| | Name | Blazon | Comments | Source |
| Abbot, George (of Boston, MA, 1728) | Argent a cross Sable fimbriated Or between four eagles displayed Sable | | Crozier 1 |
| Abercrombie (of South Carolina) | Argent on a chevron Gules between three boar's heads erased Azure an antique crown Or. | Described by Burke as granted to the Abercrombies of South Carolina, 1778, apparently a cadet line of Abercrombie of that Ilk, which bears the same arms without the crown. | Vermont |
| Abercrombie, James (of Philadelphia, PA, 1750) | Argent a fess engrailed Gules between three boars’ heads couped Azure | Arms on bookplate impaling arms of Bennet. | Crozier 1, Bolton |
| Abrahall, Col. Robert (of New Kent County, VA, ca 1690) | Azure, three hedgehogs Or | Arms on wax seal. | Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton |
| 1. Achey, John Ludwig (of Tulpehocken, PA, 1752)
2. Achey, John Jacob (of Tulpehocken, PA, 1752)
3. Achey, Herman (of Tulpehocken, PA, 1752) | Azure a fess Argent between three escutcheons Or | | Crozier 1 |
| 1. Adams, Ebenezer (of New Kent County, VA, 1714)
2. Adams, Thomas (d. 1788, Augusta County, VA) | Ermine, three cats passant in pale Azure | 2. Arms on seal. | 1. Crozier 1, 1. Crozier 2, 2. Bolton |
| Adams, John (Massachusetts, 1735-1826) | Gules six crosses-crosslet fitchy Argent, on a chief Or three pellets, the center one charged with a fleur-de-lys and the other two with lions passant guardant Argent. | Arms on seal and bookplate; modified from the arms of Adams's maternal grandfather, Peter Boylston, by adding charges on the roundels in chief. See article on arms of President Adams. | Henry Adams, "Seals and Book-Plates of the Adams Family" |
| Adams, John Quincy (Massachusetts, 1767-1848) | Quarterly: 1st, Argent upon a mound Vert a stag trippant toward a pine tree, in base a codfish naiant on a sea all proper, over all thirteen stars in annulet Azure (for Adams); 2nd, Sable a fess cotised between three martlets Or (for Smith); 3rd, Gules seven mascles conjoined 3, 3, and 1 Or (for Quincy); 4th, Gules six crosses-crosslet fitchy Argent, on a chief Or three pellets, the center one charged with a fleur-de-lys and the other two with lions passant guardant Argent (for Boylston). | Arms on bookplate; see article on arms of John and John Quincy Adams. | Bolton |
| 1. Adams, Henry (in Braintree, Mass.,1634; d. 1646)
2. Wickham, Adrienne Adams
3. Adams, Thomas A.
4. Adams, Emma M. (Lowell, Mass., 1916) | Argent on a cross Gules five mullets Or. | 1. It is doubtful whether these were actually the arms of Henry Adams of Braintree. See our article on the arms of President John Adams for further discussion.
