ROMANCE tn• FAMILY HISTORY CAPTAIN BENJAMIN SIMMONS GUION CH IEF NAV. CRESCENT ROUTE FERRYING DIVISION , A.T.C . 1944 . ROMANCE tn• FAMILY HISTORY BY Louise D. Guion Gilbert ~ 'i)anid <;uion J-lolm¢,S ~ Privately Printed for the author by Sequoia Graphics, Inc. Copyright 19 68 by Louise D. Guion Gilbert "Without genealogy the study of history is lifeless." -­ John Fiske. The contents included herein are "not a book" - - but a com - piling, of items of facts " ... and the facts which I mention are, for the most part, such that a person thoroughly well read ... will at least know where to look for evidence .... " -- Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England. The first time that Mr. Sigmund Stann (whom I had precede me), entered my "Great Room" he said, after a most inter­ ested, full glance, "A JPife' s history in pictures." That alone has repaid me over and again for my many hours of compilation. Mother and sons. Begun 1924 for my sons VIVIAN QUARLES GUION, Jr. and BENJAMIN SIMMONS GUION III (aged 9 and 4 respectively) V "To think of one long dead As still alive, still beloved, Assures immortality for the ottin Beloved spirit. 11 11 Permit me while I live Still to be gay Till Thou consent to give True holiday." "A noble ancestry is only of value if it confers upon the present heirs those qualities of good breeding which are expected of such descent." "He was of ancient nobility, as he proved by an abundance of historical and heraldic evidence." vi "The first American " ... to take heraldry at Ancestor before 1783 who was its best, as a memorial of a landed proprietor and of a romantic past, as well as military and civil officer •.. of our brave forefathers, gives Burgess rank and en­ who sleep their sleep and titled to adopt such arms as the fruit of whose good circumstantial evidence pro­ work we now enjoy. 11 vides until the College of Arms decides." "Even the arms of royal personages, as of the kings Arms have never pos­ of France and England and sessed any greater value Sweden, were frequently than "attaches to a matter changed. Every knight could of privilege .... " assume what emblem he chose and substitute an­ other when he chose." "By th-= use of a cert­ ain coat of arms, you as­ sert your descent from the "In 1483, Richard III, person to whom those arms great-great-grandson of were granted, confirmed or Edward I, incorporated the allowed." heralds into a body now known as the Heralds' Col­ lege or the College of Arms. 11 " ... your quarterings show the other gentle fam­ ilies you represent .... 11 vii FORWARD For the past forty years my research has taken me to many libraries, courthouses, family records and grave­ stones in the East and South. I have not attempted to list complete families, only some of those members of whom I have had specific information. Variations in spelling throughout can be traced to the source material which has been followed in the preparation of the text. I particularly want to thank for his many kindnesses and great help to me: Mr. Henry Strippel, long-time head of the Genealogy Room of the New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street; and, since retirement there, still, 19 65, Honorary Librarian of the Westchester County Historical Society. I thank, for inestimable aid, my amanuensis, Mrs. Clara Kent Pearce. Mrs. J. Alan Gibson has also been of great help. Also, for her help to me in many different ways, I wish to thank my sister, Mrs. Josephine Williams Watt-Kerr Daniel Miller. L. D. G. G. The Fold Old Sleepy Hollow Road Pleasantville, New York viii CONTENTS Foreword viii The Chanler Report xi List of Pedigrees xii Some American Families xiv Guyon, House of Vauloger 1 Guyon or Guion 13 De Anyers-Daniell-Daniel, House of Tabley 75 Williams, of Virginia and North Carolina 104 Some Descendants of Panther Creek 110 Lillington 126 Lanier 148 Nance 160 Hicks 161 Ker, Kerr 163 Graves 183 Bruce-Glen 187 Glen-Glenn 196 Wilson 217 ix Bynum 226 Hampton 228 Wade 237 Martin 239 Chiles 242 Savage 244 Robins 255 Savage-Tyng of Boston 256 Shelton 259 Butler 272 Bibliography 2 75 X THE CHANLER REPORT The Proposal of Hon. John W. Chanler in 1868 in The House of Representatives in Washington, D. C. " ... to levy a tax upon armorial bearings .••. " " .•• it is a matter worthy the serious considera - tion of the committee on Ways and Means .•.. " In a memorandum proposed: 1. The use of coat armour shall be prohibited to all but those who pay an annual tax. 2. The description of the arms shall be filed in the district court and a fee of at least fifty dollars paid therefor. 3. The date of entry at the Court is in all cases to decide the ownership .