The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

family in the twelfth century founded
 the abbey of Durford, county Sessex England. Whether or not Huse also
 traces origin from the De Hoese fam
 fly does not appear to be evident
 | Abel Huse, whom the correspondent
 mentions, came probably from Londor,
 in 1925. His son, Abel. had son, Ed-
 ward of Gloucester Mass, who had a son. Thomas. Nathan Huse, who was i, born in 1716 and was prominent
 physician in Amesburg, Mass, is said
 to have been member of family
 which came originally from Wales He
 married and had II children. Three of his sons, Joseph. John and William. served In the revolution.
 To M. E. B., who. asks for information
 about the Virginia Corbin family and the
 Beasley brothers, who settled In Tennes- see.
 I have been unable to find any infor- 1 nation of the Beasley brothers referred t. by this correspondent. The Corbins gre among the most distinguished famil- les of Virginia. In 11d it was recorded in the English college of arms that Rob ert Corbin gave land to the abbey ot l E,alesworth. In direct descent from this l Robert Corbin, in the fourteenth genera | ton, was Thomas Corbin of Hall End, 1 Warwickshire, Eng, who in 1920 married Winefred,l daughter of Gavin Grovesner 1 of Sutton Colefield, County Warwick, I Eng. Their third son was Henry, who founded the Virginia family. He settled | in Stratton Major, King and Queen
 count, Virginia, about 1850. He had the 1 following children: Henry, who died | when two years old; Thomas, who set- | tied in London and died without male issue; Gavin. a president of the council of Virginia, the head of the family; Le-
 utia, who married Richard Lee and. four ' e. | fly of the name is descended. The coat
 Of arms of the family Is as follows: Sable
 or a chief or, three ravens proper. | To S. w. L. who asks for information about the Lancaster family: | The Lancaster coat of arms is as fol- | lows: Argent two bars gules on canton
 of the second, lion passant guardant or crest, lions head erased, charged 1 with crescent gules.
 i In New England the Lancaster family
 was founded by Henry Lancaster, who
 came from England and, settled at Dover | In l631. From him are descended the | Sanbornton and Gilmanton families of l the name. The Pennsylvania family was established by Thomas Lancaster. who, when he was years old, in Ill, was brought to this country by Ann Chapman, l a Quaker preacher, who went from Eng | iand to Pennsylvania. Little Is known of this Thomas Lancaster but 1t has been | supposed that he was a fatherless boy, | whose mother permitted him to come to l this country with the hope of bettering | his fortunes. He married beautiful l Quaker girl named Phebe Wardel, and they settled in Wrightstown,. Pa, where I they had 13 children.
 1 To H. Y., who asks for information about the Yelvington or velverton family; | The family of Yelverton was one of l great antiquity in Norfolk. England, and 1 to this family belonged the illustrious l line bearing the titles of viscount
 Longueville, Earl of Sussex and Baron 1 Grey de Ruthyn, now among the extinct | peerages of England. The first recorded 1 member of this line was Andrew Yelver- l ton. who lived in the reign of Edward II
 of England. He had a son, Robert. who l married Cecelia Bardolfe. Their de. | scendant, Sir William Yelverton.l was a
 lawyer of great eminence in the reign oi | King Henry VI. and his descendant, VII
 liam, was created bsronet ins 1920. The ! third baronet of Yelverton. Sir Henry | was crested Vircount de Isongueyille, and | his son. the fourth baronet and the sec ond viscount, was in 1717 created Earl oi l Essex. The title of viscount and ear | became extinct in 1799 through lack oi 1 male heir though the title of Baron Grey
 de Ruthyn continued in the family. Fol a complete record of this pedigree SC, Burke's Extinct Peerages. The name Tel verton, very ancient in the county ol | Norfolk, was derived from place SC called in that county. have found fire | quent reference to the Yelverton famil, 1 as one of the oldest and best of virginia l in pre-revolutionary days. but other thar
 that have been unable to learn anything Can any of our readers throw light or 1 the subject? The coat of arms belonging to the Baron Grey de Ruthyn of the fam 1 fly is as follows: Argent, three lions
 rampant gules, a chief of the last. Crest | Hon rampant, passant reguardant
 gules. Supporters, two lions. reguardant 1 tur.
 To J. E. B.. who asks for information | of the Embry family:
 ! 'I have been unable to find any record of the Embry family fin thIs' country The