2. Bookplate, made 1899
3. Bookplate
4. Automobile | 1. Crozier 1, Matthews
3. Bolton
4. Bolton |
| Adams, Daniel (b. 1773; d. 1863, Pleasantville, NJ) | Azure, a crescent Or, on a chief Or, three fleurs-de-lis Azure | | Bolton |
| Agnew, John R. (of Philadelphia, PA, 1783) | Argent, a chevron between two cinquefoils in chief Gules, and a saltire couped in base Azure | | Crozier 1 |
| Aiken, William (of Providence, RI, 1799) | Gules a cross-crosslet cantoned by four roundels Or. | | Crozier 1 |
| | Aikman, John (of New York, 1783) | Argent, on a sinister hand in base, issuing out of a cloud fessways, holding an oaken baton paleways Proper, with a branch sprouting out of the tip, overall a bend engrailed Gules | | Matthews |
| Ainslie, Roger (of Brooklyn, NY, 1806) | Or a cross flory Sable | | Crozier 1 |
| | Aitcheson, Thomas (of Portland, ME, 1800) | Argent, a two-headed eagle displayed Sable, on a chief Vert, two spur rowels Or | | Crozier 1 |
| Akerly, Robert (of Brookhaven, NY, 1655) | On a mound, a stump of a tree, thereon a dove holding in the beak a branch of laurel, between two pine trees (all Proper?) | | Matthews, Crozier 1 |
| Alanson, George (of Charlestown, MA, 1792) | Or, three pallets Azure, on a chief Gules, a lion passant guardant Argent | | Crozier 1 |
| | Albro, Maj. John (of New York City, NY, 1661) | Azure, a fess Argent, between three crosses-crosslet Or | | Crozier 1 |
| | Alcock, George (of Roxbury, MA, 1630) | Gules, a fess between three cocks’s heads erased Argent, beaked and crested Or | | Crozier 1 |
| Alden, John (b. 1599, in Plymouth, Mass., 1620) | Gules a bezant between three crescents Or all within a bordure engrailed Ermine. | Crozier omits the bezant and says the arms were granted in 1607. | Crozier 1, Matthews |
| | Aldrich, Thomas (of Boston, MA, 1752) | Ermine, on a chevron engrailed Argent, between three griffins’ heads erased, as many lozenges | | Crozier 1 |
| Aldworth, Robert (of Pemaquid, Me., 1632) | Argent a chevron Gules between three boar's heads couped within an orle of eight cross crosslets fitchy Azure. | Former mayor of Bristol, Eng.; patentee of Pemaquid. | Vermont |
| | 1. Alexander, John (of Stafford County, VA, 1659)
2. Alexander, George (of Windsor, MA, 1642) | Per pale Argent and Sable, a chevron and in base a crescent all counterchanged | | 1., 2. Crozier 1, 1. Crozier 2 |
| Alexander, William (born New York, 1726; died Albany, 1783) | Quarterly, 1st and 4th Per pale Argent and Sable a chevron and in base a crescent all counterchanged; 2nd and 3rd Or a lymphad Sable sails furled and flags flying between three cross crosslets fitchy Gules (for MacDonald). | Major general, Continental Army; claimant to title of the Earl of Stirling. Arms from his bookplate. | Vermont |
| Alger, Andrew (of Saes, Me, 1640) | Or an eagle displayed Sable membered Gules | | Crozier 1 |
| | Allen, Edgar (of Bridgeport, CT, 1798) | Sable, a cross potent quarter pierced Or, charged with four guttes de sang, in chief two lions’ heads erased Or, all within a bordure engrailed Erminois | | Crozier 1 |
| | Allen, Dr. Daniel (of Boston, MA, 1689) | Sable a cross patonce debruised by a bend Or, in sinister chief a bezant | Arms on seal. | Bolton |
| | Allen, John (d. ca 1741, Surry County, VA) | Per chevron Gules and Ermine, in chief two lions’ heads erased Or | Arms on his wife’s tomb impaled with Bassett arms | Crozier 2 |
| Allerton, Isaac (b. 1583, settled in New Haven) | Argent a chevron between three lions' heads erased Sable. | | Matthews |
| | Alleyne, Edward (of Dedham, MA, 1636) | Per chevron Gules and Ermine, in chief two lions’ heads erased Or | | Crozier 1 |
| Alling, Roger (New Haven, c. 1639) | Per bend rompu Argent and Sable six martlets counterchanged. | | Crozier 1, Matthews |
| | Almy, William (of Boston, MA, 1630) | Gules, within a bordure Or, a tower triple turreted, two keys crossed in base Argent | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Alsop, Othniel (of Philadelphia, PA, 1790)
2. Alsopp, Joseph (of New Haven, CT, 1635) | Sable, three doves rising Argent, legged and beaked Gules | | 1. Crozier 1, 2. Matthews |
| 1. Ambler, Richard (Boston, 1643)
2. Ambler, Richard (Yorktown, Va., c. 1730)
3. Ambler, Col. John (d. 1836)
4. Ambler, John Jaquelin (Glenambler, Va.) | Sable on a fess between three pheons Or a lion passant guardant Gules. | 2. Matthews illustrates the pheons with points upward.
