| | Name | Blazon | Comments | Source |
| | Rae, Robert (b. 1723; d. Williamsburg, VA, 30 May 1753) | Vert a chevron Argent between three roebucks courant Proper. | Arms engraved on his tomb in Bruton churchyard, Williamsburg. | Crozier 2, Bolton |
| | Ragland, John (in Hanover County, VA, 1720) | Argent three unicorns passant in pale Sable. | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Rainsborough, Col William (Charlestown, Mass., 1639)
2. Rainsborough, Capt. William (Boston, 1673) | Checky Or and Azure a Saracen's head couped proper the beard Sable wreathed about the brows Argent. | Uncle and nephew. | NEHGS #376 |
| | 1. Ramsey, Capt. James (in Baltimore, MD, 1735)
2. Ramsay, Dr. George (d. Norfolk, VA, 1756) | Argent an eagle displayed Sable armed Gules. | Undifferenced arms of the Scottish name of Ramsay.
1. Descended from Sir John de Ramsey, of Dalhousie, Scotland.
2. Arms on wax seal on his will. | 2. Crozier 2, 2. Bolton |
| | 1. Randolph, Henry (in Virginia, 1643)
2. Randolph, Col. William (in Turkey Island, VA, 1674)
3. Randolph, Richard (b. 1651; d. Henrico County, VA, 11 April 1711) | Gules on a cross Or five mullets Gules. | 1. Member of House of Burgesses.
2. Justice of Henrico County, 1683-1711; Burgess, 1685-99, 1703-05, 1710; Attorney General, 1696; Speaker, House of Burgesses, 1698. Crozier 1 and NEHGS blazons the mullets as pierced, but Crozier 2 does not.
3. Succeeded his uncle, Henry Randolph, as clerk of Henrico County. Vermont says bookplates show the mullets Gules. | Crozier 2, Bolton, Crozier 1, Matthews, 1907, NEHGS #178,Vermont |
| | 1. Rankin, William (in Maryland, 1770)
2. Rankin, Henry (in New York, 1792) | Gules three boars’ heads erased Argent between a lance issuing out of the dexter base and a Lochaber axe issuing from the sinister, both erect Argent. | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Rapaljie, George Jansen (to New Netherlands, 1623)
2. Rapaljie, William Jansen (to New Netherlands, 1623) | Azure three bars Or. | Brothers. | Vermont |
| | Rasay, Malcolm (of Bennington, VT, 1753; d. 1777) | Quarterly, 1. Or, a mountain Azure, inflamed Proper; 2. Gules, the three legs of the Isle of Man armed Proper, conjoined in the center at upper end of thigh, flexed in triangle, the spurs Or; 3. Or, a galley, sails furled, pennons flying Sable; 4. Gules, a lion rampant Argent; en surtout, an inescutcheon party per pale Gules and Sable, a fess between three fleurs-de-lis Or. | Youngest brother of John Macleod of Raasay, whose arms these are. According to Vermont, arms were engraved on Malcom's tombstone. | Crozier 1, Vermont |
| | Rattray, John (in Charleston, SC, 1760) | Azure, a fess between six crosses crosslet fitchy Argent. | He was Justice of Court of Vice Admiralty, 1760; arms on his bookplate. | Bolton |
| | Rawle, Francis (in Philadelphia, PA, 1686) | Sable three swords palewise Argent, the middle point up, the others point down. | Vermont says emigrant was of family of Rawle of Tresparrett, Cornwall. | Crozier 1, Bolton, Vermont |
| | Rawlins (Rollins), James (in Ipswich, MA, 1632) | Sable three swords palewise points in chief Argent, hilts and pommels Or. | | Crozier 1, Matthews, 1907 |
| | Rawson, Edward (in Newbury, MA, 1636) | 1. Per fess Azure and Sable a castle with four towers in perspective Or.
2. A chevron between three towers [tinctures unknown]. | Secretary of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1651-86.
1. Arms on his seal, according to Crozier and Vermont. However, the NEHGS Roll of Arms (Part 8) states that Rawson never used these arms.
2. Apparently the arms of Hibben, used with the addition of the Rawson crest on Rawson's seal. | 1. Crozier 1, Vermont
2. NEHGS #120 |
| | Raymond, William (in Little Harbor, NH, 1630) | Sable, a chevron between three eagles displayed Argent, on a chief Argent three martlets Sable. | | Crozier 1 |
| 1. Read, Col. John (from Dublin to Kinsley, Md., 1688)
2. Read, Col. John (to Delaware, 1756)
3. Read, Charles A. (b. 1839, Boston) | Gules a saltire between four garbs Or. | Arms of Read of Honningham Thorpe, Norfolk.
