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| | Name | Blazon | Comments | Source |
| | Dade, Francis (in Westmoreland Co, Va, before 1662) | Gules a chevron between three garbs Or, in chief a crescent Sable for difference. | Alias "Major John Smith;" b. Tannington, Suffolk, abt. 1622; d. 1662. | NEHGS #398 |
| Daggett, Brig. Gen. Aaron Simon (Green Corner., Me., d. 1842) | Argent on a chief Azure three crescents Or. | | Matthews,Crozier 1 |
| | Dale, Edward (of Lancaster County, VA, 1655) | Gules, on a mount Vert, a swan Argent, membered and ducally gorged Or | Arms on seal used by son-in-law; same as arms of Dale of London and Northampton. | Crozier 2 |
| Dame, John (of Dover, NH, 1633) | Or, a griffin passant Azure, on a chief Gules, three fleurs-de-lis Argent | | Crozier 1 |
| Damon, Thomas (of Charleston, MA, ca 1650) | Or, a lion rampant Azure, overall on a fess Gules, three martlets Argent | | Crozier 1 |
| | Dana, Richard (of Cambridge, MA, 1640) | Sable on a bend Argent three chevrons Vert. | | Crozier 1, Matthews |
| | Dana, Francis (b. 13 June 1743, Charlestown, MA; d. 25 April 1811, Cambridge, MA) | Argent a chevron engrailed Gules between three stags trippant | Arms on bookplate. | Bolton |
| | Dana, Richard Henry (b. 15 Nov. 1787, Cambridge, MA; d. 2 Feb. 1879, Cambridge, MA) | Or a chevron engrailed Gules between three unicorns trippant | Son of Francis Dana, above. | Bolton |
| | Dana, Richard (b. 1700, Massachusetts; d. 1772) | Argent a chevron engrailed Azure between three stags trippant Gules | Arms carved on frame of his portrait. | Bolton |
| Dancy, Frank B., b. 1860, Tarboro, NC | Argent on a bend Vert three roses Or. | | Matthews, |
| | 1. Dandridge, M. Euphon (Virginia, 1696-1716)
2. Dandridge, Col. William (d. 1743, King William County, VA)
3. Dandridge, Col. John (d. 31 Aug. 1756, Fredericksburg, VA) | Azure a lion’s head erased Or between three mascles Argent | 1. Arms on her tombsstone, Elizabeth City Parish Cemetery, Hampton, Va.
2. As reported by Bolton, arms on wife’s tomb, impaled with Wallace (her maiden name). However, William's wife's name is given by Bolton as Euphan, died 1717, undoubtedly the same as #1.
William and John were brothers; John was father of Mary Dandridge, wife of President George Washington. | Crozier 1, Crozier 2 |
| | Danforth, Elijah (of Dorchester, MA, 1736) | Argent, in chief an eye and in base a fusil Azure | Arms engraved on a tankard. | Crozier 1 |
| | Darcy, John (of Maryland, 1749) | Azure, a semy of crosses-crosslet and three cinquefoils Argent | Arms on his seal. | Bolton |
| | Darling, Thomas (b. 21 Feb. 1720, Stonington, CT; d. 30 Nov. 1789, Stonington, CT) | Argent, on a bend Gules, cotised Vert, between two mullets Gules, three escallops Or | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Darlington, Abraham (of Pennsylvania, 1711)
2. Darlington, John (of Pennsylvania, 1711) | Azure, gutty Or, on a fess Or, three crosses-crosslet fitchy Gules | | Crozier 1 |
| 1. Davenport, Francis, Boston, MA, c. 1630s
2. [Davenport, Capt. Richard, of Salem, MA]
3. Davenport, Rev. John, Massachusetts, c. 1640s
4. Davenport, Addington, Massachusetts, living 1691
5. Davenport, Isaac
6. Davenport, William Bales, b. 1847, New York | Argent a chevron between three cross crosslets fitchy Sable. | 1. On will, Suffolk Co, Mass
3. On letter to Gov. John Winthrop
4. Seal on document dated 2 March 1690/91
5. Bookplate
6. Different crest from others (Moor's head vice stag's head caboshed) | 1.Bolton,Vermont
2.Vermont
3.Bolton, Crozier 1, Vermont, NEHGS #20
4. Bolton
5. Bolton
6.Crozier 1, Matthews |
| | Davidson, Nicholas (of Connecticut, 1640) | Azure, on a fess between three pheons Argent, a stag couchant Gules, attired with ten tynes Or | | Crozier 1 |
| | Davidson, Sir William (of Boston, MA, 1664) | Azure, on a fess between three pheons Argent, a stag couchant Gules | Arms on document in Massachusetts Archives. | Bolton |
| 1. Davie, Humphrey (Billerica and Boston, Mass., bef. 1681)
2. Davie, John (Massachusetts, fl. 1681) | Argent a chevron between three mullets pierced Sable. | 1. Boston, from Creedy, Devonshire, son of Sir John Davie, Bt., 1641.
