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Basileus of the East
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HE CAME FROM ENG. TO SPRINGFIELD, MA., BUT LATER WAS AT FAIRFIELD, CT., AND IN 1662 AT NORWALK, CT. IN 1684/5 HE WAS ONE OF THE EIGHT ORIGINAIL PROGNATIORS OF DANBURY, CT. HE MD TWICE; FIRST - 1660, HANNAH HURD: 1641-1683. (2) SARAH THOMPSON HURD: 1648-1718. SHE IS WIDOW OF JOHN HURD.
BARNUM: A CORRUPTION OF BEARNHAM, THE TOWN IN A WOOD OF HILL, THE ORGIGINIAL FAMILY SEAT OF THE FAMILY WAS AT SOUTHWICH, CO. OF HANTS, ENG.
BARNHAM/BARNUM: SABLE A CROSS ENGRAILED ARGENT CANTONEE WITH FOUR CRESENTS OF THE SAME.
TRANSLATION: THE CRESENT IS THE SYMBOL OF FAITH AND HOPE. A CROSS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
CREST: A DRAGON'S HEAD ARGENT PELLETTEE BETWEEN FOUR DRAGON'S WINGS SABLE BEZANTEE.
TRANSLATION: THE DRAGON REPRESENTS THE MOST VALIANT DEFENDER OF TREASURE.
Notes for THOMAS BARNUM:
Thomas Barnum was one of the first 8 settlers of Danbury, CT. Immigrated from England about 1684.
REFERENCES:
Library of Congress item #1067. Barnum - Genealogy record of the Barnum Family.
Male descendants of Thomas Barnum 1625-1695. Complied by Eben Lewis Barnum and Rev. Francis Barnum S.J. 1912
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Conneticut. vip 442-449, Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1911 - Barnum
Catalogue of Early Puritan Settlers of Conneticut records of Royal R Hinman 1852.