American Heraldry Society

ROLL OF EARLY AMERICAN ARMS - A

ARM NAME BLAZON COMMENTS SOURCE
Abbadie, Jean Vincent d' (of Penobscot, Me, 1687)

Or a tree eradicated Vert in base a greyhound Gules gorged and chained to the tree Argent, on a chief Azure a crescent Argent between two mullets Or

Baron de Saint-Castin

NEHGS #319
Abbot, George (of Boston, 1728)

Argent a cross Sable fimbriated Or between four eagles displayed Sable

Crozier 1
Abell, Robert (to Weymouth, Mass, 1630)

Argent on a saltire engrailed Azure nine fleurs-de-lis Or

NEHGS #168
Abercrombie, James (of Philadelphia, 1750)

Argent a chevron engrailed Gules between three boars’ heads erased Azure.

Arms on bookplate impaling arms of Bennet (Gules a bezant between three demi-lions Or). Bolton incorrectly blazons a fess and the boars' heads erased.

Crozier 1, Bolton
Abercrombie, John Joseph (Scotland, 1736-Laurens Co, S.C., 1816)

Argent on a chevron Gules between three boar's heads erased Azure an antique crown Or

In Charleston by 1774. NEHGS blazons the boars' heads as langued Argent. Burke says the arms were granted to the Abercrombies of South Carolina, 1778, apparently a cadet line of Abercrombie of that Ilk, which bears the same arms without the crown.

Vermont, NEHGS #107
Abrahall, Col. Robert (of New Kent County, Va, ca 1690)

Azure three hedgehogs Or.

Wax seal dated 1690.

Wm & Mary Qtly (Apr 1894), Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton
1. Achey, John Ludwig (of Tulpehocken, Pa, 1752)
2. Achey, John Jacob (of Tulpehocken, Pa, 1752)
3. Achey, Herman (of Tulpehocken, Pa, 1752)

Azure a fess Argent between three escutcheons Or

Crozier 1
Adams, Daniel (1773-1863, Pleasantville, N.J.)

Azure a crescent and on a chief Or three fleurs-de-lis Azure.

Bolton
1. Adams, Ebenezer (of New Kent County, Va, 1714)
2. Adams, Thomas (b. New Kent Co, Va., abt. 1730, d. Augusta County, Va., 1788)

Ermine three cats passant in pale Azure.

2. Arms on seal.

1. Crozier 1, 1. Crozier 2, 2. Bolton
Adams, Henry (in Braintree, Mass.,1634; d. 1646)

Argent on a cross Gules five mullets Or.

It is doubtful whether these were actually the arms of Henry Adams of Braintree. See [[President.Adams#toc5">our article on the arms of President John Adams for further discussion.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Adams, John (Massachusetts, 1735-1826)

Gules six crosses-crosslet fitchy Argent, on a chief Or three pellets, the center one charged with a fleur-de-lys and the other two with lions passant guardant Argent.

Arms on seal and bookplate; modified from the arms of Adams's maternal grandfather, Peter Boylston, by adding charges on the roundels in chief. See [[President.Adams">article on arms of President Adams.

Henry Adams, "Seals and Book-Plates of the Adams Family"
Adams, John Quincy (Massachusetts, 1767-1848)

Quarterly: 1st, Argent upon a mound Vert a stag trippant toward a pine tree, in base a codfish naiant on a sea all proper, over all thirteen stars in annulet Azure (for Adams); 2nd, Sable a fess cotised between three martlets Or (for Smith); 3rd, Gules seven mascles conjoined 3, 3, and 1 Or (for Quincy); 4th, Gules six crosses-crosslet fitchy Argent, on a chief Or three pellets, the center one charged with a fleur-de-lys and the other two with lions passant guardant Argent (for Boylston).

Arms on bookplate; see [[President.Adams">article on arms of John and John Quincy Adams.

Bolton, Zieber
Addington, Isaac (in Boston, 1715)

Per pale Ermine and Ermines on a chevron counterchanged between three fleurs-de-lis four lozenges all Sable on Ermine and Argent on Ermines.

Gore Roll of Arms; engraved on a caudle cup made by John Coney of Boston (active ca. 1685-1722).

