The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-07-22

ment! But she can congratulate her.
self that she is not also Abrahamse
Davidijse, and so on.
These old Dutch names have a de-.
lfcious sound. any way, even Maritje,
Jillisse and Diewertje-the latter
translated into prosaic twentieth cen.
fury dialect means D~eborah-'ie'' or
"je" being a dininutive or term of en-.
dearment.
Marriage connections of the Wen
dells of New York state, include the
Van Ness, Ten Brock, de Kay, Hun,
Van Vechten n Schuyler families.
Jaabus Davidtse Schuyler married
Catalyntje Wendell, granddaughter Of
Evert the first. Catalina Hun married
Har1nanus Wendell, who, among other
Offices. held that of justice of the
peace.
The Wendells, of one branch, are
heirs Of the noted Anneke Janse.
This, through the marriage of Abra-
ham of the third generation, to a
great-granddaughter Of Nine. Anneke.
We are not going to accuse the
Wendells Of extravaganza in dress, al
though among the effects of one
thrifty fcreiather, there were ii dozen
silver buttons-large ones and solid
to say nothing Of silver shirt buttons.
The description we have of Col. Jacob
Wendell, a merchant Of Boston, about
1850, makes charming reading. He
wore a richly embroidered scarlet
coat, an embroidered long waistcoat.
small clothes, gold knee buckles, silk
stockings with gold clocks, shoes with
large gold or silver buckles-accord-
ing to the importance Of the occasion
full rufies at bosom and wrists, a
go1d-laced cooked hat, and he carried
a g~o!d-headed cane. If thus he was
attired, what must have been the gay
apparel Of his wife. Col. Jacob was
a member Of the governors council.
and director of the first bank OF
Massachusetts.
The Wendells of New England
claim Abraham, grandson of the pill
grim Evert, as a fOrefather. In New
Hampshire, the line traces to John,
grandson Of Abraham. John was born
at Boston, and son of John and Eliza
beth, daughter Of Edmund and Dor
orhy Quincy-"Dorothy G." When
Washington was at Portsmouth, n. H.,
II Of the Wendells-John by name
was one of the committee t welcome
him, and for the occasion, he com
posed some verses, which are filled
with patriotism and poetic fire.
Among the hosts of John Paul
Jones, when he visited Portsmouth,
were the Wende!ls. New England con.
nectiOns Of the family include the
Fclmes-C'iver Wendell Holmes-and
the Phillips, Wendell Phillips. John
Phillips, father of Wendell and son
CT William and Margaret Wendell
Philips. was h first mayor of Bos.
ton, and he is buried in the famous
old Granary BuryiAg ground.
Margaret was the eleventh child Of
Col. Jacob, whose raiment has fur.
nished us with a paragraph, and her
mother vas q descendant of colonial
Gov. B-adstreet.
The Werdells owned mills in New
England, and were prosperous. In
their ranks, they number statesmen,
philanthrorists, authors, poets and pa.
triots.
Among those in the Continental ar.
my were Capt. John and Adjt. Jacob,
both OF New York, and both literal
ly boys of rs" Tie Wendells, who
became western pioneers, claim
among other patriotic ancestors Bow
en- Green, illumination in the revolu.
~tionary army, for his daughter Hui.
dab conferred the honor Of her hand
Likewise her heart-upon a Wendell
Of this particular branch.
An Illustration is given of the coat.
a-mor borne by descendants of Evert
Jansen Wendell.
1t is blazOned: per Jesse, azure and
argent; in chief a ship in full sail. OF
the second, and in base, two anchors
in satire, rings downward. sable.
Crest: a ship in full sail, proper.
Or, the ship should be described as
"a Dutch g%alloon, under sail, with
royal fas OF Holland flying" A ship
in heraldry, synbolizes some notable
exploit by sea, and anchors, succor
in extremity, and it is also the Chris
tian emblem of hope. The shield OF
Richard |. bore an anchor.
Azure s~ymhoiiZes loyalty. truth and
integrity; argent, sincerity and peace,
and sable, constancy.
When the old Dutch church at AL
nany was demolished in 1906, one Win
dow was saved. It had nine panes of
glass, upon which the coat-of-arms,
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