Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-12-25
PARSON WASHINGTON.
Tales Told Of tao First Pre5.dcnt'o
Ancestor
PreJudiciaI Tradition Vendors Try to
Mako Him out u Dad Fellow
Daniel Webster AZ
Debtor.

Having aSccrtaincd who Cen Wash
ingtOn's last English ancestor vast
has taken a century and half to do so
his grateful countrymcn are now try
ing TO prove that this gentleman, Rev.
Lawrence Washington. rector of Pur-
leigh In Essex. was not "A drunkard and
malignant in the English revolution
OF 1850 And my college classmate, Mr..
II. T. Waters. who is always discover
ing something, has fonnd n letter in the
Bodleian library speaking well of Par
son Washington. writes Il. Il. Sanborn
i'm the Boston Advertiser.
The writer. one Mir AylofTe. about
l7OG, says: II doe not remember that
ever ! knew or heard of Mr.. Washing
ton before ne had been scquestcred, but
there was then one Mr. Roberts, a
neighbo Of mine. who was owner and
patron of parish 50 small that
nobody would accept OF his church (but
with difficulty and SIR. Roberts enter
tanned Mr.. Washington, where he was
suffered quietly u preach. have
heard him and too'.c him To be very
worthy pious man. have been in his
company there. and he appeared a very
modest sober person. and ! heard him
recommended as such by several gentle
men who knew him before | did. He
was loyal person, ard had one Of the
best benrficcS in these parts. and this
was the oncly cause Of his expulsion as
] verify believe"
Let il be remembered by "Sequest-
cred" Mr.. Aylo.lc meant turned out of
his parish OF Paririyh by the Puritaps,
at some time before 1888. when this
Lawrence Washington died. As this
was nearly sixty years before Mr..
Ayloffc wrote. the latter must have
been "a young man when he heard the
parsou preach. He lived at Great
BraN,cd an L,.gN, and the little parish
Of Mr. Roberts was in the adjoining
district of Breasted parva, or Little
Breasted Purlcirh H. not far off, and
Maiden for which our Maiden is namedl
is three miles north of purlcigh. Parson
Washington was buried at Maiden in
January, lGj3, and four or five years
later his two sons Cm.-ratcd to NIr-
giuia. BY pieciug all these tribes
together we get az "a sort of history of
this Lawrence Washington. thanks TO
Mr. Waters.
The English ancestry of Daniel Web
ster i partly known, out there Is room
for Mr.. Waters 20 lool, it up further,
both on the Webster side aud that of
Rev. stephen Bachilcr, from whom,
through his grandmother, he was de-
scended This clergyman was also
turned out of his parish, but for being a
Puritan, which could hardly be charged
against Webster. \ writer in the
Transcript tell, one of the numerous
stories that ! have heard about Web
ster's neglect 10 pay his debts. He says:
when | was a clerk in an exchange
Office we received - graft Of few hun
dred dollars ON Mr. Webster on sight
for collection. We were instructed TO
present il To the eminent man for ac-
ceptancc. payable at any future time
he chose; tell him 10 specify his own
time This was rather unusual and
showed the great respect the creditor
had for the distinguished statesman.
This respect was natural enough, for
Webster was at ,hat time almost idol
lied 10y many. But it did not secure
from the great man the payment of the
draft, either then or atterward. The
Transcript correspondent goes on; Il
politely said: Nou need not pay the
draft at once: take your own time; ac-
cept Il payable when convenient, or
when YOU please lie straightencd
back, and, his penetrating eyes almost
binding me, said; You are the politeSt
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