2. Son of Humphrey Davie, #1. According to Crozier and NEHGS, arms are quartered with "Azure three cinquefoils on a chief Or a lion passant Gules." | 1. Crozier 1, NEHGS #150
2.Matthews |
| | Davie, Gov. William Richardson (b. 22 June 1756, Egremont, Cumberland, England; d. 5 Nov. 1820, Tivoli, SC) | Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Sable, a fess Or, between three cinquefoils Ermine (Davie); 2nd and 3rd, Sable (?), on a chief Or, three lions heads erased (Richardson) | Governor of North Carolina, 1798-99; arms on bookplate. | Crozier 1 |
| | Davies (Davis), John (of Litchfield, CT, 1735) | Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Gules, on a bend Argent, a lion passant Sable; 2nd, Argent, a lion rampant Sable, armed and langued Gules; 3rd, Or, a lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Or | | Crozier 1, Matthews |
| | Davis, Dolor (of Cambridge, MA, 1634) | Gules, a chevron engrailed between three boars’ heads erased Argent | | Crozier 1 |
| | Davison, Christopher (of James City, VA, 1621) | Argent, a stag trippant Proper, attired Or | | Crozier 2 |
| Day, Robert (b. 1604, to Hartford, Conn., 1636) | Per chevron Or and Azure three mullets counterchanged. | | Matthews,Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Deane, John (of Taunton, MA, 1637)
2. Deane, Walter (of Taunton, MA, 1637) | Gules, a lion couchant guardant Or, on a chief Argent, three crescents Gules | | Crozier 1 |
| De Bary, Adolphe, New York, b. Crefeld, Ger, 1845 | Gules three barb (fish) heads couped Argent. | | Matthews |
| | De Benneville, George (of Philadelphia, PA, 1741) | Argent, two lions Gules | | Crozier 1 |
| | De Courcy, Col. Henry (of Queen Anne County, MD, 1654) | Argent, three eagles displayed Gules, ducally crowned Or | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. De Forest, Henry (of New York City, NY, 1636)
2. De Forest, Isaac (of New York City, NY, 1636) | Per fess, chief Or a demi-lion issuant holding with both forepaws a pennon Gules, base Azure, three pigeons (or merlettes) Argent. | | Crozier 1 |
| | Delafield, Edward (b. 17 May 1794, New York City, NY; d. 13 Feb. 1875, Sunswick, NY) | Sable, a cross patonce Or | | Matthews |
| | De Lancey, Etienne (Stephen) (b. 24 Oct. 1663, Caen, France; d. 18 Nov. 1741, New York) | Azure, a tilting lance Proper, point upward, with a pennon Argent, bearing a cross Gules, fringed Or, floating to the dexter debrused of a fess Or | | Crozier 1, Matthews |
| | De Lancey, Lt. Gov. James (b. 27 Nov. 1703, New York City, NY; d. 30 July 1760, New York City, NY) | Azure, lance in pale with a flag its point in chief, debruised of a bar Or | Lieutenant governor of New York; son of Etienne De Lancey, see above; arms on seal. | Crozier 1 |
| 1. Delano (de la Noye), Philippe (to Connecticut by 1635)
2. Delano, Jonathan (in Tolland, Conn., 1722) | Argent fretty Sable on a chief Gules three wolves' heads erased Or. | 1. Descendant of Breton noble family of de la Noue; immigrated from Leyden, Neth. Matthews says arms were fretty Gules (see below).