Bolton, Amer. Church Silver of the 17th & 18th Cents.
Addison, John (to Maryland, 1667; d. England, 1709)

Ermine on a bend Gules three annulets Or, on a chief Azure three leopards' faces Or

Reportedly on an old tankard, date unknown

Md Hist Mag 14:389-391
Admiralty, Board of (est 1779)

Per chevron Azure and Argent a chevron paly of 13 Gules and Argent in base an anchor bendwise proper

Seal of the board as actually engraved and used
Admiralty, Board of (est 1779)

Azure a chevron paly of 13 Gules and Argent in base an anchor bendwise proper

Design of seal of the board as adopted, 1780
Agnew, James (of New York, 1790s)

Argent a chevron Gules between in chief two cinquefoils Gules and in base a saltire couped Azure all within a bordure engrailed Gules.

Bookplate, attributed to P. R. Maverick.

Bolton, Allen's Amer. Bookplates
Agnew, John R. (of Philadelphia, 1783)

Argent a chevron between in chief two cinquefoils Gules and in base a saltire couped Azure.

Undifferenced Scottish arms of Agnew of Lochnaw.

Crozier 1
Aiken, William (of Providence, R.I., 1799)

Gules a cross-crosslet cantoned by four roundels Or.

Crozier 1
Aikman, John (of New York, 1783)

Argent, a sinister hand in base, issuing out of a cloud fessways, holding an oaken baton paleways Proper, with a branch sprouting out of the tip, overall a bend engrailed Gules

Matthews
Ainslie, Roger (of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1806)

Or a cross flory Sable

Crozier 1
Aitcheson, Thomas (of Portland, Me., 1800)

Argent a two-headed eagle displayed Sable, on a chief Vert two spur rowels Or.

Crozier 1
Aitchison, William (d. Princess Anne Co, Va, 1777)

A double-headed eagle displayed [tinctures not indicated]

Tomb at Rose Hall, Princess Anne Co, Va

Bolton
Akerly, Robert (of Brookhaven, N.Y., 1655)

On a mound, a stump of a tree, thereon a dove holding in the beak a branch of laurel, between two pine trees (all Proper?)

Matthews, Crozier 1
Akins, Thomas (d. Mecklenburg Co, NC, 1785)

In dexter a lion rampant, issuant from sinister flank a dexter arm vambraced grasping a battle-ax erect [tinctures not indicated]

Tombstone at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, Mecklenburg Co; arms probably devised by the stonecarver.
Alanson, George (of Charlestown, Mass., 1792)

Or, three pallets Azure, on a chief Gules, a lion passant guardant Argent

Crozier 1
Albro, Maj. John (of New York, 1661)

Azure, a fess Argent, between three crosses-crosslet Or

Crozier 1
Alcock, George (of Roxbury, Mass., 1630)

Gules, a fess between three cocks’s heads erased Argent, beaked and crested Or

Crozier 1
Alden, John (b. 1599, in Plymouth, Mass., 1620)

Gules three crescents Or and on fess point a bezant all within a bordure engrailed Ermine.

Crozier omits the bezant and says the arms were granted in 1607.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Aldrich, Thomas (of Boston, 1752)

Ermine on a chevron engrailed Argent between three griffins’ heads erased three lozenges [tincture unknown]

Misblazon for Ermines?

Crozier 1
Aldworth, Robert (of Pemaquid, Me., 1632)

Argent a chevron Gules between three boar's heads couped within an orle of eight cross crosslets fitchy Azure.

Former mayor of Bristol, Eng.; patentee of Pemaquid.

[[Vermont
1. Alexander, John (of Stafford County, Va, 1659)
2. Alexander, George (of Windsor, Mass, 1642)
3. Alexander, James (Muthill, Perthshire, 1691-Albany or New York, 1756)

Per pale Argent and Sable a chevron and in base a crescent all counterchanged

To New York, 1715; father of William Alexander, below.

1. Crozier 1, Crozier 2
2. Crozier 1
3. NEHGS #158
Alexander, Ruth (d. Mecklenburg Co, NC [?], 1796)

Quarterly, 1st a saltire; 2nd a lymphad; 3rd a garb; 4th a bend [tinctures unknown]

Tombstone, Old Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church, nr Charlotte, NC. Probably devised by the stonecutter.

