The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
A CORNER IN ANCESTORS

In the time OF Edward II. the family
was a flourishing one. with seats at
Derby. Cornwall. Suffolk, Chester. and
Gloucester. Records of the family at
York go back to 1876. In Scotland,
where the family is well represented,
there is a town called DanieIson.
However. it may be from the Chris
tian name Daniel. meaning God is
Judge" and the surnames Daniel.
Daniel. Daniels, Danyen. DaneIl. DaneI
Dannell. DaLelle. Danielson. and DANIEL
ston may all be from the same origin.
Daniels seems TO be the fayorits
form now. the IS" being a compare
lively recent addition to the name.
The arms of the Virginia branch Of
the Daniel family. is argent. a pale
fusily sable.
Crest. a uniforms head. couped.
argent. attiTed or.
Motto. Nee Timeo, Nee Sperno-I
neither fear nor despise.
This coat-of-arms was granted in
1923. to the Daniel family of Lancaster.
and was also borne by the Chester
County family. The unicorn, in her
aldry denotes great strength.
To A A, who asks information of the
Anderson family:
Although We have long associated tn
name Anderson with the patronymics OF
England and Scotland. there is no doubt
that the first man who bore the name
and the remote ancestor of the Ameri-
can family was a Scandinavian. Tn.
Andersons are supposed TO have come
from their home on the continent of
Europe at the time of the great Danish
invasion in the eleventh century.
Probably these Danish Andersons first
made their home in Scotland. for in the
biography of Sir Edmund Anderson, the
distinguished tuTist OF the reign OF
queen Eliza beth, We read that the Eng
lish family came from Sutherland. Scot
land. The Scotch form OF the name
we are told. is Mac Andrew. for Mac
mas tne same significance that the Scan
dinavian or English son bears.
The great American stronghold OF the
Andersons was Virginia, where there
were three distinct families well estab-
nshed before our Revolutionary war
Inc hrst of the name in the colony were
the so-called Hanover Andersons. Of
wnom tradition and the records give a
tairiy complete account. The second
branch is more difficult TO trace, al
though 1t is supposed that they bore
some kinship TO the first. They came
after the English restoration. and are
supposed to have been Scotch Presbv
tertans. The third branch was trans
ported from England to Bermuda, owing
10 the part its members PLAYED in the
monmouth rebellion, an unsuccessful Nd
rising against James III in 1856. The
record OF these Andersons Is quite in
complete at the present time.
To o. W. B.. who asks for the cost-of.
arms Of the family established BY Henry
Brooks. of Boston:
1t Is plazoned sable. three escalIoDs or
Crest. brave PEASANT
Motto. Perseverando-by perseyerinp
As to its heraldic significance, an escaI.
loped shell was a token of the crusades
and one o. the popes made a decree that
II should be charge borne only by the
truly noole-noble by birth or character.
1t was later granted as a cognIzance 10
those who had gained signal victories.
and therefore denoted a successful COM
mander. The beaver is an emblem OF in
dustry and perseverance. Sable signifies
constancy, and or generosity.
TO J. A, who desires information Of
hrst-settler Greens:
Probably the earliest of the famous
Greens of England were those who Eved
IN Northampshire in 1910. Thomas de
Green succeeded to the family estates at
that date and was lord of the manor of
Boughton and Norton. afterward known
as Greens Norton. The family remained
in this location for several generations,
and sent on many branches into other
parts OF England
"OAS LIsl settlers OF Il0
name in America, and the name was
early an important one in the New World.
One of the biggest and most important
was founded in Virginia BY a
son of one William Green, a captain IN
the bodyguard Of King William III OF
England.
This William Green married Eleanor
Dun and had son. Robert Green, who
came to America in MS with his mothers
brother, William Dun. William Dur re-
turned to England. Robert Green settled
IN Culpeper County, Va. His wife was
Dunn, from Scotland. They had
seven children.
Another big branch OF this family wa
in New England by Thongs
Green, who came from England to MI
den. Mass. about 1855. He was a9ut
% years old at the time of his arriva In
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