| Show Who Are You The Romance of Your Name By RUBY HASKINS ELLIS ELLISA A Seymour THIS name was originally oll taken from Crom a n Norman knight who lived In the tho Thirteenth century Sir VII Wil William liam llam St SL Maur Maul and the House of Sey Sey- Seymour Seymour mour In America descends through the grandson of this ancestor Roger Hoger de lie St. St Maur who was lord of and In England En land John Seymour of Wolf oU flail Hall In Wilt Wiltshire shire sheriff of the county count In the reign of or Henry VII married the slaughter daughter of Sir Henry Darell of County Wiltshire It was their eldest son who t wh I I. I I I II l I e Pout j was knighted by b King Henry on the th field of battle for gallant conduct conducts conduct as ts s one of the commanders of the kings king's forces against a the Cornish rebels at Blackheath Later on for his unusual prowess at the famous Battle of the Spurs he was made a Knight KnI ht Ban nan by King Henry VIII lIe He attend attend- attended ed the king at the Field of the thc Cloth of Gold where the meeting of Henry and Francis I took place an Incident so famous In English history He Ile also attended the king at Canterbury when Emperor Charles Chares V was received ed In England John Seymour married Margaret Wentworth daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth who claimed descent from froma a great man medieval dynasties d of Europe Their son Edward became a powerful noble and Lord Protector of England His rise to fame was meteoric knighted Li 1523 15 created Viscount Beauchamp governor go and captain of the Isle of Jersey chan chan- chancellor chancellor and chamberlain of North Wales Vales In 1537 1531 created earl of Hert Hert- Hertford Hertford ford and later Knight of the Garter In 1543 he be was made Lord Great at Chamberlain of England for life Ills great-grandson great Richard Sey Sey- Seymour Se Seymour mour came to America settled In III n Hartford Conn where he Immediate Immediately ly became active in the affairs of the th colonies lIe He was a founder of Nor Nor- Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk folk Conn Most of the Seymours in this coun coup country try can trace to this Richard and thus back to the English family S e e A Worrall earliest ancestor of the War Wor rail family was Sir Hubert de deWare Ware Warel lord of Aries Ares In Provence and several of his sons were with William the Conqueror at the Battle of Three of them were killed In fn battle and the conqueror acted the coat of or arms to Hubert for his heroism and also conveyed to him large tracts of In the Counties of Durham and Northumberland England Here he erected a palatial residence Ills name Is to a found In the Doomsday hoot Boot I 1 that Immortal English document which contains the names of all aU the thc early feudal titleholders Ralph de Ward Warel youngest son of Hubert succeeded to the estate and anti founded the Monastery of Blackburn Sir de Warel was active In III Inthe Inthe the Crusades to the thc Holy Land with Richard the Lion Llon Ills only son had estates In France Francc He ne was Interred In n the Monastery of Aries Arles Alter After the time of Sir William do Warel the name was changed to 11 rell then Worrell and Worrall Worrell which Is In general use to day The first settler In America of UK tbt family of Worrall Worrell was John who cattle with the party of or William WlIIlam Penn and anti made their homes In Pennsylvania lenns I Descendants of John went to Mary Maly Maryland land Delaware and Virginia Virglnia Ir but of or them still reside on l ind grunted grunter them by William Penn j J V 1 11 AxtT n er Inn fi rv |
