American Heraldry Society

ROLL OF EARLY AMERICAN ARMS - B

ARM NAME BLAZON COMMENTS SOURCE
Backhouse, W. (late 18th century)

Per saltire Or and Azure a saltire Ermine.

Bookplate

Bolton
1. Backus, William (of Norwich, Conn., 1637)
2. Backus, Elijah (New London, 1759-Kaskaskia, Ill., 1811)

Azure a chevron Ermine between three doves Argent

2. Bookplate.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
Bacon, Nathaniel (d. 1692, York County, Va)

Argent on a fess engrailed between three escutcheons Gules as many mullets Argent pierced Sable

Crozier describes these arms as being on Nathaniel Bacon's tomb, but the blazon is apparently a mistake for the arms given above.

Crozier 2
Bacon, Nathaniel (of King's Creek, York Co, Va.; d. 1692)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules on a chief Argent two mullets pierced Sable, 2nd and 3rd Or two bars Azure over all a bend Gules (Quappelade)

On tombstone originally in York Co, now at Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg

Bolton, Crozier 1
Bacon, Nathaniel (of King's Creek, York Co, Va.; d. 1692)

Gules on a chief Argent two mullets pierced Sable.

President of the Council, acting governor 1689. These are the paternal arms; see below.

NEHGS #472,Vermont
Bagley, John (arr New England, 1750)

Or three lozenges Azure.

Matthews,Crozier 1
Bailey, Richard (of Rowley, Mass, 1630)

Ermine three bars wavy Sable

Crozier 1
Bailey, Roger (b. 1552; presumed d. 1587)

Gules a cross paty between four fusils Argent

One of the assistant governors of the Roanoke Island "Lost Colony," collectively granted arms by Garter King of Arms prior to the voyage
Bainbridge, Christopher (in New England, 1635)

Argent a chevron embattled between three battle-axes Sable.

Matthews
Bainton, Anne (Mrs. Christopher Batt; to Newburyport, Mass., 1638)

Sable a bend fusilly Argent.

B. 1602; will dated 1679.

NEHGS #508
Baker, Henry (Virginia?)

Argent on a fess nebuly between three keys Sable a tower triple-towered Argent.

Seal on deed, W&M Qtly 4:269

Bolton
Baker, Thomas (of Roxbury, Mass, 1635)

Azure [sic; probably an error for Argent] on a saltire engrailed Sable, five escallops Azure, on a chief Sable, a lion passant Azure

Crozier 1
Baker, William (Boston?)

Sable a griffin segreant Ermine gorged with a coronet Or.

Painting in style of John Coles (working 1800-13)

Bolton
1. Balche, John (in Massachusetts, 1629)
2. Balche, Rev. Thomas (to Maryland by 1690)
3. Balch, Thomas Willing (b. Philadelphia)

Barry of six Or and Azure on a bend engrailed Gules three spear heads Argent.

Recorded at visitation of Somersetshire, 1623.
2. Desc. of William Balch of Higham, Somt.

1. Vermont, Crozier 1
2. Vermont, Crozier 1
3.Matthews, Bolton
1. Baldwin, Edward (d. 1759, Brogdens, Md)
2. Baldwin, Samuel (St. Leonards, Md)
3. Baldwin, Sylvester (d. en route to America 1638)

Argent a chevron Ermines between three hazel sprigs Vert.

2. Tombstone, St. Leonards, Md.
3. From Aston Clinton, Bucks.; sons settled in Connecticut.

1.Matthews
2.Bolton
3.Vermont
1. Baldwin, Isaac (Boston, abt 1761)
2. Baldwin, Luke (Boston, late 1700s)
3. Baldwin, Jonathan (Boston, late 1700s)

Argent a chevron Ermine between three sprigs of oak proper.

1. Painting by Benjamin Hurd in collection of Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Impaling Jenison (Azure a bend Or bewtween two swans Argent).
2. Bookplate by Callender (working in Boston circa 1770-1800).
3. Bookplate by Callender (working in Boston circa 1770-1800).
Baldwin, Rev. Thomas (Boston, ca. 1825)

Argent a chevron Ermines between three oak branches proper.

