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    The first coat of arms of a member of the Washington family is first documented in the 14th century, borne by one of the male Washington family members...
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    The Washington family is an American family of English origins that was part of both the British landed gentry and the American gentry. It was prominent...
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    A banner of arms is a type of heraldic flag, characterised by sharing its imagery with that of the coat of arms (i.e. the shield of a full heraldic achievement...
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  • Coat of arms of Andorra Coat of arms of Angola Coat of arms of Argentina Coat of arms of Armenia Coat of arms of Aruba Coat of arms of Australia Coat...
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    The Shakespeare coat of arms is an English coat of arms. It was granted to John Shakespeare (c. 1531 – 1601), a glover from Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire...
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    The flag of Washington D.C. consists of three red stars above two red bars on a white background. It is an armorial banner based on the coat of arms granted...
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    The flag and coat of arms of Transylvania were granted by Maria Theresa in 1765, when she established a Grand Principality within the Habsburg monarchy...
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    them the first president of the United States, George Washington, soldier and politician Lawrence Washington, and politician Charles Washington. Born...
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    president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led...
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    by other villages. The building was the ancestral home of the family of George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States. William...
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    The coat of arms of Pomerania, also known as the Pomeranian Griffin, is the symbol of Pomerania, a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic...
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    The coat of arms of Sunderland is the official heraldic arms of the City of Sunderland in England. The Sunderland Corporation first assumed a heraldic...
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  • grandfather of George Washington. Lawrence was born in September 1659, on his father's estate at Mattox Creek and when he was five years old, the family moved...
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    Washington (2 November 1602 – 21 January 1652) was a High Church rector of the Church of England. He was an early ancestor to the Washington family of...
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  • as a coat of arms, but this is a coat of arms of office, not a personal coat of arms. List of personal coats of arms of vice presidents of the United...
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    Washington also served for many years in the House of Burgesses, representing Westmoreland County. He was the first member of the Washington family to...
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    rebuilt. George Washington was born in the house on February 22, 1732. Thirty-two graves of Washington family members have been found at the Bridges Creek...
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    from Astorg Roquesoulane (died c.1564), and her coat of arms incorporates the arms of the Rocasolano family. Reports have suggested – and remain unproven...
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    the following year. Lawrence was born into the Washington family, being believed to have been born in 1718, the second child of Augustine Washington and...
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    Elizabeth I, who acceded to the English throne in 1558. The doorway spandrels are decorated with the Washington family arms: two bars and three mullets...
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    as the crow and the rook, are not typically distinguished from ravens. A raven is present on the crest of the coat of arms of the Washington family. Consequently...
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    miles south of Washington, D.C.. The Washington family acquired land in the area in 1674. Around 1734, the family embarked on an expansion of its estate...
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    which Lord Baltimore is mounted bear his family coat of arms. The inscription on the rim of the seal shows the phrase, Cecilius Absolutus Dominus Terræ...
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    of whom married into the First Families of Virginia. Corbin Washington (1765–1799) would marry Hannah Lee and have three sons to carry on the family name...
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    Bushrod Washington. His brother Corbin was named after the family of his maternal grandmother and inherited the western Virginia property, and the youngest...
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    national coat of arms of Japan, e.g., on Japanese passports. The Japanese government uses a different emblem, the Paulownia seal. During the Meiji period...
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  • rampant gules. The coat of arms of the namesakes of the Dutch immigrant Claes van Rosenvelt, ancestor of the American political family that included Theodore...
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    Kur is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several noble families forming a Clan of Kur in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian...
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    surrounded by a stone wall. Glenn, Justin (2014). The Washingtons: A Family History; Vol.1: Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch. El Dorado Hills, CA:...
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    includes the coats of arms, coat armour or armorial bearings. Originally with the sole function of enabling knights to identify each other on the battlefield...
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