The Washington herald., 1917-04-29

Gated at Edinburgh University. He was
a notary public in Scotland. In l76l he
married Christina, daughter Of Robert
Van Deusen, of Kinderhook. n. Y. They
had four sons, William, Robert, James
and John.
W. L NJ. writes thus: Please give his
tory and escutcheons of Durant and
Maynard families from the following
data to show the lines:
O Edward Durant. a HUgUenot, came
first to Maiden. Mass, but moved to
Middletown, Conn, where he died in 1851.
90 Edward Durant, born in Maiden.
Mass, 1861. Died in Boston, I7ls
CD Edward Durant- born in Boston,
1886. died at Newton. 174O.
90 Thomas Durant, born in Boston
1870 He married in I75l Ann Hunt. They
had three children: Cornelius. Anne and
Sally. After his wife's death he W n
TO st. Croix. West Indies. taking his $ n.
leaving his daughters in the care Of his
sister Betsy. In st. Croix he married an
English lady. widow. whose maiuen
name was Sally Hsllam. BY her he had
five children: Thomas. Lewis, John, Mary
and Bethey.
OF these Mary C) married John MAY
nard, Of Franningham. and had six chill
dren, Cornelius, Sally. Thomas. William.
Edward, and Cornelia. The name Cor
nelius and COrnelia have been retained in
the family out of regard for Cornelius
Durant, brother of Thomas Durant 90.
who had a large estate in the West Indies
and did a great deal to help his relatives
6) Anne. or Anna Durant. married
Ebenezer Battalle and had five children
who grew to maturity, and others who
died young C6) Cornelius, (6N Ebenezer.
0) Thomas. 90 Nancy. and go Louisa
C0 Cornelius BattalIe went to the West
Indies to Join his uncle 20 Cornelius pu-
rant, and married an English lady Their
descendants live in England.
O Ebenezer Bsttalle settled in Ohio.
and his descendants live in that region.
C0 Thomas Battalle married a New
York lady and their descendants live
there.
tS Louisa Battalle married Rev. L
Foote. They had no issue.
o6 Nancy BattalIe married Michael
Smith. They had three children "a Hsr-
riet, who died young 0 Louisa who
never married, and ca Elizabeth.
"a Elizabeth married John Toleman
and had three children CS) Harriet Isl
James. and Cs) Abby, who died young.
C9 w. L. Maynard married Miss Vertie
Pendley, OF Dallas, Tex. Have one child.
C9 William L. Maynard, born in 1906.
From the best authorities I learn that
the lOunucF OF Inis Durant family in
America was George Durant who came
from Maiden, in Essex County, England.
and settled in Middletown. Conn. in l6ss
He was not Huguenot but was descend
ed from a Huguenot William Durant.
who fed from France about 1870 and had
an estate at Great lothian near Maiden.
England. George died at Lyme Conn
leaving a son. Edward. who was born in
1861. He died in 171S There Is no doubt
that ,he Is IDENTICAL with the Edward
Durant C2) mentioned by our correspond
ence, but his father was George not Ed
ward. This Edward owned and ran the
Lamb Tavern in Boston. His son Ed
ward who was born in se5 and dieo in
1740. married Judith Waldo. He was a
captain and left an estate at Newton of
l0,277 pounds.
Durant is an ancient personal name.
The Latin is Durandus. Few persons
know that the great Italian author OF
the Inferno" was In reality named Du-
rante and was Dante only by contraction
OF his original name.
Maynard is also derived from an ancient
personal name In this country the fam
lily was founded by John Maynard, who
came from Cambridge, England. He was
an early settler of Sudbury, Mass, ar
riving there as early as 16SS. He mar
ried Mary Axdell. His son John, who
was in Sudbury as early 1868, was one
Of the original proprietors and one OF the
petitioners for the grant OF Marlborough,
Mass He married in 1876. Mary, a daugh-
ter Of Comfort Starr. Their son Zachary,