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Rev. Lawrence Washington
b.Est 1602 Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, England
bur.21 Jan 1653 Maldon, Essex, England
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m. 3 Aug 1588
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m. Dec 1633
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Lawrence Washington (1602 – 21 January 1652) was a High Church rector of the Church of England. He was an early ancestor to the Washington family of Virginia, being the great-great-grandfather of U.S. President George Washington. Lawrence was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1623; was a Fellow of the college from 1624-33, proceeded M.A. in 1626; became a Proctor and lector in 1631 and obtained a B.D. degree in 1632; He became rector of Purleigh, a wealthy living, in April 1633; In 1643 Parliament ordered the living of Purleigh to be sequestered and the Rev. Lawrence Washington ejected; The Civil War was in progress. He was accused as a "alignant Royalist" and "oft drunk", but the later charge was refuted. From that time he was allowed to hold only the very small, poor living of Little Braxted, near Maldon in Essex; The Rev. Lawrence Washington died in poverty. His son John immigrated to Virginia and put down roots; John's great grandson was President George Washingotn.
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