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Roll of Early American Arms - L
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| | Name | Blazon | Comments | Source |
| | Laird, Alexander (of Englishtown, NJ, 1735) | Argent, a chevron Gules between two boars’ heads erased proper in chief and in base a crescent Gules. | | Crozier 1 |
| 1. Lamar, Thomas (of Maryland, 1663)
2. Lamar, Peter (of Maryland, 1663) | Gules, two lions passant guardant in pale Or | Arms engraved on silver. | Crozier 1, Crozier 2 |
| Lampen, Michael (of Bucks County, PA, 1779) | Gules three antique lamps Argent in flame Proper. | | Crozier 1 |
| Landon, Thomas (d. 1700, Lancaster County, VA) | Gyronny of eight Or and Azure an inescutcheon Argent. | | Crozier 2 |
| | 1. Lane, George (of Rye, NY, 1666)
2. Lane, Smith Edward (b. New York City, NY, 22 July 1829) | Or a chevron Ermine between three mullets pierced Azure. | | 1.Crozier 1,Matthews
2.Matthews |
| | Lane, Capt. Ralph (in Virginia, 1585-86) | Per pale Azure and Gules three saltire Argent. | Deputy General of the Colony of Roanoke Island; returned to England and was knighted 1593; d. 1603. | NEHGS #454 |
| | Lansing, Gerrit Frederick (of Albany, NY, 1650) | Or three increscents Azure. | | Crozier 1, Matthews |
| | Langborne, William (b. 1723; d. King William County, VA) | Argent two chevrons Gules. | Arms on his tomb. | Crozier 2,Bolton |
| | Lasinby, Joseph (d. Boston, MA, 1774) | Gules a fess between three cushions Argent tasseled Or, overall a bend Sable guttee Or | | Bolton |
| | Latane, Rev. Lewis (d. Essex County, VA, 1733) | Argent, a fess between three crescents Sable | | Crozier 1, Crozier 2 |
| | Lathrop, Rev. John (of Barnstable, MA, 1639) | Gyronny of eight Azure and Gules an eagle displayed Argent. | Gore Roll of Arms. | Crozier 1 |
| | Latting, Richard (of Lattingtown, NY, 1672) | Argent three chevronels between three estoiles Vert. | | Crozier 1, Matthews |
| | Laux, John Jacob (of Lancaster County, PA, 1730) | Or an oak tree Vert surmounted on the trunk by a lion passant guardant Gules, all within a bordure Argent semy of roundels Azure. | | Crozier 1 |
| | Lawrence, Anne (Mrs. Robert Peck of Hingham, Mass., by 1648) | Argent a cross raguly and on a chief Gules a lion passant guardant Or. | Daughter of John Lawrence of St. James Park, Elmham, Suffolk | NEHGS #393 |
| | Lawrence, Thomas (of Trenton, NJ, 1775) | Argent a cross raguly (Gules?), on a chief Azure three leopards’ heads Or | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Lawrence, Capt. William (of Flushing, NY, 1645)
2. Lawrence, Henry (of Charlestown, MA, 1630) | Argent a cross raguly Gules | | 1. Crozier 1, Matthews |
| | Lawrence, Asa (b. 1765; d. Groton, MA, 1826) | Ermine three leopards’ heads Or. | Framed watercolor in style of Coles painted for Asa Lawrence | Bolton |
| | Lawson, Roland (of Lancaster County, VA, 1706) | Argent, a chevron between three martlets Sable | Arms on wax seal on his will. | Crozier 1, Crozier 2 |
| | Lawton, Thomas (of Portsmouth, RI, 1638) | Argent, on a fess between three cross-crosslets fitchy Sable, a cinquefoil Argent, pierced Sable | | Crozier 1 |
| | Learned, William (of Charlestown, MA, 1632) | Azure, a saltire engrailed Or, between four lozenges Argent | | Crozier 1 |
| | Leavenworth, Capt. Gideon (b. 1751; d. Huntington, CT, 1816) | Argent a chevron between three leopards passant contourne, on the chevron a crescent for difference. | Bookplate. | Crozier 1 |
| | Lee, Thomas (of Charleston, SC, 1769) | Argent a fess between in chief three roundels and in base a martlet Sable. | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Lee, Col. Richard (of York County, VA, 1641)
2. Lee, Thomas Sim (b. 1745; d. 1819) | Gules a fess checky Azure and Or between 10 billets Argent. | 2. Governor of Maryland, 1779 and 1792; Continental Congress, 1783-84; Constitutional Convention, 1787. | 1. Crozier 1, 2. Matthews, 1. Crozier 2 |
| | Lee, Hancock (of Northumberland County, VA, 1711) | Gules, a fess checky Or and Azure, between eight billets Argent. | Engraved on chalice, Wicomico Church. | Bolton |
