Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-06-21
Department OF
Genea1ogy and Hera1dry
Conducted by Leonard Wilson. Editor In Chief makers of America
Biographical Series.

Adams. was Lord of the Manor of Great
Packham in Essex, who died in 1893.
The arms borne by this branch of the
family are thus heraldically described:
Vert a cross or charged with an estoile
sable. Crest: A talbot PEASANT azure
SEINE of bezants and collared argent,
Motto: Sub cruce Veritas."
The cross, the emblem of salvation.
seems to be the distinguishing feature
of many of the coats of arms attributed
to this family, and various charges
from lions, representing courage, to
the coat armour. The descendants
seem to be pretty we'll scattered
throughout the various parts OF the
United States. Many are in Massa-
chusetts. New Hampshire and Maine,
while others are settled in Connecti-
cut and New Jersey. One of the
prominent members of this family was.
of course, John Quincy Adams, born
in Quincy. Mass, July II, 1867.
Among the colonial families of the
United States is included that of +. C.
Adams, originally of Connecticut and
now of the state of Missouri, who is de-
scended from George Adams and his
wife Frances, who settled in Water
town, Mass, 1915. This George sold
his house and lands in Waterfowl
November 4, 1864, and moved to Cam
bridge Farms, near Lexington, where
he was accidentally killed October 10.
1896. The coat of arms borne by this
American family is as follows: Argent
on a cross gules, five mullets or. Ores:
Out of a ducal coronet or, a demi lion
rampant, affrontee gules. Motto: Sub
cruce salus. Residence: Kansas City,
Missouri. Societies.: Colonial Wars.
Sons of the Revolution.
Cason or Casson.
The Cason family originally spelled
It's name "Casson' from the Frisian
! word "Cassen," meaning "christian."
The Danish form of the name is 'kas-
ten" the Swedish form "Cassen," the
Dutch form "Carsten' and the Flemish
forms "Kastan," 'Casen" and "Cason,"
all being personal names. This family
has been seated in Cambridgeshire and
HertfoIdshire in England for a very
long period, and an account of them
is given in one of the English county
histories. The armorial bearings of this
family are of record, the principal
charge on the escutcheon being three
horses heads with a firelock for crest.
An examination OF early records dis
closes the fact that several members
OF TINS family were among the first i'm
migrants to the continent of America
prior to the revolution. The first such
record is the arrival of John Casson.
aged l8 years, who anded Tricessimo
die Septembris 1885, aboard the Dorsett,
John Flower Mr.. bound for We Bor-
a4oeoS' !Ae AeAl eltfy is july "a, 1885,
from which we learn that Nehemiah
Cason, aged 21, was one of those who
We're transported to New England.
lmbarqued in the Hopewell of London,
THO: BABB, Mr.. p Certificate, from
the minister of ST. Giles Cripplegate.
that they are conformable to the
Church of England. The men have talk
en- the oaths Of Allegiance, and Su-
premacie."
One Thomas Cason, who employed
fiye negroes and who owned eight acres
OF land, was settled in the parish of
Christ church in the year 1879, ac-
cording to a list headed, "a true and
perfect list of all we names of We in
h%abitants in We Parrish of Christ
Church, with an exact account of all We
land. white seruants; and neg's within
ye said parrish taken this 22th Decemb'
1879" This list is considered authori-
tative. and the three emigrants men
toned are all named in the original
lists of persons of quality who went
from Great britain to the American
plantations between the years A. ID.
1900 and A. ID. 100.
Leonard Wilson