Bolton
Alexander, William (New York, 1726-Albany, 1783)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Per pale Argent and Sable a chevron and in base a crescent all counterchanged; 2nd and 3rd Or a lymphad Sable sails furled and flags flying between three cross crosslets fitchy Gules (for Clan Allaster).

Major general, Continental Army; claimant to title of the Earl of Stirling. Arms from his bookplate. Son of James Alexander, above. Vermont erroneously ascribes the 2nd and 3rd quarter to MacDonald.

Vermont
Alger, Andrew (of Saes, Me, 1640)

Or an eagle displayed Sable membered Gules

Crozier 1
Allcock, John (to Dorchester, Mass, 1646)

Gules three demi-lions Or within a bordure Ermine

Parchment brought to Massachusetts by the immigrant; see alternative blazon below.

Bolton
Allcock, John (to Dorchester, Mass, 1646)

Per fess Or and Gules three demi-lions counterchanged within a bordure Ermine.

Parchment brought to Massachusetts by the immigrant; see alternative blazon above.

Bolton
Allen, Dr. Daniel (of Boston, 1689)

Sable a cross patonce debruised by a bend and in sinister chief a roundel Or

Arms on seal, 1689.

Bolton
Allen, Edgar (of Bridgeport, Conn, 1798)

Sable on a cross potent quarter pierced Or four guttes Gules, in chief two lions’ heads erased Or, all within a bordure engrailed Erminois

Crozier 1
1. Allen, John (d. ca 1741, Surry County, Va)
2. Allen, --- (?)

Per chevron Gules and Ermine in chief two lions’ heads erased Or.

1. Arms on his wife’s tomb impaled with Bassett arms.
2. Silver tray made by T. Edwards abt 1750-75.

1. Crozier 2, Bolton
2. Bolton
Allen, John (Litchfield, Conn, 1763-1812)

Azure a lion rampant Argent holding a garb.

Bookplate by Richard Brunton.

Bolton
Allen, M----

Per bend rompu Argent and Sable six martlets counterchanged.

Silver mug made abt 1720. Same arms as Alling, below.

Bolton
Allerton, Isaac (b. 1583, settled in New Haven)

Argent a chevron between three lions' heads erased Sable.

Matthews
1. Alleyne, Edward (of Dedham, Mass., 1636)
2. Thomas Alleyne (prob. Mass)

Per chevron Gules and Ermine in chief two lions’ heads erased Or.

2. Bookplate by N. Hurd, ca. 1750-75; silver coffeepot by Jacob Hurd.
Same as arms of John Allen of Va., above.

1.Crozier 1
2.Bolton
Alling, Roger (New Haven, c. 1639)

Per bend rompu Argent and Sable six martlets counterchanged.

Same arms as M. Allen, above.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Allison, ----- (Philadelphia, 18th c.)

Azure a chief Ermine over all an eagle displayed gorged with a ducal coronet [tinctures unknown].

Bolton omits mention of the coronet around the eagle's neck. Engraving reproduced in Stockton, A Sylvan City (1883)

Bolton
Allyn, Matthew (in Connecticut, 1640)

On a chevron a flail (?), a crescent for difference [tinctures not indicated].

Seal on document dated 1640 at Mass. Hist. Soc.

Bolton
1. Almy, William (of Boston, Mass, 1630)
2. Almy, ----- (of Rhode Island)

Gules a tower triple-towered [or castle] and in base two keys in saltire Argent all within a bordure Or.

2. Watercolor painting.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
1. Alsop, Othniel (of Philadelphia, 1790)
2. Alsopp, Joseph (of New Haven, 1635)
3. Alsop, Timothy (of New Haven, Conn, 1646)
4. Alsop, George (of Milford, Conn, ca 1650)

Sable three doves rising Argent beaked and membered Gules.

1. Crozier 1
2. Matthews
3. NEHGS #169
4. NEHGS #169
Alsop, Richard (Hartford, 1761-1815)

Azure a fess between three doves Argent.

Bookplate.

