The Washington herald., 1914-09-27

is said that the Scotch family was es-
tablished by an Irishman named Colin,
| who aided King Alexander ILL., OF Scot
! land, in his wars and received from that
monarch extensive lands in Kintail with
! the title Of the feudal baron Of Kintail
He married a daughter Of the Lord High
! Steward OF Scotland and died in 127S His
! son. Kenneth. was the second baron of
! kintail, and his son. Kenneth. the third
: baron. was known as MCKenneth. that is
/ son Of Kenneth. McKenneth was cor
| rputed into MCKenhy or Mckenzie, and
| from this man. it is said, all OF the
Scotch house OF Mckenzie are descended
The direct male descendant Of this fam
| fly created an earl in l623 with the title:
NiscOunt Fortrose. The Mackenzie coat
of-arms IN its original form is simply a
stays head Cabossed or (goId). There are
however. twenty-five variations Of this
coat-of-arms borne by various branches
of the faSnily.
To the queries Of 4. l.. about the
following families: baltimore or I.ati-
mer. Gridley. TillotsOn, Lamkin. GooCh,
Snead ClatbOrse. and Lenoir or Lanier
The surname spelled baltimore is de-
rived from Latimer and the change seems
to be comparatively recent one as there
Is no instance of the spelling baltimore
in the early records. The name is de-
rived from the Anglo Norman word. Iati-
mier. meaning one who could speak
Latin. or roughly a translator or in
terpreter. The first man to bear the
surname Latimer. II is said, was a son
of Meirrio, a dweller on the Welsh bor-
der, who under the Norman kings Of
England acted az an Interpreter be-
tween the Welsh and the English and
was therefore called lie Latimer The
name continued to be spelled La Latimer
for several generations. The name is
sometimes spelled Latymer in English.
but never baltimore. There are in all
some fourteen different coats Of arms
for various branches Of the English
family. the most usual being GuIes
cross patOnCe or. Hugh Latimer. the
famous bishop of Worcester. added TO
this Overall a bend azure SCENE de
lis of the second"
One of the earliest settlers OF the name
in this country was Arthur Latimer. who
came with his five children from near
Newry, Ireland in l736, and settled in
New London township. Chester County.
Pa. He had three sons, Robert who ,
settled in North Carolina and had four
sons whose names do not appear in the
record; James. who settled in Delaware.
and George who lived in Northampton
County, Pa.
The name GrIdley is a variation of the
surname sometimes spelled Gradley and
sometimes Grelly. The Barons OF Cred |
ley or GREELEY. of Manchester. England. :
are of the same connection. Their coat
Of-arms is Gules three handets en-
HANGED or. Crest: Out OF a ducal Coronet {
demi lion rampant or. holding between
the paws a pheon proper. Motto Devant
81 je puis.
TillOtson is the name Of a small but
old English family. The origin of the
name is uncertain The coat OF arms Of /
the family is described thus: Azure two
Cotises between as many garbs or. Crest. |
q pelican's head erased proper. The !
most distinguished English member of
the family was John Tnlotson. arch !
bishop OF Canterbury. who died in 1894
We should be glad to have information
from our readers about the family in
this country.
l have been unable to get any infor-
nation about the Lamkin family. Can
any of our readers help us out?
The Gooch family Of England was rep
resented in colonial times by Sir Will
lam Gooch, who was governor of Nir-f
ginia between lI27 and 1749. He was born
in 1881 and had son. William. who mar
ried Eleanor Bowles. of Maryland. and
died without heir. Sir William Gooch,
the governor, was probably the nephew
Of the William Gooch. who Is the ances-
tor of the American Gooches. He settled u
N VHEialA N early colonial umes and