3. Son of Richard Ambler, #2; quartered with Jaquelin and Cary on tombstone in Richmond
4. Quartered with Jaquelin on bookplate | 1.Crozier 1
2.Vermont, Matthews, Crozier 2
3.Zieber, Crozier 2
Bolton
4.Bolton |
| 1. Ames, William (in Braintree, Mass., 1637)
2. Ames, Azel (b. 1845, Chelsea, Mass.)
3. Ames, Joseph Bushnell (Morristown, N.J.) | Argent on a bend cotised Sable three roses of the field. | | 1. Crozier 1
2. Matthews, Bolton
3.Crozier 1 |
| Amory, Jonathan (b. Somersetshire; in South Carolina, 1685) | Azure on a bend Or three eagles displayed Gules all within a bordure Or. | Crozier gives origin as Co. Clare, Irl., and says the bend is Argent. | Matthews, Crozier 1, Vermont, Bolton |
| | 1. Amory, Thomas (of Boston, MA, 1682)
Amory, Thomas C. (b. 1812; d. 1899, Boston, MA) | Barry nebuly of six Argent and Gules, a bend Azure | 2. Arms on bookplate. | 1. Crozier 1, 2. Bolton |
| | Anable, Anthony (Plymouth, MA, 1623) | Argent, two bars engrailed Gules | | Crozier 1 |
| | Anderson, Thomas (of Gloucester County, VA, 1634) | Or, on a chevron Gules, between three hawks’ heads Sable, as many acorns slipped Argent | | Crozier 1 |
| 1. Anderson, Alexander (b. Great Britain, 1775; to America)
2. Anderson, John (of Watertown, MA, 1700) | Or on a chevron Gules between three hawk's heads erased three acorns slipped Argent, on a canton Sable three martlets Silver. | 1. Bookplate. | 1. Vermont
Crozier 1 |
| Andrews, John (from Wales to Boston, c. 1663) | Argent two keys endorsed bendwise Or interlaced with a sword bendwise sinister Azure. | | Matthews |
| 1. Andrews, John (from Essex to Ipswich, Mass., by 1643)
2. Andrews, Edward (to Farmington, R.I., by 1640)
3. Andrews, John (in Providence, 1751) | Gules on a saltire Or another saltire Vert. | Arms of Andrews of Winwick and Charwelton, Northants.
3. Tombstone of Abigail (d. 1751), wife of John Andrews, Old North Churchyard, Providence. | 1. Matthews, Crozier 1, Vermont
2. Crozier 1
3. Zieber, Vermont, Bolton |
| | Andrews, Robert (of Maryland, 1654) | Azure, a cross Ermine, between four fleurs-de-lis Or | | Crozier 2 |
| Andros, Sir Edward (in New York by 1674) | Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent on a chevron Gules between three leopard's faces Sable three towers triple-towered Or (Saumarez), 2nd and 3rd Gules a saltire Or surmounted of another Vert, on a chief Argent three mullets Sable (Andros) | Governor of New York (1674-81), of New England (1686-89), and of Virginia; d. 1714. Seigneur de Saumarez in Guernsey. See more elaborate quartering next below. | NEHGS #253 |
| | Andros, Sir Edward | Quarterly of eight: 1st and 6th Argent on a chevron Gules between three leopard's faces Sable three castles Or (Saumarez); 2nd and 5th Gules a saltire Or surmounted of another Vert, on a chief Argent three mullets Sable (Andros); 3rd and 8th Ermine a fess checky Argent and Sable (Crispe); 4th and 7th Or on a chevron Sable five horseshoes Argent (Crispe) | Arms engraved on a paten; see alternate arms for him above. | Bolton |
| Andrus, John (in Farmington, Conn., 1635) | Argent on a chevron engrailed Gules between three mullets Vert three quatrefoils pierced Or. | | Matthews |
| Anterroches, Joseph Louis, Comte d' (of Elizabethtown, NJ; d. 1814) | Azure on a bend between two crosses couped Or, each cantoned by four plates, three ermine spots Sable, over all a chief wavy of six Sable and Argent. | Born Auvergne, France. | NEHGS #260 |
| | Anthony, Gov. Henry B. (b. 1 April 1815, Coventry, RI; d. 2 Sept. 1884, Providence, RI) | Argent, a leopard’s head between two flanches Sable, each charged with a plate | Governor of Rhode Island, 1849-51; U.S. Senator, 1859-84; arms on bookplate. | Bolton |
