Other Historic Figures
Founders of European Settlements in the Present-Day USA
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Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de (Montreal, 1680-Paris, 1767)
Azure three roses Or on a chief Gules a crescent between two stars Or
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Brewster, William (Scrooby, Notts, c 1566-Duxbury, Mass, 1644)
Sable a chevron Ermine between three estoiles Argent
Leader of the Plymouth Colony, founded 1620.
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Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe de (St-Nicolas de la Grave, France, 1658-Castelsarrasin, France, 1730)
Quarterly 1st and 4th Argent a fess between three merlettes Sable; 2nd and 3rd quarterly i and iv Gules plain, ii and iii Argent three bars Azure
Born Antoine Laumet; designed and adopted the arms ca 1687, based on those of a noble family from his home area. In present-day Michigan, 1694; founded Detroit, 1701; governor of Louisiana, 1710-16.
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Calvert, Hon Leonard (England, c 1610-St Mary' County, Md, 1647)
Paly of six Or and Sable a bend counterchanged
First governor of Maryland, 1634-47; younger brother of the lord proprietor, Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore.
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Escandón y Helguera, José de, Conde de Sierra Gorda (Soto de la Marina, Cantabria, 1700-Mexico City, 1770)
Quarterly, 1st Gules a castle triple-towered [upon a terrace] Argent; 2nd Argent an eagle displayed with wings inverted between two roses in bend sinister Gules; 3rd Azure upon a staff issuant from a cook-pot Or a forked pennon Gules; 4th Vert a castle triple-towered [upon a terrace] Argent; overall in chief point a cross couped Or
Founder and first governor of the first permanent Spanish settlements in Texas, 1748.
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Gorges, William (Keynsham, Somt, 1605-1658)
Lozengy Or and Azure a chevron Gules
First governor of the English colony of New Somersetshire, later the province of Maine, 1636-38.
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Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d' (Ville-Marie, Canada, 1661-Havana, 1706)
Azure three roses Or on a chief Gules a crescent between two stars Or
Founder of Biloxi, Miss.; founder and first governor of Louisiana, 1697-1702. Arms on his seal. Brother of Sieur de Bienville, above.
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Lane, Ralph (England, c. 1532-Dublin, 1603)
Per pale Azure and Gules three saltires Argent
Deputy general and de facto governor of the first attempt in 1585 to establish an English colony on Roanoke Island, now in North Carolina.
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Menéndez de Avilés, Adm Pedro (Avilés, Asturias, 1519-Santander, 1574)
Quarterly, 1st Gules on a terrace upon waves of the sea two palm trees with a human head at the foot of each all proper between two towers, that to sinister higher, the two connected by a ladder Or, in the sinister tower a man-at-arms holding a sword in his right hand and a stew pot on his left arm proper, reaching to receive a cross offered by an angel Or, in dexter chief the legend IVDICA DOMINE CAVSAN TVAN; 2nd Argent on a terrace upon waves of the sea proper an ounce rampant Or against the trunk of a pine tree proper; 3rd Argent six crows contourny 2, 2, and 2 Sable; 4th Gules a sword palewise proper between five fleurs-de-lis Or one in chief and two each in flanks, surmounted on the upper blade by a lunel Sable all within a bordure Gules fimbriated Sable charged with eight saltires Or.
Founder of St. Augustine, 1565, and first governor of Spanish Florida. Arms painted on the headboard of his coffin, Nombre de Dios Mission, St. Augustine.
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Oglethorpe, Gen James Edward (Surrey, Eng, 1696-Cranham, Essex, 1785)
Argent a chevron between three boars' heads couped Sable
Founder and first governor of Georgia, 1732-43. Arms confirmed to his grandfather Sutton Oglethorpe at the 1665 visitation of Yorkshire.
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Oñate y Salazar, Juan de (Zacatecas, Mexico, 1550-Spain, 1626)
Per pale, dexter Argent three bendlets Gules; sinister Or a tree eradicated proper supported on the sinister side by a wolf Sable
Founder and first governor of the Spanish province of New Mexico, 1598-1610. Arms on a 1622 book of poems in memory of his son.
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Popham, George (Somersetshire, 1550-Fort St. George, Me, 1608)
Argent on a chief Gules two stags' heads caboshed Or
Leader of the Popham Colony, the first attempted permanent settlement in New England, 1607-08.
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Smith, Capt John (1580-1631)
Vert a chevron Gules between three Turks’ heads couped proper turbans Or
Explored Virginia and New England coasts; key leader in Jamestown settlement. Arms granted by Sigismund Bathory, Duke of Transylvania, 1603, for service against the Ottomans, and confirmed by the English College of Arms, 1625.
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White, John (London, c 1540-Co Cork, Ire (?), 1593)
Quarterly of eight, 1st Ermine on a canton Gules a fusil Argent (augmentation of honor); 2nd Argent a chevron between three goats' heads erased Sable (White); 3rd Argent on a bend cotised Azure three escutcheons Argent (Wymark); 4th Gules two bars gemels between three martlets Argent (Wyatt); 5th Or a chevron between two cinquefoils in chief and a mullet in base Sable (Kyllyowe); 6th Ermine on a bend Sable three phoenix heads erased Or (Saker); 7th Gules a chevron Argent between three cinquefoils Or (Buddyer); 8th Gules a fess counter-compony Argent and Sable between three crosses formy fitched at the foot Argent (Butler)
Governor of the Roanoke Island colony, 1587. Granted by Garter King of Arms, 1587.
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Williams, Rev Roger (London, 1603-Providence, 1682/3)
A lion rampant within an orle of pheons (tinctures unknown)
Founder of Rhode Island; arms on his seal.
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Wingfield, Edward Maria ((Stonely, Hunts., 1550-New Hampshire, 1631)
Argent on a bend Gules cotised Sable three pairs of wings conjoined in lure Argent
First president of the Virginia Council, Jamestown, 1607. Arms confirmed to his father at the 1619 visitation of Kent.
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Winthrop, John (Edwardstone, Suff, 1587/8-Boston, 1649)
Argent three chevronels Gules overall a lion rampant Sable
Arms on his seal, with a label for difference. Similar arms were confirmed to an uncle in 1592. Key leader in establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Arms on his seal. Founder of Mobile and New Orleans; governor of Louisiana four times between 1701 and 1743. Brother of Sieur d’Iberville, below.