••. "In all cases the person dispos­ sessed may amend his first description, and thus ob­ tain a new coat of arms without further charge." 4. The date of the year when the arms were assumed to be a necessary part of them, except that the date of an in­ herited shield may be used instead; or by an officer of the United States, the name of any battle, etc. (5) 6. "The tax is to be only for such years as personal use is intended." 7. "In all cases where persons have paintings of arms, or engraved plate or seals, they must take out a license annually •••• " xi LIST OF PEDIGREES A. GUION of France, New York, North Carolina, Connecticut. B. SAVAGE of England, Virginia, North Carolina. C. DANIEL of France, England, Virginia, North Carolina. D. DE LA WARR (West; also Delaware). E. WILLIAMS of Wales, Virginia, North Carolina. F. LANIER of France, England, Virginia, North Carolina. G. NANCE of Virginia • H. HICKS of England, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina. I. KERR of Scotland, Virginia, North Carolina. J. GRAVES of England, Virginia, North Carolina. K. GLEN, BRUCE of Scotland, Ireland, Virginia, North Carolina. L. BYNUM of Wales, Virginia, North Carolina. M. HAMPTON of England, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina. N. MARTIN of England, Virginia, North Carolina. 0. CHILES of England, Virginia . P. WADE of England, Virginia. Q. Son of HENRY II and ELEANOR of Guienne or Guyenne or Aquitaine. xii R. SHELTON of England, Virginia, North Carolina. S. COLONIAL and REVOLUTIONARY CHART of VIV and BEN GUION. xiii SOME AMERICAN FAMILIES SOME AMERICAN FAMILIES before 1776 - touching intermarriages - Direct Ancestry of Viv and Ben Guion. 1. Guion 16. North 30. Rice 2. Malherbe 17. Macy 31. Graves 3. Bolt 18. Gardner 32. Glen 4. Williams 19. Daniel 33. Hunter (of New Bern) (and Bob Daniel III) 34. Shelton 5 . Pugh 20. Day 35. Edwards 6. Savage 21. Price 36. West 7. Harmonson 22. Watt 37. Bynum 8. Robins 23. Blackwell 38. Hampton 9 . • O'Neil 24. Boyd 39. Mann 10. Tyng 25. Williams (of Panther Creek) 40. Wade 11. Tilghman 26. Lanier 41. Martin 12. Simmons 27. Nance 42. Shipp 13. Caldwell 28. Hicks 43. Chiles 14. Wilson 29. Kerr 44. Cox 15 • Wood xiv GUYON, HOUSE OF VAULOGER Arms: Argent, a vine stock, sable, laden Founded by with grapes, gules. GILLIS GUYON, Ecuyer, Seigneur de Vologe, b. after 165 7. (Siem de Vauloger.) De la branche de Vauloger -- "grappes de raisins." Bros: Jacques, Charles Son of Claude Guyon, Ecuyer, m. Sept. 13, 165 7. · Of de Fontenay, Seigneur de Saussaux. Claude's brother Francis "founded de la Vauguyon," so say the different historians. This "small group," arms of Vauloger, are not of the New Rochelle family; probably brought to America by the Guy­ ons of Staten Island. Definitely the descendants of: I Gervais Guyon, Equyer, living 1461. VII Gillis, Seigneur de Vauloger, b. after 1657. Jacques Guion, Ecuier, Seigneur de Corday. Arms: "fruits and raisins." Jacques m. 1626 (continued the French line), the grandfather of the above Gillis, had a brother, John, Ecuier, b. after 1591. 1 Was he the John Guyon, Deputy Governor of New York 1667, who had John and Jacques of Staten Island? A Jacques Guyon, d. 169 4, m. Sarah Casi er 1680. He had a deed on Staten Island Oct. 13, 1664, of 200A. Great Kills. This Jacques supposedly from the Isle of Rhe, just opposite La Rochelle. Incidentally, the Dutch, in 1664, surrendered to the English the City of New York, which was named for the Duke of York, later King James II, 1633-1701, son of Charles I. DE GUION BENJAMJN S1114MONS GUlQN ID One of many Guion Arms "Per pale as; and gu, on the dexter side in chief a tower arg. supported by two lions rampant or and in base a scymetar fessewise, the pomel to the sinister between two other scymetars also fessewise pomels to the dexter ppr ...." "Crest out of a mural coronet arg. charged with three pellets, a demi lion rampant ppr." (Ashworth P. Burke, Family Record.) 2 az: blue. or: gold. Arg: silver. chief: top. lion: deathless courage, "a lively image of a good soldier •••• " Mural crown with battlements given by Romans -- who first mounted the break in the walls of a besieged town or fort­ tess. Border: cadency, born by princes -- usually eldest branch of a large and flourishing family. 3 DE GOYON IlRETAGNE MARQUIS DE Lo:inAY, DE LA MoussAYE ET DEMARCE: CoMTES DE TuonIGiliY ET DE GAcE, DK PLOUER, DE QuENT1N; CoMTES DE GovoN; P1111'icEs DE MonTAGNE sun GrnoNDE; DL'CS DE VALENTINOIS ET PAIRS DE FRANGE; SrnEs DE MATIGNON; SEIGNEURS DE LA Roc1rn-GoYoN, DE VAUROUAULT, DE VAUMELOISEL, DE BEAUCORrs, DE Drnuny, DE SAI:'iT-LoYAL, DE VAunuRANT, DE t'ABBAYE, DE TnAm1Ars, ETC.