The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-09

these dreams Frances Cowles would speedily retire on a lordly income. But to go back to the family of Hen l ley. The family in England is estab- /, lished at Henley, county Somerset, and the coat arms granted in 1860 is de- scribed, azure a lion rampant, argent, crowned, or, a border of the second semee of tor teauX. One of the first settlers of the name in this country, if not the first. was Samuel Henley, Esp, a merchant of Charlestown, Mass, who l married Anne, whose last name is un- known. in 1739. He had four children i -one a son who was captain in the Revolutionary war
 c. A B. writes as follows: Give me, please, the origin of the Burkitt fam fly. Also give me the origin of the Beloate family I understand it was French and spelled the name Beloit
 and was secretary of the French fam ivy some years ago. l have the record of Jonas Beloate son of Noah Beloate and his wife, who was born in 1760 The name Burkit is the same Bur
 ket and Burkett, and is derived from Burkhead, county Chester, England. The first settled of the name in this country was Henry Burkett, who set tied in Waldboro early in the last cen tury. l am unable to find any record Ol lHe beiOdCe IdHlIN+ WILL some or our readers please help us out?
 H. c. s. asks for information of the Sperry family of Connecticut and the Daubin family of Virginia.
 Richard Sperry was one of the early settlers of Connecticut but it does not appear where he was born or when.
 He obtained a large grant of land near New Haven, Conn, which is still known
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 born in 1865. He was a lieutenant of a train band l am unable to give any
 thing about the Daubin family. Light On the subject from any of our readers would be much appreciated.
 E. c. asks for information about the first Grain settlers She writes: 'T am told by an old member of the family that his grandfather told him he was the youngest of six sons of the two brothers who came from Wales and stelled in North Carolina about 1700. Could you give me any information as to the names of these brothers and more definitely the date of their ar rival? Also I am anxious to know if there is a coat of-arms of the family and what part of Wales they came from 'A
 The spelling of Grain is apparently unknown either in England or Wales at the present day. I am inclined to believe that the family is the same as Crane, but 1 have no proof of this fact. I have found record of William Grain and his wife, Jean, who came from county Down, Ireland, in 1732, and settled on the Manada in Dauphin county, Pa. Their son Ambrose was a private in the Revolution, and was re- tired lieutenant and later became a C2nt1jn He removed to I,nIdOun ty, Va, in 1793. Other children of William and Jean Grain were George, who removed to Hanover, Pa., and had six children, Joseph, who had 10 chil- dren; William who had four and Rich ard. who served in the Revolution and was captured in the battle of Long Island and was later released. He had eight children This may be the family in which you are interested, and it is the only reference to family spelling the name Grain that I have been able to find
 R. E. l. asks for information of the Ledbetter family. Can anyone help us out? So far I have been unable to trace the name.
 T. B. H. writes as follows: As far as I know I am descendant of An dreas Hofer, the name now being Hof fer Would be pleased to know if I am correct in this, and if there is a known coat of arms
 The coat of-arms given to the son of Andreas Hofer. the famous Tyrolean patriot, is described thus i'll the French armories: Ecue and dor Paigle con tourne de sable; au 2, de gules une. couronne de laurier de sinople; au 3, de gules, a un chausseur Tirolien, entre les rochers, la main dexter etendue ct levee la senestre appuyee sur sa sa carabine; au 4, dor, un chateau entre les rochers, au natural. Casque cou- rome; une aigle eploye de sable This coat of arms was granted in 1913.