The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.

APPENDIX.] WASHINGTON FAMILY. 547
of correspondence, I find it to be just. I have often heard others
of the family, older than myself, say, that our ancestor, who first
settled in this country, came from some one of the northern counties of England; but whether from Lancashire,. Yorkshire, or one
still more northerly, I do not precisely remember.
"The arms enclosed in your letter are the same, that are held
by the family here; though I have also seen, and have used, as
you may perceive by the seal to this packet, a flying griffin for the
crest.
"-If you can derive any information from the enclosed lineage,
which will enable you to complete your table, I shall be well
pleased in having been the means of assisting you in those researches, which you have had the politeness to undertake, and
shall be glad to be informed of the result, and of the ancient pedigree of the family, some of whom I find intermixed with that of
Ferrers.
"Lawrence Washington, from whose Will you enclosed an
abstract, was my grandfather. The other abstracts, which you
sent, do not, I believe, relate to the family of Washington in
Virginia; bust of this I cannot speak positively.'" With due consideration, I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
" GEORGE WASHINGTON."
PARTICULARS RESPECTING THE WASHINGTON FAMILY, ENCLOSED
IN THE ABOVE LETTER.
" In the year 1657, or thereabouts, and during the usurpation
of Oliver Cromwell, John and Lawrence Washington, brothers,
emigrated from the North of England,* and settled at Bridge's
Creek, on the Potomac River, in the County of Westmoreland.
But from whomn they descended, the subscriber is possessed of no
document to ascertain.
"John Washington was employed as general against the Indians in Maryland, and, as a reward for his services, was made a
colonel; and the parish wherein he lived was called after him.
He married Anne Pope, and left issue two sons, Lawrence and
John, and one daughter, Anne, who married Major Francis Wright.
i This tradition probably arose from the circumstance, that John Washington owned an estate at South Cave, in the East Riding of the County of
York, where he resided before he came to America.