The Washington herald., 1916-06-18
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Nathan and Sarah. whether or not
there are still descendants OF this
Boston family the records do not tell.
The most probable derivation of this
name is that IL is compound of
! nay" which In early English indi-
Gated hedged enclosure, and man"
However, the Hayman family Of Ire
land. who are, it would seem, OF Eng
lish descent deduce their pedigree in
more Ingenious manner. They say
that Rollo, the founder Of Normandy,
was their first known progenitor.
Through the Crevecours, descendants
| OF Rollo, they trace their line to one
Haimon de Crevecour, whose son Rob
lert took his fathers name, Hsimon,
instead Of Crevecour. for a surname. II
does not need a wide stretch of the
imagination to see how Hsimon was
turned into Hayman.
To Mrs. A. r. F. who ask. for the orisfn
Of the Mortimer family.
The story goes that the first Of the fam
ily Of Mortimer in England was Ralph de
Mortemer, who came from Normandy
with William the Conqueror and, because
OF his loyalty and bravery. was granted
by the Conqueror extensive lands in Here
tord. where the family has been long
established. II is said that the name
was taken from the three Latin words
! oe Mortuo Mari"-of the Dead Sea, and
IN this way was OF Crusading origin, the
trst who took It for a surname having
mad some memorable adventure in the
locality OF the Dead Sea. Another theory
has II that the words 'mortua mara, /"
were used in the low Latin used by the
Normans in France to indicate a stag
nant piece o. water and this name was
| applied to e Norman estates Of the
family who entually took the name for
themselves.
! To J. c. who asks for the coats OF
arms Of Priestly. Koempfer and Gentry.
| hoempfer is apparently a German name
and. as far as I can hnd. the family
pears no coat Of arms. Though Gentry
Is an English patronymic I can ind NO
coat Of arms for the family. For priest
ly We have the following coat OF arms.
GuLes on a chevron between three towers
argent, Issuing out OF each demi lion
rampant, or. as many graphing irons,
sable The crest is cockatrice. argent
standing on the lower part of a broken
spear. lying fesswsys or. in the mouth the
other portion. The motto is: "Respice
hnem."
To Mrs. c. F. c. who ask, for ",or,s
! thing about the Robnett family In
different parts OF the country" this oor-
respondent continues it is spelled in
! different ways, Robnette, Robnet or
Robnett. II is said that the family has
| French origin, but am not certain of
the fact"
Although it may be that the family Of
the name Robnet or Robnette was
originally Of French origin It has for long
been established in Monmouth county,
England. The coat OF arms. being with
out embellishments. IS probably OF con-
siderable antiquity. II is described thus,
Azure pair of keys, in satire or.
! To +. A. A, who says will you please
give me the history OF the Ansley family
/ l think three brothers came over from
England about l7s6, and I have heard.
though not from a reliable source. that
John Wesley's mother was an Ansley.
I am not hunting rich relatives, but only
want to know something OF my ancestry 90
| The most prominent Ansley family of
this country was founded by William
| Ansley, who was born in lI6s in Cum
! oerland, England. and settled in Ger
mantown, Pennsylvania. His father
| William Ansley, senior. removed to Bel
| fast. Ireland. after his sons emi-ration
10 this country and died there William,
The son. was a man Of considera bic means
in Germantown. and established the rrst
| pottery works in this country 1t is true
| that John Wesleys mother was a mem
Der of this family. She was Susanna. the
! Youngest daughter Of q prominent Pur!-
| tan divine named Samuel Annesley, who
was the son Of John Aneley In spite OF
! this peculiar spelling this John Ane.cy
| was actually a member of the family Of
| the first Earl OF AnElesey. Richard An
nesley. 1t would seem that the names
Ang!esey, Aneley and Annesley are all