2. Grandson of Philippe Delano, #1.
| 1. Crozier 1
2. Vermont, Bolton |
| Delano (de la Noye), Philippe (to Plymouth, Mass., 1621?) | Argent fretty on a chief Gules three wolves' heads erased Or. | All other sources say fretty Sable. | Matthews |
| | Delfau, Jean-Joseph, Baron de Pontalba (in Louisiana 1732) | Gules two scythes in saltire blades to base and opposed Argent on a chief Vert three chess rooks Or. | From Pontaubard, Fourmagnac (Lot), France. | NEHGS #453 |
| | De Luze, Louis (of New York City, NY, 1793) | Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent, two eagles’ wings endorsed Sable; 2nd and 3rd, Azure, a chevron Or, in base a fleur-de-lis Or | | Crozier 1, Matthews |
| 1. Denison, William (to Roxbury, Mass., 1632).2. Denison, Maj. Gen. Daniel (d. ca. 1673)
3. Denison, Rev. John (d. 1742, Ipswich, Mass.)
4. Denison, John, 3rd (d. 1749, Ipswich, Mass.) | Argent on a chevron engrailed Gules between three torteaux an annulet Or | Burke attributes to a Northern Irish family.
1. Born Bishop's Stortford, Herts. (Matthews) or Ireland (Crozier)
2. Seal on will
3. Grandson of Daniel Denison, #2. Tombstone, Ipswich Burying Ground.
4. Tombstone, Ipswich Burying Ground. | 1. Matthews, Crozier 1
2-4. Vermont, Bolton |
| | Denny, Gov. William (b. England) | Gules, a saltire between 12 crosses formy Argent (Or?) | Governor of Pennsylvania, 1756-59; arms on seal. | Bolton |
| | De Normandy, Andre (of Bristol, PA, 1706) | Gules, two leopards one above the other Or | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. De Peyster, Johannes (of New York City, NY, 1640)
2. De Peyster, Brig. Gen. John Watts (b. 9 March 1821, New York City, NY) | Argent, a tree eradicated Proper | | 1. Crozier 1, 1. Bolton, 2. Matthews |
| Devotion (de Vaution), Edward (in Brookline, Mass., 1650) | Argent on a bend Azure between two martlets Sable three escallops Or. | From La Rochelle, France | Matthews, Crozier 1 |
| | Dexter, Samuel (b. 1756, Marlboro; d. 1825, Albany, NY) | Gules, a chevron between three bezants | Arms on gravestone. | Bolton |
| | 1. Dickenson, Walter (of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, 1654)
2. Dickenson, Henry (of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, 1654)
3. Dickenson, John (of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, 1654)
4. Dickenson, Nathaniel (of Boston, MA, 1629) | Vert, a cross between three hinds’ heads erased Or | | Crozier 1 |
| | Digges, Gov. Edward (b. 29 March 1620, Chilham Castle, Kent, England; d. 15 March 1674/75, York County, VA) | Gules, on a cross Argent, five double-headed eagles’ heads erased Sable, a crescent for difference | Governor of Virginia, 1655-56. | Crozier 1, Crozier 2 |
| | Digges, Col. William (d. 1710, Belfield, VA) | Gules, on a cross Argent, five double-headed eagles’ heads erased Sable | Arms on tomb; son of Edward Digges, see above. | Bolton |
| Diodati (or Diodate), William (in New Haven, 1717) | Per pale, dexter Gules a lion rampant Or, sinister barry of six Or and Gules. | | Matthews, Crozier 1,NEHGS #504 |
| Disbrow, Samuel (in Guilford, Conn., 1639) | Argent a fess between three bears' heads couped at the neck Sable muzzled Or. | Son of James Disbrow of Ettisley, Camb. | Matthews |
| | Disbrow, Peter (of Rye, NY, 1666) | Argent, a fess between three bears’ heads and necks erased Sable, muzzled Or | | Crozier 1 |
| Dodd, Edward (in Hartford, Conn., 1683) | Argent on a fess gules cotised wavy Sable three crescents Or. | Son of John Dodd of Northamptonshire, Eng. | Matthews |
