The Washington herald., 1916-06-25

would also like to know If there are any
arms for the Chaplin family"
] have been unable to get any record
Of the settlement OF the Oswalds in this
country, but l think it is quite likely
that they came from Scotland. as there
are eight coats of arms for families OF
the name I'm Scotland and only one for
the English line of the family One of
the largest Scotch families of the name
bears this curious coat of arms: Azure a
savage wreathed head and middle with
bay leaves, having a sheaf of leaves
hanging by the side and bearing a bow
in the sinister hand. all proper. and point
ing with the other TO a comet, placed
in the dexter point. or. The name Os-
wald is derived from a very ancient
personal name OF Anglo-Saxon origin.
Reynolds is also derived from a per-
sonal name. but of Teutonic origin. In
its early form the name was spelled
Rainhold. 1t is possible mat Sir
Joshua Reynolds and Bishop Reynolds.
OF Norwich. England. were very re-
motely related. but there is no record
OF any relationship. other than the fact
that they both bore the same sur
name. Edward Reynolds. bishop of
Norwich. was born in 1893. He was
the son OF Augustine Reynolds by
his wife. Bridget. Augustine Reyn-I
olds was a member of a well-estab-
lished family of Somerset, England.
Edward, the bishop, married Mary
W. .nss, the daughter of the presi-
-rut of the Magdalen College. Oxford.
and their only son was rector OF st.
Peters Church, Northampton. England.
The family to which Joshua belong
ed came from Devonshire. His coat of
arms is described thus: Argent, a
chevron, lozengy. gules and azure. be-
tween three crosses. crosslet. azure.
n,,t
or. a demi-talbot argent, collared and
lined or.
The first of the name of Chaplin in
this country was Hugh Chaplin. the
son of Ebenezer Chaplin, the son of
jeremiah Chaplin. Hugh was born in
England in Bradford. York County.
and apparently that city was the
home of his ancestors. Hugh brought
with him his wife Elizabeth and set
tied in Rowley. Mass, where he had
assigned to him an acre-and-a-half,
house lot. His sons names were
John. Joseph. Thomas and Jonathan.
and by these four sons the family was
celebrated in this country.
1t is difficult to know what coat OF
arms to ascribe to the American fam
lily of the name. English armories
give three at least, but none are given
as belonging to Yorkshire family.
The coat of arms for the Northampton
family is described thus: Gules three
covered cups, between eight crosses
crosslet, fitchee argent. The Lincoln
family, which is descended from Sir
Francis Chaplin. who was lord mayor
of London in 1877, bears this coat-of-
arms: Ermine on a chief indented
vert, three griffins' heads, erased or.
The Hants family has a coat of arms
only slightly different: Ermine on a
chief indented azure three griffins
heads erased or. The crest of this
family is: A grifins head erased. argent,
ducally gorged. or.
The surname Chaplain is derived from
the ecclesiastical Office of that name.
One of the Domesday tenants named AL
To G. S. w, who asks for the coat of
arms of the royal Stuarts of Scotland.
The oldest Stewart or Stuart coat of
arms, and that of the royal Stuarts"
was that first adopted by the High Stew
ards of Scotland. 1t is simply this; "Or
a fess chequey, azure and argent" This
is said to have been abusive to the che
quers of the stewards board. Its ex-
treme simplicity indicates its antiquity
and it Is the foundation for all later
Stewart or Stuart coats of arms.
To S. J. F., who asks for an account
of the Ryckman family. The correspon-
dent speaks of an AIRY Ryckman who
is said to have owned farm which in
cluded what is now Astor place"
Unfortunately the data on the Ryck-
man family has not been collected but
there isn't the slightest doubt that the
old records would give some very inter
esting light on this fine old Dutch family.
A. Harmen Janse Ryckman was a resi-
dent of Albany between 1866 and 1911 and
other members of the family were early
settled in New Amsterdam. now New
York. A Captain Albert Janse Ryckman.
who was mayor of Albany, in 1702 and
1703. owned brewery on the east side OF
lower Broadway, which included the
south corner of Hudson street and Broad
way. This property had formerly be-
longed to Peter Bronck a member of the
family for which borough of the Bronx.
part of Greater New York." is now
named. The family was also settled in
Schenectady at an early date.
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