The Washington herald., 1916-04-30

drick. he had a son William, who was
killed in the taking Of Liverpool in 1914
He had married Katherine Houghton, and
their son. Joshua. born in Liverpool,
shortly before his fathers death, was sent
to New England when he was ten years
Of age. in 1853. Hhis wife was Elizabeth.
daughter OF William Summer. and togeth-
sr they established the distinguished fam
lily OF Henshaw in this country. One of
the Henshaw coats OF arms is described
thus: Argent. a chevron ermine. between
three cocks sable. beaked and legged
gules. The crest is a falcon or. ducally
gorged and belled azure preying on
wing gold. guttee de sang Another
iHenshaw coat Of arms Is described: Gules
on 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 Johnstons Of Ireland. the
Willinshams OF England and the Boul-
ters
There are no arms for PIpkin, and rec
ords do not tell Of their characteristics
Records concerning the Boulters and
IWtllinghams are also meagre. The Boul-
ter arms. granted in l72O to DR.. Hugh
Boulter, bishop of Bristol. and afterward
lord primate of Ireland. the Boulter
Iarint are described: Quarterly. azure and
ermine; in the first quarter a dove proper
and in the last bird bolt in pale or.
feathered argent. The crest Is two bird
bolts in satire and thereon a dove rising
proper.
The willingham arms are described:
Ermine on chevron ermines three cres-
cents or. The crest Is a demi savage
wrcathed about the head and middle with
laurel leaves all proper.
There are several coats Of arms for
Johnston. The two described below are
both Irish. One is for Knappagh and
Glenaule. county Armagh. and is de-
scribed: Argent, a satire, sable. on a
chief azure three cushions or The crest
IL an arm in armour endowed, holding
sword. The other Is the same. except
ing for colors, and is for Holly Park.
county Down. It Is blaEoned: argent
satire sable on a chief gules, three cush-
ions or. The crest is a winged spur The
motto for both arms is: "Nunquarn non
Iparatus"
The Johnstons in this country have
been legion. and they have excelIed in
the professions. Physicians, journalists.
authors. lawyers and jurlsts, educators.
artists, clersymen have all been well rem.
resented by the Johnston clan. Albert
sydney Johnston and Joseph E. john
ston. both Of the Confederate army. have
shown that the Johnstons come Of a
brave race.
II would like information concern
ing the France family in America. -
writes another reader
There are, apparently, several dis
tant France families in this country.
but the one that is probably the larg-
est claims descent from Sebastian
Frantz. who, with his wife BETSY
Fritz, came from the Palstinate, In
/ Germany in 1745. They settled al
New Dorlaek, now Seward. n Y. Their
! son. John. was murdered by the In
dams and another son, Jacob lived in
Cobleskill. n. Y. Many of the name
o. France trace descent to this Jacob
Franz.
Mrs. r. NJ. writes thus: please
give me any information you can az
the Howell family, their coat of arms,
etc
One OF the most illustrious brancbss
of the name in this country traces its
origin to Edward Howell, of Marsh
Gibbon. Buckinghamshire, England.
who settled in America in 1889, and
made his home in Lynn, Mass. Theirs
he had a grant of six hundred 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 de-
scribed thus: Gules, three towers
triple turreted. argent. The crest Is
steel helmet in profile The motto
is 'Tenax proposite."
Another family, of the name traces
its origin to William Howell who wa "a
born. in Casterbisht, wales. He came
TO this country with William Penn.
in the Welcome" in 1882 and be,
came planter and one of the incorpo-
rators of the city of Newark, Del
BY his wife, Margaret, he had many
children, among whom was Mary, who
marrtsa Col Read, one Of the sisners