Bolton, Allen's Amer. Bookplates
Alst, Joris Stevensen van (to New York by 1652)

Azure a bend Argent

From Bruges

Vermont
1. Ambler, Richard (Boston, 1643)
2. Ambler, Richard (Yorktown, Va., c. 1730)
3. Ambler, Col. John (d. 1836)

Sable on a fess between three pheons Or a lion passant guardant Gules.

2. Matthews illustrates the pheons with points upward.
3. Son of Richard Ambler, #2; quartered with Jaquelin and Cary on tombstone in Richmond

1.Crozier 1
2.Vermont, Matthews, Crozier 2
3.Zieber, Crozier 2
Bolton
1. Ames, William (in Braintree, Mass., 1637)
2. Ames, Joseph Bushnell (Morristown, N.J.)

Argent on a bend cotised Sable three roses Argent.

1. Crozier 1
2.Crozier 1
1. Amory, Jonathan (b. Somersetshire; in South Carolina, 1685)
2. Amory, -----

Azure on a bend Argent three eagles displayed Gules all within a bordure Or.

1. Crozier gives origin as Co. Clare, Irl. See alternative blazon above.
2. Engraved on a tankard mentioned in will of Martha Amory of South Carolina, 1699. Bolton says the eagles may be Sable.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
Amory, Jonathan (b. Somersetshire; in South Carolina, 1685)

Azure on a bend Or three eagles displayed Gules all within a bordure Or.

See alternative blazon by Crozier below.

Matthews, Vermont, Bolton
Amory, Thomas (of Boston, 1682)

Barry nebuly of siz Argent and Gules on a chief Argent a lion passant Gules armed Azure

On a pedigree of the family issued by Ulster Office, 1864. See alternative arms above.

Vermont
Amory, Thomas (of Boston, 1682)

Barry nebuly of six Argent and Gules, a bend Azure

See alternative arms below

Crozier 1, Vermont
Anable, Anthony (Plymouth, Mass., 1623)

Argent, two bars engrailed Gules

Crozier 1
Anderson, Alexander (b. Great Britain, 1775; to Jersey City)

Or on a chevron Gules between three hawk's heads erased Sable three acorns slipped Argent, on a canton Argent three martlets [tincture not indicated]

Bookplate made by himself. Vermont blazons the canton Sable and the martlets Argent; Bolton follows him but puts the tinctures of the canton in brackets.

Vermont,Bolton
Anderson, John (of Watertown, Mass, 1700)

Or on a chevron Gules between three hawk's heads erased Sable three acorns slipped Argent, on a canton Sable three martlets Argent

Crozier 1
Anderson, Thomas (of Gloucester Co, Va, 1634)

Or on a chevron Gules between three hawks’ heads Sable three acorns slipped Argent.

Crozier 1
Andrews (?)

Argent on a chevron engrailed between three mullets Gules three quatrefoils [tincture not indicated].

Engraved on a silver teapot made by Jacob Hurd, a silver mug by Thomas Edwards, and a silver chocolate pot by Zachariah Brigden, all working in Boston in the mid-1700s.

Bolton
1. Andrews, John (from Essex to Ipswich, Mass., by 1643)
2. Andrews, Edward (to Farmington, R.I., by 1640)
3. Andrews, John (in Providence, 1751)

Gules on a saltire Or another saltire Vert.

Arms of Andrews of Winwick and Charwelton, Northants.
3. Tombstone of Abigail (d. 1751), wife of John Andrews, Old North Churchyard, Providence.

1. Matthews, Crozier 1, Vermont
2. Crozier 1
3. Zieber, Vermont, Bolton
Andrews, John (from Wales to Boston, c. 1663)

Argent two keys endorsed bendwise Or interlaced with a sword bendwise sinister Azure.

Matthews
Andrews, Robert (of Maryland, 1654)

Azure a cross Ermine between four fleurs-de-lis Or

Crozier 2
Andros, Sir Edward (in New York by 1674)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent on a chevron Gules between three leopard's faces Sable three towers triple-towered Or (Saumarez), 2nd and 3rd Gules a saltire Or surmounted of another Vert, on a chief Argent three mullets Sable (Andros)

Governor of New York (1674-81), of New England (1686-89), and of Virginia; d. 1714. Seigneur de Saumarez in Guernsey. Engraved on a paten impaling the arms his second wife, Elizabeth Crisp, Quarterly, 1st and 4th Ermine a fess checky Argent and Sable; 2nd and 3rd Or on a chevron Sable five horseshoes Argent.

