The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-15
A CORNER IN ANCESTORS
THE LEE FAMILY
By FRANCES cOwLEs

l Copyright 1914 by the Mcclure News
 paper Syndicate)
 The distinguished American Lee fam
 IlIes-the Straffon family-Lekens of
 Germantown-the name Maddox of
 English origin-thc double origin of
 Custer-CIute nnccstry-wnnfed, fnfor-
 nation about the Passage family
 English American Hnrmons - AIlnrd
 and Hampton coat-of-arms.
 The name Lee is one of those English
 names which have become especially dis
 tinguished in American history. It would
 be hard to find a name with greater di-
 vergency in spelling than this. De la Le,
 De Le, Lie, Lay, Le la Lee, De Leye,
 I.ye, Lehe, Lighe, Lygh Leyra, Leg and
 Leghe are said to be various forms of the
 name found in old records.
 ! In spite of the fact that the Virginia
 Lees are better known than those of the north still the first of the name on these shores is said to have been John Lee,
 who came from London and settled in Massachusetts in 1861. The same year came a John Leigh, "a person of good abilities and in the bloom of life" His two sons-John and Joseph-in 16T7 changed their name to Lee.
 The ancestors of the Virginia Lees were Thomas and Richard Lee, who came to these shores in 16if.
 TO r. S., who asks for information s bout the Stratton family. This corre- i srondent would like to get information about the descendants of Ann Clayton of New Jersey and Philadelphia. To get complete record of the Strat- tons in this country see .'The Book or Strattons," by Harriet Russell Stratton of Chattanooga, Tenn, published Tn lsoe by the Grafton Press, New York. Ac- cording to this authority there were 10 colonial enigrants of the name. mere | were 112 in the revolution by whom nine ! of the original 13 states were represented. One of the most prominent Of the first settlers was Joseph Stratton of HarWich, Eng, who went to James City, Va, In 1eoS, His nephew, John Stratton of Shot ! tery, Eng, settled in New England To Mrs l.. R., who asks for informa- ton about the Lukens family Of Pnla- delphia, and the Maddox famiy ol 'H- | ginia and Maryland:
 The founder of the Philadelphia house | of Luken was Jan Lucllen, who was born at Creyfeldt on the Rh1ne. lie bought 200 acres of land from one or William Pennis agents in Rotterdam He sailed from there to London, and from l thence to Concord in 1883. He was one of the first settlers of Germantown. He | had II children, the names of whom were as follows: Elizabeth. Elsie, Will liam, Sarah, John. Mary, Peter, Hannah Matthias, Abraham and Joseph, or these f, Williams son, William. and Peter | daughter, Sarah, married and their son, John Iukens, was surveyor general oi Pennsylvania and Delaware from 176l to l 1776
 The English name of Lukin is quite 1 distinct from this German name. The 1 coat of arms of the English family is as | follows: Argent a lion rampant gules 1 over all a bendlet gabony or an azure The crest is a dem-lon gules collarec gabony, or an azure
 | The first settler of the name Maddox in this country was John Maddox, son ol Ralph, who was born in 1888. In 1868 Johr removed to London from his home In ont of the English countries and there car
 ried on his trade of chandler. He mar red Elizabeth Durham In 1878 and witt
 her and their daughter, Elizabeth, ant
 three servants went to New Salem, Mass. where they acquired 1000 acres of land. ) I have been unable to find any informa , ton about the Maddox family of tn 1 south. There Is a reference to the fam ily in the Baltimore Sun, December 5, l90a To Mrs. A. O., who asks for informa ; ton about the Castors or Clusters an } the Cute family:
 There seems to be two distinct origin | of the name Spelled Custer in this coun try one English and the other German
 The English name is correctly Castor an | in English nomenclature the spellin
 Custer does not appear. The other con l nection of the name is correctly KuesteI
 or Kuster the final "u'' being written wit