The Washington herald., 1916-12-31
Answers to Correspoudentx

| how may I possess q coat-of-arms
| winch Is m Germany. I DO not kDow
| the address Of relatives or N ther. a..
any Ier since the war. The name is
! l hoped to be able to give you a DE-
scIpton OF the coat-of-arns for thta
9Ie oot IN the "Armorisl GeneraI- by
d Riestap. which contains descrfn-
tons Of q very great number I, Iot ~,
continental coats-of-arrns the name 49,.
NOT appear I advise you 70 consult IT,
| c'erInan Consul IN your home toWn Psr
maps he VIII be good enough 70 give IN.
aaoress OF some one In the old co1nt--,
"no VIII make further search for Won
about the spaIdinr or snsuIs,pS ,a-II,,, I'm
and the Poe family. Also tell me " ~,
says, why the controversy oysr ~.
name Of spaldinG arose7 Some a, 4.
10 omit the u as above urbit.
otners aver that the should ,ot n.
omitted Which Is right and who -
uhe hrst OF the name TO come 70 , ue--
are theyr' mat o'Sos1f'
II would be impossible to sav uhsth.r
opel1lng or spaulding Is more correct.
Ohe uranch OF the family spells he nan.
one way and another the other va -
Tor either to give Up their habitunI sn.H-
ing would be quite unnecessary Ho~-
ever. the spelling spaIdIng is the origSn,I
spelling and the first settler Of the Ne =.
irEn whorn many SpauldinEs as wep ,s
many spaldings are descended spellsd
n,,, nIs name without the L. In England the
speihns Spaulding seems TO be unJrnoSy,
The name is derived from a narIEb 9,
county Lincoln. England. The Eurn,,oa
Is as usual in Scotland as Il IS 4, EnES
land. however.
Prohab bly, the earliest settler ~ tbo nan.
was Edward, who came from PnrIsp5
and settled In Braintree, Mas, in ..-Iy
Colonial days. He lived for a while I1
Chelmsford. His first wife was named
margaret and the second one Rachel
Among his descendants are almost ss
many who spell the name Sps suldinR %
tnose who spell It spaldIng. This "a
ward spalding OF Braintreet and cheln,,-
tcrd went to Virginia before settling 4,
Massachusetts. He was In Jannesto~rn- .
Va IN lbs. He came 70 this country win
Sir George Yeardley
The Poe family is Of Irish origin IA.
nrst OF the name in this country was
Joe Poe, the great grandfather Of Edear
Allan Poe. He came from tho norm ~
ireland about l7t5, and was q descendant
OF one OF Cromwelrs officers Johns son
David was an ardent patriot and served
IN the Revolution. as well ss IN the war
OF 1872 His son John, an actor. married
an actress. Elizabeth Arnold, and tb,v
were the parents Of Edgar, who was born
in 1906. believe this to be the only Co.
lontal family OF the name IN this country.
The eoat-of-arms for the families is de-
sertoed thus: Or q fesSe sable between
three crescents, azure, issuing hamss.
proper. The Great is a boar's head pierced
through by q spear. The motto IL:
''Malo mort guam foedari." In the old
world the family Is seated al Harley
Park. County TipperSry.
What can you tel me OF the Losansg'
writes Elizabeth" They were known
to have settled In PennsyIvania ana Ken
tueky, Illinois and Missouri. have heard
of Somerset In Scotland as the place
they hailed from. with runor that the
real Duke Of ArgyI by rttht OF succession
lives In America today"
Though have not been able to ma
any substantation for this rUa.or, da
ind that there are few more dIstinguish.
ed families Of Scotland than that Of
Logon, and fow families Of that land are
more ancient In ls7 the name Appsars
In the royal charters OF Scotland. IN ISs
. knight. Robert Logan. with q train of
knights, carried the heart Of Bruce 70 The
Holy Land, Many othsrs Of the name
were prominent IN early Scotch history.
II 10 said that Logan, \ Scotch Presoy.
tsrian' hed from home 70 ireland 70 es-
cape persecution He lived In LurEan.
County Armagh. and his descendants
came 10 FennGylvanis. whore James Lo-
san waa the colonial treasurer, Two
members OF the family founded BY Jsmes
Logan In Pennsylyania went 10 Virginia
and were soldiers IN the Trenah and NJ
dian wars. Their nAmss were James aad
DAVID. The eoat-of-aFml borne by james
Logan. Of pennHyiVania, te desaFihSd
thus; "oF, thrss piles oonJolned IN polnI
seelA lion PEASANT IN base Of tho last
The crest Il q uteg's head erass-i rulea
atured, eollarsd and lined or,
LoEan 10 derived from q Scottish word
meaning . hollow place, aud Apparently
Tie arst ef the name derived Il from HIS
residence In such location.