The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-03
~ IN i.MES.
Csanae. mat Certain Pstrenymies Have
I nderg0ne.


To The Error on THE SIN 5 As Q
Student Of American sensalosS for some
years I would ike 90 invite aiten'ion 20 he
way IN Vhich Americans have chat sed he
spelling OF their names from 'hst used In
the earlier history % their families on the
other side ~ the Atlantic
TyIden - n name OF greai antiquity
England aud IN. American statesman
samuel Tiiden vas very proud Of MS
ancestry. Nhich vas distinctly RECOGNIZED
nv the 1yIden- Of kent bat when athahiel
TiIGon 81 Ten'er,ien came TO New fnE land
IA IA3I he appears To have spelled his name
ridden aud not lNldsn In he London
Court Director, md he name - given a.
widen, name which u sl-o found "a
Burkr- Landed Geutr,
Hughe- = good I elite name and he
Hurh Town of he S'illv Isles slili marks
- ancient origin he Governor ~ I!is
safe - Ius'ly pTOId Of the nanIc. aud
=" vas Archbishop Hughes hui fhe signer
- the pe,lAra'iOn ~ Independence SIGNED
htn,-clf Joseph IiewS- do not hnd
zny one oi he name Of h.We- inNhe Lon
don Court Ditr'' ory although here ~ IA
he Commercial Directory News who
N--l- saloon anu another ho makes
boJ's n j. sah hat zone oil The natuTaI
children ~ lrtu,- Hgrrrt 'ef' fngiand "a
The time If oliver Cromwell ard changed
he nH
lhI'nrr at Thatcher - YOpd old
. puTitAn name The lhHohef- are de.
-,-nd,si iron he heN thomas hach"r, he
it-r pastor oi tho Old south church Hos
, on and tie 1uatchrr- from hes uncle
! Nnthohv ThnIyhsr Both un,e ahd ns phsN
su- rom tho ,sihsdral ,Iiy Of SalisbuTy
Aud they bath >ails-l IA he good shiD lame
| " hich landed at bo-ton Tune T. IGai bat
Nhy the reverend pastor did not -pell h-
! one has bern able 10 disCoper In the on
I don court Directory ! lind - MANY ~
e'fn lhs'Ih, m. and nd no! s..sIs Ihash,
arintocratic nar'e- IA Great Britain. II is
he family sane % the Earl OF lilies
! and Lord EKertOn Of Iatton When Mil
/ tons tomns Nasfrsl preaenteda ~ lSIdlo~
,aI!. N" Esertons the Ni-couni Bracley.
/ Tho Hon Thomas EseTton and Lady A lice
~ his day presented the masaus before
ibis family in the / nitsd states almos,
! Ntthou' exception have changed the spell
me Of this historic nsIne TO EdEertoB -
q In the London tourt Directory there are
great masy Eser'ons. but not a single
I kdgeTton
simon HOyt came to Ne~ England In the
! yo.r Is2s and settled In ChsrIesiown, Mass
names ia nin.,ssn dlfsrsni ssss. much
name which hss siven the student Of
American ancestry much trouble 10 thai Of
20 G Se dsscsndsd from The family =" OF T'H ,sa
/ Io~nshends OF Ra ynham. and a. the present
MARQUES Is sadly In heed Of relatives an
! american Townshend may hear something
to his advantage. a. the lawyers say. In
I the time Of oliver cromwell The TO xn she nd :
we're devoted royalis's. and some Of them
undoubtedly came TO New ENGLAND. pat a.
the restoration hing CherIes II cfeat ed
! ore Of them Baron ToWnshend u IL 1uite
prpha bic that IN Puritan times The American
/ branch changed the spelling from Tosns
hend 10 Towns-nd In IIdloW thurch
/ In shropshire there - the tomb of SIT Rob
! EFT IownShend CHER Ius'i c. Of the Marches
/ Of Naler on which II IL stated that he and
his wife Alice had twelve children lawfully
/ begCt. six sons and siE daughters and n
H. related thai some Of his des. ssndants
came 20 this country and dropped the h =
| In m" London court DIRECTORY ! ind the
names loVnsuhend TOSnh-nd. Townsend
and Tow mend
! Livingston - an Ari-tocrAtir scotch ma me
| and tho American family has r",ained the
| or 1innl spelling. but In the tOuTt DIRECTORY
! I find fhTe~ IiNingStOneS and ont nn~ w.
lngstou ANtFrTHN
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