The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01


 Thorne family of American Is Identical with the Thorn family.
 The spelling seems to be interchange able Especially in early records little attention Is given to the presence or absence of the finale in this name. The name is derived from parishes of the name in counties York, Somerset and Northumberland, England. The earliest spelling seems to be De Thorne. 1 To L. D. P, who asks for Information about the Prewitt family.
 So far as l have been able to learn i there is no coat of arms of the Prewitt family, which appears to have been origin | ally an Irish name In early colonial days the founder of the Prewitt family in this country emigrated from Ireland to l Virginia The first of the line whose name l can secure was Michael Prewitt who lived first in lower Virginia and l then In Campbell county, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Simpkins and had the following sons: James. Michael, Joseph Alisha, Byrd. Robert and Joshuia. Robert married Patsy Chandler and went from Campbell county to Ken lucky. They had 10 children. of whom Nelson Prewitt married Mary Coleman He was born in and lived in Mont, gomery county, Kentucky. where he was prominent citizen and a .repre- I sentative in the state legislature.
  formation about the MeAfee family. that MT. Roosevelt refers to in the second volume Of his Winning of the vest"
 I find the name of McAfee among Lord. Stairs list of Seven Hundred Specimens of Celtic Aristocracy." There tts apparently no coat of arms or crest l belonging to the family. I have been unable to find any further reference to the family mentioned In MT. Roose- vclt's book. We should be glad to hear from readers about this family
 To M. C., who asks for information about the Crutcher family:
 The name Crutcher Is a seldom heard } English name equivalent to Croucher which, like Crouch. is derived from the Latin cruX, cross. The first known l, member of the family in this country
 was William Crutcher, who served fol } seven years in the revolutionary army
 His son. Americus r. crutcher. of Will Hanson, Tenn. married Jane Childuss , Their descendants are to be found ir Virginia and Tennessee.
 II To M. T. R.. who asks for information
 about the Tut and Rigby families: The only information I can give
 about the Tut family Is a description of the coat of arms of the English family of the same name located in ! Devon and Hants to whom the Amer jeans of the same name are doubtless ! allied It Is as follows: Quarterly
 argent and gules, in tho first quarter a saltire sable. The crest Is: Out ol a ducal coronet or, griffin's head
 holding fin the beak a key. all proper | The first record of the Rigby family | of this country relates to Daniel Rig. by. who in 17s1 married Olive Futile 1 daughter of Aaron Futile, all of New | York state. Daniel Rigby and his wife | lived first in Chenango county and then 1 in Brcome county. New York They had | the following children: Ezekiel who lived in Elizabeth, New Jersey, David | Rebecca, Alkanah of Syracuse and Ith- | aca, New York. and William, a prom inent citizen of Minneapolis.
 The coat of arms of one of the Rig by families is as follows: Bendy of six indented argent and azure on a chief azure three cinquefoils or crest. | goats head sable bezantee attired and beard or.
 To L. T. ". who asks for information aoout the Cuddington family:
 To answer specific questions of this inquiry see "The Coddington family of New Jersey" published in 1907 by Herbert Guihord Coddington of Syra- cuse. New York. The first of the name in this country was William Codding- ton. who was >0rn in Boston county, Lancaster. in 1901. He came to Bos- ton, Massachusetts. where he Is said to have built the first house and he later became the first governor of Rhode Island John Coddington, the ancestor of the New York and New Jersey Coddingtons, who was born Tn Woodbridge In 1750 and married Mar garet Edgar. Is said to he a descend lant of the William Coddington oi Rhode Island though the line of de- scent does not seem to be known. :. The family was originally English