The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-27
ARMISTEAD FAMILY.
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names have been with distinction III
every war since, not forgetting the gal.
liant General Lewis Addison Armistead,
OF North Carolina, who, after passing
through the Mexican War, gave his last
service to the Confederate States, dying
q In 1863
The Armstcads also intermnrrled with
the Smiths, 6ordons. Nlichies, Lewis,
and other prominent families Of the
present day, a full tracing OF which,
would establish n noble lineage now liv-
Ing, who can claim the arms depicted.
with Its motto as held always BY their
ancestors
''snivey rason-follow right Tor BE
True).
Green.
Dear Sir.--Was Peter Green. OF Bruins
wick county, Va. n Revolutionary officer?
Peter Green married Dorothy Foster,
daughter OF John Foster and Anna Han
cock Foster Was this John Foster
Revolutionary soldier? Who was Edward
Wyatt, Of Virginia. His daughter Nancy
married Cornelius Collier. She died in
Albemare, S. c.. in 1910.
Who were the parents OF Sallie Tuley,
who married Anthony Dyer. OF Rhode
Island. and settled in Monticello Ga?
We find many Greens in tho Revolu-
Brunswick. There were many Wyatts
settled in Albemarle county. Va. who
might tell something OF the Edward
Wyatt. The Tuley family are not met
with In Virginia now, having moved out
OF the State.
An Error.
Allow ne 70 correat u slight tyno-
graphical error in the Fauntleroy gene
alogy. published May lSth. II is stated
that some Of the descendants OF John
Champe Carter and his wife. Apphia
Fauntleroy. ARE now living In Amherst
county Va It should have been print
ed. NONE OF the descendants" Of this
Carter Faunteroy marriage ARE now
living in Amherst county, Va"
Arms.
1t Is asked II the same arms borne by
families In the United States after the
American Revolution does not show that
such families are descended originally
from the same stock. II all depends on
whether the arms are lawfully borne
!. G.. according to the laws OF the coun-
try In which the aforesaid arms origt-
mated. There is no American law on
the subject. Since the Revolution Amer
lean families have sometimes assumed
arms OF families bearing their surnames
Cor similar ones) without other proof OF
descent. This. mistake Is natural one,
and Is often made. 1t results from the
erroneous belief that those bearing the
same Cor simiar) surnames must be of
kindred blood. Before the American.
Revolution those who bore coat armor
were required by law to pay tax
thereon. (sec Jacobs Law Dictionary"
Vol. l.. page 1920 When deed was
made, English subjects gave their names
with "tif1ps a
work, Vol. H.. page 219.) or course the
Titles and degree must be correct ones.
Where any title OF HONOR or any
degree was claimed, subject to such
laws the claimant was Obliged TO be
careful. as mistaken claim to arnorlal
bearings might invalidate a deed. More
over, was It not required that all emf
grants to the colonies of England from
the mother country should be enrolled
by name. with statemcnt OF their true
rank and station? Therefore. are we not
justified In believing that family that
did not claim arms and did not use them
during the colonial days could hardly
have had right to them? Many emf
grants to the American colonies brought
their arms from England and used them,
Some brought both arms and family
records. am well aware that some OF
the most admirable and distinguished
families In America neither used nor
claimed coat-of-arms. Had they won
such distinction In Europe as they did
in America they would probably have re-
ceiyed titles OF nobility. But no titles
could have added to their fame.
Williams.
y There are so many families OF this
name, quite unconnected with each other,
that we cannot speak OF any one family
as being "a branch OF tho Williams
family, as that implies descent from the
same stock. It is a name often found
IN Wales and means "the family Of
William" Williams is q name Of nron,i-
nence in many parts OF the United States
and Great Britain. There was distin-
gnished "scarjeant-at-law'' In London
lnnout two centuries ago) named Peere
Williams. whose three brothers emit
grated to America during the first TWEEN
ty-fIve years of the eighteenth century.
do not know the exact date Of, emigration.
These brothers were: qst) John, who