Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-11-20
Used by the gather OF His Country.


a shaving table, formerly The property OF
Gen Georgo Washington, has been deposit
ed in the National Museum, Washington
This is, perhaps, the most valuable and in
terestiug article in the collection OF person
al relics on exhibition in the Museum. The
and 81 inches deep. 1t was presented to
Gen Washington by the first French Minis
ter accredited to the United States. Gen
Washington in his will bequeathed the la
Bile TO DR.. David Stuart, Of Fairfax county
Mrs. Margaret Cox. The latter inherited il
from her father, Henry Robinson. The fol
lowing certificate is filed with The table: |
am nephew of the laie DR.. David Stuart, 10
whom General Washington bsqueaihed his
shaving and dressing table, now tho proper
ty of Henry Robinson, esq. of Monroe Co.,
W. Va, ard who came in possession of it in
the following manner:
"Mr. VIM Robinson tmy mother IS brother
and father of Henry married Anne Stuart,
eldest daughter of DR.. D. Stuart. who left
the dressing table to her eldest son Edwin,
wboS dying under the age OF u and some
years after the decease of his mother, it be
came the property of his father VIM Rob
inson married again, and the dressing table
was given by him to his eldest son, Henry,
the present owner.
81 remember the dressing table for more
than fifty years, and have seen it whenever
l visited my uncle, and hereby certify that
| know&his dressing table, now owned by
Mr.. Henry Robinson, TO be the same that
was often exhibited to me az the bequest Of
General Washington to my uncle, DR.. David
Stuart. RICHARD 81. STUART.
"Of Cedar Grove, King George county, Va
"Apri %, 1sT6''
The following is the genealogy OF the
family who inherited the table,
The frst Robinson Wiliam) who came
10 thiI couutry wes an Englishman. He
was a lawyer and planter and settled on
the Rappahannock now Westmoreiand
county, then King George county. He died
in the year 1742, on the Goth day OF Septem-
Der, and left but one child F.; his name was
Macmillan. Maximilian left 4 son named
William to inherit his estate with the ex.
cepton ofa legacy to his daughter Alice.
Maximilian's son William had other child
rem besides William and Alice, but they died
at an early age their names were John,
the elder child, and Prestby Thornton, the
Younger. The last-named William, the
fourth in succession, left but three children
two daughters, Annie Washington and
Margaret, and one son, named William, Who
inherited all his fathers real estate and
portion of the personal property. The re
mander was allotted to the girls.
The last named William, the fifth in sue
cession, was the younger of his fathers child
rem and wss born in 1882, the year of his
{ 10 ia6 frat IN
Ann Allet Washington, daughter of Col. W.
A. Washington, of Haywood, Westmore-
land. had three children; all died in infancy
Afterwards married Ann Calvert Stuart,
daughter of DR.. David Stuart of Fairfax
county, Va; by her he had two sons, Edwin
Wilberforce and Claudius. The latter died
between the age of two and three aad
was buried in the family grave yard at Ar
lipgton.
The former died between the age Of twen-
ty.one and twenty two, and was buried in
the Presbyterian Cemetery, Georgetown.
His remains vera subsequently, removed to
Oak Hill Cemetery. William, the fifth in
succession, was married third time 10
Frances Harriet Poyton Turner, daughter Of
S. T. Turner, of Georgetown, D. C. By her
he had eight children-Henry, Gwynn,
Margaret, Edwin WiIberforce, Samuel Au-
gustine, William, Francis V. and Walter
Williamson Hambleton.
Mr. Samuel A. Robinson, deposited the
relic in the Museum and received note
from Assistant Secretary G. Brown Goode,
stating that it had been entered upon the
records in his name, and it is OF course full
of historical interest and will be exhibited
in the same case with the other val.