Identifier: someoldhistoricl02snow (find matches)
Title: Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Snowden, William H. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Alexandria, Va., Printed by G. H. Ramey & son
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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God. Then, amid cheers, the display of flags, and the ringing of all the bells in the city,>ur first President turned to face the duties his country had imposed upon him. In OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 61 sight of those who would have made an idol of hirn, Washingtons first act was to seekaid of other strength than his own. In the calm sunshine of that April afternoon, frag-rant with the presence of seed-time and the promise of harvest, we leave him on hisknees in Old St. Pauls, bowed with the simplicity of a child at the feet of the SupremeRuler of the universe. MARY, THE MOTHER. William Ball the first immigrant of the name and family to Virginia came to the bor-ders of the Rappahannock river in Lancaster county and established the plantation ofMillenback. Capt. Joseph, his son, became possessor of the plantation of Epping For-est in the same neighborhood. He was married in 167=5 to Elizabeth Romney. Byher he had five children, Joseph, Elizabeth married to Rev. John Carnegie, Hannah
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iTlcurf 2?c*& MOTHER OF WASHINGTON.Courtesy of Mr. Henry Dudley Teetor. married to Raleigh Travers, Anne married to Col. Edward Conway, and Esther marriedto Raleigh Chinn. About 1707 or 8 his wife died and he married a second time tothe widow, Mary Johnson by whom he had one daughter Mary, who from her comeli-ness was called the rose of Epping Forest. Mary lost her father before she was fiveyears old. Her mother was again married for the third time to Capt. Richard Heweswhose home was at Sandy Point near the mouth of Yeocomico river in the county of 62 SOME OLD HISTORIC LANDMARKS Northumberland. Here in all probability young Mary Ball passed the most of hersingle years with her mother, and in companionship with her half sister Elizabeth John-son until March 6, 1730, when she became the wife of Capt. Augustine Washington ofWakefield, Westmoreland county, Va. He died in 1743. His widow Mary remainedon the Wakefield homestead until 1775 when at her son Georges request she came up toF

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