The Washington herald., 1915-08-08
Answers to Correspondents.

10 'One OF the Lewis family, VINO
asks for the name Of the ancestor Of the
member Of the Lewis family who knew
Washington"
This was Jean Lewis. born in France
in 1857. who. on account OF religious per-
secution. ned to Wales. Joining the Brit
ish army, his gallantry won him the
place of commander Of the forces in
Flanders. zoe. In the history OF the
Huguenots. it Is stated that he took part
In twenty-three s!eges and nineteen
pitched battles He died in England.
His grandson. Zachary. jr.. was al
William and Mary College with Jener-
son. and in l755 with Washington at Fort
Cumberland.
Relics preserved by descendants OF
Zachary include his sword and a powder
horn, with looking glass in the reverse,
and IL is put down somewhere in black
and white that the glass was shared with
Washington AT their camp toilet.
To "Interested.' who asks for "a COM
plete description OF the Alexander coat
of-arms bearing the motto. Per mere.
per tetrss." also the meaning of these
words:
The coat of arms asked FOR is: Per
pale argent and sable. a chevron be-
tween a heur-de-lis in chief. and a
crescent in base, all counterchanged
bordure per pale gules and or: crest.
an elephant. PEASANT. proper: motto.
Per Mere, Per Terrss"-by sea by
land The arms of the Earls of Sterl-
ing is similar. but the crest is a bear
seiant. The motto is the same The
elephant. in heraldry. signifies great
strength. greater wit and greatest am
bition. The elephant was the ensign
Of Cyneus. King of Sevthia. and of
Idomenes, King OF Thessaly. The sup
peters of one Alexander coat Of arms
are an elephant and a mermaid hold
ing a mirror 4 number Of different
notices have been used by the family
he is led. not drawn; ORC Ell La
bora"-pray and labor; "Fidem Servo"
II keep faith.
To T. Hatch. who asks for the rec
ord of the ancestor Of the Hatch fam
lily. who was a Pilgrim, and his coat
Of arms. II he had one:
Hatch is a name derived from an
old Anglo-saxon word hacche. mean
ing door or hoodgate. and consist
ing of great stakes or piles put up
by fishermen for the better convent
ence of securing hsh. A weir. by old
country folk. is always called a hatch
Hatch or hacche IL also term for
bar athwart a woodland path. or
in forest, TO prevent deer escaping.
II Henry lived near a hatch. he
would be called Henry attic hatch"
or Henry at hatch" and is course of
time Henry Hatch. or Hatcher. Rich
ard attic Hache and Philip de la Hache
are names we come across in old dec
ords. Hatchman and Hatchett are
variations of the name.
Hache is name occurring in
Domesday Book: also Achard. another
form Of Hatchard.
Saterleigh Park. Devon. is one old
seat Of the Hatch family
William of Scituate. Mass is one
OF the Pilgrim fathers who helped to
build up this country He was born
his brother Thomas. who ma e a home
at Boston. They came from Sandwich.
Kent County. about 1884. in the Her
cules.
William the Pilgrim brought wife
and five children and six servants. One
son. Walter. married first Eliza beth
Holbrook. by whom he had eight chill
dren: for his second wife. Mary. whose
last name has not been handed down
to US.
The coat Of arms borne by the de-
scendants of Thomas and William
Hatch. pilgrims was the armorisl
bearing of Thomas Hatch. lord of the
manor Of Sutton, Sussex. descendant
OF an ancient Devonshire family.
1t is emblazoned as follows: Gules.
two demi-lions rampant. or.
Crest. a demi-lion. rampant. or. hold
ing between his paws a sphere. with a
cross patee f1tchee.
Motto. Forts Valore Eft Armis"-
Brave by valor and by arms.
Safer with Hope Than with Arms Is
a neither motto Of the Hatch family
ITO "A collateral descendant Of
Franklin" who asks whether Benja-
min Franklin bore a coat of arms:
The coat of arms used by Benjamin
Franklin vas that Of the Franklyns
of Devon. England. II is described as
argent on a bend between two Hons
heads; gules. a dolphin. endowed of
the field. between two martIets close.
or. Crest. a dolphin's head in pale
argent. erased. gules. hnned or. be-
tween two branches. vert. Motto. Pro
rege ct patria"-"For King and coun
try" Another motto is "Exemplum
adest ipse homo"-"Conduct marks the
man" A motto was a war cry, and
not permitted to persons below a GER
tain rank. The lion is one Of the most
noble Of heraldic devices. signifyine.
among other things. strength and bold
hess: this is also the meaning in her
lldry Of the color gules. The spotless
white Of argent. when combined with
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