Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-11
Memorials of the Washington Family.

The United States National museum
at Washington has recently received a
set of rubbings from the monumental
brasses of the Washington family in
Sulgravc and Brington.. England. col
lected and presented by Mrs. n. 7.
Robertson. of Washington. D.. &.
The fact that the history of the fam
II of George Washington is we'll KNOWN
and fully recorded I'm England. is
brought to notice by the brass memo
rials and inscriptions still to be seen
i'm the old English church and manor of
was in this village that Lawrence
Washington and his family lived for
three generations. previous to their re
moval to Brington.
The Washington house. originally II
monastery, is now the manor house of
the village of Sulgravc. 1t was granted
to Laurence Washington. the mayor "f
Northampton, by Henry the VIII, in
the year 1888. upon the dissolution of
the monasteries. over the entrance is
carved the Washington coat of arms,
we'll known to every American citizen.
The old church of ST. Mary, where
the family worshiped for years. is near
by. and forms a point of considerable
interest. containing. as 1t does. three
memorial brasses on Inc grey stone
slab put down in memory of Laurence
Washington and his family.
Those brasses consist OF Laurence
Washington's effigy. a shield bearing
ing inscription:
Here lyeth buried We bodys OF Lau-
renee Washington, Gent, & Anne his
wyt' by whome he had issue iiit SONS
4 ii daughts VIC laurence Dyed We
day 4. anO is 4
Anne Deceased the vi of October ano
Dni 1864"
Apparently Laurence Washington.
great great great grandfather of George
Washington, devised this monument us
a memorial to his Wife. leaving the
date of his own demise blank, to be
filled in after his death. This. however.
has never been done.
Two other records of the Washing
tons are found in the village of Bring
m. III this little township. not far
distant IRON Northampton, stands the
house to which the family moved from
Robert Washington died in 1922. n iii
the yard. engraved upon "a sun dial. is
found the Washington coat of arms.
In the Church OF All Saints. near at
hand. where Robert Washington is bur
led, an inscription reads as follows:
Here lies inferred We bodies o.
Elizab. Washington. widdowe. who
changed this life for mmortallitie yc
18th day OF March. 1922. AS also We
body OF Robert Washington, Gent. her
late husband second some of Robert
Washington of Solgrave in ve County
of North. Esqur.. who depted this lifs
We 10th day of March 1922, after they
lived lovingly together"
Laurence Washington. grandson of
the Laurence of Sulgrave, died in 1915
and is also buried here. Two of his
sons, John and Laurence. became re-
spectively, Sir John Washington. knight
of Thrapston. and the Rev. Laurence
Washington. rector of Purleigh. Essex.
whose eldest son. John, emigrated to
America in 1857. and vas the great
grandfather of George Washington. the
president.
1t is believed that the original design
of the American flag came from the
stars and stripes of the Washington
arms, and in the flag. as in the orig
inal arms, h stars signify divine in
fiuence. guiding the bearer in the right
way, while the bars denote one who
sets the bar of conscience and religion
against wicked temptations and evil de-
sires. The colors. red and white. seem
to follow also: the red meaning mill
tary bravery and fortitude; the white.
peace a.sa sincerity.
So It seems that the arms of the ia
Their of the country are Incorporated in
his cOuntry's flag.