Show I I Who Are You The Romance o of Your Name By RUBY HASKINS ELLIS ELLISA A Seymour T THIS name was ori originally taken from a Norman knight who lived In the Thirteenth century Sir William St St. Maur Maul and the House of ot Seymour Semour In America descends through the grandson of this ancestor ancestor ancestor an an- Roger de St St. Maur Maul who was lord of V and In England John Se Seymour mour of ot Wolf Hall Han In Wiltshire sheriff of ot the county In Inthe Inthe inthe the reign of ot Henry VII VH married the daughter of Sir Henry Darell of or County Wiltshire It was their eldest son who was knighted t I Ia i I a Ala N I II s sI I I f p ouri Seymour by King Henry on the field of battle for tor gallant conduct as ns one of the commanders of ot the kings king's forces against the Cornish rebels at Blackheath Later on for his unusual prowess prowess at the famous Battle of or the Spurs he was made madea a Knight by King Henry VIE He attended the king at the Field of ot the Cloth of Gold where the meeting of n Henry nry and Francis I took place an Incident so famous In English history He also attended the king at Canterbury when Emperor Emperor Emperor Em Em- Charles V was received In England J John Seymour married Margaret Wentworth daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth who claimed descent from a n great many medieval dynasties dynasties dynasties dynas dynas- ties of Europe Their son Edward became a powerful noble and Lord Protector of England His rise to fame was meteoric knights In 1523 1023 created Viscount Beauchamp governor governor governor gov gov- and captain of the Isle of ot Jersey Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- sey chancellor and chamberlain of or North Wales In 1537 1587 created earl of ot Hertford and later Knight of ot the Garter His great-grandson great Richard Seymour Sey Sey- mour came to America settled In Hartford Conn where he Immediately immediately Immedi immedi- became active fn n the affairs of the colonies He lie was a founder of Norfolk Conn Most 1 of or the Seymours In this country countr can trace to this Richard an and thus back to the English family A Worrall IlE earliest ancestor o 0 the Worrall Worrall Wor Wor- THE rall rail family was Sir Hubert de deWard Ward Warel lord lord of Aries In Provence and several of ot his sons were were with William the Conqueror at nt the Battle of Hastings Three of them were killed In battle and the conqueror granted the coat of arms to Hubert for his heroism and also conveyed to him large tracts of land In the Counties of or Durham and Northumberland Northum Northum- Northumberland berland England Here he erected a n palatial residence His ills name Is Isto Isto isto to be found In the Dooms Doomsday ay Book J I M r a that Immortal English document which contains the names of ot all the early carly feudal tl titleholders Ralph de Warel youngest son of ot Hubert succeeded ed to the estate and founded the Monastery of Black mack burn Sir William de Warel was active In the Crusades to the Holy Land with Richard ard the Lion Llon His lIIs only son Rudiger had hind estates In France lIe He was Interred In the Monastery Monaster of Aries After the time of Sir William de Warel the name was changed change to then Worrell and aOI finally final final- ly Worrall which Is In general use today The first settler In America of ot the family of ot was John who came with the party of or William Penn and made their homes In Pennsylvania Descendants of ot John went to Maryland l Delaware and Virginia but many of ot them still sun resIde reside reside re re- re- re side on land granted grante them b by WillIam Willlam Willlam Will- Will lam Iam P Penn nn e 0 Public Ledger Inc c. c Y Service |