1. From Dublin
2. From Barton Court, Berks., and Shipton Court, Oxfordshire.
3. Descendant of William Reed (1587-1656), b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Woburn, Mass., 1635) | 1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 1
3. Matthews |
| | Read, William (of Maryland, 1820) | Gules on a bend wavy [Argent?] three shovellers Sable. | Arms on his bookplate. | 1. Bolton |
| | Reade, Col. George (1609-1671, in Virginia by 1639) | 1. Azure goutty d’Or a cross-crosslet fitchy Or.
2. Per pale goutty a cross floretty fitched [tinctures unknown]. | Secretary of Virginia, 1639; a descendant of the Reades of Southampton, England. NEHGS says the arms are recorded in the College of Arms. | 1. Crozier 1, Crozier 2
2.NEHGS #532 |
| | Reade, Lawrence (of Red Hook, NY, 1700) | Gules on a bend nebuly Argent three shovellers Azure. | Vermont says emigrant was of family of Reade of Wenburn, Devonshire. | Crozier 1, Vermont |
| | Reade, Thomas (of Salem, Mass., 1634) | Azure a griffin and a canton Or. | Confirmed by the College of Arms, 1654. | NEHGS #196 |
| | Reading, John (of Gloucester, NJ, 1686) | Argent, three boars’ heads couped Sable. | | Crozier 1 |
| | Reichert, Johann Friedrich (of New York City, NY, 1720) | Quarterly, 1. & 4., Gules, an ostrich Argent, with a horseshoe in its beak Proper, the ostrich in the first quarter contourne; 2. & 3., Per fess Azure and Or, on a fess Argent, three mullets Gules, in chief a lion rampant issuant Or, royally crowned, the lion in the third quarter contourne, in base three stalks of wheat. | | Crozier 1 |
| | Remington, John (Newbury, Mass., 1637) | Barruly of 12 Argent and Azure a bend Gules. | | NEHGS #203 |
| | Rensselaer--see Van Rensselaer | | | |
| | Rhett, Col. William (d. Charleston, SC, 12 Jan. 1722) | Or, a cross engrailed Sable. | Arms on his tombstone, St. Philip’s Churchyard, Charleston; he was receiver-general, 1662-1722. | Crozier 1, Bolton |
| | Rhoads, John (of Pennsylvania, 1680) | Argent between two barrulets Ermine a lion passant guardant between two acorns Azure. | | Matthews, 1907 |
| | Rhodes, Simon (in Newport, RI, 1716) | Argent two quatrefoils slipped Sable a chief Sable. | | Crozier 1 |
| | Rice, John (of Rappahannock County, VA, 1687) | Quarterly, 1. & 4., Per pale indented Argent and Gules (Rice); 2. & 3., Azure, a lion rampant Or (Trevor). | Arms on seals on two deeds; descended from Sir John Rice, Buttevant, Ireland, 1357. | Crozier 1, Crozier 2 |
| | Rich, Thomas (of Springfield, MA, 1696) | Gules a chevron between three crosses botonny Or. | | Matthews, 1907 |
| | 1. Richards, Thomas (in Boston, 1630)
2. Richards, James (of Hartford, CT, d. 1680) | Argent a fess fusily Gules between two barrulets Sable. | 1. Gore Roll of Arms; seal of Thomas and his son John. NEHGS specifies four lozenges in fess vice a fess fusily.
