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the Latham Ancestry of the Descendants of William Dungan & Frances Latham
as compiled by:
Alfred Rudolph Justice in his work, Ancestry of Jeremy Clarke of Rhode Island and Dungan Genealogy.
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Lewis Latham, Sergeant Falconer to Charles 1
From original painting by Sir Peter Lely
A
portrait of Lewis Latham, painted according to experts by Sir Peter Lely, was
until recently (ca. 1920) in possession of F. A. Holden, of
Hyattsville, Md. It was brought to New England by Frances ( Latham, Dungan
) Clarke and was
purchased from Mr. Holden by the late William L. Elkins, and is now in the
collection of his son, the late George W. Elkins, Esq., a descendant of Lewis
Latham. The
coat of arms
(Or, on a chief indented azure three bezants.)
which is in the upper corner, is a part of the original painting
and is the same as was used by (5) Philip de Latham and the Rev. Nicholas
Latham and the crest
(An
eagle standing on an empty cradle with wings displayed, reguardant or) clearly indicates his descent from the Lathams of
Lancashire, (Astbury branch) whose heiress, Isabel Latham, daughter of Sir
Thomas and Johanna (Venables) Latham, married Sir John Stanley, K. G., from
whom are the Earls of Derby. The inscription on the portrait, "The
effigy of the Honorable Lewis Latham, falconer to His Majesty King Charles 1,
who died at the age of 100 years," is said by the same experts, to have
been put there by later hands. The painting shows him to have advanced in
years, but it is unlikely that he was a centenarian; this is deemed improbable
by the known dates of the baptisms of
his children, 1609 to 1619.
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