| | Leeds, Thomas (in Monmouth Co, NJ, by 1676) | Argent a fess between three eagles displayed Gules. | | NEHGS #88 |
| | Leeds, Richard (b. Norfolk, England, 1595; d. Dorchester, MA, 1693) | Argent, a fess Sable, between three eagles displayed Gules | | Matthews |
| | Leete, Gov. William (b. 1639; d. Guilford, CT, 1683) | Argent, on a fess Gules, between two roles of matches Sable, fired Proper, a martlet Or | Governor of New Haven Colony, 1661-64; Governor of Connecticut, 1679-83. | Crozier 1, Bolton, Matthews |
| | Leftwich, Ralph (of New Kent County, VA, 1658) | Azure, three garbs Or, on a fess engrailed Argent | | Crozier 2 |
| | Legg, John (d. Marblehead, MA, 1718) | Azure a buck’s head caboshed Argent | Arms on his tombstone. | Bolton |
| | Leggett, Gabriel (of New York City, NY, 1640) | Per cross Argent and Or, a saltire Gules | | Crozier 1 |
| Leigh, Peter (d. Charleston, SC, 1759) | Argent a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Vert. | From West Hall, High Leigh, Cheshire. Chief Justice of South Carolina. | NEHGS #258 |
| | Lemmon, Joseph (of Charlestown, MA, 1680) | Azure, a fess between three dolphins haurient Argent, an annulet Argent for difference | Arms engraved on baptismal basin, First Church, Marblehead, MA, and on his seal. | Crozier 1, Bolton |
| | Leonard, James (of Taunton, MA, 1641) | Or, on a fess Gules, three fleurs-de-lis Or | | Crozier 1 |
| | Leonard, Solomon (of Duxbury, MA, 1637) | Or, on a fess Gules, three fleurs-de-lis Argent | | Crozier 1, Matthews |
| | Letemps, Peter (of New Orleans, LA, 1725) | Vert, an anchor Argent | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Leverett, Thomas (of Boston, MA, 1663)
2. Leverett, Gov. John (d. Boston, MA, 16 March 1679) | Argent, a chevron between three leverets courant Sable | 2. Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1673-79, arms on his seal. | 1. Crozier 1, 2. Bolton, 1. Matthews 1903 |
| 1. Levering, William (in Pennsylvania, 1685)
2. Levering, Eugene (b. 1845, Baltimore) | Azure three hares (leverets) courant in pale Argent. | | 1. Crozier 1
2. Matthews |
| | Lewis, Robert (of Virginia, 1638) | Argent, a dragon’s head and neck erased Vert, holding in the mouth a bloody hand Proper | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Lewis, Ellis (of Kennett, PA, 1708)
2. Lewis, David (b. Springbrook, PA, 4 Sep 1800; d. 27 April 1895) | Or, a lion rampant Azure | | 1. Crozier 1, 1., 2. Matthews |
| | Lewis, John (of Gloucester County, VA, 1668) | Quarterly of seven, 1. Argent, a dragon’s head and neck erased Vert, holding in the mouth a bloody hand Proper (Lewis); 2. Gules, three towers triple towered Argent; 3. Argent, three chervonels (unknown); 4. Argent, three torteaux (unknown); 5. Argent, a chief Azure, three lozenges Or (Fielding); 6. Vert, a cross engrailed Or (Warner); 7. Azure, three bowls Argent, out of each a boar’s head Or (Bowles) | Arms on a silver plate. | Crozier 2 |
| | 1. Lightfoot, Philip (of Charles City County, VA, 1670)
2. Lightfoot, John (d. Charles City County, VA, 28 May 1707) | Barry of six Or and Gules, on a bend Sable, three escallops Argent | Arms on Philip’s tomb. | Crozier 1, Crozier 2 |
| | Lindsay, Rev. David (d. Northumberland County, VA, 3 April 1667) | Quarterly, 1 & 4, Gules, a fess chequy Argent and Azure; 2 & 3, Or, a lion rampant Gules, the shield debruised of a ribbon in bend Sable overall | Arms on his tomb, Yeocomico, VA. Undifferenced Scottish arms of the Earl of Crawford, chief of the name of Lindsay. | Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton |
| | Lindly, Francis (of Newark, NJ, 1655) | Sable, a lion rampant between eight crosses pattee fitchy Argent | One of the founders of Newark. | Matthews 1907 |
| | Linzee, Capt. John (of Boston, MA, 1772) | Gules, a fess chequy Argent and Azure, between three mullets in chief and a hunting horn in base Argent. | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Lisle, John (of Boston, MA, 1640)
1. Lisle, Bridget (of Cambridge, Mass., circa 1672) | Or on a chief Azure three lions rampant Or. | 1. Crozier misblazons the chief as Argent.
