Show bL c 1 lb h. h I 9 t r. r L t l II I ico lu en I L t. t jI- jI 7 I LANDEN Derivation of Name May ay Be Spanish Family Prominent t In for Centuries Pioneers Centuries Pioneers In New England Pennsylvania and the Old Dominion Freedom Dominion Freedom to Them las JIas Always Been a V Word ord Heraldic Charges es es Valor Valor H Heraldic Sincerity BY lY ELEANOR EI Lan and Han llan are of frequent nt occur- occur i ronco as prefixes of ot names of or towns In Cornwall England and in Wales rales as and anti Llanthony The derivation may be b Welsh from llan lan meaning church of o a Spanish word WO d llano may be the original of or the name lame but this means a plain or a pla pla- ecu A French word lande also designates desIgnate nates nate a a plain or a sandy pandy and plain formerly former former- ly lIp covered by the sea La L Lande is a common designation of or localities in Normandy and Landes Lande Lan e is Is' i a n province In iii southwest t France launde Is Is the ancient Anglo Saxon Saxon I. I orthography of oC lande Jande In Northumberland lund land there there Is a township culled called Lundon Landon and here heto perhaps the tho family ed d. d The name has appeared all al along the ages as Landon Landen Langdon Langton Lancton anti and Lang- Lang Langsdon In tho the name namo Is most frequently almost Invariably In In fact spelled plied p I d there the family has been prominent for Cor centuries I Among distinguished members of or the th family were ere John Landen n. n Landon scholar and neil Letitia Letita abeth 1 Landon L i u. u L. L L. L poetess poetess- s who hio wo was a member of or th the a In in lull fly Charles J Jau Jaul ul Landon born 1760 I was WiS a painter and author Then lh the have ha e had their ar whoso whose ma madcap cap personality made matle a n strong appeal to the ton Ion tion This in the older anti and more ro romantic ro- ro mantic niantIc ages of the world One of oC the tw lie first of or the he family hero u was Parnal Landau Landon who vho was teas one of oC t th the he founders of oC Southold Long Island He died January 16 1760 a aged ed 9 y ears antI and is hurled buried in the old Southold cemetery c Another grave e in the same I l place is that of the virtuous wife of Samuel Landon She riled died In lii 1761 1 1761 ag aged agod d 58 Tho names In both instances in- in s stances are arc spelled with wih an o 0 One of oC the thc family ln 1 living In Northumberland North North- u lland count county Pa Po was vas WH William flam Landen Lunden I In 1785 ho hi was tax c tor or 14 1 s sh h. h on Un I 00 acres of oC land two horses and a one cattle George Geore Walston j I L Jan Landen anden en born In I England n 1 1700 and his b brother who let reJoiced let us hope he lie hf Babel Ba Da- Bael Ba- Ba In the he singular name b bel oel el from rum Baltimore alimore to 10 Ohio n neal ear Cincinnati 1819 George Ceorge was was- wasn a n bil builder Iller or ship carpenter as he lie heIs lies i Is s called In lit some records I Among New Englund towns where the t he were wen pioneer may maj be I i n mentioned Guiford Sharon Sharn Shar Shar- o on on n Salisbury an and New London Conn Coon They settled in iii A Addison county Vt at atan atun a an un n early a 11 date dale oto in Columbia county N. 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T In tn n Dauphin county Pa Pu In New J Jersey ersey und Virginia They rhey et e amon among t the he earliest settlers of 0 Ohio Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan The Lan ens have alwa always been patriots patriots pa- pa pa pa- riots anti amI to them freedom has been 1 reat r t anti and word We W find them hem t represented in King war 1 1675 David 1675 David and Daniel Lan Landen en beIng being be be- be- be I ing l og soldiers good and true They were wera I In n the French and anti Indian wars took tok p part art In the revolution re on ott the right si side c cof I o of f the firing fring line lne and also were represented s in the war of 1812 George Georgo ralston Walston Landen already already- mentioned was one of ot the oldest pensioners o ot of war of 1812 He In Baltimore Baltimore- was wa at nt atthe atthe the time of ot the siege or bombardment bombardment Of Ot those of the Connecticut family who were ere In the revolution may racy be named Captain Nathaniel turu James Jame ford Hosea Hosen Ella Ellal Elal and David o of Gui Gui- Gull Gui Among marriage marrage connections may be mentioned the Burts Burls Colemans Neales ea es Batons Townsends Fields Hunts Hunt Harrisons Elot Champions Guilds South- South wicks Wills Vl ls us h ls s anti and Calt Carters the tho two t o last named the well known I Southern families famie Some Sonic of the through n a n marriage connection possibly through their own line trace buck to Edward III Ill II of ot England Ancestors of ot this line lne include the lie Pages of Virginia Governor Cover Gover nor Thomas Nelson and William Nelson Nelson Nel NeZ- son president o of ot the Virginia council councI However Howe the or Lancen are not wasting tastIng precious moments trying 10 to find lind a king or 01 ll queen cn to hold bold up their tren tre tre aro art not ili idl boast boast- Ing of oC crowns and nd coronets coronet as family lt assets ts nor of nobility of descent e Nobility NoI No Nobility I of ot a ascent ns os some ome one ono puts It I they con consider lder of or more mor importance a as a n 1 matter Co tot for consideration and royalty of character Character so fine so to pure so high that as men come conic within wih- wih with with- in iii its Is Influence they fl Involuntarily fa pay homage to It I. I it I Family names Dames repeated generation after generation eJ include Richard r James Samuel Joseph Catherine Elizabeth Elzabeth anti and Sarah In the lie dark brown blown a ages es of oC family n nomenclature Mary Jane and Manny Murthy Ann wore were I names looked upon with a good gooth deal of or favor by the Fond Font par parents pal r cuts In bestowing these num doubtless doubt- doubt le less s thou thought ht by this mean mean- to exorcise exor exor- else cise tho the love lo of the pomps an and vanities vanies of oC this thi wicked ec world Tho The ol cont Illustrated is blazoned blaz biaz- ond b by BurKe BurJo u l ts- ts tsa a lion lon rampant or a canton per per ben sinister ermine anti and sable Crest st st. a dexter hand palm paint ox extended tend l tl Motto loUo gro Ero Eram I I will wili wl bo ho what I was This coat armor through tho lie col color r guies gules fortitude anti ma magnanimity mag gules the lie emblem of war ai I is is- also ns the lan language un l of valor alor To 10 symbolize sym sym- m l the colors color D oy precious stones and arid even ven by br the lie planets was n a C fancy of oC heraldic c writers of an earl early eaily age According According According Ac Ac- cording to this we have ha gules symbolized by the ruby and the lie planet planel Mars Or 01 denoting generosity by lIy the th topaz and sd sol ol sable salle constancy by tho the diamond din dia lamond la- la mond und ind n Saturn The Tho he lion denotes deathless courage ermine honors anti and dignity the clue hand Is a pledge of faith sincerity an and justice Tho Those e who desire to procure family ramly genealogical Information pe pedigrees l or lineages should correspond with wih the Genealogical Society r of or Utah Anthon II H Lund resIdent president president Historians Historian's Historians Historian's His His- torian's office Salt SoH Lake City |