| | Doane, John (of Plymouth, MA, 1630) | Azure, two bars Argent, overall on a bend Gules, three arrows Argent | | Crozier 1 |
| | Dodge, William (of Salem, MA, 1623) | Barry of six Or and Sable, overall on a pale Gules, a woman’s breast distilling milk, all Proper | | Crozier 1, Matthews |
| | Dolbeare, Edmund (of Boston, MA, 1678) | Azure, a bend Argent, cotised Or, between six martlets Argent | | Crozier 1 |
| | Dormer, Sir Fleetwood (of James River, Va., by 1649) | Azure ten billets on a chief Or a demi-lion issuant Sable. | Crozier specifies the billets in 4-3-2-1 arrangement and the demi-lion as rampant. | Crozier 2, NEHGS #471 |
| | Dorr, Edward (of Boston, MA, 1648) | Argent, a chevron between three mullets Or | | Crozier 1 |
| | Dorset, James (of Monmouth County, NY, 1676) | Quarterly, Or and Gules, overall a bend Vair | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Douglas, William (of New London, CT, 1660)
2. Douglas, James (of Voluntown, CT, 1729)
3. Douglas, Thomas (of New Fairfield, CT, 1771)
4. Douglas, William (of Bergen, NY, 1671) | Argent a man’s heart Gules ensigned with an imperial crown Proper, on a chief Azure, three stars Argent | Undifferenced Scottish arms of Douglas of Douglas. | Crozier 1 |
| | Douglas, Col. William (of Loudoun County, VA, 1770) | Argent a heart imperially crowned Proper between two buckles Azure all within a bordure Gules on a chief Azure, three stars Argent | | Crozier 2 |
| | Douw, Volckert Peter (b. March 1720, Albany, NY; d. March 1801. Wolvenhook, NY) | On a fess (Argent?), between in chief a slope at the dexter and a tree at the sinister, and in base a dove reguard a child holding an anchor in bend lukes up | Mayor of Albany, 1761-70, and New York state senator, 1786-93; arms on seal, silver tobacco box; the Schenectady Digital History Archive describes the Douw arms in a window of Old Dutch Church, Albany as: [i]Argent, on a fess azure a demi-female robed gules, holding in her dexter hand a bird sable, behind an anchor sable. In chief on dexter a tree proper, and on sinister a mountain proper. In base a bird sejant, with wings displayed sable[/i]. | Bolton |
| | Dous, Jonathan (d. 1725, Charlestown, MA) | Or, a chevron chequy Argent and Azure (sometimes Sable), between three greyhounds courant Sable | Arms on tombstone. | Bolton |
| | Dowd, Henry (of Guilford, CT, 1639) | Vert, a saltire Or, in chief two swords in cross Argent, pummeled Or | | Crozier 1 |
| | Downer, Robert (of Newbury, MA, 1650) | Gules, a chevron Or, between three peacocks Argent | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Drake, John (of Boston, MA, 1630)
2. Drake, Thomas (of Weymouth, MA, 1653)
3. Drake, Richard (d. 1808, Rednor, PA) | Argent, a wyvern wings displayed and tail knowed Gules | 3. Arms on tombstone. | 1., 2. Crozier 1, 3. [[Books.Bibliography#bolton | Bolton |
| | Draper, James (of Roxbury, MA, 1646) | Argent, on a fess engrailed between three annulets Gules, three covered cups Or | | Crozier 1 |
| | Drayton, Thomas (of Charlestown, SC, 1679) | Argent, a cross engrailed Gules | | Crozier 1 |
| Du Bois, Louis (in New Paltz, N.Y., 1670) | Argent a lion rampant Sable armed and langued Gules. | From France; founder of New Paltz. | Matthews |
| | Dubs, Joseph S. (b. 1796; d. 1877, Allentown, PA) | Azure a pennant in sinister in dexter chief a fleur-de-lis | | Crozier 1 |
| Dudley, Gov. Thomas (to Massachusetts 1630) | Or a lion rampant Vert, a crescent for difference. | On his seal. Variants exist (see below). Four times governor of Massachusetts Bay. From Northampton, Eng. | NEHGS #87 |
| | 1. Dudley, Gov. Thomas (to Massachusetts 1630)