2. From Moyles Court, Hants.; wife of Rev. Leonard Hoar, President of Harvard College. | 1.Crozier 1
2.NEHGS #242 |
| | Lister, Edmund (of Lancaster County, VA, 1709) | Azure, on a cross Argent, five torteaux, each charged with a mullet Or | Arms on his seal. | Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton |
| | 1. Lister, Thomas (b. Halifax, VA, 9 Dec. 1708; d. Virginia, 15 Aug. 1740)
2. Lister, William (bapt. 3 April 1712; d. Virginia, 21 Oct. 1743) | Ermine, on a fess Sable, three mullets Argent, a canton Gules | | Crozier 2 |
| | Littleton, Col. Nathaniel (in Northampton Co, Va, circa 1635; d. Accomac County, Va, 1654) | Argent a chevron between three escallops Sable. | Born circa 1600, Henley, Salop | Crozier 2,NEHGS #484 |
| | Livingston, Robert (of New York, 1674) | Argent, three cinquefoils Gules within a double tressure flory-counterflory Vert | Paternal arms only; usually quartered with Callendar and others (see below). First lord of Livingston Manor. | Crozier 1 |
| | Livingston, Robert (of New York, 1674) | Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent three cinquefoils Gules within a double tressure flory-counterflory Vert (Livingston), 2nd and 3rd Sable a bend between six billets Or (Callendar) | | NEHGS #96 |
| | Livingston, Walter Tryon (b. Livingston, NY, 24 Jan 1772; d. Clermont, NY, 24 Sept. 1827) | Quarterly, 1st & 4th, Argent three gilly-flowers slipped Gules within a double tressure flory-counterflory Vert; 2nd Quarterly i & iv Gules on a chevron Argent a rose between two lions passant combatant Gules (Hepburn), ii & iii, Argent three martlets Gules; 3rd Sable a bend between six billets Or (Callendar) | | Matthews |
| | 1. Lloyd, Edward (of Talbot County, MD, 1649)
2. Lloyd, Cornelius (of Norfolk County, VA, 1641) | Azure, a lion rampant Or | 1. Member of Virginia Assembly, 1637; Councillor of State, 1651; Member of Maryland Assembly, 1658; Justice of Peace, 1663; 2. Member of House of Burgesses, 1642-53. | 1. Crozier 1, 1. Bolton, 2. Crozier 2 |
| | Lloyd, James (of Lloyd’s Neck, NY, 1660) | Gules, a lion rampant Or | | Crozier 1 |
| | Lloyd, Thomas (of Philadelphia, PA, 1683) | Quarterly, 1 & 4, Sable, a he-goat passant Argent; 2 & 3, Azure, three cocks Argent, armed and combed Gules | | Crozier 1 |
| | Logan, James (of Philadelphia, PA, 1690) | Or three piles conjoined in point and in base a lion passant Sable | | Crozier 1 |
| | Loomis, Joseph (of Windsor, CT, 1639) | Argent, between two palets Gules, three fleurs-de-lis in pale Sable, a chief Azure | | Crozier 1 |
| | Lord, Thomas (of Boston, MA, 1635) | Argent, on a fess Gules, between three cinquefoils Azure, a hind passant between two pheons Or | Arms on seal of will of his widow. | Crozier 1, Bolton |
| | Loring, Thomas (of Hingham, MA, 1635) | Quarterly, Argent and Gules, a bend engrailed Sable | | Crozier 1, Bolton |
| | Lott, Abraham (of New York, 1776) | Vert, two horses rampant combatant Argent | Arms on his bookplate. | Bolton |
| | 1. Lowell (Lowle), Percival (of Newbury, MA, 1639)
2. Lowell, John (b. Newburyport, MA, 1743) | Sable, a hand couped at the wrist grasping three darts, one in pale and two in saltire Argent | | 1. Crozier 1, 1. Matthews, 2. Bolton |
| | Lowell, John Jr. (b. Massachusetts, 1799; d. Bombay, India, 1836) | Quarterly, 1 & 4, Sable, a hand couped at the wrist grasping three darts, one in pale and two in saltire Argent, on a chief invected Azure, a crescent Argent (Lowell); 2 & 3, Azure, an escallop Argent (Jackson) | Founder of Lowell Institute, arms on his bookplate. | Bolton |
| | Lowery, Alexander (of Philadelphia, PA, 1720) | Sable, a cup Argent, with a garland of laurel between two branches of the same, all issuing thereout Proper | | Crozier 1 |
