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The Washington family is an American family of English origins that was part of both the British landed gentry and the American gentry. It was prominent in colonial America and rose to great economic and political eminence especially in the Colony of Virginia as part of the planter class, owning several … See more
Medieval origins
The Washington dynasty traces its direct firmly-confirmed roots ultimately to Crinan "the Thane" of Dunkeld (†1045), lay abbot and stepson of Malcolm II of Scotland. His descendant was See moreFirst generation
The Washington family arrived in the Colony of Virginia in 1657, when John Washington was shipwrecked. John sailed on the ship the … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Family
The Washington Family by Edward Savage is a life-sized group portrait of the Washington family, including U.S. President George Washington, First Lady Martha Washington, two of her grandchildren and a black servant, most likely an enslaved man whose identity was not recorded. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., presently displays the large painting (7 feet (2.1 m) x 9.3 fe…
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Lawrence Washington (1602–1652) Lawrence Washington (1659–1698) Lawrence Washington (1718–1752) Lawrence Augustine Washington; Lawrence Berry Washington; Tobias Lear; …
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- The coat of arms of the Washington family is first documented in the 14th century, borne by the Washington family of Washington Old Hall in County Durham, England before making its way to the Colony of Virginia in the 17th century with George Washington's great-grandfather. The design has been used since 1938 as the basis for the coat of arms and f...
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- Crest: From a crest coronet a raven rising wings elevated and addrosed proper.
- Blazon: Argent two bars Gules, in chief three mullets of the second.
- Motto: Exitus acta probat (The outcome is the test of the act)
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The Washington family was a wealthy Virginia planter family that had made its fortune through land speculation and the cultivation of tobacco. Washington's …
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Augustine Washington Sr. was the father of the first U.S. president, George Washington. He served as an officer in the British Navy during the War of Jenkin's Ear although he belonged to …
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Lawrence Washington (1659–1698) Fourth generation. Augustine Washington. Bailey Washington. Fifth generation. Lawrence Washington (1718–1752) Augustine Washington Jr. …
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The name itself is a name of origin and refers to place names in England, such as Washington, Tyne and Wear, from which the ancestors of George Washington are said to have come.. The …