George Washington was of English extraction and his family can be traced to northeastern England as far back to at least the 11th century. You can visit the manor house inhabited by the earlier Washingtons (then called Wessyington) in the town of Washington in County Durham.
The beautiful Durham Cathedral, built in the 11th century and substantially developed in the Fifteenth Century, is an architectural treasure. John Washington, a Benedictine monk and abbot, oversaw much of the 15th-century expansion.
A more recent plaque to honor John Washington's work notes that the monk's family has earned "everlasting fame in lands to him unknown," which is truly a great fortune for any family.
-via Grizzlegutweed the Bear | Photo: Kaihsu Tai
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