John Washington
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Wikidata WikipediaJohn Washington (1633–1677) was an English merchant who emigrated across the Atlantic Ocean and became a planter, soldier and politician in colonial Virginia. In addition to leading the local militia, and running his own plantations, Washington also served for many years in the House of Burgesses representing Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the first member of the Washington family to live in America as well as the patrilineal great-grandfather of George Washington, general of the Continental Army and first president of the United States of America.
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Remember in these cloisters which were finished in his day John Washington of Washington in this County Prior of this Cathedral Church 1416-1446 whose family has won an everlasting name in lands to him unknown
Durham Cathedral Cloisters, Durham, United Kingdom where they worked (1416-1446)