Publications
George Washington and the Ditchling connection, by Adrian Gault, published March 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 1, article, pp.9-13) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508850] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:"There are also WASHINGTONs buried in the churchyard of the ancient church of Ditchling, in Sussex, but whether these were connected with the family of George WASHINGTON the writer has been unable to discover." (David McLean, Sussex County Magazine, 1930)
My mother, née Sylvia WASHINGTON, was a long standing member of the SFHG. When she began tracing her WASHINGTON family history in Sussex she rapidly established a line to the Ditchling WASHINGTONs. She was aware that an ancestral line of George WASHINGTON, first President of the United States, had been traced to Petworth. Unsurprisingly, she was keen to see if she could trace her family to Petworth, and thence back to the ancestors of George WASHINGTON. She never quite got there. But armed with her research and the benefits of the material now more easily accessible via the SFHG website, it may be that the link can be reasonably established.
My mother, née Sylvia WASHINGTON, was a long standing member of the SFHG. When she began tracing her WASHINGTON family history in Sussex she rapidly established a line to the Ditchling WASHINGTONs. She was aware that an ancestral line of George WASHINGTON, first President of the United States, had been traced to Petworth. Unsurprisingly, she was keen to see if she could trace her family to Petworth, and thence back to the ancestors of George WASHINGTON. She never quite got there. But armed with her research and the benefits of the material now more easily accessible via the SFHG website, it may be that the link can be reasonably established.