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Birthplace of Washington’s Mother

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Epping Forest, seven tenths mile west, stood on land patented by Colonel Joseph Ball, who died there in 1711. His daughter Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington, was born there in 1707/8, and the house incorporates parts of the original structure.
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