The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-16

Democratic as Americans are in theory; this day and generation has brought forth pride in ancestry and afi interest in eenoalogy which to say the least Ia one of the first qualities of patriotism. There Is an aristoeraey in America which means lineage, seed bleed. intellect and hehef' Families hearing Hamsa familiar tn the early histsrY af tae aatisa have new ih- terRarsled, aad theiR aeseendaHts become sa widely eennseted that geaeaiegies are easily ana clearly established,
 hRs ef the largest and nest hsaarasis of AassfieaH families is that se 'Fhe Pax teas," Of such general interest is its esRsaisgy that a volume bearing the Hafsas of rFhe SaHteR Family" has Fe- csatiF been pdhiishsd. Fine PaKteHs trace their origin back ta the sixth century when theiE ancestors crossed frem tine osatiasat and settled iR what Is new BeH= wiciishiRs, Scotland, fR America there are asasiy i,5ee sf tas name, and 5.6ss sf the bleed taaasa hsayiRs sti,sF names, Tine gsaeaiasF siaws that they are living ia 7es different places, in 4s States and PerFitaFiss,
 iR GsatGemery the PaxtsR family is represented by tine MciiinReys, tine ffsits, and the Balls: Mfr, James |: Mckinney is 6 direet descendant.
 i, Fhe history is ef wide and unusual la: tsrest, Fhe name is derived frem Sas= en wsEd meaning GardineT. Fhe head of the family, wine, as said befsrs, estsb- lisfisd himself in Berwichshire, Scotland, was hnswa as nthe iaird." The name ef his iand was, first, Fae-eingas-tewn, then RaekingtewH, then Paeksteh, and since 1850 has been written Paxton, Tn Ber- wiekshlre there is still mansion known aa WiddePburn and Paxton Castle,
 The Faxten seat ef arma Is beautiful, 1t was adopted in 1850. 1t ist Shield Er. mine. twa Chevrans, one sa, the other, aa,, between two mulleta, in pale af the last. crest.-An Eagles head erased, as,i charged on neck with two 6hevrens, er, between Pair of winss. ar, semee of Null let guies.
 The motto is Industria pitat Cndustry enriches.)
 This coat of arms is still borne by the Paxtons of England and of Wales, It ap, pears at intervals from the beginning of British history to the present day, With every great event, indeed. in the history of Great Britain. Is connected with honor the name of Paxton. in England today the Paxtons are among the foremost fam flies, and are iliustrious in surgery, arch- lecture. botany and the arts. Sir Jo- seph Paxton was born in Bedford-Shire, and history places him among the most distinguished of horticulturists.
 The American Paxtons settled first in Pennsylvania in the early part of the eighteenth century. Their progenitor was James Paxton of England. He was born in Central England. attached himself to the army of Cromwell. and Is supposed to be the Paxton who officiated at the exc cution of King Charles. After the Resto- ration James and his family fled to Ire- land and settled at Ballymoney. in Coun- ty Antrim.
 Samuel Paxton. Sr., emigrated to America. He was the son of James. He was married at the time he emigrated, but the name of his wife is unknown.
 John Paxton, son of Samuel, Sr., was born in Ireland about 1892. and came to America about 1730 His wife, also of Irish birth. was Elizabeth Alexander. John Paxton, son of the above, was born in 1n6. He married Mary Blair. daughter of Rev. Robert Blair. in Lan- caster County. Pennsylvania. They re- moved to Virginia near the present site