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Show I I Who Are You? S3 The U omance of Your Name By RUBY HASKINS ELLIS A Claiborne? 'XMlM name of Claiborne Is old Kntlsh and In 10np;laiHl was first spelled Cllfburn from the words "cllH"' and "burn," meaning cliff and brook. Tills literally signified "dwellers at the cliff by the brook." There were also other variations In spelling. The Clnllorues trace their pedl-pree pedl-pree even beyond the Christian era to the tenth Karl of Clifford. They figured In the conquest of northern Europe by the Goths, finally settling set-tling In Sweden. The line is traceable trace-able to Eric, King of Goths In Sweden. Swe-den. The first Claiborne of prominence In England was Ilervey de Cll-burne, Cll-burne, wlio was the father of Geoffrey Geof-frey de Claiborne, who lived In the early Fourteenth century. He owned large estates In WesUnore- ft y land county, where the family flourished for many generations. Through Inter-marriage the Clal-bornes Clal-bornes of Westmoreland became connected with powerful families In Scotland. In America, the Claiborne family was established In Virginia, by William Wil-liam Claiborne, of King William county. He was seventh In descent from John de Claiborne, of Westmoreland West-moreland county, In England. William Wil-liam was appointed surveyor general gen-eral of Virginia colony In 1042, a high honor granted by the king. He also served as secretary of state and treasurer for the Virginia colony, col-ony, and commanded military forces against the Indians. Among the eminent descendants of this early statesman is Rev. William Wil-liam Stirling Claiborne, born In Virginia, Vir-ginia, but now of Tennessee, where he is Episcopal archdeacon of Se-wanee Se-wanee and East Tennessee. He Is noted as the founder of St. Andrew's An-drew's School for Mountain Boys, St. Mary's Industrial School for Girls, the DuBose Memorial Training Train-ing school at Monteagle, Tenn., and the Emerson Hodgson hospital. He was active in the World far, serving as chaplain of the famous Rainbow Rain-bow division, with the rank of captain. w An Evans? EVANS was originally the Welsh personal name for "John," and It was during the reign of "Good Queen Bess," when the British parliament par-liament required every one to take a surname that Evan became Evans, Ev-ans, the termination "s" signifying "son of Evan." The name ofNEvanson was acquired ac-quired in the same manner. The meaning of the name Is "fearless-bold." "fearless-bold." One of the progenitors of the Evans Ev-ans family In America was Lott Evans, who emigrated to Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania with William Penn in 1GS1. Lott was a descendant of Elystan Gldoryad, Prince of Ferllx Radnoi and Burlith, founder of the Fourth Royal Tribe of Wales. Among the descendants of Lott Evans, many are living ln Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania and Maryland today. There were others of this name who were early colonists in tin New England states. David Evans was a merchant In Boston in 1G-15. John was at Wethersneld, Conn, 1040, and later moved to Hatfield, Mass., Nicholas came from Wales to Windsor, Conn., about 1GS0, and later lived In Slmsbury, Conn. The coat of arms shown is used by Rudolph Henry Evans, of Chevj Chase, Md., who is a descendant of Lott Evans, of Pennsylvania. Public. Ledger, Ino. WNU 8arvU |