Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1898 — WASHINGTON’S ANCESTORS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WASHINGTON’S ANCESTORS.

Old English Building Dates from the Seventeenth Century. Washington Hall, in Durham County, England, which was lately sold under the hammer, with the adjoining grounds, for $2,025, was the early home of the ancestors of George Washington. The building dates from the early part of the seventeenth century, aud it was erected by William James, Bisiiop of Durham. It is of stone, having mullioned windows and boldly projecting porches. A large outstanding chimney is at one end of the house. The building is now fast falling into ruin. The Washington family occupied the old manor for five centuries before the hall was built. William de Wessington’s name appears as witness to the charters of the Bishop

of Durham between 12C0 aud 1274, and Washington Irving hns traced to the Wessingtons of Durham George Washington’* ancestry.

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