandfather is lawrence washington and his great grandfather john washington his great great grandfather lawrence washington and his great great great grandfather lawrence washington and his wife margaret butler and George was a 6 star general in the army and also his 22x great grandfather was Walkeline de Ferrieres.

@stflaw 4 жыл бұрын

Washington's mother was a handful. They were never close. She never acknowledged his accomplishments, complained constantly, and caused him deep embarrassment when he was president by petitioning Congress for a living stipend, implying that George was not providing her with assistance (which he most certainly was). Her biggest contribution to George's future probably was in refusing to permit George to enlist in the British navy when he was a teenager, which would have profoundly changed American history.

@touchofdumb 3 жыл бұрын

stflaw: I think very likely she was a sociopath: she tried many times to thwart George’s career when it benefited her. But with the Brit navy block she did indeed make one enormous albeit inadvertent contribution to his career and to America.

@janineharrison5186 4 жыл бұрын

That is the most I have heard about his mother. All I've read is that she was strong willed, refused to give up Fairy Farm to George when he turned 21 and probably smoked a pipe.

@stflaw 4 жыл бұрын

Ferry Farm. There were no fairies in colonial America.

@IanP1963 3 жыл бұрын

@@stflaw Yes there were they fought with us Brits !!!!

@wendytrezise766 10 ай бұрын

George was on the Ball!

@agron_639 3 жыл бұрын

The father of the American nation with Albanian heritage from PEJA 😎👍

@Prodavac 3 жыл бұрын

Not confirmed but it would be nice if he has some fellow balkan blood

@agron_639 3 жыл бұрын

@@Prodavac It is confirmed dude. Washington’s mothers name was Marije Balaj. You ain’t like to hear this because you support Russia and you don’t like the Albanians. It’s a fact no matter if you like it or not. Washington left a letter that says. Where ever the Albanians are living around the world they should always be supported and protected by America against Russia and Serbia 😎 Just because Albania is corrupt it doesn’t mean that Albanians are dumb. A.Einstein was also an Albanian Citizen and traveled with an Albanian passport to America. There’s a passport of him at the national museum in Tirana. The only country in the world who doesn’t give a statement to this or doesn’t like to talk about this is Switzerland because he studied there 🤭

@Prodavac 3 жыл бұрын

@@agron_639 may I see the evidence good sir

@sumax-nz1je 3 жыл бұрын

@Anatolia is Greek!!! Like turks!!! Greek please dont talk about Albanian History because your freedom come from Arvanites

@Mavenger1845 9 ай бұрын

@@agron_639no he didn’t, Serbia didn’t even exist back the. 😂

@georgewood9894 Жыл бұрын

I come from the Esther Ball line her 1/2 sister. I’ve always wandered why her older 1/2 brothers never took her in.

@rosebud824 4 жыл бұрын

Joseph Ball is my 11x great grandfather

@loripatterson2285 4 жыл бұрын

My husband's grandmother was Elizabeth Ball. Married Frank L. Patterson.

@melissahernandezm379 4 жыл бұрын

I am a direct descendant of the Ball family.

@spacemonkey2645 3 жыл бұрын

The Ball family was known as the Balliol's in Scotland. You may as well just exchange the last name of Gospatric with Washington and Balliol with Ball, because that is actually who they are. Gospatric, Earl of Dunbar, was born around 1047 A.D., son of Maldred, son of Crinan "The Thane" KING OF THE PICS, and during the battle of Hastings, he sided with his Scottish descendants (King Malcolm the III of Scotland, his great uncle) and sacked the city of York, killing many Normands. When William the conqueror found out about this, it sparked the "Harrying of the North", in which William completely decimated the countryside. Gospatric, paid a heavy tax to keep his lands, but eventually fled to the castle of Dunbar, Scotland, where he remained the rest of his life. Two things to take from this... Mary was Scottish royalty, and two... George Washington was actually - a Pict - .. the native inhabitants of Scotland, since the neolithic age. The lineage gets fuzzy beyond Crinan The Thane. His parents were not well known.

@melissahernandezm379 3 жыл бұрын

@@spacemonkey2645 WOW, thank you for the information I really appreciate it.The farthest I was able to get was to Richard Ball who was born in 1639, my 9th great grandfather. Again thanks 😊

@melissahernandezm379 3 жыл бұрын

@@spacemonkey2645 Also, my family knew we had some relation to George Washington but it solidified what was told to me once I was actually linked to the Ball family 😊 so interesting where the life decisions of our ancestors lead us!

