The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22


 able to find the record of the first set tier of the name. There was a George Harland of Berkeley county, W. Va, a Quaker farmer, whose grandson James, of Kentucky. was attorney general of that state. He married Elizabeth Dav- enport. and their son, John Marshall liar Ian, of Louisville Ky, was the famous justice of the supreme court. He mar ried Melvina Shanklin of Indiana.
 John c. Harlan who was born in 1915 in Cecil county. Maryland, went to San- gamon county in 1S39 His family is nu- merous in Illinois at the present time
 To M. A., who asks for the coat of arms of the Neil family:
 The coat of arms for the Neil family are described thus: Per pale sable and gules, a lion passant, guardant, argent. The crest Is a lion passant, guardant, sable.
 To M. B. C.. who asks for information about the Skinner family:
 The forefather of most of the Ameri- cans of the name Skinner was Thomas skinner who came from Chichester Eng land and settled in Maiden, Mass. He had two sons, Thomas and Abraham. Many of the descendants of the elder son, Thomas, are located in Illinois and other mid-western states.
 To W. c. Dalton, who asks for informa ton about the CheSneyS.
 The family of the American family of Chestney or Chesney was James Chest ney. who came from Dublin before the American revolution and settled in New York state. There seems to be no coat Of arms for Chestney family in Eng land or Ireland. The name Chesne, found In England, may be another form of the same name. The coat of arms for the Chesne family is as follows. Azure an oak tree fructed, proper.
 To W. R., who asks for the coat of arms of the Ritchie family:
 The English Ritches have the following coat of arms: Gules on a chevron three annulets or, as many annulets of the field. The crest is a demi- Bengal tiger. proper. ducally gorged, gules. The name Is derived from the first name Richard.
 To J. w. Taylor, who asks for informa- tion about the Taylor family of Virginia and their coat of arms:
 The Taylors of Caroline county, Vir- ginia. bear the following crest: A naked arm couped at the shoulder endowed holding an arrow proper The matto is Consequitur quedcunque petit" The founder of this family was James Tay- ior who came from Carlisle, England, and settled in Virginia before 1850. All that IS known of his first wife Is that her first name was Frances. His second wife was Mary Gregory. This is very distin- Busileu IaInlly ana counts among It's Zachary Taylor.
 The other Taylor family of Virginia was founded by John Taylor, who was born in Fintree. Stirling. Scotland, in l69f. He came to Norfolk County, Va, and in buried in St. Paurs church, Nor folk. On his tomb are carved the follow ing coat of arms, belonging to the Tay- Tor family: Argent saltire engralled sa- ble, cantoned with heart in chief and base gules and cinquefoil in each flank vert. The crest is leopard holding in dexter paw cinquefoil The motto is "FNide ct Fiducia.
 To Mrs. G. T. E.. who asks for infor- nation about the Cardwell family:
 The founder of the family of Cardwell was William Cardwell. who lived in the parish of Parrum, England. He was married in 1747. His son, William Card well, was born in 1750, came to Con netticut and served in the Revolution, in Captain Waterman's company He mar ried Sarah Griswold. Their son John, of Connecticut, New York. and Vermont. changed the family name from Cardwell to Cardwill.
 The coat of arms of the Cardwell fam fly are as follows: Argent a chevron sa- ble between three maiien's, erased proper, ducally crowned or The crest Is a knight in complete aror, proper vizor up, on the top thereof plume of feathers. gules, in the dexter hand battle ax of, the first.