Other historians place the date as 1659. Whether those blackedout years were two. 165557. or four. 165559. is immaterial. An English Stuart adherent could become a free Irishman by the naturalization of necessity and self preservation. whether the process took 4 years. 2 years. or 2 days. just so long as the time element was sufficient to escape Cromwells murderous assassins. It seems tragically strange that eminent historians cannot pierce the veil of mystery surrounding the whereabouts of John Washington from 1655 to 1657 or to 1659. whichever is the correct date of his migration to America. Oliver Cromwell died on September 3. 1658. so it seems reasonable to suppose that the greatgrandfather of Gen.
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