The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-16

man of position and influence and the family is connected with some of the most aristocratic of old New York fam flies.
 To F. E. H., who asks for the record of the Henshaw family:
 The Henshaw family in America traces back to one Thomas Henshaw, of Thaxter Park, Lancashire, England, who died in 1631. By his wife, of the family of Ken drick, he had a son William, who was killed in the taking of Liverpool in 1644. He had married Katherin Houghton, and their son, Joshua, born in Liverpool short ly before his fathers death, was sent to New England when he was 10 years of age, in 1653. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of William Sumner, and to- gether they established the distinguished family of Hensiiaw in this country One of the Henshaw coats of arms is described thus: Argent, a chevron ermine. between three coks sable, peaked and legged gules The crest is falcon or. ducally gorged and belled azure, preying on a wing gold guttee de sang Another Henshaw coat of arms is described: Gules on a chevron between three lozenges, argent, as many church bells sable
 To Reader" who asks for the arms and characteristics of the Pipkin family of Scotland, the Jonstons of Ireland. the Willinghams of England, and the Boul- ters
 There are no arms for Piplxin, and rec ords do not tell of their characteristics. Records concerning the Boulters and Will Inghams are also meagre. The Boulter arms, granted in 1720 to Dr. Hugh Boul- ter, bishop of Bristol, and afterward lord primate of Ireland, are described: Quar- tQrlv ;,, quarter a dove proper and in the last a bird bolt in pale or, feathered argent The crest is two bird bolts in saltire and thereon a dove rising proper.
 The Willingham arms are described: Err mine on chevron ermines, three cres- cents or. The crest is a emi-savage wreathed about the head and middle with laurel leaves all proper.
 There are several coats of arms for Johnstons. The two described below are both Irish. One is for Knappagh and Glenaule, county Armagh, and is de- scribed: Argent, a saltire, sable, on a chief azure three cushions or. The crest IS an arm in armour, emowed, holding a sword. The other is the same excepting for colors, and is for Holly Park, county Down. It is blazoned: argent, a saltire sable on chief gules. three cushions or. The crest Is a winged spur. The motto for both arms is ::Nunquam non paratus"
 The Johnstons in this country have been legion, and they have excelIed in the professions. Physicians, journalists, authors, lawyers and iurists educators. artists, clergymen have all been well represented by the Johnston clan. AL bert Sidney Johnston and Joseph E.. Johnston, both of the Confederate army, have shown that the Johnstons come of brave race
 
 ing the France family in America v writes another reader.
 There are, apparently, several dis tinct France families in this country but the one that is probably the largest claims decent from Sebastian Frantz. who, with his wife Betsy Fritz, came from the Palatinate, in Germany, in 1745. They settled at New Dorlack, now Seward, N. Y Their son, John, was murdered by the Indians and another son, Jacob, lived in Cobleskil1, N. r. Many of the name of France trace de- cent to this Jacob Franz.
 Mrs R. M writes thus: Please give Howell family, their coast of arms,'' etc.
 One of the most illustrious branches
 
 origin to Edward Howell of Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire. England. who settled in America in 1889, and made his home in Lynn. Mass. There he had grant of 500 acres. Later he was a leader of the new colony in Southampton, l.. l., which was the first town in New York state settled by the English. the others all having been Dutch settlements. The coat of arms of this family is described thus: Gules, three towers, triple turreted, argent. The crest is a steel helmet in profile. The motto is "Tenax proposite."
 Another family of the name traces it's origin to William Howell. who was born in Casterbight, Wales. He came to- this country with William Penn, in the Welcome in 1882, and became a planter and one of the incorporators of the city of Newark Del By his wife, Margaret, he had many children, among whom was Mary, who married Colonel Read, one of the signers of the Declara- toin of Independence. Members of this branch of the Howell faimly are now to be found in Washington, D. C., Phila- delphia, Delaware and many of the western states.