@3303tricia3303 3 жыл бұрын

I am a descendant of Elizabeth, Mary's Daughter and George Washington's sister. Mary is my 8 times great grandmother! Hello cousin!

@melissahernandezm379 3 жыл бұрын

@@3303tricia3303 yes I’m her great X 8th granddaughter too! So interesting! Hello! ❤️❤️❤️

@connoroverall580 3 жыл бұрын

Loyal British Subjects.

@besartmuriqi6871 2 жыл бұрын

George Washington - Babai i Kombit Amerikan dhe origjina e tij shqiptare nga nena. (translation) youtube this video and hit the subtittles

@NeTxGrl 9 ай бұрын

His mother was not of Albanian ancestry. That is a myth. She was full blooded English. Her parents were born in England.

@Accolaidia777 4 жыл бұрын

Why didn’t you mention George Eskridge?? George Washington was named for him. Pretty significant.

@ahe79 Ай бұрын

Yes, Mary Ball Washington’s mother (Mary Johnson Ball Hughes/Hewes) requested for Eskridge to be young Mary Ball’s guardian. Here is an excerpt quoted on the website of The Museum of the American Revolution regarding this: “under the Tutelidge and governorship of Captain George Eskridge, during her minority.” There are many other sources that cite the same thing. The video only mentions her half sister and brother in law, not George Eskridge as whom she lived with and was ward of. Additionally, George Washington’s father, Augustine Sr., was introduced to Mary Ball by Eskridge. Augustine was his brother-in-law through his second marriage, (Elizabeth Vaulx) and had recently been widowed. (Jane Butler Washington, half sister of Elizabeth Vaulx) George Eskridge is my 9th great grandfather and his first wife, Rebecca Bonam (her brother was Samuel Bonam Jr., who married Mary Ball’s half sister, Elizabeth/Eliza Johnson, mentioned in this video) is my 9th great grandmother. My line is through their daughter, Margaret Eskridge Kenner, who was a Patriot of the Revolutionary War, by feeding (supplied 625 lbs. of beef) and aiding/sheltering soldiers.

@Tayharley 4 жыл бұрын

Shouldn’t Charles be the youngest since he was born in 1738 and Mildred in 1737 ? Just saying off the time line in this video

@makeittrue 4 жыл бұрын

Fiction vs Fact here: I was a teenager in the 1980s when the mini-series of George Washington was played on TV with Barry Bostwick cast in the leading role. Rosemary Murphy often played overbearing mother types and she was cast as Mary Ball Washington. The writers certainly played her as an embittered widow against George's stepbrothers getting the better properties and she was stuck at Ferry's Farm. She also was jealous of the wealth and social standing of the Fairfax family in Williamsburg. The producers really played her up as someone George went out of his way to avoid. She was some comedy relief but as to how much of the story being based on actual fact is really up for spectualation.

@cindymacferran331 Жыл бұрын

I’ve read several different places that she was very difficult!

@mikepeine3898 3 жыл бұрын

they owned an iron works that made $Millions just from selling axes @$10 each . there were over 4million people living just in Virginia alone and everyone needed axes . George's dad had many titles and was very rich . they owned thousands of acres and thousands of slaves . Washington is the king's cousin . etc... .

@TheWvJACK 2 жыл бұрын

These are my ancestors

@thekinginthenorth3222 4 жыл бұрын

How do we know Mary had breast cancer ?

@janineharrison5186 4 жыл бұрын

John and Abigail Adams daughter Nabby died from breast cancer. Doctors knew about it but only knew that the treatment was to cut off the breast.

@JackieHalpin 2 ай бұрын

I always thought she got a bad rap. She was strong and independent because she had to be. Maybe a little overbearing but she knew she had to prepare her children for the world.

@maryballwashington7556 3 жыл бұрын

I raised him

@therocknrollgamer9572 3 жыл бұрын

Are u George Washington’s mom?

@maryballwashington7556 3 жыл бұрын

@@therocknrollgamer9572 yes

@brettanymichellelawson-top5197 10 күн бұрын

Cool maryballwashington

@IanP1963 3 жыл бұрын

The intro wastes more speak time !!!!

@Bailey915 Жыл бұрын

I am George Washington‘s husband

@donaldestivez 5 ай бұрын

George Washington was blessed and protected by our Father in heaven. George Washington did not, not go to any church that kept Saturday, Sunday or anything other than the lunar calendar of our Father and Savior.