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escutcheon which they are entitled to
display
:
Arms—Argent, a chevron, between three popin-
jays, vert, beaked, legged and collared of the sec-
ond, within a bordure azure charged with eight
bezants.
Crest—Between two wings argent, a popinjay's
head vert, collared gules, holding in the beak a rose
gules, slipped and leaved of the second.
Russell White, of Danbury, Connecticut,
married Mary Ann Wood. The
Whites of Danbury from an early period
played an important part in the history of
the town.
Russell Gideon White, son of Russell
and Mary Ann (Wood) White, was a
farmer and contractor, and was born in
Danbury, where he grew to manhood. He
later established himself in business and
built many bridges, roads, etc. He mar-
ried Mary Elizabeth Ryder, whose ances-
try is given below.
Jennie Estelle White, daughter of Russell
Gideon and Mary Elizabeth (Ryder)
White, was born October 12, 1861, and
became the wife of William F. S. Water-
bury, as stated above.
(The Ryder Line).
The original home of this ancient race
was in Normandy, France, where lived the
baronial family of Foliot, several members
of which accompanied William the Conqueror
to England. Of these, William
Foliot, in 1086, held lands in the See of
Canterbury which descended to his son,
Henry, who married Lucia, daughter of
Jordan Bieset, a Great Baron and founder
of St. John's Priory. Clerkenwell. The
second son of Henry was Jordan Foliot,
who prior to 1 165 obtained estates in
Yorkshire, from the Barony of Pontefract,
and was the first to bear the name of de
Ry there (now Ryder) which may have
been derived from the local name of the
parish or castle of Tythere, or from the
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office of King's Rider, a mounted forester.
Branches of the family settled very early
in Lincolnshire, Devonshire, and else-
where, and from them have descended
many English families of the present time.
Thomas Ryder, founder of the American
branch of the family, came from England
in 1634, in the ship "Hercules," and
in 1644 settled in Boston, Massachusetts.
He married Elizabeth Lane, daughter of
William Lane, of Dorchester.
Samuel Ryder, born December 16, 1791,
on reaching manhood, remained with his
father on the homestead, and married
Roxana Field, daughter of Stephen and
Betsey (Brown) Field, of Southeast, New
York. Samuel Ryder died November 20,
1820, and his wife passed away in 1881,
after a widowhood of sixty-one years.
Cyrus Ryder, son of Samuel and Roxana
(Field) Ryder, was born March 13,
1817, and owned a number of farms in
Eastern Putnam county, New York,
which he successfully managed, improved
and sold. He married Mary Jane Field,
daughter of Nathan and Susan (Knox)
Field, of Southeast, New York, and spent
his latter years in Danbury, Connecticut,
where he died, March 27, 1903.
Mary Elizabeth Ryder, daughter of
Cyrus and Mary Jane (Field) Ryder, was
born September 7, 1840, and married
(first) Russell Gideon White (see White
line). The Ryders are numbered among
the American families entitled to bear
coats-of-arms.
AUSTIN, Arthur Delmont,
Attorney-at-Law.
Beyond and above the ordinary interests
of daily life, stand the men whose
minds shape and govern the trend of pub-
lic thought. This privilege is one not to
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