Inscription
"Here lies the Body of Lawrence
Washington sone and heire of
Robert Washington of Soulgrave,
In the countie of Northampton
Esquier who married Margaret
The eldest daughter of Wilham
Butler of Tees in the countie
Of Sussexe esquier who had issu
By her 8 sonns and 9 daughters
Which Lawrence deceased the 13
Of Dec. A.D. 1616
Thou that by chance or choyce
Of this hast sight
Know life to death resignes
As day to night;
But as the sunns retorne
Revives the day,
So Christ shall us
Though turned to dust and clay"
"Here lies the Body of Lawrence
Washington sone and heire of
Robert Washington of Soulgrave,
In the countie of Northampton
Esquier who married Margaret
The eldest daughter of Wilham
Butler of Tees in the countie
Of Sussexe esquier who had issu
By her 8 sonns and 9 daughters
Which Lawrence deceased the 13
Of Dec. A.D. 1616
Thou that by chance or choyce
Of this hast sight
Know life to death resignes
As day to night;
But as the sunns retorne
Revives the day,
So Christ shall us
Though turned to dust and clay"
Inscription
"Here lies the Body of Lawrence
Washington sone and heire of
Robert Washington of Soulgrave,
In the countie of Northampton
Esquier who married Margaret
The eldest daughter of Wilham
Butler of Tees in the countie
Of Sussexe esquier who had issu
By her 8 sonns and 9 daughters
Which Lawrence deceased the 13
Of Dec. A.D. 1616
Thou that by chance or choyce
Of this hast sight
Know life to death resignes
As day to night;
But as the sunns retorne
Revives the day,
So Christ shall us
Though turned to dust and clay"
"Here lies the Body of Lawrence
Washington sone and heire of
Robert Washington of Soulgrave,
In the countie of Northampton
Esquier who married Margaret
The eldest daughter of Wilham
Butler of Tees in the countie
Of Sussexe esquier who had issu
By her 8 sonns and 9 daughters
Which Lawrence deceased the 13
Of Dec. A.D. 1616
Thou that by chance or choyce
Of this hast sight
Know life to death resignes
As day to night;
But as the sunns retorne
Revives the day,
So Christ shall us
Though turned to dust and clay"
Inscription
Birthplace of Ancestors of American Washingtons
Gravesite Details
Mayor of Northampton in 1532. The lineage of President George Washington.
