The Washington herald., 1914-11-01

the Tut family is a description of the
coat-of-arms of the English family of
the name located in Devon and Hants, to
whom the Americans Of the name are
doubtless allied. 1t is as follows: Quar-
terIy argent and gules. in the first quar-
ter satire sable. The crest is: Out of
a ducal coronet or, grifin's head hold
ing in the beak key. all proper.
The first record of the RiEby family Of
this country relates to Daniel Rigby, who
in 1921, married Olive Tuttle, a daughter
of Aaron Tuttle, all of New York State.
Daniel Rigby and his wife lived in Che
mango County and then in Broome
County, N. Y. They had the following
children: Ezekiel. who lived in Elizabeth,
y. J.: David. Abijah, Alkanah, of Syra-
cuse and Ithaca, n. Y. and William, a
prominent citizen of Minneapolis.
The coat-of-arms of one Of the Rigby
families of England is as follows: Bendy
of six indented argent and azure on a
chief azure three cinquefoils or. Crest:
A goats head sable bczantee attired and
beard or.
To answer specific questions of this in
quiry see The Coddington Family OF
New Jersey" published in l9O7, by Her
bert COddington at Syracuse. y. Y The
first of the name in this country was
William COddington, who was born in
Boston, County Lancaster, in 1901. He
came to Boston, Mass, where he is said
to have built the first brick house, and
he later became the first governor OF
Rhode Island. John COddingtOn, the an
cestor of the New York and New Jersey
Coddingtons. who was born in Wood
bridge In I75O, and married Margaret Ed
gar, is said to be a descendant of the
William CoddingtOn of Rhode Island.
though the line Of descent does not seem
to be known.
The family was originally English, and
was found first in Chester, Hereford, and
Notts, England. In 1856 a branch mi
grated to ireland, where it seems to
have been more prominent since that
date than in England. The coat-of-aTms
given for the family is that OF the Irish
family. 1t Is described: Gules a cross or,
fretty azure, between four trefOils, slipped
of the second. The crest is a VOLTS head
erased or, charged with a trefOil slipped
proper.
To ]. S, who asks for information about
the Streck family: 1 regret to say that
have been unable to get information
about this family. Will some of our read
ers please help us out?
To a correspondent who asks for infOT-
nation about the Grymes family: The
traditional origin Of the Grymes family in
who was a lieutenant in Cromwelrs army.
had a son John. who. after the English
Restoration, found 1t to his advantage to
come to this country. He lived in Mid
dlesex, Va, in a locality to this day
known as Grymesby. The coat-of-arms
of Sir George Grymes, who was knighted
in England in 1903, is: Gules sword ar
gent pommel and hilt or. Surmounted
battle ak of the last headed Of the
second in satire on a chief Of the sec
ond, three escallOps OF the last The
crest is a Rriffen's head erased sable,
semee Of escallops or.
In reply to the inquiry of S. NJ, who
asked for information of the Shreve fam
lily, 1 have received information from sew
eral sources, for which l wish to express
thanks. II S. NJ. will send me his name
and address, I should be very glad to let
him have this infoTmation.