| | Applegate, Thomas (of Weymouth, MA, 1635) | Azure, a chevron Or, between three owls Argent, in chief a fleur-de-lis Ermine | | Crozier 1 |
| Appleton, Samuel (in Ipswich, Mass., 1635) | Argent a fess sable between three apples Gules slipped and leaved Vert. | Son of Thomas Appleton of Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, Eng. | Matthews, Crozier 1, Vermont, NEHGS #2 |
| | Appleton, Col. Samuel (b. 1653; d. 1725, Ipswich, MA) | Argent, a chevron between three apples Gules | Arms on his tomb. Second son of Samuel Appleton above. | Bolton |
| 1. Apthorp, Charles (b. Kent, Eng., 1698; to Boston 1725; d. 1758)
2. Apthorp, East (Massachusetts, 1733-1816)
3. Apthorp, J. T.
4. Apthorp, Thomas (d. 1741)
5. Apthorp, John | Per pale nebuly Argent and Azure two mullets in fess counterchanged. | 1. Son of John Apthorp of Bexley, Kent (Crozier gives place of origin as Cornwall). Gore Roll of Arms shows these arms impaled with Mansbridge as arms of Mary Apthorp, widow of Charles Apthorp, Boston, 1709. Zieber shows drawing of, and Bolton describes, memorial tablet/tombstone at King's Chapel, Boston, with no mullets and field divided Argent and Sable (impaled to dexter with a coat Checky Ermine and Gules. Vermont cites tombstone, depicts arms with mullets in pale, field Argent and Sable, but blazons mullets pierced in fess, with field Argent and Azure.
2. Bookplate dated 1761
3. Bookplate
4. Bookplate
5. Bookplate in book published 1758. | 1. Vermont,Matthews, Zieber, Crozier 1,Bolton
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
4. Bolton
5. Bolton |
| Archer, John (granted Manor of Fordham, NY, 1671) | Azure three arrows palewise Or. | Grandson of Humphrey Archer of Umberslade; main Umberslade line extinct 1778. | Vermont |
| | Archer, Col. William (of Amelia County, VA, 1743) | Azure three arrows Argent | Arms on bookplate. | Crozier 2, Bolton |
| | Armistead, William (of Virginia, ca 1635) | Or, a chevron between three points of spears Sable, tasseled in the middle | | Crozier 2 |
| | Armstrong, Thomas (of Nothumberland County, PA, 1750) | Gules, three dexter arms vambraced Argent, hands Proper | | Crozier 1 |
| | Armstrong, Jonathan (of Westerly, RI, 1650) | Sable, three dexter arms conjoined at the shoulders and flexed in triangle Or, cuffed Argent, hands clenched Proper | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Arnold, Thomas (of Watertown, MA, 1635)
2. Arnold, Oliver (d. Providence, 1770) | Gules a chevron Ermine between three pheons Or. | 2. Tombstone, Old North Churchyard, Providence. Same arms as Arnold of Polebrook, Northants. | 1. Crozier 1
2. Vermont |
| | Arnold, William (of Providence, RI, 1636) | Per pale Azure and Sable, three fleurs-de-lis Or (Ynyr); Gules, a chevron Ermine, between three pheons Or (Arnold) | Crozier states William was descended from Ynyr, King of Gwent; Crozier doesn’t specify if these arms are to be quartered or impaled. | Crozier 1 |
| | Asfordby, William (of Kingston and Marbletown, NY, d. abt. 1698) | Or a saltire engrailed Sable. | | NEHGS #381 |
| | Ashby, John (of Boston, MA, 1749) | Azure, a chevron Ermine, between three leopards’ faces Or | | Crozier 1 |
| Ashhurst, Richard (b. 1784, Philadelphia) | Gules a cross between four fleurs-de-lis Or. | Grandson of Richard Lewis Ashhurst, Lancashire. Crozier says fleurs-de-lis sometimes shown Argent. | Matthews, Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Assheton, Robert (to Pennsylvania 1699; d. Philadelphia, 1727)
2. Assheton, William (of Pennsylvania, 1718) | Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent a mullet and a canton Sable (for Assheton); 2nd and 3rd Argent a mascle within a bordure engrailed Sable (for Shepley) | 1. Provincial Counsellor; cousin of William Penn.
