The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13

a IdI1ITN f.T Louis. There is a reference to the Papin 1 family in Beckwith's Creoles of old St. l Louis. page PA, which would be of in- terest to members of the family. THE CONE FAMILY. Tom B. C., who asks for information | about the Cone family.
 The first settler of the name of Cone in this country was Daniel Cone, who was born in Edinborough, fin 1626 He came to this country about the year 1851 in the ship 'Johon and Sarah" He was one of the 2S who purchased the greater part of Middlesex county Connecticut. from the Indians. He married Mehitable Spence, and second, the widow of Richard Walpley. One of his sons, Nathaniel, had a son, James, of East Haddam, and another son, Jared, whose son Stephen settled in Bolton, Connecticut, where his descendants are still to be found. The name in early records was sometimes spelled Cochan. The coat of arms of the family is as follows Gules bend ar gent cottised or. That is. a red shield upon which is a silver band running from the upper left hand corner to the lower right hand corner, with two smaller gold bands on each side of the large one.
 To c. M. who asks for information about the Tichenor and Lunn family
 The name Lunn is corruption of the EISI HdluS Luna, WHICH IS uerlNeu from a place so called in Lancashire,
 York. Apparently all the funds and Lunns are descended from family originally located in that town. The coat of arms for the Lunds is as follows: Per chevron or and gules, three lions passant, countercharged.
 The name Tichenor, or Ticknor. as if is sometimes spelled, is derived from the Dutch word, teekenaar meaning de- signer. But the American family of the name do not appear to have come from Holland, but from England, where the Dutch family had been established for sometime. The first name in this coun- try William. born in Kent, England, who settled in Scituate, Mass, in 1858, and married Hannah StocSbridge. He was a sergeant in King Phillips war, and left several children, from whom many of those bearing the name now are descended.
 To R. H. S.. who asks for information about the Denny and Middleton fami- lies, with coats of arms of the families. The coat of arms of the Earl of Denny,
 created 1920, is as follows: Gules a saltire
 argent. between 12 crosses pattee or All the Denny coats of arms are about the same this of the earldom of the fam 1 fly, which became extinct in 1860. There is one Denny family in America which claims descent from Edmund Denny, of
 
 about 1640 and came to Leicester, Mass. He was worsted weaver by trade and man of considerable property. His son Daniel came to America and settled in Leicester Mass, about 1715. The south ern family of the name of Denny are
 said to have gone from Pennsylvania into Virginia about the end of the eighteenth century.
 The coat of arms for the southern Mid dleton family is as follows: Argent fretty sable on a canton per chevron or and
 sable, a unicorn's head erased per chev- ron gules and or, the horn sable. Henry Middleton, gentleman, of Twickenham, | England, had three children, Arthur, Ed
 ward and Hester. Arthur came to the
 Carolinas and had large property in the colonies, which was inherited by his nephew, Arthur, son of Edward. This Arthur had been born in 1881, and became royal governor of Carolina in 1725. He had three sons, Williams, born in ITO, who returned to England. and had a son, 1894, Henry and Thomas. The descend ants of these sons who remained in this country have full right to bear the coat of arms described above.
 To B. M. G., who asks for information about the Bermiss family in America. The Bermiss or Bermes, as it is some- l times spelled, is of pure English origin.
 
 | family is as follows: Quarterly or and ], sable The first man of the name in this country was Joseph Bermiss, who
 was born in England in 1619. He was man of much ability and high. position in Watertown, Mass. He had many de-
 scendants, among whom were seven graduates from Harvard college before the year 1SS6
 To I. l.. H., who asks for inforls about the IIillman family. The name Hillman is of English origin. The coat of arms is as follows: Gules on bend cotised or, three roses of the field seeded of the second, barbed vert. Crest a demi- i-eagle. wings displayed, holding in the beak rose gules stalked and leaved vert. There were settlers of the name of Hillman in Pennsylvania and New Jer- sey as early as 1725, but I cannot dis cover who was the founder of the family in this country. A Francis Hillman, of | Salem, N. J., of Quaker parentage was
 @ noted horseman and 1t was said of him
 that so greatly did he esteem his horses
 that he fed them wheat while he gave 1 his family Indian meal An Oliver Hill-
 man, who was born in Philadelphia in
 17S5 went to Springfield. H., where he
 had many children.
 1 To T. T. who asks for information
 about the Wilmington family. | The Wilmington family apparently
 came from England in colonial days | but have been unable to discover the
 name of the first settler. Tho only
 English family of the name is seated
 in Gulchet. Hall county Lancaster. and
 bears the following coat of arms: | Gules fess chequy or an azure. Crest, Hons head erased. Can any
 of our readers tell us somethfn\ about
 the early history of the Withingtons l in this country?
 | To a subscriber who asks for in-
 formation about the Allison family. | The Allison or Alison family is one
 of extreme antiquity. It is derived
 from the ancient first name Ellis, akin | to Ellis, and the first Allison was the l son of Ais. The coat of arms of | the family is as follows: Ar l gent, a fess gules between three | bIackbirds proper bordure of the second. Crest, peacock in his pride. Motto: Victi veritas
 To O. R. who asks for information about the Virginia Ryland family The first mention of the Ryland family in Virginia that can find related to Joseph Ryland whose son Josiah was a resident of King and Queen county. Virginia. He was born in 1768 and by his wife. Katherine Peachy. he had .