Storeys of Old.

Unfortunately, the Custom House Records were destroyed by fire in 1814. See "Special Studies in Genealogy."

The various Storeys, Stories, and Storys, settled in various parts of England and Scotland, will, it is only reasonable to assume, have descended from the various Stures and Sturys mentioned in Count Lewenkaupt's letter. Later generations often declare that there is no connection with contemporaries of the same name and often of the same neighbourhood, simply because they do not know of any connection, have not endeavoured to prove such, or cannot do so.

The children of William Wetmore Story, poet and sculptor, are Edith (Marquise Peruzzi de Medici), Waldo and Julian.

The following items will be read with considerable interest:-
"I believe very possibly that my father's family is connected with the Storys you mention. My grandfather was the Hon. Joseph Story, the eminent jurist. My father, William Wetmore Story, who resided many years in Rome, where he had his studio in the winter, had a villa at St. Monts in the Engadine. He visited England, and there received the honorary degree of D.C.L., Oxford. His books were published by Blackwood; they represent many volumes. His first publications were in regard to law in Boston. I would refer you to his memoirs, written by Henry James, though they are not as comprehensive as I could wish them to be. My father had two sons-Thomas Walsh Story, a sculptor of great ability, who married an English lady, a Miss Broadwood, and has issue two daughters -Julian Russell Story, a painter of much repute, who married a Miss Eames (Anna Eames), from whom he is now divorced. I am the eldest of the family. My husband was Chamberlain to King Victor Emanuel and King Humbert, and a member of one of the oldest Patrician families in Florence, having family documents dating from A.D. 800. I have lost my eldest son this year. My second son has succeeded him in the title and estates, and is well known for his studies in history and as the possessor of a remarkable collection of old iron. My daughter is married to Colonel Edward Eldridge, of Boston. If I can be of any use to you in giving you exact dates, I shall be very happy to do so. My father always spoke of his family as coming from England, and was sorry that the family records had been destroyed. as he would much have liked to trace them out. A Miss Mara (?) Story once sent for him when she was on her death-bed (this was in England), and gave him some very valuable papers which, I regret to say, were lost at sea. Perhaps you can trace her existence. She gave some miniatures that are in my brother's possession."

The Comtesse de Buisseret, herself a Story, descended from the distinguished Judge Story, mentions a sister of the emigrant, Elisha Story, whose name was Sarah Story.

I also find :-
"I am a descendant of Elisha and Sarah Story, brother and sister, orphans, who came to Boston about 1700. They must have had means, as they bought land at once and joined the best people of the community. This is their coat of arms: Argent, a lion rampant, double queued, gules. Motto : Fides vincit et veritas custodit (Faith overcomes and truth maintains). . . . . . . . . . . . . Judge Story, the Chief Justice, was my great, great uncle, and all the records of our family in America are in perfect order. William Story, father of Elisha Story of revolutionary fame, was a son of Elisha Story, the first of our family to settle in America. [Letters of the Comtesse Conrad de Buisseret née Caroline Story, 5th and 12th July, 1909."]