The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-20

George Mcknight, who was an ensign in Colonel Byrds regiment of Royal Vir- sinians Tn ldoo. Many of this branch of the 1am1iy are to be found throughout the south and in Ohio and other western states. The Mcknight or Maeknyghte
 family, as it is spelled in many Irish rec oros, IS an ancient one. The family pos sessed lands of Macknyghte from the time of uchtred de Macknyghte in 1114 to 140e when an heiress of the family conveyed
 the family estates to the family of Ross The only coat of arms for the McKnight family is as follows: Three lions heads erased The crest is a demi-lion ram- pant.
 To T. F. P. who asks for informa lion about the Power family:
 The distinguished family of Power eialms klnship to the families spelling their name Pooore and Powre and l.e Poer They are of Norman origin and Sir Roger le Poer was a Norman noble- man, went to Ireland with Stropgbow Tn iisz, thereby establishing the family in Ireland, The coat of arms for the family is Argent a chief indented sable. A femily of the name was established fin virginia In colonial times. One of the 1amiiy, George Power, born in Favette county Kentucky, spent some time in Nortn Carolina and settled in Illinois. He married Nancy Wilcockson. Another me or the Family was established by John Power and Nicholas, his brother who came from Liverpool to Providence' R. l., In late colonial days. John Power 1 married Elizabeth Westcott Their de. scendants are to be found in New EngIand and New York state
 To J. L., who asks for information a hout the Lyons family:
 The Lyons family Is of ancient Norman origin, having been established in Fng- land at the time of the Norman con. quest The name is not derived from Lyons, as Is sometimes supposed but from Llons-la-Foret. on the Fuse in Normandy
 The coat of arms of the Lyons family
 Is as follows: Per fess or eules. s lio,,
 rampant within treasure fiory counter
 cnanged holding in the paws an amulet
 azure ana Tn chief two trefoils vert. The
 Virginia in colonial times.
 To Mrs. F. J. K, who asks for ipfor-
 nation about the Metcalfe te) family:
 ihe virginia Metcalf family bears ths
 io,owihs coat of arms: Argent. three calves passant sable. The crest is tal-
 Dot seJant proper. dexter paw graspIne soioen target. This Metcslf family was tury by Richard Metcalf. who had a nls n- tation on the Kappa hammock river in Vir- sinla. He was the son of Gilbert Met caife, merchant of London, who traee., descent from Richard Metcalf of North Allerton, county Yorkshire, England.
 The Metcaif (e) family in England was Of Yorkshire origin but the origin of inc name Is not known. The ingenious the ories advanced by genealogists that tha first Metcalf met a calf" and was ,,ne daunted, are of course, absurd. The pres- ence of the calves in the coat of arnas Ia simply an evidence of the propensity for punning on the part of the men who choose the devices for coats of arms. If IS said that in the early seventeenth cen tury the Metcalf family of York was the most numerous family in all England. During the wars of the reign of Queen Mary 1t is said that Sir Christopher Met calfe met the judges Of the Queen at ork with 300 horsemen, all his kinsmen and all named Metcalf
 The New England Metcalf family traces It's origin to LeOhard Metcalf, who was born in 1545. He was rector of the parish or Tatterford, county Norwich. England.
 HIS son Michael born in Tatterford in 1886, came to America on the John and Dorothy In 16s7. By his wife, Sarah Waynham he had eight children. thus establishing enc of the old colonial famt- lies of Massachusetts.
 To Mrs. w, F. B., who asks for in formation about the HaEks family in America.
 The name Hanks is of English origin put have not been able to find that any Of the name in England ever bore coat of arms. It is variation of the name Hanlkix, which is a nickname in Cheshire county, England, for the first name Randolph. The family name Hanks, thereiore' belongs to the class of sur- names derived from first names Very little information has been got together about tho Hanks family in America. Tn Hitchcock's book on Nancy Hanks, the