2. Tombstone. | 1. Vermont, NEHGS #204
2. Crozier 1, Vermont |
| | Richards, Rev. John (d. Gloucester County, VA, 12 Nov. 1735) | Sable a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis Or. | Arms on his tomb, Ware Church, Gloucester County. | Bolton, Crozier 1, Crozier 2 |
| | Richardson, Charles (of New York City, NY, 1792) | Azure a cabled anchor supported by a lion rampant Or, on a chief wavy Ermine an eastern crown Or between two lions’ heads erased Sable. | | Crozier 1 |
| | Richmond, John (of Taunton, MA, 1635) | Argent a cross patonce Azure between four mullets Gules. | | Crozier 1, Matthews |
| | 1. Ricketts, William (of Cecil County, MD, 1665)
2. Ricketts, John Thomas (of Cecil County, MD, 1718) | Erminois on a chevron between three roses Gules two swords in chevron Proper pommels and hilts Or, their points crossing each other in saltire, the dexter surmounting the sinister. | | Crozier 1 |
| | 1. Ridgeley, Henry (of Annapolis, MD, 1659)
2. Ridgeley, Robert (of St. Inigoes Creek, MD, 1670) | Argent on a chevron Sable three mullets pierced Argent. | | Matthews, 1907 |
| | Ridgway, Richard (of Philadelphia, PA, 1679) | Sable, two wings conjoined Argent. | | Crozier 1 |
| | Ridgway, Richard (of Bucks County, PA) | Argent on a chevron engrailed Gules between three peacocks’ heads erased Azure ducally gorged Or three trefoils slipped [Or?]. | Arrived in the Delaware River, 1679. | Matthews, 1907 |
| | Rijker, Abraham (of New York City, NY, 1638) | Azure a rose Argent between three stars Or. | | Crozier 1, Vermont |
| | Ring, Joseph (b. 1646; d. York County, VA, 26 Feb. 1702/03) | Argent on a bend Gules three crescents Argent. | Arms on his tomb at Ringfield, York Co. | Crozier 2, Bolton |
| | Roane, Charles (of Gloucester County, VA, 1664) | Argent three stags trippant Proper. | | Crozier 2, Bolton |
| | Robbins, John (of Weathersfield, CT, 1660) | Per pale Sable and Argent two flaunches and three fleurs-de-lis in fess all counterchanged. | | Matthews, 1907 |
| | Robbins, Richard (of Cambridge, MA, 1652) | Gules two fleurs-de-lis each divided paleways and fastened to the side of an escutcheon the points following each other Or. | | Crozier 1 |
| | Roberdeau, Isaac (to New Jersey ca. 1699) | Sable a chevron Or, in base a tower between two annulets Argent, and on a chief Argent a cross crosslet Gules. | From La Rochelle by way of St. Kitts. Arms on silver plate hallmarked 1699. | Vermont |
| | Robinson, Alexander (of Baltimore, MD, 1781) | Vert on a chevron between three bucks trippant Or pelletty, three quatrefoils Gules. | | Crozier 1, Bolton |
| | Robinson, Col. Christopher (Middlesex County, VA, 1666) | Vert on a chevron Argent between three roebucks trippant Or as many trefoils slipped Gules. | Member of House of Burgesses, 1691; secretary of state, 1692. See alternative blazon next below. | Crozier 2 |
| | 1. Robinson, George (of Kent County, DE, 1685)
2. Robinson, Col Christopher (Middlesex Co, Va., 1666) | Vert on a chevron between three bucks trippant Or as many cinquefoils Gules. | | Matthews, 1907
NEHGS #474 |
| | Robinson, Rowland (b. Lay Bluff, Cumberland, England, 1654; d. Rhode Island) | Or on a chevron Gules between three stags trippant [Gules?], three mullets pierced [Or?]. | | Matthews, 1907 |
| | Rochester, Nicholas (of Westmoreland County, VA, 1689) | Or a fess between three crescents Sable. | | Crozier 1 |
| | Rockwood, Richard (of Dorchester, Mass., 1636) | Argent six chess rooks Sable, 3, 2, and 1. | | Crozier 1 |
| | Rodes, John (b. Virginia, 6 Nov. 1697; d. 3 May 1775) | Argent a lion passant guardant Gules between two acorns Azure with two bendlets Ermine [sic]. | See arms of John Rhoads of Pennsylvania above. | Crozier 2 |
| Rodney, William (in Kent Co, Del, by 1685) | Or three eagles displayed Purpure. | Ancestor of Caesar Rodney, signer of the Declaration of Independence | NEHGS #292 |
| | Rogers, Nathaniel (of Boston, MA, 1636) | Argent a chevron Gules between three roebucks trippant Sable attired and gorged with ducal coronets Or. | | Crozier 1 |
| | Rogers, James (of New London, CT, 1635) | Argent a chevron between three bucks trippant Sable. | | Crozier 1, Matthews, 1907 |
| | Rolfe, John (b. England, 1585; d. Virginia, 1622) | Gyronny of eight Or and Azure on a chief Sable three annulets Argent. | His second wife was Pocahontas. | Crozier 2 |
| | Rollins – See Rawlins | | | |
| | Roome, John (of Newport, RI) | Argent a fess pean in chief a lion passant Gules. | Arms granted 21 July 1772. | Crozier 1 |
| | Roosa, Aeldert Heymans (in New Amsterdam, 1660) | Or three roses Gules. | From Herwynen, Gelderland, Neth. | NEHGS #335 |
| 1. Roosevelt, Claes Martensen (from Holland to New York, 1651)
2. Roosevelt, Theodore (b. 1858, New York) | Argent on a mound Vert a rosebush proper with three blossoms Gules. | See Arms of Presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt for further discussion.
