Show who are you the romance ol of your name by RUBY HASKINS ELLIS I 1 A terry IT T IS supposed that this name originated in prance france from terris ther ry thierry and was brought to england with the norman conquest and from there to ireland and other countries t r leg it if this la Is correct it would be ba classified as a place name the coat of 0 arms given here is 1 credited to charles terry of boston mass 1777 who traced ancestry to the terrys of bradford in yorkshire england A number of terrys came to new En england land in the first days ot of colonization alo john terry Is on record as an N early settler of dorchester mass having arrived in this country in 1635 1615 he later moved to windsor cono conn Ric richard liard terry came in 1035 from rom london settled to ID new england was accepted as a freeman in southold Sout hold L 1 1 igge ills his brother robert also came in thomas terry born in england la in came in and settled in Brain braintree tree ablass later moving to southold Sout hold L L I 1 he also was a freeman ot of the colony many descendants of these early settlers are to be found in new england as well as many other states today the records of the early struggles of other colonists bear testimony of the service and worth north contributed to the founding of our country b by y terrys those same sturdy qualities have endured through each generation A hunter LIE coat of arms here shown belongs liongs THE to the hunters of hunters tou county ayr scotland whose descendants ants are to be found in great numbers in this country the motto 1 I accomplish my course Is characteristic te terl of this splendid family for it has always been one of great undertakings and brilliant accomplishment the anglo saxon spelling of this name was giunta II Il unta of the german Il lunder II under both meaning hunter by occupation the family acas 95 0 ive gl imao al funfer established in coulty ayr scotland for many they and their descendants lay claim to noble blood tracing their ance ancestry siry to edward 1 I king of england this family has produced many distinguished inen and women both la in great britain and america dr john hunter was wag the discoverer of the circulation cu lation of the blood andrew hunter was an eminent professor of divinity ot of edinburgh scotland there have been many surgeons artists and authors in the family there were in the continental arm army during our struggle ie tor for independence independency ca a great many officers by the nameon hunter descendants of these men may claim eligibility to prominent patriotic societies among amon the first ot of the hunters floaters to come to the new england colony were christian elizabeth thomas and william who were all passengers on the good ship BICs blessing slog john hunter was living in new claven conn in 1014 16 H joseph hunter was a resident oi of nantucket an mass in 1768 most ol of the hunters are of the presbyterian Presbyter laa ralth tj 6 ledger inc wnm WN arlo |