Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-12
FAMILY.
OF A FAMILY THAT
kNucH
he CiUlladohloi THIS Immediate
Where lie ORIGINAL People Of
That Name Came From.

&c lCdA Win Interest IN tAlc
locality:
IS. the histerion OF Northern
SAYS that the lanes are OF
origin, and that they first moved
CO, thence TO England, and final
msFiea; that enc branch settled
Jersey, nearly opposite to Phil
"a. The question may very prop
raised whether the original fam
not Of Italian origin2
ert Zane is referred TO by Thomas
3, 81 New Jersey, as being from
d. Judge Clement in his 'FlrSt
3g Of Newton Township, n. j., "
taat an authorities agree that Rob-
,ane was one Of the members Of the
ads Meeting established at Salem,
in 1875. He probably came over
enWick.
)on moved TO Newton Township,
opposite Philadelphia, where he
q until be died In 1894. That
from Dublin Is atteSted by a
April IL, 1877, made by Ed
and his trusteestO Robert
OF Dublin, Robert Zane, Of
Serge Maker" and others, for
are of 'prOpriety" in West Sew
See First Settlers Of Newton
ship, page Is.
children were Nathaniel Rob
Chatham, Simeon, Mary, Esther
sarah. The second, Robert, died
IA. The children of Nathaniel,
eldest, were, Joseph, Jonathan,
iezer, Isaac, William, Margaret,
xail and Hannah. Nathaniel died
t727 The children Of the second
were: Robert, Joseph, William,
lasaac, Rebecca, Rachel, Eliza
Ter ard Sarah.
ane, a grandson OF the second
vas captured by the Indians
lined with them for many years.
.ac, on accOund of his services,
anted 10000 acres OF land in
20 Ohio DeHaas mentions Col.
Ter Zane, and two brothers, JOna-
Ind sllas, together with Isaac al
reigrred TO-
Tue February number Of the South
Histt rlcal Magazine, page %, the
)wlDgI language occurs: Here, too,
Serkefsy county, (Oct. =, 1147), was
D Col bnel Ebenezer Zane, the found
W. leeling, the builder and defend
For Henry, and the superintend-
Z a be construction OF the National
5m Wheeling by way of Ianes-
laio, 90 Limestone, kentucky"
ia is universally admitted that
rkely county region was settled
grafton from the neighborhOOd
adelphia. 1t is also true that
Jart of this first settlement was
Ip Of Quakers or Friends.
q more natural conclusion than
che sons of the second Robert
southwestwardly with the great
nt of settlers that swarmed into
mia from and after 1892?
stead of two settlements, one on
Delaware and the other In Virginia,
not more probable that the Irish
grant from Dublin was the ancestor
he Zanes In Berkeley, as he I'M
Ny was of Isaac Zane, the
AT landed proprietor on Mad
yer, Ohio, and who is so frequently
sntioned IN connection with Colonel
Zane. VI Wheeling?
is De Hass right or wrong?
T EDITORIAL NoTE. The above in
resting inquiry relative to the Zanes
made by Hon. Josiah II. Shinn, State
lperintendent of Public Instruction
Arkansas, who is one Of the fore
ost historical students of the South,
ID who traces his lineage TO an honor
Virginia ancestry. As is seen, he
totes DeHaaS, as 20 the nationality Of
e distinguished pioneers who bore the
lme OF Zane, who says they were Of
anish origin, while Mr. Shinn says;
The question may very properly be
ised whether they were not Of Italian
igin," and further asks whether DE
aas is right or WrOng?'
May not both be correct? Nearly
thousand years ago the cOnquerors
Southern Europe went forth from
e north side Of the Rhine, even
ON the plains Of the Jutland PENN
Ia NOW Denmark, and then the
,me of the Danes. The migration
I'd waste the Western Roman Empire,
which settled a large number OF
luCy. who are to-day known as LOm-
.rds. and who for nine centuries have
ZEN distinguished by their fine form,
rid complexion, red hair and
ue eyes. They are to-day among the
50 type of men In Europe, and con-
aststrangely enough with the descend
Is Of the ancient Romans, who are
inguished by their small stature,
.fk skin, sharp, round, dark eyes, and
ack, crisp hair
These Dane-LOmbards, many OF them,
ter the conquest, passed over 20 trans
pine France, and in 1866, were in the
ont ranks of the army OF invaders
hich William the ConQueror led into
Dgland about that year. Here in Brit
q these Dane ombard-ftalianS formed
e chief element ia the establishment of
Feudal system, and were for CEN
ries the leading commercial men OF
sglaud. They and their descend
Ms have controlled the business Of
reapside and other business streets
London for six hundred years. No
oner did the colonization Of Amer
4 begin than these Dane-ltalian-
aglish crossed the Atlantic and
ind a home on these shores. Such
The line OF descent Of the BENEFITS
other colonial families, aud why
of the Zanes2 Doubtless both claims
correct. They were Dane-Lombard-
English-AmericSn colOnists,
ere their descendants on both land
/ sea, have added luStre TO American
sals. lir. Shinn is evidently correct
his belief, taat the Berkeley county
mes were Of the emigrantS who came
ON near Philadelphia, for in Berke-
y county was the first Virginia home
the family.
hin. IInrth RanamharInr.