Caswell County NcArchives News.....Major W.H. Watlington 1905
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Charlotte Daily Observer 1905
28 Apr 1905

Major Watlington's Tree.

A Family Record Which Goes Back 725 Years to Ancient England.

Reidsville, April 26 - Major W.H. Watlington, of Caswell County, was here 
today en route to High Point. He showed the Observer correspondent the family 
record and coat of arms of the Watlingtons, a history of 68 pages of 
manuscript. It dated back 735 years. The derivation of the name "Watlington" 
is recorded in a book treating on the origin of old English names, transcribed 
by A.L. Watlington, now of California, AD, 1900, from records at Lynn, county 
of Norfolk, England.

The record shows that the Watlingtons were the sons of King Waetla, and that 
Waetla, or Watlea, is probably a diminutive of Watt, or Watts, meaning sharp, 
keen; Watlington, the prefix, is the Anglo-Saxon Watling as a patronymic 
denoting that an Anglo-Saxon filial settlement was founded here by the 
Watlings. The Watlings must have been an illustrious race, as they gave name 
to "Watling street," the great ancient road leading from Dover by London to 
Cordigan. It was built by the Romans in the time of Caesars. 

Major Watlington also has in possession a photograph of a handsome monument 
erected in England to the memory of the late William Watlington. Major 
Watlington's memory is great, and it is a genuine pleasure to converse with 
him.


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