2. Dudley, Joseph (Massachusetts) | Or a lion rampant double-queued Azure. | Variants exist; see above and below.
2. Son of Gov Thomas Dudley, #1. | 1. Vermont, Crozier 1 |
| | Dudley, Gov Thomas (to Massachusetts 1630) | Or a lion rampant double queued Azure in dexter chief a crescent for difference. | Arms on tablet and altar tomb. Variants exist (see above). | Bolton |
| 1. Duer, Maj. Gen. William (New York, 1747-1799)
2. Duer, William Alexander (New York, 1780-1858) | Ermine a bend Gules. | 2. President of Columbia College. Arms on bookplate, impaling "Or a bend Azure." | 1. Matthews, Crozier 1
2. Bolton |
| Duffield, George (to Pequea, Lancaster Co., Pa., 1730) | Sable a chevron between three doves Argent. | From Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Irl. | Matthews, Crozier 1, Bolton |
| | 1. Duke, Henry (of Virginia, 1696)
2. Duke, George (of Albemarle County, VA, 1656) | Azure, a chevron between three birds close Argent, membered Gules | 1. Arms on seal ring. | Crozier 11., 2. Crozier 2 |
| | Dulaney, Daniel Jr. (of Maryland, 1784) | Argent, a cross of eight lozenges conjoined Gules, on a chief Or, a lion passant Gules | Arms on seal. | Bolton |
| Dumaresqu[e], Capt. Philip (in Massachusetts, 1716; d. Boston, 1775) | Gules three escallops Or. | Son of Elias Dumaresque of Jersey. Crozier adds a mullet in chief for difference. | Matthews, Crozier 1 |
| 1. Dummer, Richard (in Boston, 1632)
2. Dummer, Thomas (in Salisbury, Mass., 1639)
3. Dummer, Stephen (in Newbury, Mass., 1645)
4. Dummer, Lt. Gov. William (1677-1761, Newbury, Mass.) | Azure three fleurs-de-lis, on a chief Or a demi-lion Azure. | 1-3. Brothers
4. Seal; flagon presented by William Dummer to Hollis Street Church, Boston; quartered with arms of Pyldren (?) on engraving dedicated to Dummer, 1726. | 1-3. NEHGS #227
4. Matthews, Zieber |
| | Dummer, Lt Gov William (1677-1761, Newbury, Mass) | Azure three fleurs-de-lis, on a chief Or a demi-lion Sable. | Variant of entry above. | Bolton |
| | Duncan, James H. (of Haverhill, MD, 1820) | Gules, on a chevron Or, between in chief two trefoils and in base a hunting horn Argent, stringed Azure | Arms on bookplate. | Crozier 1 |
| Dunch, Deborah, Lady Moody (in Salem, Mass, 1640) | Sable a chevron between three towers triple-towered Or. | Wife of Sir Henry Moody, Bt (q.v.). Later in Gravesend, Long Island. | NEHGS #273 |
| Dunmore, Larry (to Pennsylvania, 1760) | Vert three garbs Or. | From northern Ireland | Matthews |
| 1. Dwight, John (in Dedham, Mass., 1634)
2. Dwight, Timothy (d. Dedham, Mass., 1717, aged 88) | Ermine a lion passant in base a cross crosslet fitchy Or and on a chief Gules a crescent Gold. | 1. From Dedham, Essex, Eng.
2. Engraved on silver tankard. | 1. Matthews, Crozier 1
2. Bolton |
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