This one is similar to Newlina's but must have
its own name. An arrow points straight up. To the right of it is an
eight-pointed star; to the left is a quarter moon with its points
facing the arrow. ANCUTA, Maciej Józef. In 1695, he was Canon of
Smolensk and Inflanty, the Rector of Wilkomir and Szac, and later,
the sufragan and coadjutor of the Bishop of Wilno, Brzostowski.
After the bishop's death, August II nominated Ancuta successor.
However, before the delegation arrived from Rome, Ancuta bid
farewell to the world and its honors. He was Abbot of Czerwin at
this time, in 1723.
ANCUTA, Leon. Leon received the Ancuta lands in 1394 from the
Lithuanian Prince Witold Kiejstutowicz, for faithful military
service. The lands are located in Bielsko County, v. Podlasie, along
the Narew River. When the Prince died, his brother, Zygmunt
Kiejstutowicz, succeeded to the Principality of Lithuania, and
formally confirmed the land grant in 1432, in perpetuity, to all of
the family and its descendants, who enjoy ownership to this day.
Leon's sons were Michal and Olizar Ancuta. ANCUTA, Radziwon
Marcinowicz, married Anna Kosciuszko in 1542 in the home of her
father, Konstanty, land judge of Siechowicze. Radziwon signed over
much of the Ancuta lands to his wife, especially that which lay
along the Narew River.
ANCUTA, Pawel Jeskowicz, whose wife was Maryanna Tumilowna
Buchowiecka, purchased additional land in 1580 in Buchowicze,
Ostromecz, and further in the voivodship of Brest-Litovsk. His only
son, Mikolaj (Pawlowicz), heir to all these lands, was on trial with
Epimach Buchowiecki in 1617 in the Lithuanian Supreme Tribunal in
regard to workers bought from Lozowicki. He had a son, Alexander.
ANCUTA, Zygmunt, divided his inherited Zahorze with outlying
territories between his sons, Stanislaw and Kazimierz, according
to a will in 1646.
ANCUTA, Maciej, the aforementioned Bishop of'
Wilno, died of' apoplexy in 1723.
Jerzy, cousin of the Bishop, was a consultant to the Lithuanian
Prince, in 1724, and died in Wilno.
Adam Antoni, nephew of the Bishop, and the son of' Mikolaj Ancuta,
following several years of service as judge, served twice as deputy
and clerk of the court in the tribunal of the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania. His wife was Aniela Wolodkiewicz, and their six sons
were: Jan, Antoni, Ignacy, Dominik, Michal, and Stanislaw, land
judges of Brest-Litovsk.
The
following article is a direct translation from the classic
Genealogical and Heraldic reference "Herbarz Polski" by
Kasper Niesiecki S.J., (Lipsk) edition 1839-46.