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Note: The Alexandria Post, Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota Friday, November 2, 1877, page 4, col. 3. Major Lorenzo P. Adley In Memoriam Several weeks since the POST contained the announcement of the death of this gentleman, the only son of Hon. Warren Adley of Osakis. The following extract from the Gorham, N.H. Mountaineer shows how highly the deceased was appreciated at his home: Since our last issue the sudden announcement of the death of Capt. L. P. Adley of Milan, so well known and so much respected throughout our county, has brought sorrow to many a home and heart, and though his remains have been brought home, and are now at rest underneath the sod, we have no intelligence of the manner of his death, and only know, from a dispatch received that he was killed on a railroad on which he was at work out west. His funeral took place at West Milan yesterday conducted by Gorham Lodge, F. A. A. M. of which he was a member, assisted by North Star Chapter of Lancaster, he being also a member of that body. Bro. Wood of Milan preached the sermon at the school house to the largest audience probably ever assembled at that place, the house being full, and large numbers being unable to gain admittance. Mr. Adley has a record both as a citizen and a soldier, of which his friends have ever been proud, and which will survive him while memory lasts, or history remains to tell it upon its pages. He has held every important officer in the gift of his town, having served faithfully, and but very recently as its Representative, two years in the Legislature, where he showed good ability as a law maker, and made many warm personal friends who will be sad to hear of his sudden death. He served 4 ½ years in the service of his country, entering the army as a private was twice promoted on the field for bravery and held the position of Capt. In the 22nd U. S. Col. Troops at the time of his discharge. He was wounded in the knee and right arm, for which disability he was pensioned. His wife was with him four months in Texas while he was on duty there. He married a daughter of Moses Hodgson of Milan, by whom he had two children, a boy and girl, all of whom survive him, and to whom his sudden death comes with terrible sadness. He had been west about 18 months, and expected soon to take his family with him and make a happy home. After the funeral services were over, a valuable sum of money was raised and presented to the bereaved wife and children, and everything done to relieve their sorrow. CAPTAIN LORENZO P. ADLEY Lorenzo P. Adley married Ruth, daughter of Moses Hodgdon, Sr. Captain Adley served nearly five years in the Union Army in the War of the Rebellion and was twice promoted on the field for bravery. He was severely wounded while in the service of his country. He represented the town of Milan, Coos, New Hampshire two terms as representative in the General Court in 1874 and again in 1875. Their only child, Ellen, married Walter C. Rand, and they made their home in Milan, Coos, New Hampshire THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE DISTINGUISHED SURNAME - ADLEY The Anglo Saxons first arrived in England about the year 380 AD. Emerging from the mists of time was the ancient posterity of Adley and the distinguished history of this surname is closely interwoven in the majestic fabric of the ancient chronicles of England. Professional analysts have carefully researched such ancient manuscripts as the Doomsday Book compiled in 1986 AD, the roman Rolls 1291-1296, the Curia Regis Rolls, the Pipe rolls, The Hearth Rolls, Parish Registers, baptismal, tax records and other ancient documents and found the first record of the name Adley in the county of Salop which is now called Shropshire, where they had been settled well before the Norman conquest of 1066. Many different spelling versions were found in the archives researched. Your name Adley occurred in many manuscripts and from time to time the surname included the spellings of Adderley, Adderly, Addly, Adley, Aderly, Atherly, Atherley, HADDDERLEY, Hadderly and these variations in spelling frequently occurred even between father and son. Frequently a person was born with one spelling married with another and died with another. ?scribes and church officials spelt the name as it was told to them. Our family name Adley is believed to be descended originally from the ancient Anglo Saxon race. This founding race, a fair skinned people led by general commanders Hengist and Horsa settled in England from about the year 400 AD. They came from Northern Germany as far south and west as the Rhine Valley and settled firstly in Kent and during the next four hundred years forced the Ancient Britons back into Wales and Cornwall to the West and won territories as far north as Lancashire and Yorkshire pushing the Ancient Britons into Cumbria