Primary
Fitzpatrick, John C. George Washington: Colonial Traveller. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1921. [a collection of papers such as letters and inventories from George]
Secondary
Carmichael, Virginia. Mary Ball Washington. Fredericksburg: The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, 1967.
Conkling, Margaret C. Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington, 2nd ed. Auburn, NY: Derby, Miller & Co., 1850.
Crawley, William B., Jr. University of Mary Washington: A Centennial History 1908-2008. Fredericksburg: University of Mary Washington Foundation, 2008.
Desmond, Alice Curtis. George Washington’s Mother. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1961.
Emery, Noemie. Washington: A Biography. New York: Capricorn Books, 1976.
Harland, Marion. The Story of Mary Washington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1893.
Houston, Betsey Embry. The Mary Washington Branch of the Association for the Preservation of VA Antiquities. Fredericksburg : Mary Ball Washington House, 1989.
Jett, Carolyn. “Where was Mary Ball Washington Born?” Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine 51, no. 1 ( Dec 2001).
Mary Washington Healthcare. “What’s in a Name?” Health Link, Winter 2010.
Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice. The Mother of Washington and Her Times. New York: MacMillan, 1903.
Townley, Christine C. “The Mary Ball Washington Museum and Research Center,” The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter 23, no. 1 (February 1997): 1-3.
Ugiricius, Leila M.“A Monumental Project,” The Free-Lance Star, January 15, 2000, 3-5.
Whitton, Mary Ormsbee. “Daughters of the Revolution.” In These Were the Women USA 1776-1860. New York: Hasting House, 1954.
Wister, Owen. The Seven Ages of George Washington: A Biography. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907.
Timeline Sources: (in chronological order)
1. Ball Family Came to America: Paula Felder, “Mary Ball,” in Fielding Lewis and the Washington Family, (Fredericksburg: American History Company, 1998),10.
2. Augustine Washington Born: Paula Felder, “Mary Ball,” in Fielding Lewis and the Washington Family, (Fredericksburg: American History Company, 1998),10-19.
3. Mary Ball Born: Carolyn Jett, “Where was Mary Ball Washington Born?” in Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine 51, no. 1 ( Dec 2001).
4. Mary Ball and Augustine Washington Married: Felder, Fielding Lewis and the Washington Family,13.
5. George Washington Born: Sara Agnes Rice Pryor, The Mother of Washington and her Times (New York: MacMillan, 1903) 75.
6. Mary Ball Washington and Family Moved to Little Hunting Creek: Sara Agnes Rice Pryor, The Mother of Washington and her Times (New York: MacMillan, 1903).
7. Mary Ball Washington and family moved to Ferry Farm: Marion Harland, The Story of Mary Washington (Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1893), 60.
8. Augustine Washington died: Marion Harland, The Story of Mary Washington (Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1893), 137.
9. Mary Ball moved to Charles St: Betsy Embry Houston, The Mary Washington Branch of the Association for the Preservation of VA Antiquities (Fredericksburg, VA: Mary Ball Washington House, 1989), 1-10.
10. Mary Ball Washington Died: Marion Harland, The Story of Mary Washington (Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1893), 137.
11. Mary Washington monument erected: Leila M. Ugiricius, “A Monumental Project,” in “Town and Country,” The Free-Lance Star, January 15, 2000, 3-5.
12. Fredericksburg Hospital is named “Mary Washington Hospital”: Mary Washington Healthcare, “What’s in a Name?” Health Link (Winter 2010), 3
13. Mary Washington House Purchased: Betsy Embry Houston, The Mary Washington Branch of the Association for the Preservation of VA Antiquities (Fredericksburg, VA: Mary Ball Washington House, 1989), 1-10.
14. Mary Ball Museum and Library Founded: Christine C. Townley, “The Mary Ball Washington Museum and Research Center,” The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter 23, no. 1 (February 1997): 1-2.
15. Mary Washington College named: William B. Crawley, Jr., University of Mary Washington: A Centennial History 1908-2008 (Fredericksburg, VA: University of Mary Washington Foundation, 2008).
16. University of Mary Washington: William B. Crawley, Jr., University of Mary Washington: A Centennial History 1908-2008 (Fredericksburg, VA: University of Mary Washington Foundation, 2008).
*Collection of Births and Deaths of Washington Family members: http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/project/faq/bible.html photo courtesy of Mount Vernon