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Benjamin C. Thornton

Blazon of Arms:

Quarterly Vert and Argent, a Celtic cross throughout counterchanged.

Blazon of Crest:

Issuant from a circlet of trilliums and mayflowers proper, a demi-lion Argent charged on the shoulder with a fleur-de-lis and holding in its dexter paw a branch of six maple leaves Vert.

Motto:

Saepe Ridete Beneque (Laugh Often And Well).

Registrations:

Granted by the Canadian Heraldic Authority July 15, 2009