The Washington herald., 1914-08-02
A CORNER IN ANCESTORS.
THE RUSSELL FAMILY.
By FRANCES CowLEs.

I beth, Bridget and Elias, and Elias had
| no male issue. There was, however,
| Theophilus Whalley, OF Rhode Island.
| who was rumored to be a brother Of the
regicide. II was known that Edward
Whalley had had brother Robert, and IL
was said that Theophilus was in truth
| Robert, but that for his own safety he
/ wished to keep his identity a secret. This
Theophilus was born in 1916. and as a
young man he went to Virginia in mill
| tary capacity, where he met and married
Elizabeth Mills. He returned to England,
where he served in the Parliamentary
\ army, his regiment taking part in the
execution of Charles ]. He returned to
| Virginia and for religious reasons left
! that colony, going TO Rhode Island
There he made his living fishing, weav-
| ing, teaching and writing for his less
! educated neighbors. He said little about
his family In England, but IL was remem-
bered after his death that he had some
times remarked that ''tin he was eighteen
years old he knew not what II was 10
want a servant to attend him with a sill
yer ever and napkin whenever he wanted
10 wash his hands" He had eight chill
dren. some of whom spelled their name
Whalley and some OF them Whaley.
The usual coat Of arms of the Whalley
family IS as follows: Argent three whales
heads, erased sable. Crest: A whales
head. erased sable. The Whalley family
derive their name from a parish. so called
in Yorkshire. England. from whence the
WhalleyS are said to have sprung.
To A. ]. s., who asks for information
concerning the Sims family: .
That the Sims family were amcng the
early settlers OF Culpeper County. Va,
there seems to be no doubt, but there is
little data about their early life in the
colony. A William Sims, who was born
in Culpeper in 1760, married Amelia Rus
sell when he was probably under twenty
years of age and had twelve children.
He served as a soldier in the Revolution,
sometimes acting directly under the COM
mand of Washington. In 17S6 he migrat-
ed from Virginia TO Cooke County, Tenn,
where he manumitted his slaves. From
Tennessee he removed with his family
to Indiana His second son, L-arkin, who
was born in 1850. returned 10 Virginia,
where he married his maternal cousin,
Sally Rice.
William Sims the father of Larkin, had
a brother. John, who was a member of
the United States Congress from Ken
lucky, and an uncle named Thomas was
killed in the Revolution. 1t is said that
the father of William Sims was named
William, and that he, with his brother
Thomas, just mentioned, came from Scot
land
In the annals OF Antrim Parish, VIZ
ginia, under the date OF 1752, there is d
record of fining one Thomas Sims for
travelling on the road on the Sabbath day
with a loaded beast" Another offender
on the same Sabbath day was fined for
bringing oysters ashore another for /
swearing and cursing." and another for /!
getting drunk"
have been unable to find any coat Of /
arms for the Sims family.
To Mrs. ]. NJ. R.. who asks for informa- |
ton of the Chandler family of Massachu-
sets:
The founder of the Chandler family in
this country was William Chandler, who,
with his wife, Annis, came from Eng
land and settled in Roxbury. Mass They
had FIVE children, Hannah, Thomas, Will
lam, John, and Sarah and from them
are probably sprung the colonial family
of Chandler in Massachusetts,. The coat
Of arms OF the Chandler family is de-
scribed thus: Checkie, argent and azure,
on bend OF the first sable three lines
passant gules. The crest is a Pelican in
her nest wounding her breast to feed
her young with her own blood. The mot
to. appropriate to the crest, is "Ad Nor
tenn Fidelis,' Faithful unto death"
ITO Mrs. W. H. H, jr. You failed to
give your address in your last letter,
which is the only one that has reached
me. II you will send your address and
repeat your request shall be very glad
to answer it. F. C."