Mary Ball Washington (1708–1789)
Mary Ball Washington was Bushrod Washington's grandmother.
Mary Ball, mother of George Washington, was born on 30 November 1708, the only child of Joseph Ball and his second wife Mary Johnson Ball. Orphaned at twelve, Mary was thereafter raised by a family friend. In 1731 she wed Augustine Washington (1694–1743) and moved to Wakefield.
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Peter R. Henriques, First and Always: A New Portrait of George Washington (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020), 19–38.
Taylor Soja, "Mary Ball Washington," Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington (George Washington's Mount Vernon).
"To George Washington from Fielding Lewis, 2 March 1779," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-19-02-0345. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 19, 15 January–7 April 1779, ed. Philander D. Chase and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, pp. 326–327.]
"From George Washington to Lawrence Washington, 5 May 1749," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-01-02-0003. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 1, 7 July 1748 – 14 August 1755, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983, pp. 6–8.]
Mary Ball Washington at Find a Grave.
Mary Ball at FamilySearch.