vard College, 1659; ordained 10 Sept., 1674, as the first minister of Stonington, Conn.; married, 11 Sept., 1674, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas and Anna (Lord) Stanton. Rev. James Noyes was one of the founders of Yale College. The photograph was taken in 1889, under the direction of Judge Richard A. Wheeler, of Stonington, Conn. The tablet was recut before the photograph was taken. George W. Marshall, LL. D., Rouge Croix, Heralds' College, London, says that the only Noy-Noye-Noyes arms recorded are those of William Noy of Buryan, County Cornwall, England, who died in 1593, and whose grandson was William Noy, attorney general to Charles I. Those arms were granted by Robert Cook, Clarencieux, and the blazon is as follows::Coat-Azure three crosses in bend Argent.

Crest-On a chapeau azure turned up ermine a dove argent in the beak an olive branch Vert.

The epitaph was written by Rev. Eliphalet Adams, Harvard College, 1694, who died in 1773, pastor in 1720 of the First Congregational Church, New London, Conn. The original draft was, in 1889, in the Sunday School library room of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Conn.

Rev. William Noyes, rector of Cholderton, county Wilts, Eng. (a town eleven miles from Salisbury), matriculated at University College, Oxford, 15 Nov., 1588, æt. 20 years, and was graduated B. A. 31 May, 1592. He married Anne Parker. He died intestate before 30 April, 1622, when an inventory was made, and widow appointed administratrix 28 May, 1622. (Court of Archdeacon of Sarum.) She was buried at Cholderton, 7 March, 1657, æt. 82 years (per parish register). Her will is at Somerset House, London (Wootton, 130), and mentions sons James and Nicholas, in New England. Will made 18 March, 1655, proved 21 of April, 1558, at London, (and gives "one shilling to each of my sons, James and Nicholas, now in New England."*)

*Added by Col. Noyes.

Their sons, Rev. James and Deacon Nicholas Noyes, in March, 1633, embarked for New England in the MARY AND JOHN of London, with their cousin, Rev. Thomas Parker, and were among the settlers of Newbury, Mass., May, 1635.

Rev. James Noyes, born in England about 1608; matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, 22 Aug., 1627, but was not graduated; died at Newbury, Mass., 22 Oct., 1656, aet. 48; married, 1633, Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. Joseph Brown, of Southampton, county Hants, Eng. She died 13 Sept., 1691, at Newbury, Mass. His will, made 17th Oct., 1656, proved 26 Nov., 1656, mentions wife Sara and children, brother deacon Nicholas Noyes, and cousin Rev. Thomas Parker. Inventory of estate amounting to £657, 11s. 4d. Her will, made 11 Nov., 1681, proved 29 Sept., 1691. Inventory of estate amounted to £1108.

The branch of the Noyes family of East Mascalls, county Sussex, England, represented by Thomas Herbert Noyes, B. A. Ch. Ch. Oxford, claim the arm as given below:

Coat-Azure three crosses crosslett in bend Argent.

Crest-On a chapeau gules turned up ermine a dove Argent in the beak an olive branch Vert.

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In her "Reminiscences of a Nonogenarian," Miss Sarah

A. Emery gives the Noyes arms as follows:

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Argent garb or three mullets gules interchanged. Crest-Dove bearing olive branch."

The arms shown on the tombstone of Rev. James Noyes of Stonington, Conn., and illustrated below, have the crosses reversed, as they should slope from the left upper corner to the right lower corner; the dexter side being the right side as the shield is held in front of the bearer, and the left side as seen from the front.

There is no motto on the arms on Rev. James Noyes' tombstone, nor was there any before the inscription was recut. Various mottos have been used by different branches of the family, some using the arms for trademarks, etc. The cut below is an example of one so used. Besides that motto, several others noticed are, "Nuncia Pacis," "Crux Fidei Index," "Crux Fidei Coticula." In one case the head of a

dove is turned to the right, with the motto, "Trust in the Cross."

(Note. As the William Noy referred to as attorney to Charles I. occupied that position from October, 1631, until August, 1634, he could not be identical with the Rev. Wil

liam Noyes of Choulderton, as he died before 30th of April,

1622.)

"Boast not the titles of your ancestors,

Brave youths, they're their possessions, none of yours;
When your own virtues equalled have their names,
"Twill be but fair to lean upon their fames."

"Then dost thou come of gentle blood,
Disgrace not thy good ancestry.

If lowly born, so bear thyself

That gentle blood may come of thee."

For the benefit of those whose ancestors came with the early settlers from England, and who desire a coat of arms, but are not satisfied with those just shown, or are not sure that they have any right to use them, it will now be proven mathematically that they can choose any English coat of arms that they like, and prove their descent from any English ancestor of the time of William the Conqueror, if they can prove their English descent, as can the descendants of Rev. William Noyes.

It is now about 840 years since the Norman conquest; allowing thirty years for each generation (a conservative estimate), there have been twenty-eight (28) generations in that time. Each person has had two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, and so on, doubling for each preceding generation. To find the total number of ancestors in any previous generation it is only necessary to continue this doubling process as many times as indicated by the number of generations considered. In this case the process must be continued twenty-eight times, which will give the grand total of 134,217,728 ancestors of that time; as one-half of them were females, there were 67,108,864 male ancestors for each of us in the time of William the Conqueror a number vastly greater than the total male popu