who were george washington's siblings
Augustine and Mary had six children: George, Betty, Samuel, John Augustine, Charles, and Mildred, who died as an infant. Thus young George grew up surrounded by his siblings: two half- brothers, three brothers, and a sister. The Washington and Ball families were both of English descent; they emigrated to Virginia in the 1600s and became planters. The Washingtons were from a land-owning family in England; a brother of George's great-grandfather John Washington married a half-sister of the Duke of Buckingham. Another ancestor had been Mayor of Northampton and owner of the manor of Sulgrave in Northamptonshire.