Hryniewicz-Bakierowski Genealogy
When Henryk, Prince of Sandomierz, waged war against the Prussians, at that time pagans, he died on the battlefield by an arrow. Miroslaw, a Polish Knight who had defended Henryk, wished to recover the body of his friend but, crossing the enemy's zone, he was mortally wounded. His body was found embracing his dead friend. To commemorate his courage, Boleslaw, Duke of Great Poland, in 1164 granted to the descendants of Miroslaw the Coat of Arms of the Clan Przyjaciel ("friend"), still used today.
The family Hryniewicz, also spelled Hryniewicz-Legiecki, Hryniewicz-Bakierowski, or simply Bakierowski, originated in Lithuania, but settled in Poland. Members of this family were always registered among the highest nobility of Poland. The Polish nobility is not titled like in other European countries. They were identified as 'Nobles' or 'Very Nobles', those of "blue blood" and those of "crimson blood." The Hryniewicz-Bakierowski family belongs to the "crimson blood" in the Polish High Nobility.
Stefan is recorded in the County of Oszmiania (1669) and listed as "Cup Bearer" of Lida in 1693.
Antoni Karol, member of the Parliament of the District of Witebsk, in 1767 was regent of Troki, in 1768 Mayor of Krasniki, "Cup Bearer" of Troki in 1777, Judge of the town in 1779, and in 1784 Judge of the District of Troki.
Ignacy, son of Adam and Rozalia, neé Gruzewski, and grandson of Jerzy, was Colonel and Standard Bearer in the King's army. In 1774 he gave evidence for a life bequest, together with his wife Anna, neé Wolinski, daughter of Jan and Aniela, neé Wodzinski. In 1775 he was appointed by the Parliament as Commissary to pass judgement in the case Woroniecki with Jakubowicz.
Tomasz, regent and then commander of the equerry (1765), "Cup Bearer" of Zmudz (1775), was furthermore Judge of Rosien (1784).
Franciszek was Stewart of the Household of Mscislaw in 1774.
Tomasz, Stewart of the Household of Mscislaw (1775) and Chamberlain of King Stanislaw August (1784), married Princess Konstancja Woroniecka (1786).
Michal, born in 1802, inherited Sienkajc from his father, son of Mateusz, grandson of Samuel, great-grandson of Stefan, heir of Szukiow (1712), great-great-grandson of Kazimierz Jan, heir of Szukiow & Wojszykiszek (1695), great-great-great-grandson of Jerzy, son of Stanislaw (1630), fulfilled in 1832 the nobility and genealogy carried out by his father in 1800, before the Genealogy Deputation of Wilno.
Ewa Augustynowna Knipor, Jakobowa Hryniewicz, with her daughters: Krystyna Janowa Bienkunska and Dorota Szczesnowa Jatowt, sold in 1655 half of Zaborze to Sawgowicz. The records also mention the unmarried daughters Dorota, Eufrozyna and unknown as to her whereabouts Regina, also son Krzysztof, heir to the second half of Zaborze.
Michal, son of Krzysztof, landed proprietor in the district of Troki, purchased back from the Zawgowiczes half of Zaborze in 1668, acquired Maciejowskie-Zaborze from Dowojny in 1670, and then also Aleksandryszki-Zaborze from the Bartoszewiczes and Lojbows. From these last ones he assigned a part to his sister Katarzyna, wife of Andrzej Giedwojsz Aleksandrowicz. In 1684 he wrote his last will in which he divided the estate between his wife Regina from Gronostajski, and children: Kazimierz, Marcin, Jakob, Anna, Barbara, Benedykta and Roza.
Marcin, in a last will deposed in 1733, ordered that he be buried in the church in Kozakiszki, and the estate Zaborze-Aleksandryszki he bequested to his wife, Konstancja Chelstowski and son Antoni. This Antoni with his sons: Jozef, Captain of Cavalry, and his son Damazy, Wladyslaw, Standard Bearer, with Aleksander, Standard Bearer, and with his cousins: Franciszek Eliasz and Jan Tadeusz, sons of Master of the Pantry Kazimierz, proved their nobility in 1799 before the Genealogy Deputation of Wilno.
Tadeusz Kazimierz, Michal with sons: Wladyslaw, Daniel, Hieronim, Leonard and Andrej, Jan Kasper with sons: Aleksander, Edward, Mieczyslaw, Jan, Leopold and Teofil, and Antoni Jerzy, sons of Jan, grandchildren of Bartlomiej, great-grandchildren of Wojciech, great-great-grandchildren of Stefan, "Cup Bearer" of Lida, heir of the estates of Kolezuny and Woszkiniki in the Oszmiana region, proved their nobility before the Genealogy Deputation of Wilno in 1837.
Stanislaw, son of Kazimierz, obtained recognized nobility in 1835.
Kajetan, in 1814 Inspector of Military performance in the Lublin Dept., in 1824 official in the military administration, Chevalier of the Polish Cross, heir to Lochow, Laski, Budzik, part of Radzymin, died in 1827, and the inheritance after him took: Feliks, Lt. Col. of the army, Ignacy, Antonina Janowa Izdebska and children of Franciszkowa Babska.
The mentioned Lt. Col. Feliks Hryniewicz, heir of Jachow, Lochow, Chmielow and others, on Oct. 27, 1814, married Jozefa Honorata, neé Sobieska, daughter of the Seneschal of Liwa (divorced Hornowska), in Janowce. In 1830, he took part in an insurrection against Russia. When the insurrection failed, he was condemned to Siberia. To avoid confiscation, his estate was somehow transferred to the Hornowski family. However, the deed specified that the estate would go, after the death of Mrs. Hryniewicz, to her "beneficiary son," Kazimierz, who lived on the estate as an orphan (son of Feliks and his wife Jozefa). But, because of circumstances and political events, Kazimierz never obtained his right to that estate, and to avoid further prosecution, he adopted the name Bakierowski, a name carried by no other family in Poland.
Kazimierz Hryniewicz-Bakierowski sired three children: Waleria, Wiktor, and Wladyslaw. Wiktor Bakierowski's son, named Kazimierz after his grandfather, was born in Warsaw (1880) and married Lidja Bieloglazov-Popov (born 16 March 1884 in Jekaterynburg, Russia). After the Bolshevik Revolution of 1918, they fled to Warsaw by way of Charbin and Vladivostok. Their progeny: Wac³aw (author of the writings featured on this site; born 1915, Jekaterynburg), Halina (born 1920, Vladivostok), and Kazimiera (born 1922, Warsaw). Kazimierz died in Warsaw just after the German invasion of Poland, on 11 September 1939. His wife, Lidja, died in Chicago on 24 September 1979.
ARMS: Azure, an arrow or armed and pointed argent posé in pale accosté of two hearts gules.
HELM (frontal): Argent.
LAMBREQUINS: Azure doubled Or.
CREST: From an ancient coronet, five peacock-feathers Vert.
Under the shield, the name and date: PRZYJACIEL 1164.
(Sources: Historical File Registration: January 18, 1986; Heraldic/Geneological Almanac 1988)