The Washington herald., 1915-11-14
Answers to Correspondents.

Montgomery's notices.
Answers to Correspondents.
To J. T. 3. who asks whether there
are holly leaves on the Burnet coat of
arms.
Yes. the coat of arms Of the Burnet
family is as follows:
Three holly leaves in chief proper
and a hunting horn In base. sable.
Crest: A hand holding a pruning
knife, all proper. Motto: virescit
vulnere virtus-
To Interested Reader" who asks
for the record of Thomas oliver the
Pilgrim" and a record OF his descend
ants with a description of the family
coat-of-arms.
The first man to bring the name to
this country was one Thomas oliver,
who came from the picturesque chalk
cliff town of Lewes, in Sussex, Eng
land. He sailed in the ship William
and Francis from London, in 1882, and
arrived in Boston only two years after
the founding OF that Massachusetts,
colony.
The most iIlustrious of the sons OF
Thomas Oliver was Peter, who was
born in England in 1922 and was.
therefore, u DOy ten years Olu When
he was brought to America He was
an eminent Boston merchant of his
day, and one Of the founders of the
Old South Church. He married Sarah
INewdigate of Boston. One OF their
sons was Nathaniel Oliver. also Of
Boston, born in 1859 who, like. his
father, was an enterprising merchant
He was one Of the four original own
ers of Bristol, r. /. He married Eliza
beth Brattle, and they had a son,
named for the father. a graduate of
Harvard in 1901, whose name is added
to the list of well-known divers as
an eminent merchant and citizen of
Boston. He married a Miss Hobbs and
left many descendants of the name
Oliver.
To 60 back to the other sons of
Peter and Sarah Newdigate Oliver,
probably the most distinguished was
Daniel, who married Elizabeth Bel
cher, sister of Governor Belcher. Dan
lei was a man of considerable wealth
and distinction in Boston And. more
over, he was the father of the two
most famous men of the name that
the country has ever known.
Those two sons were Andrew Oliver,
born in 1906, famous as the distribu-
ter of stamps at the time the fsmou.
British stamp act was enacted. and
Peter, born Ia ll1o. lstihous ivy
The arms of the divers are blazon-
ed: A hand and arm issuing from out
a cloud on the sinister side fesseways
and grasping a dexter hand, couped
az the wrist, all proper. Crest. mart
let argent, in the beak sprig vert
These arms, which have always been
used by the New England branch of
the family, belong to the English
oliver family of Lewes. County Sus-
sex. and are those of John oliver.
gentleman, a merchant OF Bristol. Eng
land, who is said to be the father of
Thomas, the progenitor OF the Amer
lean family of the name, OF Boston.
To "one Of the Budd Tribe" who
asks for the origin and coat OF arms
of his family.
Budd Is probably from an old per-
sonai name, Boda, or Bodus, whose
meaning is not clear. II may be the
same as the Teutonic Bodo. which
means commander.
There are several arms for the
Budd family. One Of them is blazon-
ed: Azure, Jesse dancette in chief.
a how bent in Jesse and three ar
rows two in satire and one In pale,
tied with a ribbon IN base all or. The
crest is a hurt charged with star
Of seven points. Another Budd coat OF
arms. the one illustrated, is blazoneo:
Ermine. on a chevron fgules. three
eeur de lis argent. The crest Is: A
tiger PEASANT gules.