Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19

certified genealogical chart on which
the following appears: -
Baron de WASHINGTON is direct de-
scendant of the ancient and honorable
Washington family Of England, the eari-
est emigrant to Holland being James
Washington. one of the four brothers OF
Stuart sympathizers (Charles ID. James
came to Holland in 1850; his two brothers
emigrated to Virginia. and the third
brother remained in England, where ne
was serving a divine"
This remarkable bit Of genealogical his
tory gives the earliest and most authentic
record of the Dutch and German Wash
ingtons, of which there are many and OF
whom the church records abound in en-
tries Of marriages, births and deaths.
Further investigation brings to light the
fact that this earliest Dutch emigrant,
James. was married in the English church
Of Rotterdam. all Of which tends to cor
roborate that he was Of English training.
Baron de Washington was born in 1888.
and his brother Max married the Duchess
of Oldenburg. and in this way became
connected with one OF the Oldest SOW
ereign families of Europe. The house of
Oldenburg is the prime branch of the
Holstein- Gottorp stock, which has given
emperOrs to Russia and kings to Den
mark, and is prominently related to the
present King of England. George V. And
Jacob Washington was first lieutenant Of
the Dutch navy In 1845. this branch being
related to the wealthy banking firm, Cor
ward of seventy-f1ve Washingtons are
numbered among the inhabitants Of Hol-
land and Bavaria Hence the Washing
tons. in the farthest genealogical tracings,
hail from France. We next find them in
England. and then in Holland, America
and Bavaria, Germany.
Regarding the Washingtonian coat-of-
arms some odd discoveries have also come
to light Quite contrary to our American
belief the Washington shield does not
contain stars and stripes" notwithstand-
ing that more than a thousand books and
as many more published articles so pro-
claim 1t. The facts are that the Wash
ington shield contains ''bars and mullets
(spurs of the nights boots)." The earli-
est reference which I have been able to
find which announces the Washington
shield blaZoned with stars and stripes re-
lates to public banquet at Baltimore.
Nd, in 1851, where the ideas of an Eng
lish poet-Martin Upper by name-were
voiced. proclaiming that the American
flag, with its heraldic notions, was Dor
rowed from the Washington shield, which
possessed stars and stripes. Ever since
this banquet American authors and ora
tors have, without further investigation.
accepted the statement as correct. The
English poet was misled by his fervid
Fancy, Tor the neralQS cOlleSe at Lon
don, the highest authority on British
heralding, writes follows:
"A Washington shield with stars and
stripes (pales) has never been of record"
1t is altogether probable that Upper,
as we'll as others. was deceived by the
shape of the ''mullets." These spurs. as
worn by the knights of old, were round
In form, resembling modern cogwheels
somewhat. and their bristling points pos
sibly suggested the stars of which Tup-
per spoke.
Hundreds OF writer's have also an
nounced that the crest on Gen. George
Washington's coat-of-arms is an eagle
and that this family emblem ives the
foundation Of the suggestion that the
eagle be the emblem Of the American re-
public. While the crest may appear like
an eagle, the facts are that the heraldic
grant of arms to this Washington branch
present a raven issuing from golden
ducal crown, the crest of the family
Furthermore, Washington himself clearly
shows by correspondence with the her
aids office at London that 1t was not an
eagle, and the letter is dated ten years
after the eagle had become the emblem
Of the republic June 20. 1880. His let
ter was sent from Philadelphia May 2,
1872. the third year Of his presidency.