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H I k J S rr j r I k J i HEISKELL FAMILY Y y i f I Name Perhaps of Norse Origin Origin Found Found in Legends of Hero 4 e f W Worship Has WOrship Has Several Variations Variations Tradition Tradition Says One t j Wasa Was las a Knight in Williams William's Train Train Pilgrim Pilgrim Fathers Early Farly r in lil New World World Always Always Prominent arid and Men of Affairs Affairs- k Descendants May Claim A Affiliation With Most National 4 Societies Always Always Patriotic and Ready to Take Up Arms Heraldic Arms Heraldic Charges Symbolize Military Prowess Dignity Generosity and Elevation of Mind Minds I BY ny On LEXINGTON Tho The name Heiskell started out in life as s A Agall or 01 or Askell or ori i or or th the tho old ohl Norto or A Eg l lr r in time changed to Ha Hasker ker I Is h a a. a name n. used in connection with t Northern le legends of hero wor worship hip as o oT os meaning god or hero an and I JI a n. spear i Jf A g Is s. s th tho root from Crom which h the Tu time Ume crl K of or th the aspirate h Ii around r rv words that it ma may adorn slipped slip slip- ped Iet Into first place and anti O A have hmo hasI has lias- I I gall all the meaning a place pIneo o of rushes i in Iii the mal marsh h A Is a place of off f rushes gall originally a marsh or moor The Tho gentleman who was fortunate fortunate for for- J enough to live In such a quiet I fOl naturally became Mr Ir then or 11 Hau call S' S I lIa ku 11 Haschal Haschall I Hascal II Hascol Has Has- Has I coil coll H Haskill or Haskell and v- v fin finally ly okell Its It's quite simple as you OU see this evolution e of ot a a. name And i that thatis is an unreasonable person who 1 asks for gi greater cater aric variety Let him in- in L. L nt vent a a variation vai There we say a it to hi his fac Nowadays all aU dc descendants of this l' l 11 family are either cither Heiskell or orlIa lIa Haskell k ll and a name to bo ho proud of But nul o of thi this furth further r on That hat per person ori who traces tho the name and ntH lineage to t the c E col of oC the book of or Genesis Genes is called light headed if iC i zealous zall by hy a member of the Heiskell family who does docs not wish to assume sume airs when In Ia search earch of or a grandparent he adds we c dont don't know wh what it kind of or a man li Escol col was was Quite ir true A tradition In the family has hag to lo do with one on Sir Hit Roger r de who y waH wan a ri Im knight In William Willian the tho Conquerors Conqueror's Con- Con I tt n and ami who In return for foi martial martini services received ll grants rants o oC 1111 land 1 TillS This would give France probably cradle of the ahl ably Normandy as the o family The rho patriarchal heads d o of the lamB family In country c came u from Bristol England and settled in the colon colony There were three bro brothers broth broth- het h- h et ers ets eti i H. H Roger er William anti and Marie Maric an antho and tho thu date p pf their al ui wax was ick ic i k I i In Gloucester r. r the called Cape II Ann and became a t larg laigo argo T landed handed proprietor for nt those da day duy am and his emote is still in the possession o of 4 descendants Ills His L at tho the time of his death h wa sa a e edi I at l 5 IS 18 pounds 1 12 shilLings shilling William wa was a u mariner with the titles lieu llou- 1 and anti afterwards arten captain He lie o el and ami ern at nl court b ix times In twenty years a useful and aini citizen he 1 Is called In h he was lieutenant of or the Utran band hanl lIe He was on one who hart had spirit enough to refuse c to pa ja pay hits his taxes odious taxes when tuxes when Andros was wa gov gOY erno am anti and was fitted fined 40 looked William Wit Wil Widows an and anil orphans to liam for tor assistance and It I is down H In Inthe Inthe Grace Dutch the records that in was vas the administratrix of lC her bet husbands husband's hus hUH r advice all and ami assistance as- as bands band's estate Mat with the iho assistance assistance as as- t. t o of Lieutenant William Hel lid kell icell or Haskell as the name more fr frequently I appears in colonial records l y The rhe marriage day of or William and amI Mary Marv daughter of YaH Walter l' l was November o 16 Their children of f the Ull muses i lr were were- vur of the number Benjamin John f William iliUm Joseph Johnj I Mark farJ l who married O r rover Hilnor who mon mon-icel Jacob JaCol led L h Mary who man Podge and Sarah whose wedding 8 Is s not nut d. Sho ho pel haps lived and died a Ir I William of the tile second s generation ac accumulated accumulated accumulated ac- ac cumulated lands sawmills n and I J I His Its 11 wHo was wa- Mary Int mown Oro all I und and tile the number Ir if f their