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Eydymt/Eydimttowie, h.Tepa Podkowa in the principality of Zmudz.

In the half of the XVIth century there were three brothers of the Eydimttows, who were the sons of Stanoytis: Kasper, Janusz and Lawryn. They inherited Janowdow in the rural district of Korszewska. In 1552, Kasper and Janusz bought in addition the land from the Woytkaycies (Zs. Rosiens. From the 1646th ).

Lawryn inherited the part of Janowdow and left the son Andrzej, who bought Korklesy in 1588. In Korklesy, Andrzej opened a tavern with the king's permission in 1589 (Zs. Rosiens. from 1588, 1591 and Gr. Zmudz. from 1766).

Janus's sons: Bernard, king's secretary and Matys took part in the division of their father's inheritance in 1572 (Zs. Rosiens. from 1595). Bernard died childless in 1599. Matys left sons: Jerzy, the owner of Wyszwiliszki in the krozsky district 1650 and Jan (Zs. Zmudz.).

Kasper had sons: Jacob and Peter. Peter's son, Sabastyan, gave Janowdow to his wife for life ownership (Zs. Zmudz. from 1606) and left three sons: Adam, the owner of Janowdow 1629; Stanislaw, the owner of Drabukszty and Eydimtty 1652, and Marcin, the owner of Drabukszty, which he sold in 1684 (Zs. Zmudz.).
Adam's son, Abraham, the heir of Janowdow and the owner of Lupaci, Wirszyliszki, Masperowszczyzna etc. 1687 and 1691 (Zs. Zmudz.), had sons: Mikolja and Wincenty 1715 (Zs. Zmudz.). Wincenty sold his part of the lands to his brother, 1722 (Zs. Rosiens. from 1788) and bought Korklany, Birzopole and others.

In his testament from 1754 (Gr. Telszew from1767) these estates were divided to his sons: Ignacy and Stanislaw. Stanislaw sold the partimonial estate in 1778 (Zs. Rosiens. from 1779). Stanislaw's sons acknowledged their nobility in 1807 in Deputation of the Wilenska gubernia. He had six sons.

1) Antoni was born in 1783, his sons: Maciej Walenty was born in 1810; Frantiszek was born in 1811; Josef Tomasz was born in 1813; they were baptized in the Twerski kosciol [Polish Roman-Catholic Church]; Jan Stefan was born in 1824 and Fortunatas Julijanas was born in 1826; they were baptized in Zoranski kosciol.

2) Mateusz was born in 1785; his son, Cyprian Adam was born in 1825 and baptized in the Kontowski kosciol.

3) Felicyan was born in 1788; his son Franciszek was born in 1826 and baptized in Twerski kosciol.

4) Ignacy was born in 1791 in Skadziany; his sons: Wincenty was born in 1812 in Krozy; Stanislaw was born in 1820 and baptized in the Chweydanski kosciol.

5) Wincenty was born in 1793.

6) Jan was born in 1795 in Wornienski parish (from the paper-case of M.E.Brensztein). Leon, the uzwecki cornet 1786 (Kal.).

Other members of the family mentioned in this nobility report but without direct connection or specific dates with the above include:

Wincenty, son of Stanislaw

Leon, Ludwik, Julian, and Leopold, sons of Maciej

Jozef and Cyprian, sons of Mateusz

Teofil and Antoni, sons of Wincenty

Antoni, son of Fortunata of the villages Kluboki and Guideski*

Julian, son of Felicyana of the villages Pubzuby and Elwira



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