| 1. Lowndes, Charles (of Charleston, SC, 1730)
2. Lowndes, Christopher (b. 1715; d. Bladensburg, Md, 1785) | Argent fretty Azure, on a canton Gules a lion’s [some sources blazon a leopard's] head erased Or. | | 1. Crozier 1, Matthews, NEHGS #380
2. Matthews |
| | Lucas, Auguste (of Newport, RI, by 1704) | Argent a laurel wreath Vert, in chief three flames Gules each surmounted by a crescent Azure. | From Saint-Malo, Brittany | NEHGS #394 |
| | Lucklin, Alice (b. Essex, England, 1625; d. Williamsburg, VA, 22 June 1698) | Sable, a fess indented between two leopards’ faces Or | Arms impaled with those of her husband (Col. John Page) on her tomb in Bruton churchyard. | Crozier 1, Bolton |
| | Ludlow, Col. George (d. York County, VA, 1656) | Argent, a chevron between three martins’ heads Sable | | Crozier 1, Crozier 2 |
| | 1. Ludlow, Gabriel (of New York City, NY, 1694)
2. Ludlow, Roger (of New England, 1630) | Argent, a chevron between three bears’ heads Sable | | 1. Crozier 1, 1. Matthews, 2. Matthews |
| | 1. Ludwell, Thomas (d. Williamsburg, VA, 1 Oct. 1678)
2. Ludwell, Gov. Philip (b. 1638; d. London, England, 1716) | Gules, on a bend Argent, between two towers Or, three eagles displayed Sable | Thomas and Philip were brothers; arms on Philip’s bookplate; Philip was governor of North Carolina, 1691-93. | 1. Crozier 2, 2. Crozier 1, 2. Matthews 1907 |
| | Luke, George (of Westmoreland County, VA, 1659; d. Bedfordshire, England, 1732) | Argent, a buglehorn Sable, stringed Gules | Arms on his tomb at Cople Church. | Crozier 1 |
| | Lunsford, Sir Thomas (d. Middlesex County, VA, 1656) | Quarterly, 1. Azure, a chevron between three boars’ heads Or, couped Gules (Lunsford); 2. Argent, three chevrons Gules, overall a lable of three points purpure (Barrington); 3. Or, a carbuncle Gules (Mandeville); 4. Argent, three acorns Vert, fructed Gules (Totham) | Lieutenant general of Virginia colony, arms on one of his letters dated 1644. | Crozier 2, Bolton |
| | Luquer (l’Escuyer), Jan (of New York, 1658) | Argent, a chevron between two cocks affrontee in chief, and a lion passant in base Gules | | Crozier 1 |
| | Lyddall, Col. George (d. New Kent County, VA, 19 Jan. 1705) | Argent, fretty Gules, on a chief Gules, three leopards’ faces Or | | Crozier 2 |
| | 1. Lyman, Richard (Hartford, CT, 1631)
2. Lyman, George Theodore (b. Paris, France, 23 Dec. 1821; d. Milton, MA, 14 June 1908) | Quarterly, 1 & 4, Per chevron Gules and Argent, in base an annulet Gules (Lyman); 2. Gules, a chevron between three sheep Argent (Lambert); 3. Quartered, Ermine and Gules, overall a cross Or (Osborne) | | 1. Crozier 1, 1., 2. Matthews |
| | 1. Lynde, Simon (of Boston, MA, 1650)
2. Lynde, Benajmin (d. Salem, MA, 1744) | Gules, on a chief Or, three crosses potent Gules | 2. Arms on his tomb. | 1. Crozier 1, 2. Bolton |
| | Lynde, Benajmin Jr. (of Salem, MA, 1740) | Quarterly of six, 1. Gules, on a chief Or, three crosses potent Gules (Lynde); 2. Gules, three lions’ gambs erased Argent (Newdigate); 3. Azure, a fleur-de-lis Argent (Digby); 4. Argent, on a bend double cotised Sable, three eagles displayed Argent (Browne); 5. Argent, fretty Gules, a chief Azure (Curwen); 6. Per chevron embattled Sable and Or, three panthers’ faces erased counterchanged (Smith of Buckenham,Norfolk) | Painting of escutcheon for Benjamin dated 1740. | Bolton |
| | Lyon, Dr. William (of Maryland, 1732) | Argent a lion rampant Azure, armed and langued, within a double tressure flory-counterflory Gules | | Crozier 1 |
| | Lyon, William (of Roxbury, MA, 1635) | Argent, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counterflory Azure. | Undifferenced Scottish arms of Lord Glamis, chief of the name of Lyon. | Crozier 1 |
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