children ex- ex ex- ex ii lb a round do The rhe pilgrim Hogel horn born I 1 died at al Salem Solem now Ue Beverly rJ MarJ th the other at Plymouth dying lie Ill 1 left Ct property worth iO i q It I Is the simplest thing In the world to lo establish your flur eligibility to mein- mein I h b r l lp In it t nio-t t N e Z patriotic so- so these Ifs are aro tin some some- clety these the r o I you you can trace back bacic to William the hOW however h e 1 Y f 1 You OU JI may ay stop you r-och r JH if J. J your lI lino o is that of or llen son won iOn of or the pilgrim A VIl 11 1 1 I i I Ii i i J L r J f fi i L liam Mam lIe He was also of Gloucester and anda a a. selectman and representative to I court 1 lII Ilis IIII with Mary Iary Jar daughter of Thomas Riggs was November No No- o- o vember 21 1 1677 and they had nine children One daughter lau was Elinor another Patience who married marrie John JohnI Roberts I For membership with the Society of or Colonial Wars trace bade back to John s son n of oC WillIam the pilgrim Jon John Hk Uke I Ithe the brave hla bo boy he was shouldered his j I musket in IGi and four foul years rears later he lie hall had a l. l large largo grant STant of oC land Jand for 01 services services ser set vices Ices in tho the war var Ho lie was as deputy to the court oJ rt and wh what t is of or prime Importance Importance Im Im- Im- Im he i reared eared seven children Let Lethis Lethis Lethis his descendants wake wale up an and begin beJIn to join patriotic societies if they thoy have not already llly done lone 10 so o. o William the third of the name was the moneyed ll gentleman of oC the family faintly I leaving heaving 2503 poun pounds ls when he died lied I 1731 hN besides vessels warehouses salt and nd ono one slave lIe He was a member of the he church deacon a member o of the militia ensign n he was also selectman Ills Us wife was as Abigail daughter of Cap- Cap tam tt m am James Davis Dans Among Amon their dill dill- dren we find the names namos of oC J Keziah and Jemima you rou forgive for for- give Ive a parent who named you OU Jemima Jom Je Jo- I m mima S rn a Joseph of or the thc third generation dl- dl b by will that his son Moses lo es should hould learn earn the trade and m mystery of a cooper his cooper his own trade His wife ife was wai vas Rachel Elwell and his children ren renthe the he number of perfection el eight ht Mark lark of ot the tho fourth generation furnishes furnishes fur fur- nl heH a little romance to enliven the pages s o of family history for he ho and hl hk IK shin were In by pirates pirate in 1722 i Pc Pei Perhaps haps he he however o el e failed to view his hiM adventure In the light of or a romance i heres here's no accounting for ta tastes tf re Arc you ou Inquiring eagerly J If you OU h have hare ve rm any ie rC si sires Ires res Yes dozens o of th them m. m The he or n. or lJ eIt went out to light whenever there was wa an any occasion Not ot that they Were cle full uli r of ct r light not not that they fought and ran an away and so lived Ii l to toO O fight ht man many another day No o indeed tUlLe quite the contrary The 1 whole s story tory i is ii told In 10 three words voids thc they are aie pa na- na Ia- Ia Of or the etl branch of oc thea the I family a In th the rc revolution were wre Captain Andrew I Simeon Major lajo Eh l lna- lna l- l than w ho lo W M ai slide c to lo General Howe I Lieutenant g i Captain Jonathan who wa va adjutant and inspector t tor to tt the army 1 91 I Ensign Benjamin Benjamin Benja Benja- I mm min was wan from Connecticut Sergeant i Job New Hampshire and Major MaInt Inot I Alexander Si St C. C i kIJ was from AN Al count county Virginia Ha lell h if the of or aU all names but hut th thC I last According to ome sonic hl historians l the St S1 C C. of or Major Alexander's Alexanders name stood tool for 01 St. St I. I C Cyr CT r according U tl I I other others for St St. Clair After fit the clo close e of or the tho war var he with I brother officers founded ii In I Ohio Through h Major Alexanders Alexander's Or first t I wife wire Sarah Taliaferro Lewis a 1 marriage mar connection though connection though remote remote can can I 1 bo be traced U J Sarah's Sarah tather fa- fa a. a ther Jo Jt Jesse c e Pitman Lewis Levis a revolutionary revolution revolution- al' al ary soldier was of or the same me stock t tas as Colonel Fielding L Lewis LH H. H who mar mal mar 1 vied tid Betty t sister Ister o of Washington The I described described- 11 h by 13 Jefferson as wealthy and i respectable expectable ore are a n welt well I known Virginia family one ont of the I II I F F. r. r Vs s The arc arp also rod with the Lie l first families of or Virginia Another m f connection U ton tion n Is that of or Archibald A Alexander Lewis with