and Southern Scotland. The Angles on the other hand occupied the eastern coast, the south folk in Suffolk, and the north folk in Norfolk. The angles sometimes invaded as far North as Northumbria and the Scottish Border, The Anglo Saxo five century rule was an uncertain time and the hatton divided into five separate kindoms, a high in being elected as supreme ruler. Alfred the Great emerged in the 9th century as the Saxon leader to dispel the Danish invasion. The Viking intrusion firstly successful did more to unite England than any other factor. In 1066 England under Harold was enjoying reasonable peace and prosperity, however the Norman invasions from France occurred and their victory at the Battle of Hastings found many if the vanquished Saxon land owners to be forfeited of their land by Duke William and his invading nobles. The Saxons were restive under Norman rule and many moved northward to the midland�s Lancashire and Yorkshire where Norman influence prevailed less. Rebellious Norman nobles frequently joined them in their flight northward. The family name Adley emerged as a notable English family name in the county of Salop, but soon thereafter moved to the county of Staffordshire where they gave origin to two separate villages of the same name Adderley Green, the name was also spelt at this time as Atherly, the senior branch became seated at Blake Hall in Staffordshire between Cheadle and Dittorn. Humphrey Adderley was Master of the Kings Wardrobe and Ralph Adderley was Sherriff of Staffordshire. Sir Charles Adderley extended the estates by purchasing Hame Hall in Warwickshire in 1637. The other seats were at Burlaston Hall and cotton Hall in Staffordshire. They also acquired Uppingham Hall in Rutland. Notable amongst the family at this time was Sir Charles Adderley. For the next two or three centuries the surname Adley flourished and played an important role in local affairs and in the political development of England. During the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries England was ravaged by religious conflict. Puritanism the newly found political fervour of Cromwellianism and the remnants of the Roman church rejected all non believers and fought for supremacy. During these turbulent times the conflicts between Church groups, the crown and political groups all claimed their allegiances and their assessments, tithes and demands on rich and poor alike broke the spirit of the people and many ether turned away from religion or alternatively desperately renewed their faith, pursuing with a vigour and ferocity the letter of the ecclesiastical law. Many families were freely encouraged to emigrate to Ireland or to the colonies. Some were rewarded with grants of lands, others were banished In Ireland they became known as the Adventurers for land in Ireland. Essentially government sponsored Protestant settlers undertook to keep their faith being granted funds previously owned by the catholic Irish for only nominal payment. There is no record of this distinguished family in Ireland; however this does not preclude the possibility of individual or scattered migration. In the midst of this turmoil the New World beckoned the adventurous. They migrated some voluntarily from Ireland but mostly directly from England, their home territories. Some also moved to the European continent. Members of the family name Adley sailed aboard the armada of small sailing ships known as the White Sails which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships were pestilence ridden sometimes 30 to 40% of the passenger list never reaching their destination, their numbers decimated by dysentery, cholera, small pox, typhoid and the elements. In North America, included amongst the first migrants who could be considered a kinsman of the surname Adley or a variable spelling of the family name was John Adderley who settled in Philadelphia in 1734. Edward Adderly settled in Philadelphia in 1760, Susanna Atherley settled in Virginia in 1768. Henry Atherly settled in Pennsylvania in 1682. From the port of entry many settlers made their way west, joining the wagon trains to the prairies or to the west coast. During the American war on Independence many loyalists made their way north to Canada about 1790 and became known as the United Empire Loyalists. They were given equivalent lands along the banks of the St. Lawrence River and in the Niagara Peninsula. Contemporary notables of this surname Adley include many distinguished contributors, Baron Norton the present head of the family of Coventry, England. During the course of our research we also determined the many Coats Of Arms granted to different branches of the family name. The most ancient grant of a coat of Arms found was on a silver background a blue sash of honour on which there are three diamond shapes. The crest was a silver stork
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