Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-24

inc list With a subscription OF 500.
noted names OF Americans as well an
Englishmen.
ORIGIN of wa.hinEton.
fuittilea de IN many ny oGJeEts that may be
the Sulsrave. 1t serves to emphasize
nret the Sulgrnvo pedigree and the
british origin Of George Washington.
bnns .ne main doorway OF the manor
arms, reputed to DO the origin OF the
and Stripes.
The Royal Tudor arms arc also .t;,,
10 DO seen in the, front gable. The
second great object IL to Concentrate
as ~ were, In Sulgraye manor house
al the Washington relics TO be found
IN ENGLAND. the documentary, pictor.
inl and other records of Anglo Amer
ican relations. Apart. too, from its
Innuence US museum. 1t Is to be n
center OF active work for the future.
TOT oil Americans visiting the old
country. and at all events. u precious
ana most Significant Sign or testi-
mo- Of the enduring friendship OF
Tho history of sulgrave Manor
house Is n curious ono and, not. we
are told. Without question MS TO its
fn@iIm FEs a to the Washington
the eighteenth century. Sir Isaac
Hoard. Garter king-at arms. CON
ss 1a pedigree OF the first Amer
great grandfather, John Washinrton
together with Johns brother, Law
1857.
These two omigrant brothers wer.
declared to be sons of i.aw-rence
Washington. OF Sulgrnve, who was
the grandson OF TINT Lawrence Wash.
H lhS,pn VIE yhf, received a gram, from
which had been the property Of ST.
Andrews Monastery. Northanu,on
before Its dissolution
Mistake LIZ Rectincd.
But Sir Isaac Heard was no. nj.
constructing the washington famii IN
tree. In the middle OF the nineteenth
century an American geneaiogist.
S s,ro,nd Chester ,he. coneluslyely demon
grants never left the country John.
Washington. OF Thrnpston. and Lawn Lawn
renee. the Rev. Lawrence washing
leigh, in Essex. So Tar. then. George
Washington was LETT Without a
known British ancestry. tho SulErnye
o a being declared to be IN, Tn.
revenges.> In 1854 another Am "ss an
gcnealog!st Henry r. Waters set
himsolf to work to explore still fur.
ther such early records AZ were
w After 81. years diliEcnt labor, Mr..
which he duly published I'm 1859
proving that the Rev. Lawrencc
Washington. rector OF Purleigh. was
inc inc father OF the two boys. John
grandfather OF George Wash nytnn
hhccording TO Sir Isaac Heard. the
Purleigh rector was the alleged emf
grant. but. as n matter OF fact.
whole generation had been omitted
from the pedigree. When Mr.. Waters
rectihed this omission and Inserted
inc Two missing names. the Sulgravc
Deed. was placed on q nrmer footing
than before.
Despite these facts. It seems not
Wholly correct to say that Sulgruve
ginians." Neither OF the two broth
ers ever lived there. the younger be-
Ing born NJ Tring. In Hertfordshire.
ana n me elder. In all probability. at
purleigh. But three generations OF
george Washingtons ancestors with
OUT doubt lived Mt Suigrave for
part or their lives. and. Indeed, one
o. these. Lawrence. the original
OF Northampton, spent the whole or
his life there.
1t was In 1888 that this Lawrence
w Washington. having made his pur-
70 live on his cBtate and built tho
present manor house. over the main
doorway of which. MS we have al
arms. He died In 1864.
WashinE ton From North Country.
II Sulgrave Manor be not exactly
the cradle OF the Washington race
o oihouSh' ms we have seen. i, is 80
OF tho family-whenrc did the family
Itself come? Hero We are in the
region OF conjecture and hypothesis.
IL mas been suggested. that We ought
TO look farther north than North
amPtonshirc. perhaps to Lancashire
or Yorkshire. Close to Ravcnsworth
there Is little place still known as
Washton. hut formerly called wash
lngton, or Washington. which may be
the spot OF which We are In search.
At AL events. the connection with
ulgraVc Manor rests on truly his
toric basis.
George Washington. the man who
gave the family its chief renown, had
only vague idea OF his ancestry.
For nearly century after his death
his English descent bafied all re-
search. and the absence of a definite
connection gave occasion to coniec-
ture and false assertions. which were
not only NEUROLOGICAL In themselves.
but led to the creation OF a mythology
scented as the forerunncr OF the Erca,
American.
His isolation In rcnown, one only
In large fnmily connection OF
mediocre men, excused the efforts to
explain his existence and qualities.
With 10 much that was OF the human
around him. only divine origin
could account for his pre-emincnce.
At one time Virginia was supposed
to run to the South Sea. and to In.
clude the Island OF California;: so the
Washington line was thought to eX.
tend to the clouds. gaining In force
by its own uncertainty. All OF this,
OF course, though. possibly. an hon
est conception, was an absurd and
mistaken one. Nothing OF the kind
was ever demanded
Though Washington himself was
a. IL.