The Washington herald., 1914-07-19
A CORNER IN ANCESTORS.
~ FRANCES COWLEs.

name IL given ~ Gi1ian, but her family
name is not known. After the death Of
Richard Mansfield she married, IN leSI,
Alexander Field. BY this marriage she
had no children. BY the FIRST marriage
that with Richard Mansheld-she had
two children. Joseph. born, in England In
ies5. and Moses. born IN fss9. probably also
In England. though the year Of his birth
Is the year that his parents come 70 this
country.
There Is much that could probably be
learned about the position of the Mans
fields In Exeter. England. and the rela-
tionship Of the American Richard Mans
field TO the Mansheids OF Exeter. But so
far research has not been Of very much
avail and u remains for some member OF
the family to make personal investiga-
ton of the records In old England. There
was In Exeter q few years before the
emigration Of the family Of Richard
Mansfield to this country. a Sir John
Mansfield, knight. mayor Of Exeter. He
was also Master Of the minories and
Queens surveyor under Queen Eliza
BETH" There is record that his son came
to New England in the ship Regard, In
1884 and settled for q time In Charles
town. He had family. but he died in
1870, leaving no male descendants. II
would seem that two men Of the unusual
city of Exeter inr England to New Eng
land at about the same time must have
been kinsmen. But II Is only in the ma
ture of conjecture to say that Richard
Mansfield was also a son Of Sir John
Mansfield. one-time mayor OF Exeter.
Just what the coat Of arms Of Sir
John Mansfield was does not appear In
the records. Whether or not he bore the
coat of arms here illustrated is not ap-
parent. This Is one Of the pieces OF In
formation that the thorough search OF
the Exeter records might reveal.
In reply to an inquiry published recent
ly concerning the TuEgle family, c. c.
McC, writes: There is q family of the
name of Tuggle living In Grcenway, Ark.
Can you tell me anything about the line
age of the Merriken familyr'
have been unable to ind any refer
eEce to the name Merriken In any books
on American or English nomenclature.
There is a very small family In England
who spell their name Merrike-the same
excepting the nnal n This may be the
same family. The coat Of arms borne by
this family is described thus: Gules
three pallets weir on a chief or. label
Of as many points OF the first
= ':will you kindly give the origin OF the
Ramsden family and their coat Of arms
and describe same'-R.M.R-
The name Ramsden Is clearly Of Eng
lish derivation. There are two parishes
In IN Essex called Ramsdon obviously
the same name) and a place In County
Oxen called Ramsden. It seems very
likely therefore that the first Ramsdens
came from one of these places. There is
a family so called in Byron. County
York. which bears the following coat OF
arms: Argent on q chevron, between
three heurs de lis as many rams heads
couped at the neck of the first. Crest:
An armed arm couped at the elbow and
erect proper holding in the gauntlet a.
neur de lis sable"
This Is q silver shied containing q
chevron. On the chevron there are three
rams' heads. and around the cheyron,
two above and one below. there are
three heurs de lis. The rams heads are
eouped. or cut OF evenly. The crest is
an armed arm, cut evenly. placed YER
tically, In natural colors, holding In the
gauntlet a black fieur de lis.
The Ramsdens Of Castle Cara, County
Kerry, and OF Halifax. have the follow
ing coat Of arms: Gules a fess agrailed
or. between a rose In chief argent and a
rams head arased In base, proper.
Crest A rams head eouped proper. In
the mouth a tref1il slipped vert Motto:
Coelum non aninum mutat.
This Is q shield with red background
containing a fess, which Is a band run
ming straight across engrailed, that is.
with a notched border. The fess Is OF
gold. In the upper portion of the shield
there Is a silver rose and in the lower
section there is a rams head with a jag
ged neck line. The rams head is in its
natural colors. The crest Is a rams
head cut OF evenly. colored in natural
coiors. holding in the mouth a green
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