| Further Generations of the Arnold Family |
| Richard Wright 1630 London England - 1655 Va. Ann Mottrom 1639 -1707, Parents Children: Francis Wright 1658 Richard Wright son of John Wright and Unknown |
| Lt. Col. John Washington born 1632 Worton County England, died 10 June 1677 Westmoreland County Va. Ann Pope - died 1669 Va. Parents Children: 1. Lawrence: 2. John married Catherine Whittens they had son: Warner who married Hannah Fairfax daughter of William and Deborah (Gedney)Clarke. 3. Ann Washington born 1660 married Maj. Francis Wright. |
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| American Educator Encyclopedia 1955 The family of the President came of a line of well-born Englishmen. They were the Washingtons of Salgrave Manor in Northhamptonshire, who traced their ancestry to a Norman knight of the twelfth century. About the year 1657 John and Lawrence, brothers emigrated to America and shortly after purchased estates in Westmoreland County VA. The eldest son of John was Lawrence the grandfather of the future President. |
| The father of Col. John Washington and his brother Lawrence was Lawrence Washington of England. |
| The Complete Book of Emigrants 1607-1660; By Peter Wilson Coldham; Genelo1gical Publ. Co. Inc. Baltimore, 1987. Page 162; 1635 10 August: Persons to be embarked [From London] to Virginia by the Saftey, Mr. John Graunt. Richard Foster 16, John Write 16, Richard Wright 23....ect....PRO: E / 57/26. (PRO; Public Records Office, held Chancery Lane, London. |
| DAC; Vol. IV 1936 Page 325 John Washington John Washington (1622-60) of Sury County Va. was landed properietor. Married 1658 Mary Flood. Child Richard Washington (1660-1725) Married Elizabeth Jordan (d. 1735). Child; Elizabeth. |
| DAC; Vol.II 1930, complied by Ruby Haskins Ellis and Anna Polly Neal, Washington DC. page 87 Lawrence Washington (d.1695), was a memeber of the House of Burgess, 1684-1692, Capt. 1684, of the Westmoreland County Military Forces. Lawrence had John (b. 1671) married Mary Townsend, had Townsend Washingtonton (1705-43), married Elizabeth Land |