Isabella I. Heiskell Archibald Archi Arcil- bald traces traC his dl descent to the Welsh Velh pilgrim father rather John John JohnJ J Lewi Jevis II I who lane lanu- ed 1 in VirgInia Irs 1 1730 j O A relic In the faini family his hll h m Bible I Virginia anti and T Tennessee ce trace back to Major Alexander I Quo One characteristic of or tho If lip Ils ma nay may ho bo nam named they named l they lived to a i t g old age The feminine member JOll arc atc noted for amiable e thIs thi this upi n 0 the voluntary le of It if ft hu huh hu h bands The fIle men have o their shari of orl good looks looks the the share shan In lit fart art and ancl lh they y are arc courteous magnanimous PON possessing nobleness t of ur soul oui a ac to lo one Otto who knows O S when of oC bo ho f speaks eala nod and elevated lc i Among family nam names I s of ait api g wo o find Biblical ones c gen gen- J i. i S- S t J I represented represented Aaron sent Aaron Aaron I Enoch r Ebenezer r. r Elijah Ezra Ezia Jede- Jede IRaa Isaac Zebu Ion Coming Coining to times we take courage for tor there is a collection of or euphonic nam names Dorothy Doroth Sybil 1 Comfort J A Jm Amy m my Dorcas Dorca EXI eri- eri ence Thankful Patience and anil Prudence Prudence Prud Prud- ence Among malia marriage e connections are the tho families of or Choate Whittier anti and l Parsons ons The Pile learned Parsons Par Par- sons fons ahl duCt chief f jUstice of ot the court of ot Massachusetts Mas Mas- cu was vas the grandson of oC L Lydia Lya lla l Mary ra y Par Parsons on was the wife rIe of or Thomas 1110 mU II who wito was born 1690 and founder of or the Maine branch of the IP famil family His family Bible or 01 13 Bibles hl's record the tue names jarnes of ten chil- chil dien tilen M enty grandchildren and fifi 1111 ight No 0 that ho lie i Is de dpI C as os ii i 1 sib r sort SOFt of man nan The Tho family has hns Its HIJ stat statesmen nuth- nuth 01 or Jr journalists on one 1 of if tho ho t edi- edi ton tars of or the thc Boston linston Transcript was wasN as N NC yo- yo Haskell A president of oC time the Irin tui or of or V Vermont WON was Daniel born horn 1784 at Preston Conn One of th tile the Gloucester GlOUCeste family faintly low l- l lyn IMI laid out that handsome ome 51 turl of or Now New York ell city Park Orange N. 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J 1 Till The of nf Illustrated i is e oat coat liLt arms arm vair nr argent III and amid sable ibi a bent beat of the tho first o ei all ui a es 5 in chief or Cn Crest t on a 3 mount sable an appletree apple tr tree proper supporters Ou P rs two leopards proper propel l' l orro i ito Tronie A Ln JOO DrIad suite Dread shame lo love loyalty I Although the date of or time the grant of this coat cont armor is iN not given Its char char- r points to an early date As s s to the h symbolism of or thIs tills coat coal armor vair Is a fur fUt often d dh l h b shaped hell lines lineR it was waR as U used ll for forthe forthe or orthe the lining tilling of military cloaks and was vas t L st hi ought brought Into use In armor armory leea because be le- ea cause a c certain great ATen t signor rallied his Olm army 1 by h displaying his vair ah cloak which fur he afterwards s adopted adopt adopt- ed 11 as al the ensign c o of his signor The furs Curs have ha always bce been heen mr lal ar marks of or nIL dignity in heraldry and ani ha have ia re never icer er bern been u used 1 by persons of ofIn In inferior ra rank k When hen a a. certain great groat mn ma n ii wn was nb absolved ohl b by a pope the j alice nce was ns that lie lit should fight the the- Sarc Say Sar- c n but hut 1 never again ain appear al' al In sar er- er mine or ot vair ah I rh The bend signifies defense ov or protection pro pro- and represents a n. S 'S Sh I h PI Shakespeare's n res re's arms arm a n. bend bentI The rime fess honorable ordinary denotes I military p pro 10 rime Tho chief f symbolizes dignity Trees TIR were objects of tlc tIo veneration the of the god gOl Thor An appie apple ap al- ap- ap pie pIc tree In heraldry denotes felicity liberality The rho leopard Is almost much coveted co In as heraldry as the lion the lions s of England wc were veme e Co formerly im i'm en y copard I ls s which witch d denote denoto e no to th and valiant strength anI Sup Sun only appear upon the thel arms l of or those high in fn rank As to org argent nt it means sincerity a amId peace sable constancy or OJ elevation of oC mind nod find generosity Those who desire to procure family I genealogical Information pe pedigrees l rees or r lineages should correspond with I the ho Genealogical 1 Society of Utah Anthon II IL Lund president Historians Historian's Historians Historian's His His- torian's Lorian's office Salt Lake Lalta City |