Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-02-05


grant in Connecticut
The family of Jay has never been Z
large one in this country. They are OF
French origin, and under the nanl. of l.,
Jay. at aine.. All earl y em!neDeein France
They were IA Hugunot family. and 1t was
on account Of his creed tLat Augustus jay
fled his mother country in the latter part
Of the seventeenth century. He first land
ed III Charleston and removed To New
York on account Of the insaiubri,y of the
Southern town.
The Spragrcs Of Rhode Island, had for
their ancestor Edward Sp,ayaes, Of Up
sway, Doreet county. in Eng land, whose
thrHe $ ms were among the early Puritan
settlers OF New England.
The Cs,aunreys. another Puritan family,
which gave Harvard college one of the
abest of its early Presidents. trace their
lineage from Charles De Chauncey, who
came to England with the Gonqucrer.
The Quincy family is also as the Con
quest They are of the sxme race as the
Earls Of Winchester, and are represented
by several branches in England, from one
of which sprsng the author Thomas De
| Quincy. The American ancestor was Et-
| nund Quincy, who received a grant OF
land in the town of Mount Wollastcn,
now called Quincy, Mass.
The numerous family OF Leland is like
wise of Puritan origin. All vino uear that
name in this country are the descendants
of Henry Leland. who emigrat-d in 1858.
The Barclay family are sprung from
| Colonel Robert Barclay, who WAS Cover.
or .. East Jersey in 1852 He came from
tac famous Scotch family of De Berkeley,
and lis grand la hel'was the Quaker laird.
David Barclay, of Urie. Of who Sc elcyat
| ed COURAGE our poet Whittier has surg in
one ot h. noble ballaeis. The poet him
SELF is descended from Abraham Whit
y are, Or Whittier, who emigra'ed to New
England from Manchester, and died in
1914.
The Adams family had already been
S yeral gcnerations.ia Americ. before the
two great champions Of fresdom, Samuel
and John Adams, arose to make the name
forever illusirious.
An instance Of the feeling Of close con-
nectlon and united interests which existed
in The mother country in colonial times is
fount! in the history Of the Yale famI,y.
The two sons Of DaY.i Yale, of Deihigh
Wales, emigra;ed 10 the plantations. The
cider other, David, soon returned to
England, and as merchant in London
sfte: wards nassei large fortune; while
the younger son remained in Connecticut.
where his progeny are still living. It Was
David, however, who had abandoned
America, and had nothing to look from
this country, who gave the money for the
taGndatioG of one Of Our frs. universities.
and from him it took its name
A London letter says 'sfhe Duchess
Of Edinburgh does not grow in favor with
the public. They ever quite forgaye her
for asserting her prsceacncy over the
Princess Beatrice; and she has certainly
given proofs of a naughty disposition
As general rule, our own royal family
do not give themselves airs, and this sort
OF personal pride is especially resented in
a foreigner. A curious instance of it took
Place The other day at Chlswivk, where
the Duke and Duchess went 20 visit Ger
t IN famous collection of hot-house flowers
The proprietor Of tbs p'aee wished to ex.
plain the merits OF his plants, bu. The path
WAS narrow and to press to her side would |
have been indecorous as well as danger
Gus to his pots, and TO Drecede her, he |
was given to understand, would have been |
Tin Russin) to commit high treason. AT !
last they came to swing-door that only
required push, but which. to the Rus !
sian Duchess, was al insuperable barrier
She had never opened door for herself |
in her life and was not going 10 begin in
u nursery garden at CHS Z ick. Her splen-
did attire bockaded up tie path, SO that
To pass by hel was Impossible, aud the
whole party consequently came to dead
lock. The unhappy proprietor was in
despair Then the Duke came 10 his rs
i!anee. she won, open the door. said
he. that is quite out of the question. DO
you run round, open i, for her, and keep
in front Of her. Walk backward, aud
never mind yeur hoWer-pots :" Whether
any tlower-pots werf broken ldon', know,
but will stake hay existence that if they
were. the Duke die not pay for them"