2. Son of Robert Assheton, #1. | 1. NEHGS #566
2. Bolton |
| | Ashly, Robert (of Springfield, MA, 1638) | Argent, a lion rampant Sable | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Ashton, James (of Virginia, 1680)
2. Ashton, Col. Henry (b. 1671; d. 1731, Nominy Creek, VA) | Argent, a mullet Sable | 2. Arms on tombstone. | 1. Crozier 1, 2. Crozier 2, 2. Bolton |
| | Aspinwall, William (of Charlestown, MA, 1630) | Or, a chevron between three griffins’ heads erased Sable | | Crozier 1 |
| | Aston, Lt. Col. Walter (of Charles City County, VA, 1628) | Argent, a fess Sable, in chief three lozenges Sable | | Crozier 1, Crozier 2 |
| | Athawes (Athow), Samuel (of Virginia, 1799) | Sable on a chevron between three carpenters’ squares points to dexter Or (Argent?), a pillow | Arms on bookplate. | Bolton1 |
| Atherton, Humphrey (in Dorchester, Mass., 1637, from Winwick, Lancs.) | Gules three sparrow-hawks argent, belled and jessed Or. | | Matthews, Crozier 1 |
| | Atkins, Joseph (of Newburyport, MA, 1728) | Argent, a cross Sable, a tressure of a half fleur-de-lis between four mullets Sable | | Crozier 1 |
| | Atkinson, Theodore (of Boston, MA, 1635) | Vert, a cross voided between four lions rampant Or | | Crozier 1, Bolton |
| | Atkinson, Roger (of Virginia, ca 1750) | Argent, an eagle displayed with two heads Sable, on a chief Gules, a rose between two martlets Or | Arms on silver salver. | Crozier 2 |
| | Atlee, William (of Philadelphia, PA, 1744) | Azure, a lion rampant Argent | | Crozier 1 |
| | Atwater, David (of New Haven, CT, 1638) | Sable, a fess wavy Azure, between three swans Proper | | Crozier 1 |
| | Atwell, John (of Casco Bay, ME, 1640) | Argent, a pile in point Sable, and a chevron counterchanged | | Crozier 1 |
| | Austin, Richard (of Charlestown, MA 1638) | Argent, on a fess between two chevrons Sable, three crosses-crosslet Argent, within a bordure Argent, a wreath of laurel and roses Proper | See alternate arms below. | Matthews |
| | Austin, Richard (of Charlestown, MA, 1638) | Gules, a chevron between three long crosses Or | | Crozier 1 |
| | Avery, Dr. William (of Dedham, Mass, 1650) | Gules a chevron between three roundels Or. | | NEHGS #268 |
| | Avis, Thomas (of Boston, ca 1770) | Per pale Gules and Argent, a lion rampant | Arms on tankard, impaling an unidentified arms. | Bolton |
| | Ayer, John (of Newbury, MA, 1635) | Gules, three covered cups Argent | | Crozier 1 |
