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To: madison10

Not sure how George would feel being featured on a youtube channel called “Royalty Now.”


2 posted on 02/01/2023 3:55:55 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: EvilCapitalist
Not sure how George would feel being featured on a youtube channel called “Royalty Now.”

George Washington's ancestry points back to England, as did many of the people living in colonial America during his time. His earliest ancestors include several members of the English royalty, the most significant of whom was the great king Charlemagne. More recent evidence of Washington's English heritage are found in Selby Abbey in Yorkshire, England. The Washington family coat of arms is found in some of the stained glass artwork there. This artwork was most likely dedicated to John Wessington, a member of an influential family in Durham, England. The name "Wessington" came from the original name of the land that the family first settled in the twelfth century.

Another name for the Wessington family was "Washington." George Washington's great-great-grandfather Lawrence Washington earned a college education in England and began serving as a reverend in Essex in 1633 until the fighting of the English Civil War began. Because of Lawrence's sympathies to the British crown, he was removed from his position in his local church. The loss of his job resulted in Lawrence Washington dying in poverty in 1654. However, Lawrence Washington's son John Washington emigrated to the colonies after the death of his father.

George Washington's Ancestry and Family History - George Washington.org

4 posted on 02/01/2023 4:05:30 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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