. A genealogy of the Nye family. ered through researches ofmany years, and at a large expenditure of time and money. The Danish and English matter is taken from the records,references being given in every instance, while the Americandata were tabulated and completed by Mr. Frank E. errors should occur in such a number of transcripts isalso to be expected, verifications of the ^le and other recordsfrom which the information was obtained being the above explanation no further apologies are reader is now placed in possessiijn of records which itis hoped wi
. A genealogy of the Nye family. ered through researches ofmany years, and at a large expenditure of time and money. The Danish and English matter is taken from the records,references being given in every instance, while the Americandata were tabulated and completed by Mr. Frank E. errors should occur in such a number of transcripts isalso to be expected, verifications of the ^le and other recordsfrom which the information was obtained being the above explanation no further apologies are reader is now placed in possessiijn of records which itis hoped will enable him to complete his own line of descent,and be an incentive to its accurate keeping in the future. George H. , X. Y., Xovember, 1906. Coat of Arms. Azur a crescent increscent : Two horns couped counter-changed azur and argent. Authorities : Lexicon over AdehgeFamilier in Danmark, Norge og Hert-ogdomenne. Pubhshed by the G e a 1. og Her. Selskab,Kjobenhavn. Rielstap, Armorial NYE OF DENMARK The Nyes In Europe. Denmark and England The Nyes in Europe. DENMARK The name Nye as a family name made its first appearanceabout the middle of the thirteenth century in the Sjelland Sec-tion of Denmark. At that time there were great internaluprisings in Sweden and many of the Swedes fled to ad-joining countries to escape the dangers which threatened themat home. These people settled in little communities through-out Denmark and we find traces of their settlements in suchcompound names as Ny-borg, Ny-stead, and of other townsnamed after their Swedish homes; in like manner to the nam-ing of New Amsterdam by th^ Dutch settlers in America; theprefix Ny in the Danish language, meaning new or new comer. In the adoption of surnames which hitherto had beenpractically unknown they employed much the same confusion often resulted from the lack of a surnameand so to distinguish a man he was given a surname whichsuggested itself from som
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