. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . THE ENGLISH HOME OF WASHINGTON S FAMILY. Since the foregoing pages were written, many facts andthings having a rehition to the Home of Washington havebeen presented to the consideration of the writer. To makethis reliquary of the Father of his Country more complete,these are here added. On the earlier pages of this work, allusion is made to theNorthamptonshire branch of the Washington family, fromwhom our illustrious countryman was descended. Recentinvestigations by the Rev. J. M. Simpkin
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . THE ENGLISH HOME OF WASHINGTON S FAMILY. Since the foregoing pages were written, many facts andthings having a rehition to the Home of Washington havebeen presented to the consideration of the writer. To makethis reliquary of the Father of his Country more complete,these are here added. On the earlier pages of this work, allusion is made to theNorthamptonshire branch of the Washington family, fromwhom our illustrious countryman was descended. Recentinvestigations by the Rev. J. M. Simpkinton of Brington,England, and others, have brought to light some new and. THB ■WASHINGTON HOUSE, BKINGTOK. 374 MOUNT VERNON interesting facts concerning that family. Mr. Simpkintonbelieves that he has satisfactory evidence to show that a cer-tain house in Jirington, is the one in which lived LawrenceWashington, father of Lawrence and John who emigrated toVirginia in 1657. The family appears to have been in reducedcircumstances, and went from Sulgrave to Brington becauseof their relationship to Lord Spencer of that County. Theywere also allied to the second George Yilliers, Duke of Buck-ingham, whose half-sister and William, a brother of the emi-grants to x\merica, had been united in wedlock. Anotherbrother, Thomas, was the Mr. Washington mentioned onpage 28.
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