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T He Origin of the Hiester Family Was the Silesian Knight C oat of Arms of the Hieste F m l r a i y. ' ie r m re r o th e ie te r amil b Mr . i ard e Cop d f o a co d f H s f y y H M M R ch s . of R ading, Pennsylvania . ' HE origin of the Hiester Family was the Silesian knight, Premiscloros Hiisterniz fl r 1 2 T , who ou ished about 3 9, held fi and the of ce of Mayor, or Town Captain of the city of Swineford . “ 1 80 r A . D . 4 , the Pat ician and Counsellor of Swineford, Adol ‘ ’ hus o er p L uis , called d Hiester, obtained from the Emperor F r au rederick, lette s patent whereby he and his posterity were — tho rized to use the coat- o i arms he had inherited fromhis anecs e r h tors , to whom it was form rly g anted , wit the faculty of trans mitting the same as an hereditary right and privilege to all his descendants . “ ff u The Hiester family was afterward di used thro gh Austria, r i Saxony, Switzerland and other countries borde ing on the r ver r Rhine . Seve al of the members were distinguished statesmen e and ministers of religion and among the S nators of Homburg, r B emen and Ratisbon , where many of the same name were found who afterward held the highest and most important offices in said cities . The fir t r t t et i tr t i f rom th e erm b . er s pa of his sk ch s a ansla on G an y G Von Wagn , 1843 . July , ' e e r 1 6 r The Hi st r A ms , as used in 37 by Dr . Lawrence Hieste , r a distinguished Ge man surgeon of his day, are r 'A A ms zure , a sun , or, r ' e r e f é C est Betw en two ho ns , surmounting a helm t a front , a r sun , as in the A ms . “ A r ob The Hiester rms , as used by the Ame ican branches, and tained r r n by them f om their ea ly a cestors , are ' A e r Arms zur , a . pair of horns p oper over a star of eight points , or, 'Be . Crest tween two horns surmounting a helmet afronte , the hor ns and star as in the Arms “ When we bear in mind the fact that in the early days o f “ ” heraldry it was customary for an attendant esquire to blazen or a blow a horn , to attr ct the attention of the audience whilst the armorial bearings of the contestants in tournaments were p ro claimed, and that hence , in Germany especially, it became the rule amongst the nobles to place their cr est between two horns sur helmet the mounting the , we can readily see that the Arms of American Hiester family are practically the same as those in r Europe , which possibly are correct . The slight disc epancies in the American Arms are doubtless owing to the emigration of the e e . family, and their subs qu nt separation from the fountain head The two horns in the field of their escutcheon are unnecessary , not r ffi being a part of the a morial bearings . It is su cient to have them as part of the crest . It ma y be probable that the eight pointed star ” of the American Arms is a corruption of the orig ‘ ’ ” r inal sun in the Eu opean Arms , which it so closely resembles . ‘ — r e z - - - te in r a t r r t on th e Ma l n e t . 19 1683 e a t e m te t Lo n Hols Bo n F ankfo , S p , ; di d H l s d , r 1 8 1758 . e r m r eo r e r r er a e met t f ro m 1720. He Ap il , A G an su g n , p of sso of su g y t H l w as the er m e r r r found of od n Ge man su rge y . C oncerning the N ame Hiester . I o ie f rom etter wr itte b Mr . i r 'C p d a l n y H M M . R cha ds .) ' f HE original spelling o the name Hiester is Huster , which is pronounced the same . The latter is the Ger man for m ; The former is merely spelled as we have it to “ i get the pronunciation of the original . The German word Hi s ” ter i r is the name of a Spec es of la k . Families get their names in “ ” “ many peculiar ways . We all know about the Smiths , Carpen “ ” ne m ters , etc O of our family names , Washington, ca e from ess n ton . the town W y g , adjoining their original possessions In “ ” “ the same way Muhlenberg is derived from the old city Muhl ” s berg. It may be that the original Hii ter home had a number of these larks about it . - Brief Sket ch of di e Hiesrer Family. ' “ “ m ; 5 111 If mm m i Leh man arm 7. 3 m t u m. 5 3 ; u t m a t y nat urall v s e in the i e and l bor of its subjec s , the cheri h d i i f r r . A r i y m nds of the r descen dants a lo ty spi it of f eedom cco d ngl , the Revolutio nar v \Var r r the r when b oke out , they we e among fi st “ ” efi cient to enroll themselves in the list of As socia ter s . The ser i as it z o i r was o a i by vices of th s cl s of c i en s ld e s , which rg n zed i tw r - al y elect ng o b iga dier gener s at Lan caster on the 4th of Jul , 1 6 r r d in the ai n N ew r s y N ew 77 , afte ward endere , camp g s of Je e , Y e a e an d the s nn y v nia ork, D l war , lower part of Pe s l a , is a well w a i r . ni n r s kno n m tter of h sto y Da el of Mo tgome y, John of Che ter and abr r the th e i l , G iel of Be ks , ree eld st sons of Dan e , entered ic as el fi r the tw o r wi the a k o e the serv e fi d of ce s , forme th r n of c lon l l w t \ illiam r t y t . V and the atter i h hat of major , the fou h and oung i h o h e ro l did c u est son of Dan el , alt ug also n l ed , not , on ac o nt of his r e the r his a n s ext me youth and infi mity of aged p re t , serve r a n. s s r t r o r mo e th n one campaig Jo eph Hie te , af e ward G verno y i o nl v n r sen i oe as of Penns lvan a, the son of John , e te ed the a “ “ c i in F y in m v e i r apta n the l g Ca p , and ha ing be n made a pr sone a t o an n e on oa o r u at the b t le of L ng Isl d , and co fin d b rd the n to io s e r r o i cw r was r his an ro J sey P is n Sh p , N Je sey, he afte exch ge, p . A the his t wo moted to the rank of colonel fter war , he and n i l an d e l e e the ran r - en cousi s , Dan e John , w re e ct d to k of majo g l the i Th la it y era of m litia in their res pe ctive dis tricts . e popu r of s me n a i bv h i ti coun tl i the e , g ned t e r devo on to y , and the publ c ir rin n l t the i r y \V ar sp it du g the eve tfu s ruggles of Revolut ona , e r f the n t y en . A a c al l nev forsook them ter conclusio of pe e , he bv s ufira e the r c ls j oyed the g of people, a large sha e in the coun i the a r l ni l s was of St te an d gener al governm ent. Gene a Da e Hie ter r t r s a i e r er the i the fi s epre ent t v in Cong es s und present constitut on , r r i in a im com f om Be ks county , of wh ch he had the me nt e be e a i .
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