The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-21
A CORNER IN ANCESTORS
By FRANCES CowLEs. THE BATES FAMILY
Copyright, 1915. by Mcclure Newspa-

l Copyright, 1915, by Mcclure Newspa- per Syndicate). Bates is a name in the large class of last names derived from first names. Like Bartlett, Batson, Bartle and other names Bates Is derived from the first name Bartholomew. The three best known first settlers of the name were James, Clement and Edward who, tradition says, were | brothers.
 James came from London in the Elizabeth with his wife, Alice, and his children, Lydia, aged 20; Maria, aged IT; Margaret, aged 12, and James, aged g. James and his family settled at Dorchester, Mass
 Clement came from London in the Planter, 1645, aged 40, with his wife, Anne, of the same age, and his chill dren, James, IA; Clement 12; Rachel, &; Joseph, 5; Ben, 2; who settled at Hing ham.
 Edward. it is said came to the new world as an apprentice to Thomas Lev erett. MT Leverett came to America on the Griffin, in 1883, and if Edward Bates was apprenticed to him, Edward probably also came in 1633
 Edward Bates lived first in Boston. and then in Weymouth, and in both towns he was an active and public spirited citizen It is probable that he removed to Weymouth about 1888. At all events, he was elder of the church there for more than 30 years, and he was spoken of by his townsmen-so the old records attest--as Elder Baitts
 The arms of the Bates family of Lin- coinshire-and 1t is supposed that Ed ward Bates came from the vicinity of Boston, which is in Lincolnshire, Eng. -are described: Argent, on a fesse be- tween three cinquefoifs, gules fleur de lis ermine.
 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
 To T. P. D., who asks for the origin of the name Daniels and the family cCat-of-arms:
 Many psychologists of the Daniels family are inclined to accept the Nor- man origin of the surname-that Is that the name was originally de An yers, of Norman origin, from town in Normandy. Among the Hugenots Dan iel was a common surname.
 O'Donnell is perhaps another form of this patronymic. At any rate, we find that William O'Donnel1, arch bishop of Tuam in the seventeenth cen- tury, also wrote his name Daniel.
 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 town called Danielson.
 However, it may be from the Chris tan name Daniel, meaning God Is judge, and the surnames Daniel, Daniell, Daniels. Danyell, Danell, Dan | TN ~I1 n~.- %1 Daneston may all be from the same origin.
 Daniels seems to be the favorite form now, the "s being a compara lively recent addition to the name
 The arms of the Virginia branch of the Daniel family, is argent, a pale fusily sable.
 gent, attired or
 Motto: Nee Timeo, Nee Sperno-I neither fear nor despise.
 This coat -arms was granted in 1923, to the Daniel family of Lancas- ter, and was also borne by the Ches- ter 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 the, name Anderson with the patrony- mics of England and Scotland, there is no doubt that the first man who bore the name and the remote ances- tor of the American family was a Scandinavian. The Andersons are sup posed 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 An derson, the distinguished jurist of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, we read that the English family came from Suther- land, Scotland. The Scotch form of the name, we are told, is Mac Andrew, for Mac has the same significance that the Scandinavian or English son bears.
 The great American stronghold of the Andersons was Virginia, where there were three distinct families well established before our revolutionary war. The first of the name in the colony were the so-called Hanover Andersons" of whom tradition and the records give a fairly complete account. The second branch is more difficult to trace, although it is supposed that they bore some kinship to the first. They came after the English restoration. and are supposed to have been Scotch Presbyterians. The third branch was transported from England to Bermuda, owing to the part it's members played in the Monmouth rebellion an unsuc- cessful uprising against James II in 1865. The record of these Andersons is quite incomplete at the present time.
 To o. w. B., who asks for the coat of-arms of the family established by Henry Brooks of Boston: It is blazoned sable, three escal- lops or.
 Crest, brave passant. Motto: Nee Timeo, Nee Sperno-I ing. As to it's heraldic significance, an escaloped shell was a token of the crusades and one of the popes made a decree that it should be charge borne only by the truly noble-noble by birth or character. It was later granted as cognizance to those who had gained signal victories, and there