Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-06

years before sugrave Hall was built,
when he married K. AliapeEas The .daqgh-
ter and seiress Of John de Warton. His
grandson went with Henry V to France
and was wounded in Agineourt, in 1415,
and q son of this warrior lived at Tu-
, whitfield. and died there in December,
1884.
This Was the founder of the line
from which both the builder of Sui
grave Hali6 and the first President OF
the United States sprang.p says Pape,
and ii was most likely he who built
the church tower at yWarton and whose
arms are emblazoned on the wall out
side. For writing in 1910, a local histo-
rian named Lucas said, on the north
side OF the steeple door is the arms of
Washington (argent two bars gules, in
chief three mlIllets of the second, with
crescent for difference, well cut in
stone, which shows this family (yet
credible in this town, to have been
mostly concerned in the founding of
this. church"
For years on end, ii seems this
shield was hidden from view, all the
outside of tie church being covered
with trough cast" or plaster, and it
vas believed to have disappeared for
ever. but N 1855. some of the rough
cast outside the toKer. fell off, and tho
longlost shield OF the Washingtops
was exposed to view Its exact meas :
urements IRE IL inches in hight and
inches in width.
Strangely enough, most of the eom-
T.,r1r
Warrior content themselves with an ex-
animation of the arms of the church
tower and visit to the grave of the
last Of the Wartan Washingtons. and
go on Their way rejoicing, obliyious.
apparently, Of the fact that another
nightly interesting sight remains un-
visited
This is the Washington house,
which, though d comparatively modern
building as they reckon time in War
ton, has built into it. according to Lam
cashire custom, the date stones" Of
the ancient home Of the Washington
family in the village. The front of this
house, which is a fairly large one close
tp TIE local Postoffiee is almost cover
eo with ivy, hut. around the two hiss
toric stones the growth of the vine has
been checked. These stones are placed
high up between the second STORY WIN
doWs on either side of the central door,
way They bear the date 1912, and the
initials IL w. s." the W. being sup
posed to denote Washington, the "R"
Robert and the So being the initial
OF the owners vile
Now certain Robert Washington Of
Warton. son OF Leonard. made q will in
1855 and as 1t was probated in the
same year ne must have made it at
the time of his last Illness. He be-
queaths land in Wartpn to Robert
Washington, son unto Robert Wash.
ingtoH, which Robert was son unto
Lawrence Washington, his 1.-THE testa-
tors uncle). So most likely the dated
stones relate to one of these two Rob-
erts mentioned in the Will Which one
Of them married woman whose name
began with IS, the antiquaries have
not been able to discover
The last member of the Washington
family t. live at Warrior was Rev
Thomas Washington, who is believed
to have been born in the Washington
House, and who became curate of War
ten in 1879 and vicar of the village in
1889. When he died, in 1923. or A years
after the Father of His Country had
breathed his last on the other side of