NEHGS #253, Bolton
Andrus, John (in Farmington, Conn., 1635)

Argent on a chevron engrailed Gules between three mullets Vert three quatrefoils pierced Or.

Matthews
Anterroches, Joseph Louis, Comte d' (of Elizabethtown, NJ; d. 1814)

Azure on a bend between two crosses couped Or, each cantoned by four plates, three ermine spots Sable, over all a chief wavy of six Sable and Argent.

Born Auvergne, France.

NEHGS #260
Anthony [Antonides], Allard (b. 1620; in New Amsterdam before 1664)

Gules a boar's head couped close reversed proper.

One of the magistrates of New Amsterdam; arms on painting in the New York Historical Society, ca 1746.
Antill, Edward (b. Piscataqua, N.J., 1742; d. Canada, 1789)

Azure a saltire Argent in chief a mullet.

Bookplate. Brother of John and Lewis Antill, above.

Bolton, Allen's Amer. Bookplates
1. Antill, Maj John (b. 1744, Piscataqua, N.J.; d. 1816, Canada)
2. Antill, Dr. Lewis (b. 1746, Piscataqua, N.J.; d. 1777 at sea)

Gules a saltire Or in chief a crescent [tincture not indicated].

1. Bookplate, with label for difference.
2. Bookplate.
John and Lewis Antill were brothers.

Bolton
Applegate, Thomas (of Weymouth, Mass., 1635)

Azure a chevron Or between three owls Argent, in chief a fleur-de-lis Ermine

Crozier 1
Appleton, Col Samuel (b. 1653; d. 1725, Ipswich, Mass.)

Argent a chevron between three pine-apples (pine cones) Gules

Arms on his tomb, Old North Burying Ground, Ipswich. Second son of Samuel Appleton above.

Bolton
Appleton, Samuel (in Ipswich, Mass., 1635)

Argent a fess sable between three apples Gules slipped and leaved Vert

Son of Thomas Appleton of Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, Eng. So given by William Sumner Appleton in the Heraldic Journal.

Matthews, Crozier 1, Vermont, NEHGS #2
Apsley, Alice (d. Saybrook, Conn, ca 1645)

Argent three bars Gules a canton Ermine

Daughter of Sir Edward Apsley of Thacombe, Sussex, and wife of George Fenwick (to Connecticut 1639)

NEHGS #439
1. Apthorp, Charles (b. Kent, Eng., 1698; to Boston 1725; d. 1758)
2. Apthorp, East (Massachusetts, 1733-1816)
3. Apthorp, J. T.
4. Apthorp, Thomas (d. 1741)
5. Apthorp, John

Per pale nebuly Argent and Azure two mullets in fess counterchanged.

1. Son of John Apthorp of Bexley, Kent (Crozier gives place of origin as Cornwall). Gore Roll of Arms shows these arms impaled with Mansbridge as arms of Mary Apthorp, widow of Charles Apthorp, Boston, 1709. Zieber shows drawing of, and Bolton describes, memorial tablet/tombstone at King's Chapel, Boston, with no mullets and field divided Argent and Sable (impaled to dexter with a coat Checky Ermine and Gules. Vermont cites tombstone, depicts arms with mullets in pale, field Argent and Sable, but blazons mullets pierced in fess, with field Argent and Azure.
2. Bookplate dated 1761 (with a martlet in dexter chief for difference)
3. Bookplate
4. Bookplate
5. Bookplate in book published 1758.

1. Vermont,Matthews, Zieber, Crozier 1,Bolton
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
4. Bolton
5. Bolton
Archdeacon, S. (Delaware, 1700s)

Argent three chevronels Sable.

Bookplate.
Archer, Col William (of Amelia Co, Va, 1743)

Azure three arrows Argent

Arms on bookplate

Crozier 2, Bolton
Archer, John (granted Manor of Fordham, N.Y., 1671)

Azure three arrows palewise Or

Grandson of Humphrey Archer of Umberslade; main Umberslade line extinct 1778.

