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Name	Blazon	Comments	Source
1, Nelson, Thomas (b. Penrith, Cumberland, Eng., 1677; d. Yorktown, VA., 1745) 2. Nelson, Mrs. William (living 1773) 3. Nelson, Gen. Thomas, Jr. (b. Yorktown, 1738; d. 1789)	Per pale Argent and Sable a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis counterchanged.	1. Tombstone, Yorktown 2. Coach 3. Tombstone, Grace Church, Yorktown. Signer of the Declaration of Independence; grandson of Thomas Nelson (#1).	1. Bolton, Crozier 2, Matthews 2. Bolton 3. Bolton, Crozier 2
Nesbit, James (of Woodbridge, NJ, 1685)	Argent, three boars’ heads erased within a bordure Sable	Originally from Loudoun, Scotland	Crozier 1
Nevius, Joannes (of New York City, NY, 1651)	Argent, a tree trunk, a branch sprouting from the dexter side, a chief Gules		Crozier 1
Newberry, Gen. Roger (b. 30 Jun 1735; d. Windsor, CT, 13 Feb 1814)	Sable, three pales Argent, on a canton Azure, a lion rampant Or	Brigadier general in Continental Army; arms engraved on his sword.	Bolton
1. Newce, Sir William (d. Virginia, 1621) 2. Newce, Capt. Thomas (d. Elizabeth City, VA, 1 April 1623)	Sable, two pallets Argent, a canton Ermine	William and Thomas were brothers who came to from England separately	Crozier 2
Newhall, Thomas (of Lynn, MA, 1630)	Azure, three plates Or, on each an Ermine spot Sable		Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Newton, John (d. Westmoreland County, VA, 1697) 2. Newton, Thomas (d. Boston, MA, 1721)	Sable, two shinbones saltierwise surmounted of the dexter Or	1. Descended from the Newtons of Barr’s Court, Gloucestershire, England; 2. Attorney general of New York, 1691; arms in King’s Chapel, Boston.	1. Crozier 2, 2. Bolton, Matthews
Nicholas, Dr. George (of Virginia, 1722)	Azure, a chevron engrailed between three owls Or	Surgeon in British navy.	Crozier 1, Matthews
Nichols, Sgt. Francis (of Stratford, CT, 1639)	Azure, a fess between three lions’ heads erased Or		Crozier 1
Nicholson, Christopher (of Maryland, 1750)	Azure, two bars Ermine, on a chief Argent, three suns Proper		Matthews
1. Nicholson, Sir Francis (b. Yorkshire, England, 1660; d. London, England, 1728) 2. Nicholson, Robert (of Charles City County, VA, 1655)	Azure, on a cross Argent, between four suns Or, a cathedral church Gules	1. Granted by College of Arms, 1693/4. Lt. gov. of Virginia, 1690; gov. of Maryland, 1694-98; gov. of Virginia, 1698-1705; gov. of Arcadia, 1713-17; gov. of South Carolina, 1721-25.	1.Crozier 1,NEHGS #507 2.Crozier 1,Matthews
1. Nicholson, William (d. Annapolis, MD, 1719) 2. Nicholson, James (of New York City, NY, 1814)	Erminois, on a pale Sable, three martlets Or		1. & 2. Crozier 1, 1. Matthews
Nichol, John (of Orange County, NY, 1734)	Or, a lion’s head between three hawks’ heads all erased Gules, within a bordure Gules		Crozier 1, Bolton
Nicholl, Matthias (of Cowneck, NY, 1664)	Azure, a fess between three lions’ heads erased Or		Crozier 1
Nicholls, Gov. Richard (of New York, 1664)	Azure, a fess between three lions’ heads erased Or	Governor of New York, 1664-37; arms on seal on letter to governor of Plymouth.	Bolton
Noailles, Vicomte Louis Marie de (of Philadelphia ca. 1793)	Gules a bend Or.	1756-1804	NEHGS #483
Norden, Nathaniel (d. Marblehead, MA, 1727)	Argent, on a fess Gules, between three beavers passant, a cross crosslet fitchy between two fleurs-de-lis Or		Bolton
de Normandie, Andres (of Bristol, DE, 1708)	Argent, a fess Gules, between three martlets Sable in chief, and three blackbirds Sable, two and one, in base three bezants		Crozier 1
1. Norris, Isaac (Philadelphia, 1671-1735) 2. Norris, Isaac (b. 1865, Philadelphia)	Argent on a chevron Gules between three falcons' heads erased Sable a mullet Or.		1. Crozier 1, Zieber 2. Crozier 1, Matthews
Norton, Capt. Francis (d. Charlestown, MA, 1667)	Argent, on a chevron between three tuns Sable, hooped Or, standing on their bottoms	Arms on seal.	Bolton
1. Norton, Rev. John (d. Ipswich, MA, 1663) 2. Norton, John (of Branford, CT, 1646) 3. Norton, George (of Boston, MA, 1629)	Gules, a fret Argent, a bend vair overall	Arms on seal on his will, engraved on tankard, and in First Church, Quincey, MA.	1. Bolton, 2. Crozier 1, 1. & 3. Matthews
Nott, Gov. Edward (d. Williamsburg County, VA, 23 Aug. 1706)	Gules, a fess between two chevrons Argent	Governor of Virginia; arms on his tomb at Bruton Church.	Bolton, Crozier 2
Nourse, James (of Charleston, VA, 1769)	Gules a fess between two chevronels Argent.	From Buckinghamshire	Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Noyes, James (of Newbury, CT, 1634) 2. Noyes, Nicholas (of Boston, MA, 1634) 3. Noyes, Rev. James (d. Stonington, CT, 1719)	Azure, three cross-crosslets in bend Argent.	3. Arms on tombstone.	1. & 2. Crozier 1, 3. Bolton
Nye, Benjamin (of Falmouth, MA, 1640)	Azure, three cross-crosslets in bend Argent.	Same arms as Noyes (see above)	Crozier 1

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