The New York herald., 1878-11-04

sometimes known The s'mueln hsradry is a
OF straight lines. wne tne ".ssol,e' rs star Of SIX
or more points, with wavy rays The crescent IN the
centre OF the shield Is the heraidc sign used by the
second son OF the famiy-ths shisia Is that OF
ROBERT
Brington Church contains still further me MORALS
Of the Washington family. The parish register re-
cords thar child OF Lawrence Washington, named
Grerory, was baptized aud buried at Brington In
l606-7. II also contains the folowing:-
1919 Mr. Lawrence Washington buried the XIV.
is2o, Mr. Philip Curtis Miss Amy w.shinssoa were
Is3z. MIR. Robert Washington was buried March 20
Mrs Elizabeth wsshington, widow. was buried March 70
These constitute the records OF the Washington FAM
ily in the church at Great BrlngtoD but ;ney do not
comprise the whole Of what Is OF interest In the neigh
borhood.
FURTHER FAMILY HISTORY.
Thus lar We have brought the history OF the Wssh,
childess Lawrcncs lett iour sons and eaght daugh-
ters Tho sons were William, John, Robert and Law
renee. Robert 10 supposed 10 nave ued young; the
surviving sons were William, John and Lawrence.
William by mis- marriage brought up again the isrlunes
the Allhorp household books whore William Is al
ways styled Sir William. John first entered a. Mr.
in the following March, ana ever al..fwara. he IS
called Sir John Washington. MIR. Smpktnson thinks
~ ~ n'E' Gssa s"s9sa 9 ns
SImpkinson opines, was the emierant and direct
this Sir John Northam t0nsh ire-namey, at lslip
In The church there Is the following epitsph :"Here
lIeth the body OF Dame Mary: vito unto sr John
Washington. daughter Of PHILIPPE Curtis, Gont VINO
had issue by hur sayd hus0snde sonns, Mordaunt,
John, aud Phipe, deceased the oil Janu: 1924" II
VIII DO rccoilected tnat IN the Brngton register
there the record OF the marriage oil Philip
Curtis and an Amy Washington, the latter being
sister OF Sir Johns, SO both brother aud sister
married into the same family. SIR Jonn's oon-
nccion with the lslip epitaph J. shown ny tho iact
Mordaunl Washington. Illus Tho founder OF The
American line mad been married in Engs nd, and
when no lett widowsr IN 1924 ne had three sons
10 q n ND
'.THk KMIGRANT." /"
OF the .emigrant' prior to his leaving England not
much has been discovered. He appears, however.
above all others Of Tho family, have
mate terms With the Spsacers TO The very eve Of the
iDgtons took the side tho King and fought him
with that bravery OF devotion which appears
The name Of Sir Henry Washington is well known 10
those VINO are acquainted with the history OF t6e
sv sa me parry t0
porary authority OF Lloyd that this Colonel Washing
ION was 50 wei. known Tor mis- bravery .ha.
smpklnson oonjeo,ures that Sir John had place a.
Court procured tnere BY his friend tho great Duke Of
Buckingham, through whom he supposes he OBTAINED
his manor at South Cave IN Yorkshire, where ne last
resided prior departing for Virginia 1857. Wash.
ington Irving snppsess that no aud hts brother
Lawrence wont TO Virginia in consequence oi being
impl,ca,ed 10 the conspiracy Of 1856 Whether
all or any OF sir Joh Is sons wen. with MIN there are
means 0l kn0wlna. Tho South Cave estate re-
mainsd In the Washington family tor some generations
later, as Is shown BY the parish register, but the
record incomplete part OF the Register having been
destroyed. need not follow Sir John South Cave,
because the historians have treated the subject
uy. shall close with the brist resume 0i tho rea-
on OF the Wasnngtons to the parish OF Brngton and
the other places in Northamptonshire mentioned.
Some Of The lnierences Jawn from the facts may be
erroneous but the facts themselves are beyond dts
puts. Although the Washington memorials al Bring
ton arc not unknown st tney are but rarely visited
by Americans. Mr.. Sumner and Mr. Motley have both
been there the sexton told me, and few Americans
visit the neighborhood every year. have heard,
since return 10 London, VI another village, near
by. where there exist In the church memorial win
dows OF members Of the Washington family, re.
cordng their connection with the Reformation movo.
ment III England.