The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25

lev DiCges and Leonard Digges. Leon- ard was a famous mathematician and Sir Dudley q5S3-1639) was master of the rolls in the reign of Sharles I and q prominent statesman of his day. He Is spoken of as one of the most elegant
 scholars and eloquent speakers of the nation" He married Mary, daughter Of Sir Thomas Kempe of Olentisgh. near
 Wye in Kent, and through her he ac- quired the castle and manor of Chilham.
 His own ancestral estate was Digges court, Barham. Kent. He had four sons. The eldest of these Thomas married a daughter of Sir Maurice Abbot and their son was Maurice Digges, who was made baronet. Another of the sons of Sir Dudley Digges was Dudley. This Is as far as the British record go. Ac- cording to the Virginia records, another son, Edward Diggs, was son of Sir Dudley Diggs. He was born in 1921, hav-
 ing received a thorough education in
 England. came to Virginia in 1850. His father, Sir Dudley. among his many in-
 terests was one of the most active mem
 bers of the London company. and it was
 but natural that a younger man should
 have come out to the new colonies.
 From this Edward Dggs, the Virginia
 family of the name is descended. Tho
 family home was Warwick county, Va,
 and the name in this country is usually
 spelled without an "e.'
 The coat of arms for the English fam
 fly to which the Virginia family has a
 fair claim, is follows: Gules on cross argent, five eagles desplayant, sable
 armed of the field. Crest: First an ea- gles leg couped from the thigh, sable
 three ostrich feathers argent. second an eagles head sable.
 To correspondent who asks for in- formation about the Wadsworth family. The first settlers of the name of Wads- worth in America were Thomas and Chris topher. Wadsworth came in the Lion from England in 1e32 and landing at Bos- ton, Mass, settled in Duxbury where he died in 1877. He married Grace Cole, and they had son Samuel, who was killed | in the Indian wars His sons were Chris topher one of the early presidents Of Harvard college, and Ebenezer. From these two men a great number of the fam fly of Wadsworth in this country are descended.
 The coat of arms of the Wadsworth family is as follows: Gules three ieurs de lis stallsed and slipped argent. The crest is as follows On a globe of the world. winged proper, an eagle rising proper.
 To correspondent who asks for the McPherson coat of arms:
 The McPhersons, who are one of tho most illustrious of the ancient Celtic fam lilies, bear the following coat Of arms: Per fese, or and azure a lymphad with her sails trussed up and oars in action of the first, in the dexter chief point a hand couped grasp.ng dagger, the i.oir.t upward gules. in the sinister chief a cross crosslet fitchee of the last. The hand and dagger was given to the McPhersons for
 killing the last of the Cremmings at
 Badenoch and the cross crosslet commem.
 crates the fact that one of the early Me
 Phersons went on pilgrimage to the
 Holy Land. The crest is cat seiant
 proper The motto is. Ma boan don chum gun lampainn. which is the Celtic way of saying Touch not the cat but
 the glove" The supporters of the coat of
 arms are two highlandmen with steel hell
 mets on their heads, thighs bare, theii'
 shirts tied between them and targets on their arms.