Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-27

pointed. while six points are sometimes known
The 'mullet" in heraldry is a star generally
five points, and il always formed Of straight
lines. while the 'estoile" Is star Of six oil
the center Of the shield is the heraldic sign
used by the second son Of the family-the
shield Is that of Robert.
The PARISH REGISTER
records that child Of Lawrence Washington
named Gregory, was baptized and buried a,
BringtOn, 1861. 1t also contains the follow
ing:
''l616...Mr. Lawrence Washington was buried
the Nv. day of December.
loo. Mr.. Philip Curtis and Miss Amy Wash
irgtOn were married August s.
1922. Mr.. Robert Washington was buried
March We 18th.
Mrs: Elizabeth Washington, widow, was
buried March We GOTH
These constitute the records of the Washing
ton family in the church at Great Brington but
they do not comprise the whole Of what is of
interest in the neighborhood.
LAWRENCE wAsHINeroS's DESCENDANT.
Robert Washington died childless. Lawrence
Washington left four sons and eight daughters
The sons were William, John, Robert and Law
renee. Robert is supposed to have died young;
the surviving sons were William, John and
Lawrence. William by his marriage. as previ-
ously stated, brought up again the fortunes of
Althrop household books, where William is
always styled Sir William. John is first entered
a. Mr.. Washington, and Is so styled in January
1622-23, but in the following March, and ever
afterward, he is called Sir John Washington.
He must have been knighted in the interval by
James |. This Sir John Washington was the
emigrant and direct ancestor of George. OF
the 'emigrant," prior to his leaving England
not much has been discovered. He appears
however, above all others Of the family, to have
rvfTv g.
the very eve Of the civil war. When the civil
war broke out the Washingtons took the side
Of the king and fought for him with that
bravery of devotion which ever appears to have
been characteristic ofthe family. The name Of
sIB HENRY WASHINGTON
Is well-known to those who are acquainted with
the history of the civil war; how he led the
stOrming party to Bristol and defended Wor-
Cester. We have il on the contemporary au-
thOrity of Lloyd that this Col Washington was
80 wen-known for his bravery that it became q
proverb In the army when q difficulty arose,
Away with 1t, quoth Washington" Sir John
had place at court, produced there by his
friend, the great dukeof Buckingham. through
whom he supposes he obtained his manor at
South Cave In Yorkshire, where he last resided
prior to departing for Virginia in 1857. WASH
lnSton Irving supposes that he and his brother
Lawrence went to Virginia in consequence Of
being implicated in the royslist conspiracy in
loco. whether all or any OF Sir Johns sons
went with him there are no means of knowing.
The South Cave estate remained in the WASH
ingtOn family for some generations later, as is
shown by the parish register, but the record is
incomplete, part of the register having been
destroyed.
The STARS AND STRIPES.
There is considerable testimony to sustain the
statement that the armor of the Washington
family. as emblazoned on the tomb-slabs in
Brighton church. suggested the stars and
stripes of the American flag. An Englishman,
MIR. A. L. Story, who has made a study of the
subject says: 1T will be noticed that the
points Of resemblance between the shield and
the flag extend even to the number of the
points of the star, it in both cases being FIVE
pointed. and not, as Is more common, six
pointed. We have ii on undoubted authority
that the Virginia Washingtons bore, as their
arms. the familiar red bars and mullets Gin
herSidry. the rowels OF a spur to be seen in SO
many church windows of the Northampton
shire and Warwickshire borders; among other
places at Fawsley. the seat of the Knightleys
once famous In connection with the Puritans
and the struggle for religious liberty. Ed
mOnsons .Heraldry' gives the following as one
OF the varieties of the armOrial bearings of the
Nashlngtons: In Buckinghamshire; Kent
Narwlckshlre and NOrthamptonshire, argent
two bars gules, in chief three mullets of the
second; crest. raven with wings indorsed
proper. issuing out of a ducol coronet or
i his was the variety used by Gen. Washington.
and Is still 20 be seen attached to the commits
sIons Of some of the earlier officers Of the army
OF lulependenca