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Persönliche Daten William [Dunkeld] de Washington I 

• Alternative Namen: William de Hartburn, William de Hertburne, William de Wessington
• Er wurde geboren rund 1160 in Hartburn, Northumberland, England.
• Er ist verstorben in Washington, Durham, England probably.
• Ein Kind von Patric fitz Dolfin Dunkeld und Cecily wife of Patric Dunkeld
• Diese Information wurde zuletzt aktualisiert am 4. Dezember 2022.

Familie von William [Dunkeld] de Washington I

Er ist verheiratet mit Margaret of Richmond.

Sie haben geheiratet rund 1196 in Hartburn, Northumberland, England probably.

Kind(er):

1. William de Washington  ± 1186-± 1239 

Notizen bei William [Dunkeld] de Washington I

wapen: a white shield upon which were two bars and three stars in red

1.  We have recorded information most other researchers have not for the origin of the spelling "Washington" for President George Washington's ancestors.  William and his son William are variously recorded "de Hertburn", de Hertburne", "de Hartburn", "de Wessington", "de Washington", and some other spelling variations.  Some records have him and his father born in "Hertburn, France" - possible but we can't find it or records of it.

Simply stated, there is a Hartburn in county Northumberland near county Durham, Wessington was an area in Durham with lands acquired by William upon which he constructed the first stone hall at what then became Washington Village.  This explains the various spellings of William's "surname" and begins the "Washington" spelling.

The following is what we base our recordings and provides a better time frame for estimated dates (and note the added "ghost" tale):

     WASHINGTON OLD HALL, WASHINGTON VILLAGE, DURHAM,  ENGLAND
     (from our source C. J. Huff's "Old Washington Hall" 1998)

     Situated: 5 miles West of Sunderland, Durham, England and 6 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne,
     Northumberland, England, just off A1231 in Washington Village. (NZ. 313565)

     Category: National Trust. Open to the Public at certain times.

     Originally a wooden Saxon Hall mentioned in a charter of 973, the first stone hall at Washington was built
     in 1183 (note - hint for his dob) by William de Hertburne, who became William de Washington upon gaining
     the lands at Wessington - now Washington Village. The Washingtons had as their arms a white shield upon
     which were two bars and three stars in red, and are the original Washington family from which the more
     famous George Washington was later to spring.

     A vestigial fragment of this medieval hall is visible in the internal wall between the kitchen and the adjoining
     hall where two central arches separated by a central pillar form an entrance to the kitchens. In the early
     1400s the Hall passed to the Mallory family where it stayed until in 1613 the hall was bought by William James,
     the Bishop of Durham. It was he who rebuilt much of the hall, drastically altering it to its present form by
     pulling down much of its original fabric.

     The present Hall is a medium sized 17th century building, with a symmetrical frontage, which faces the church.
     However the Hall started to fall into a state of decline having tenants instead of owners, in the census for
     1891 there were recorded to be 35 persons living in the hall which was partitioned into family units. By 1936
     the building was considered to be unfit for habitation, but fortunately it was rescued before it had decayed
     too much to preserve. Much work by individuals, most especially Frederick Hill the teacher at the nearby school,
     in raising both awareness of the importance of the building and funds led to its preservation. The Old Hall in
     Washington is now owned by the National Trust who have done much to restore the Jacobean period interior
     of the building and are in the process of restoring the gardens.

     The Hall is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a grey lady who walks the corridors of the upper floor, variously
     described as wearing a long flowing grey dress, and in some tales is seen weeping. When the Hall was used as
     a tenement the apparition was mostly seen by the children, one tale from this period relates how a child asked
     its mother who the lady was who was weeping in the room, the child had of course seen the grey lady.

     On a visit to the hall in August 1998 details of recent paranormal occurrences were related by the curatorial staff,
     Edith Dawson, Kate Gardner, and Anne Hurst who all asserted that there had been the strong smell of lavender
     perfume in 1997 and 1998, emanating from the areas of the stairs and in the entrance hallway. Another incident
     concerned a young woman with children who having taken the children out of the hall soon returned to say that
     there was a definite presence there, especially in the great Hall. She asserted that the hall had the feel of a church,
     although she was unaware that the building is used as a wedding venue, and that the spirit seemed to like watching
     the ceremonies in the hall. Kate Gardner also related the tale of when she was talking to one of the caterers in the
     upstairs room, the caterer was looking past her at a figure in the room. There was of course nobody there. Whilst
     Ms Gardner has often stayed in the house overnight, she has not seen the apparition of the grey Lady.

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PEDIGREE CHART
          ;                                 Gospatrick III //
          ;                                 b. Abt 1090,
          ;                                 d.

         Gospatric /DE_HIRSEL/
         b. Abt 1120,
         d.

William /de_Hertburn/
b. Abt 1152, Of Washington,Durham,England
d. Aft 1190,

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