Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-08

on honorable terms, won by heroism and faithful
ness; not unlike Washington of Sulgrave,
who century and quarter later, with handful
of starving, frozen soldiers, beset by foes from
without and within. Suffering, enduring, planning,
patiently brought to glorious elimination the
struggle of the Colonists for freedom and 1nde-
pendence.
"The alliance of these Washingtons with the
Stuarts no doubt brought John and Andrew Wash
ington, eatgrandsons of Lawrence Washington
of Sulgrave to Virginia, A. D. 1857. John married
Miss Annie Pope. His grandson Augustine mar
ried first, Jane daughter of Caleb Butler. TWO
sons born of this union survived Lawrence and
Augustine He married secondly, Mary, daughter
of Joseph Ball, and wife; Mrs. johnson, (widow)
Montague, of the old English family of Monta-
CUES of royal descent from William the Conqueror,
and st. David of Scotland. OF this union was
born George Washington. In the old church at
st. Botolphe in London, only five minutes walk
to the Tower, may be seen the Washington arms;
two broad red stripes in yellow field, surmounted
by red stars. The arms used by George Washing
ton was a shield of silver striped with red, the
bar the top set with red stars an eagle for
the crest, From this insignia was designed the
American flag and shield, the eagle serving for
the seal of the United States.
This coat of arms was used upon Washington's
carriage Motto: "EGetuS dctG prObet". Actions
speak louder than words.
To Sir Isaac Heard who wrote to him concerning
the Washington arms he answered that they were
used by his family in America, but he used the
griffin as he would upon his letter. The griffin
used by Gen'l Washington as his private SEAL was
the crest of the Montague family, his mother Mary
Ball. being the daughter of Col. Joseph Ball. and
wife Mrs Mary Johnson who born Mon
tague The flying griffin was also used by the
Spencer family with which the Washingtons inter
married will be shown later. From this 1t
will be seen that George washington himself
claimed noble descent both from his father and
mother.
From his maternal ancestors, through the inter-
marriage of the Washingtons in this country, with
the Warmers Reades, Martians, George Washing
ton derived noble descent from some of the oldest
and most distinguished families of the English
nobility, among them several of the signers of
the Magma Charta, Barons of Runnymede, as fol-
lows:
WASHINGTON OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
John Washington, who came to Virginia, 1857.
married Ann Pope. Their son,
Laurence Washington married Mildred Warner,
daughter of Capt Augustine Warner and wife,
Mildred Reade and they became the ancestors of
this line of the Washington family, Gen. George
Washington, first President of the United States,
and his sister, Elizabeth (Bettie) who married
Col. Fielding Lewis.
WARNER.-Capt Augustine WGrner the first
American ancestor of this branch of the Washing
ton family came to Virginia prior to 1880. He was
born November %, 1910; died December "a, 1874;
so stated in the eptaph upon his tombstone. He
was Justice and Burgess for York Co, 1862; Bur-
CESS from Gloucester, 1885, member of the Council
and colonel, 1894
is, 1914; died August II, 1862 (dates found upon
her tombstone). In Gloucester Co., Virginia. they
be the oldest colonial home now in existence built
about 1875.
Two children were the issue of this union. 1.
Sarah Warner, who married Colonel Lawrence
Warner Townley, and became the ancestors Of
Colonel Robert E. Lee
2. Augustine Warner, born October 20, 1913,
died June TO- 1881. He sent to England when
eleven years old to be educated in the Merchant
Tailor's School of London, where he was entered
as eldest son of Augustine Warner Gent" After
his return to Virginia he married Mildred Reade,
daughter of Colonel George Reade, and his wife,