2. Bookplate. | 1. Crozier 1, Vermont
2. Matthews, Bolton |
| Ross, Rev. George (1679-1753; to New Castle, Del., 1705) | Gules three lions rampant Argent. | 5th Laird of Ross of Balblair; father of George Ross, signer of the Declaration of Independence. These are the undifferenced arms of the Scottish house of Ross of Balnagowan, chief of the name and Earls of Ross, which under correct Scottish heraldic practice would not have been usable by a cadet branch such as Balblair without some kind of difference. | NEHGS 621 |
| | Ross, Hugh (of Kittery, ME, 1727) | Gules three lions rampant Argent within a bordure Or charged with three leopards’ faces Gules. | | Crozier 1, Matthews |
| | Rosse, Rev. John (of Worcester, MD) | Or on a chevron chequy Sable and Argent between three water bougets Sable. | Rector of All-Hallows, Worcester, 1754-75. | Matthews, 1907 |
| | Roster (Royster), Jacob (of Clarksville, VA, ca 1760) | Argent, three annulets Gules, 2 & 1. | | Matthews, 1907 |
| | Rousby, John (d. Calvert County, MD, 1750) | Gules, on a bend Argent, cotised Or, three crosses crosslet Sable. | Arms on his tomb, Rousby Hall, Patuxent River, Calvert County. | Bolton |
| 1. Rowe, John (in Boston by 1735)
2. Rowe, Jacob (in Boston after 1787) | Gules three paschal lambs Argent. | Brothers, originally from Exeter, Eng. | NEHGS #238 |
| | Ruggle(s), Thomas (of Roxbury, MA, 1637) | Argent, a chevron between three roses Gules. | | Crozier 1 |
| | Rumsey, James (b. 1743; d. Maryland, 1792) | Quarterly, 1 & 2, Azure, a cinquefoil pierced Ermine; 2 & 3, Argent, a fess Gules, in chief a label of three points Azure. | Arms on bookplate | Bolton |
| Rush, Benjamin (b. Byberry Township, PA, 24 Dec. 1745; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1813) | Gules on a fess Or between three horses courant Argent three roundels Vert. | A signer of the Declaration of Independence; Bolton states: “Bookplate Rush, perhaps Benjamin the Signer.” | Bolton |
| | Rusling, James (of New York City, NY, 1795) | Quarterly Azure and Or in the first quarter a hawk’s lure and line Or. | Arms of Fowler. | Crozier 1 |
| | Russell, Hon. George (ca. 1651-1692; in New York and Massachusetts ca. 1676-80) | Argent a lion Gules on a chief Sable three escallops Argent. | 7th son of the 5th Earl of Bedford. | NEHGS #640 |
| | Russell, James (Boston, MA, 1820) | Argent on a chevron between three cross-crosslets fitchy Sable an eagle’s head erased Or, all within a bordure engrailed Gules charged with eight bezants. | Granted by the College of Arms. | Crozier 1, NEHGS #277 |
| | Russell, Richard (Boston, MA, by 1650; d. 1676) | 1. Argent a chevron between three cross-crosslets fitchy Sable.
2. Argent a chevron between three cross-crosslets fitchy Sable all within a bordure engrailed Gules bezanty. | | 1. Crozier 1
2. NEHGS #267 |
| | Russell, Caleb (of New Jersey) | Argent a lion rampant Gules, on a chief Sable three escallops Argent. | President of Morristown (NJ) Academy, 1792-97 | Matthews, 1907 |
| | 1. Rutherford, Thomas (of Frederick County, VA, 1743)
2. Rutherford, Robert (of Frederick County, VA, 1743)
3. Rutherfurd, John (of New Jersey, 1791)
4. Rutherfurd, Maj. Walter (to North America by 1756; in Perth Amboy, NJ, by 1758) | Argent an orle Gules in chief three martlets Sable beaked Gules. | | 1, 2, 3. Crozier 1
4. NEHGS #92 |
| Rutledge, Gov. Edward (b. Charleston, SC, 23 Nov. 1749; d. South Carolina, 23 Jan. 1800) | Argent a chevron compony Azure and Gules between three crescents Gules. | Signer of Declaration of Independence; governor of South Carolina. From his bookplate. | Bolton |
