The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-09-27

sable collared gules and. for augmenta-
ton, on canton gules lion PEASANT.
That is a shield of ermine on which
are three running grayhounds in red.
AS an additional honor there is a can
ton, \ small rectangle in the upper left
hand corner of the shield of red on
which Is lion walking. This coat
of arms belongs to the family of King
William county. Virginia. who trace
ldescent to John Moore. who came to
Virginia in 1920. aged So. His wife
Elizabeth came two years later. Their
son Augustine. who was living in 1876,
had two sons, John and Captain Au-
eustine. from whom the Virginia
Moores are descended.
To S. S. Mex, who asks for the coat
of arms of Count John Mackenzie"
who lived about 500 years ago.
| The Scotch family of Mackenzie Is
one of great antiquity and counts
lamong its numbers many members of
the nobility. 1t is said that the Scotch
family was established by an Irishman
named Colin. who aided King Alex
| ander III of Scotland in his wars and
lreceived from that monarch extensive
| lands In Kintail with the title of the
feudal baron of Kintail. He married a
dc tighter of the lord high steward OF
Scotland and died in 1878. His son. Ken
meth. was the second baron of Kintail
and his son. Kenneth. the third baron.
was known as McKenneth; that is. a
son of Kenneth. McKenneth was cor
lrupted into McKenny or Mckenzie. and
from this man. 1t is said. al of the
Scotch house of Mckenzie are descend
ed. The direct male descendant of this
family was created an early in 1923
with the title viscount Fortrose The
Mackenzie coat of arms in its original
form is simply stags head cahoosed
Tor gold. There are. however, % var
iations of this coat of arms borne by
various branches of the family.
To the queries of A. l. about thu
| following families: baltimore or Lat
inner, Gridley. Til1otson. Lamkin. Gooch,
Snead, Claiborne and Lenoir or Lanier.
The surname spelled Iittimore 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. lati-
mier. meaning one who could speak
Latin. or rouehlv a translator or inter-
prefer. The first man to bear the sur
name Latimer 1t is said was son OF
| Meirric a dweller on the Welsh border,
| who under the Norman kings OF Eng
| land acted as an lnternreter between the
Welsh and the English and was there
| fore called lie Latimer. The name con-
tinued to be spelled La Iatimer for sew
eral generations The name is sometimes
| spelled Latymer In England. but never
baltimore. There are In all some IA diff
ferent coats OF arms for various branches
of the English family. the most usual be-
ing. Gules, CROSS patonce or. Hugh
Latimer. the famous bishop of Worcester.
| added to this "Overall a bend azure
semme de liz Of the second"
| One of the earliest settlers Of the namo
in this country was Arthur Latimer, who
came with his five children from near
Newry, Ireland, In 1875, and settled In
New London township. Chester county,
Pennsylvania. He had three sons: Rob-
ert who settled in North Carolina, had
| four sons VIII names do not appear
In the record, James who settled in Della
ware and George who lived IN Northamp-
| ton county, Pennsylvania.
| The name Gridley is variation of the
surname sometimes spelled Greeley and
sometimes Greedy The barons of Cred
| ley or Greedy of Manchester. England,
are of the same connection. Their coat of
arms is: Gules three bandets enhanced
or. Crest: Out of ducal coronet a demi
lion rampant or, holding between the
paws pheon proper. Motto, Devant ST
| 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
cotfSes between as many gdrDs or. Crest,
pelicans head erased proper. The most
distinguished English member of the fam
| ly was John Tillotson, archbishop OF
Canterbury, who died in 1894 We should
be glad to have Information from our
readers about the family in this country.
| / have been unable to get any informa-
| ton about the Lamlxin family. Can any
of our readers help us out?
| The Gooch family of England was rep
resented in colonial times by Sir William
Gooch, who was governor of Virginia be-
tween 1927 and 1749. He was born in 1851
and had q son, William. who married |
Eleanor Bowles Of Maryland. and died
without heir. Sir William 0ooch, the
governor, was probably the nephew of the
| william Gooch who is the ancestor Of
| the American Gooches He settled in Vir-
ginia in early colonial times and was q
member of the house Of burgesses In 1854 |
| He had probably two children. Annie |
and William. On the tomb Of William
Gooch. the father, at Temple Farm, York |
county. Virginia, appears the coat Of
arms here described. 1t belongs also to
the English Gooches of Norfolk. England. |
1t is blazoned: Paly Of eight. argent and |
sable. q cheyron OF the first between
three grayhounds of the second. passant,
argent, spotted and collared sable. The |
motto IL: VIRTUE ct ffde II /