The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23

WHO DOtn nave aSKeQ TOT the address of the Robinson Genealogical associa- ton.
 There seem to be no recent trans actions of the association in question
 but in 1906 the Robinson Family Gen.
 ealogical and Historical association had headquarters at 150 Nassau street,
 New York city. care Charles E. Rob- inson
 To H. B., who asks for the arms of
 Pearson, of Scotland: The arms for Pear
 son, Belmadies, county Torfar Scotland, are described: Argent two swords, chev- ronways, azure, piercing a mans heart in chief proper, in base cinquefon of
 the senod Crest dove holding an olive branch in her beak proper. Motto, "Dum spiro spiro." The arms of Pearson of Westhall, county Torfar, Ccotland, grant ed in 1872, are described: Argent, two swords; chevronways, azure, hilted and pommeled or piecing a heart gules be-
 tween two crescents in chief and a cinquefoil in base of the second. To H. M. H.. who asks for names of Harrisons who have written on their fam fly: Cecil Reeves Harrison and the Rev. H. c. Harrison got out book on the family in London in 1914 In 1910 Fair fax Harrison and F. B. Harrison pub lished a book on ''The Harrisons of Skim ino'' William Welsh Harrison in 1910 pub lished the genealogy of the family of that name in Philadelphia, which traced descent to George Lieb Harrison. To J. G. S.. who asks for informa ton about the Gay family of Virginia and 1 the Sherwoods of New England; Thomas Sherwood, born in England in 1886, seems | to be the ancestor of the New England family of the name. He came from Ips txrrtrb rryif h ic rryifa Hoo o,,I hi ol.H dren, Anne. Rose. Thomas and Rebecca, | in the ship Frances" in April, 1884 His 1 second wife was named Mary and when he died he left fourteen children who are the progenitors of the family in New | Jersey. Connecticut and New York. There appear to be no availab able records of the | Gay family of Virginia.
 To D. R. B.. who asks for the arms of the Blair family: There are some eight 1 or ten different coats of arms for this | family, the most usual of which is that of the Blairs of Balthaycock, county | Perth, and elsewhere in Scotland and | France; for, strangely enough, the fam l fly located in France uses the same her. aldic emblem It is described: Argent, l chevron sable, between three torteaux. The crest is a dove with wings expanded, proper. The motto is "Vir ute tutus.' l To Mrs. A. J. J., who asks for the ori- l gin of the names Hatch and Hall: l Hall was originally used as a name by | someone who lived in manor house or l halle Whoever the first Halls were they | used the prefix "atte'' or de- so that | the name was latte IIall' or de Halle D l It was also sometimes spelled de Aule or | dell Hall Hatch comes from a gate 1 which, in forest districts in early Eng l land, stretched along the highway to prevent the escape of deer.
 To s, E. s. who wants to know the origin of the Sherrod and Steger families | unknown. Sherrod is from Sherwood, the l well-known forest of Nottinghamshire, | England thel scene of the adventures of Robin Hood and his companions. | To w. H. H., who asks for the Hunt l coat of arms:
 They are described thus: Azure on a bend, or, between six leopards' faces of the second, three water bougets sable.
 Crest, on a chapeau gules turned up err mine, a talbot stantant argent L. H. M. writes: Will you pleas give me information as to the Calleys and Senhouses (English); also, whether they l had a coat of arms:
 | Robert Galley was one of the early set tiers of Charlestown, Mass. The coat of arms for the Calleys, of Burderop. county 1 Wilts, originally of Norfolk, England. is described. Quarterly argent and sable on bend gules three mullets of the first The crest is demi-lion rampant argent charged with bend gnles. thereon three
 mullets of the first holding battleax
 handle of the second, head argent Motto.
 "Callide ct Honeste"