Vermont
Armistead, William (of Virginia, ca 1635)

Or a chevron between three spearpoints Sable tasseled in the middle

Crozier 2
Armstrong, Jonathan (of Westerly, R.I., 1650)

Sable, three dexter arms conjoined at the shoulders and flexed in triangle Or, cuffed Argent, hands clenched Proper

Crozier 1
Armstrong, Thomas (of Northumberland Co, Pa, 1750)

Gules three dexter arms vambraced Argent hands Proper

Crozier 1
Arnold, Maj Gen Benedict (Norwich, Conn, 1741-London, 1801)

Gules three pheons on a chief Or a bar nebuly Gules.

The traitor. The arms are impaled on the bookplate of his son-in-law, Col Pownall Phipps. Bolton blazons the bar nebuly "of the second," which would be Or. He was the grandson of the Benedict Arnold, d. 1727, #2, in the entry above.

Bolton
1. Arnold, Thomas (of Watertown, Mass, 1635)
2. Arnold, Benedict (d. Providence, 1727)
3. Arnold, Oliver (d. Providence, 1770)

Gules a chevron Ermine between three pheons Or.

2. Tombstone, Newport, R.I.
3. Tombstone, Old North Churchyard, Providence. Same arms as Arnold of Polebrook, Northants.

1. Crozier 1, Vermont
3. Vermont, Bolton
Arnold, William (of Providence, 1636)

[Quarterly, 1st & 4th?] Per pale Azure and Sable three fleurs-de-lis Or (Ynyr), [2nd & 3rd?] Gules a chevron Ermine between three pheons Or (Arnold)

Crozier states William was descended from Ynyr, King of Gwent. He doesn’t specify if these arms are to be quartered or impaled.

Crozier 1
Artaguiette d'Iron, Jean-Dominique d' (d. near Columbus, Miss, 1736)

Per pale, dexter Azure three ducks contourny 1 and 2 Sable marked Argent, the two in base with their bills tucked under their dexter wings; sinister Argent a wolf passant Gules

French officer in Louisiana; commander of Mobile, 1724; killed on expedition against Chickasaws

Armorial du Canada français
Asfordby, William (Saltfleetby, Lincs, 1638-Marbletown, N.Y., 1698)

Or a saltire engrailed Sable

NEHGS #381
Ashby, John (of Boston, 1749)

Azure a chevron Ermine between three leopards’ faces Or

Crozier 1
Ashhurst, Richard (b. 1784, Philadelphia)

Gules a cross between four fleurs-de-lis Or.

Grandson of Richard Lewis Ashhurst, Lancashire. Crozier says fleurs-de-lis sometimes shown Argent.

Matthews, Crozier 1
Ashly, Robert (of Springfield, Mass., 1638)

Argent, a lion rampant Sable

Crozier 1
1. Ashton, James (of Virginia, 1680)
2. Ashton, Col. Henry (b. 1671; d. 1731, Nominy Creek, Va)

Argent a mullet Sable.

2. Arms on tombstone.

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 2, Bolton
Aspinwall, William (of Charlestown, Mass., 1630)

Or, a chevron between three griffins’ heads erased Sable

Crozier 1
1. Assheton, Robert (to Pennsylvania 1699; d. Philadelphia, 1727)
2. Assheton, William (of Pennsylvania, 1718)
3. Assheton, Ralph (Philadelphia, 1695-1745)
4. Assheton, Dr Ralph (Philadelphia, 1736-73)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent a mullet and a canton Sable (for Assheton); 2nd and 3rd Argent a mascle within a bordure engrailed Sable (for Shepley)

1. Provincial Councillor; cousin of William Penn.
2. Bookplate. Son of Robert Assheton, #1.
3. Silver coffee pot by Le Roux; son of Robert Assheton, #1.
4. Bookplate. Son of Ralph Assheton, #3.

1. NEHGS #566
2. Bolton
Aston, Walter (of Charles City Co, Va, 1628)

Argent a fess and in chief three lozenges Sable

Crozier 1, Crozier 2, NEHGS #308
Athawes (Athow), Samuel (of Virginia, 1799)

Sable on a chevron between three carpenters’ squares points to dexter Or (Argent?), a pillow.

