| Show 11 Corner in Ancestors U HUME FAMILY Descend from Saxon Kings Kings Among Among Most Powerful of Scottish Nobility e I I. I I T 4 HUM XUM BY ELEANOR r LEXINGTON The Tho Saxon monarchs of England are aro responsible for the Humes Hurries or tho the which Is Js' another orthography and the thc more co con common mon one centuries ago ao Sonic Some one says tays it I is hi Indeed a a. desirable de tie- c- c thing to be well descended c but bul the glory belon belongs s to our ancestors The story tory Is this Go back to 1 1031 or thereabouts and you OU lind a a. clan whose official name was waa corrupted to The TIle name father county or 01 means a count abbreviated to Co and Patrich Patrick Pat Pat- rick rich meaning father The TIme or had large land holdings and the Humo branch descended from tho time Saxon Faxon so kings kings so the they sa say Representatives Representatives Rep Rep- re were at the battle of Hastings Has Has- tings In iii the Saxon on ranks One Cos Cos- patrick lied fled to Scotland Ho was Earlor Earl Ear of or Northumberland r and in Scotland became Earl of Dunbar and Baron Hume or 01 Home antI and from him descend the thc present line of Humes The unreasonable unreasonable un un- un- un reasonable person who wants more mme 10 romarico ro- ro manco marico than this for a 11 background 10 1 would want well want well he be would woul want the earth I Ii Is Ig it Il not riot enough to lo say i that th the Hume Humes were at one nc time oie of or th the I Imo mo most t powerful or of the time Scottish h nobility As 8 to descent fro in lUngs Icings an and amid the I like we must tS before growing too prou proud w were rc the kings noble and is u a a i drop or two of 01 their blood worth liar liar- hav 1 Iii In j Relationship b by blood b becomes comes i less than titan one drop dop in a L million tracIng trac- trac j In big Ing thirty or 01 about 1001 I years cars back Some one obe has haa it Jt out that twenty generations back a n I 1 II II I man mn has Inherited the traits of or more morel more j I than Jr tin live ore n-ore 1 I ant anI and these thio J figures have grown J I II I to Lu another seven se or o eight g generations and thE they n arts aro o nearly douthe dou- dou i j LI tile the the thell ll present n t. t of ot th lobe 0 S r i The Jl immoral l' l 1 lu Jl 1 l. l uon IsH- IsH th dg v mV I tg n tf i I I al tale e. e Hume cas castle u. u Scotland Scot Scot- scot I land and is one seat scat oJ ot th the family For Fora I Ia a long time nl the fhe castle was Wa held against t Cromwell's forces orcell Time The governor gov gov- OV- OV I being summoned to surrender replied that he lie knew not nol Cromwell I and nd as for Cor his castle it ft was built upon a a. rock It would be pleasanter to IIa skip or Ignore tl tle e sequel that four fOUl I I Iday lays days later lter the castle wa was surrendered One On of ot the greatest of historians and I most subtle of oC metaphysicians David I Hume Hum was aS the son of Joseph the thit I I Laird of Wine wells Berwick an anti and nephew of of a n Scottish peer Earl Eart of I Hume or Home of ot th the i noble house of Douglas Davids David's mother was daughter daugh I ter tor of Sir Sh David Falc Falconer ncr Her sons son's disinclination l to go so into plain business ant and his studious t proclivities proclivities pro pro- were vexing to her but being the time daughter aughter if IC not of a a. hun hundred ted earls of or f one olie sir It is to b be Jer regretted that she did not express herself mure inure elegantly than to say Davie Is a fine 1 natured good cl creature bu but t uncommon wal wako v o George Hume burn born Oln in Berwick 1097 came cam to America in 1721 1 and settled settled set set- tIed In tn Culpepper county count Virginia He was a a. surveyor and the one who tau taught ht Washington the bushier George Georg Humes Hume's eldest brother Sir Francis Hume had come over o previously previously pre pre- r with Governor Spotswood whose cousin he lie is called George the pilgrim had six sons an and his wife wICe was Elizabeth Proctor Georgo Jr married Jane Janc Stanton and they ha had eight olive branches The Tho Humes made mace marriages with the tIme Sharps Barnes Colvins Duncans and William Wil Wil- 11 liam Hume son of or George and d Elizabeth Eilzabeth Eliza Eilza- beth married marrie Su Suan on Elzephan Miss s Granville and arah Baker Not all at once let this bo be dl distinctly under under- understood stood but lUt one after tho the other with appropriate Intervals als between mar roar Alexander Hume also alo sun son of f the plon pioneer er George was killed In battle on the tho second day a of his enlistment inthe Inthe in inthe the Continental arm army His fate fato inspIred inspired in- in mun ninny pens and antI his story was told In pro prose and verse A comrade and standard bearer was wag shot Alexander sprang to the hag flag an and while waving it from flom the ramparts rum ram parts he too was killed He SHe lay in Iii tho lio palo pale beauty of death eath and upon upon his hits bosom was the picture In a golden locket of his sweetheart the lovely girl ho lie waS waa to morr marry MI Miss Cruikshank Doubtless s sho ho he Is the Lieutenant Alexander Hume whom Holtman's HoHman Officers of or the American Revolution records as killed In 1779 and from South Caro Caro- lina lisa More lore Ulan titan a 0 ocoro of Hume orthographies arc are found In the records For example Hum Heum Beum I Houm Earl Early forms forma arc aro do o Houma and do Homo Home or Hume The Tho name however spelled has harm been owned by those or by many of or whom it may bo be said sald A good name nama Is 18 hotter better than riches and living favor layer Is more than cold gold and sliver Oliver and aud many n If not mo most t of or tho the Humes s are ure ca cast t in n noble mold Their words and 3 actions ring cJ The Thc coat of I Illustrated Is s Vort Vert a. a lion rampant t. Crest A lions lion's head erased or t I Motto tto True to the end nd Vi Vise e a a. 1 la Is laFine Fine another enother version Is 19 translated Aim imn at nt the end lid The rime arms arm of the the- Hume Family Famil Famila a As- sedation of ot America is quarterly with the arms illustrated for tor first t quarter The crests are tho the lion and the uni- uni uni uni- corn The rho supporters lions and the tho motto True to the tha end Above these thee a spread eagle with tho the legend Aquila Aqulla Non M Sir An Andrew Hume flume 1707 quartered the Humes of or Berwick the tho arms Il Illustrated ii- ii the Pcp dies of ot Dunglass tho the of Pol Polwarth warth an and the St St. Claims Claim's of or East Lothian The crest Out of or a 3 human heart a tI dexter arm erect holding a 3 all proper Sir Andrew was son of ot Sir Patrick Humo who was created Earl of or Marchmont 1697 Another Patrick Humo Hurne was second son sem of fourth Earl of Dunbar and March who died 1166 |