Arms on bookplate.

Bolton1
Atherton, Humphrey (in Dorchester, Mass., 1637, from Winwick, Lancs.)

Gules three sparrow-hawks argent, belled and jessed Or.

Matthews, Crozier 1
Atkins, Joseph (of Newburyport, Mass, 1728)

Argent a cross between four mullets all within a tressure flory Sable

Hypothetical resconstruction from Crozier's blazon: "Argent a cross Sable, a tressure of a half fleur-de-lis between four mullets Sable." Other Atkins arms are similar without the tressure.

Crozier 1
Atkinson, Henry (prob. of Massachusetts, mid-1700s)

Azure a cross voided between three lions rampant Or.

Bookplate by Nathaniel Hurd, working 1750-75.

Bolton
Atkinson, ----- (prob. Massachusetts, mid-1700s)

Argent a bend Azure between in chief an eagle's [?] head erased Gules and in base a fleur-de-lis Or.

Painting in style of Nathaniel Hurd (working ca. 1750-75), as of 1927 in the collection of the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

Bolton
Atkinson, Roger (of Virginia, ca 1750)

Argent, a double-headed eagle displayed Sable, on a chief Gules a rose between two martlets Or.

Arms on silver salver.

Crozier 2, Bolton
1. Atkinson, Theodore (of Boston, 1635)
2. Atkinson, Theodore (of Massachusetts, ca 1750)
3. Atkinson, William King (prob. of Boston, 1764-1820)

Vert a cross voided between four lions rampant Or

2. Bookplate by Nathaniel Hurd, ca. 1750-75.
3. Bookplate by Joseph Callender.

1. Crozier 1
2 Bolton
3. Bolton
Atlee, William Augustus (b. Philadelphia, 1735; later of Lancaster, Pa; d. 1793)

Azure a lion rampant Argent

Bookplate

Crozier 1,Bolton
Atwater, David (of New Haven, 1638)

Sable a fess wavy Azure between three swans Proper

Crozier 1
Atwell, John (of Casco Bay, Me., 1640)

Argent a pile in point Sable, and a chevron counterchanged

Crozier 1
Atwood, Harry (mid-late 1700s)

Gules a lion rampant Argent within an orle of eight acorns Or.

Bookplate.

Allen's Amer. Bookplates
Austin, Richard (of Charlestown, Mass, 1638)

Gules a chevron between three long crosses Or

Crozier 1
Austin, Richard (of Charlestown, Mass. 1638)

Argent on a fess between two chevrons Sable three crosses-crosslet Argent, within a bordure Argent a wreath of laurel and roses Proper

See alternative arms below.

Matthews
Avery, Dr. William (of Dedham, Mass, 1650)

Gules a chevron between three roundels Or.

Hatchment on wood, said to have been brought from England by Dr. Avery but first mentioned 1750. Seal on will of Joseph Dammer of Dorchester, Mass., 1721, apparently belonging to William Avery, one of the witnesses.

NEHGS #268, 2 Her. Jl. 184
Avis, Thomas (of Boston, ca 1770)

Per pale Gules and Argent a lion rampant [tincture not given]

Arms on tankard made by Paul Revere, 1770, impaling Sable on a chevron Or between three arrows palewise points to chief three roundels [unidentified].

Bolton
Axtell, William (Jamaica, NY, 1720-Surrey, Eng, 1791)

Azure a chevron Argent between three talbots passant Or

Bookplate
Ayer, John (of Newbury, Mass, 1635)

Gules three covered cups Argent

Crozier 1
Aylwin, Thomas (Romsey, Hamps, ca 1729-Quebec, 1791)

Argent a fess nebuly Gules between three lions rampant Sable.

Bookplate; in Boston as of 1771.

Bolton
Azure an eagle displayed Argent armed and membered Or

1. Parke, Daniel (Norfolk, Eng, 1628-York Co, Va, 1679)
2. Parke, Daniel (York Co, Va, 1669-Antigua, 1710)

1. In Virginia by 1652; member of the Council, Secretary of the Colony.
2. Son of Daniel Parke, #1. Member of the Council, 1695-97; royal governor of the Leeward Islands, 1707-10. Arms engraved on his portrait.