Water color in style of John Coles. Impaled with Azure a harpy with her wings extended her hair flowing Or (for Huntington).

Bolton
Baldwin, Richard (of Milford, Conn, 1665)

Argent three pairs of oak leaves Vert pendant from stems Sable.

Crozier 1
Baldwin, Samuel (of Windsor, Mass, 1639)

Gules a griffin segreant Or

Crozier 1
1. Ball, Col William (d. Lancaster Co, Va, 1680)
2. Ball, Edward (of Branford, Conn, 1667)

Argent a lion passant and on a chief Sable three mullets Argent

Arms painted on vellum.

1. Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton
2. Crozier 1
Ballentine, William (of Boston, 1652)

On a cross between four mullets a sword erect [tinctures uncertain]

Crozier blazons "Argent on a cross between four mullets a sword erect Argent hilted and pommelled Or.

Crozier 1
Ball, Flamen (New York, 1761-1816)

Argent a lion passant on a chief Sable three stars of six points Argent.

Bookplate by P. R. Maverick.

Bolton, Allen's Amer. Bookplates
Ball, Joseph (of Philadelphia, 1790)

Azure [Argent?] a chevron between three fireballs Sable fired Proper.

Arms on bookplate.

Bolton
Ballord, William (late 1700s?)

Argent a lion passant Sable, on a chief Azure three stars of six points Or

Bookplate. Similar to arms of Ball, above.

Bolton
1. Ball, Richard (Lancaster Co, Va, 1695)
2. Ball, David (Lancaster Co, Va, 1695)
3. Ball, Hannah (Lancaster Co, Va, 1695)

A bend between two lions rampant each holding a ball in the dexter paw [tinctures not indicated]

Seals

Bolton
1. Bancker, Evert (New York, 1721-1803)
2. Bancker, Abraham (Staten Island, N.Y., d. ca. 1810)
3. Bancker, Gerard (New York, 1770s)
4. Bancker, Charles N. (b. New York, 1778; to Philadelphia, 1811)

Argent a figure 4 resting on an ornate bar couped Gules.

1. Bookplate
2. Bookplate by Maverick (c. 1800)
3. Bookplate by Dawkins (c. 1778)
4. Bookplate by Jones.

Bolton, Allen, Am. Bookplates
1. Bancroft, John (of Lynn, Mass, 1632)
2. Bancroft, Capt. Edmund (b. 1726; d. 1806, Pepperell, Mass)
3. Bancroft, John (of Wilmington, Del, 1822)

Or on a bend between six crosses-crosslet Azure three garbs Or

2. Painting owned by Edmund Bancroft.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
3. NEHGS #338
Bangs, Edward (b. 1592; to Plymouth, Mass., 1623)

Sable a cross engrailed Ermine between four fleurs-de-lis Or.

b. Chichester, Sussex

Matthews
Banister, Lt Col John (Petersburg, Va, 1734-Dinwiddie Co, Va, 1788

Argent a cross flory Sable in chief a label of five points Or

Member, Continental Congress; signer of Articles of Confederation; arms on bookplate. Bolton incorrectly blazons arms on the bookplate with the label of three points Gules.

Bolton
Banks, James (b. 1709; in Newark, N.J., 1729)

Sable a cross engrailed Or between four fleurs-de-lis Argent.

b. Northfield, Yorks.

Matthews
Barberie, P. (in New York, 1714)

A chevron between three griffins' [or eagles'] heads erased [tinctures not indicated]

Seal on letter

Bolton
Barber, Nicholas (of Portsmouth, NH, 1759)

Or two chevronels and in chief three fleurs-de-lis Gules.

Crozier 1
1. Barclay, Andrew (Albany, 1719-New York, 1775)
2. Barclay, Col Thomas (New York, 1753-1830)

Gules a chevron Or between three crosses paty Argent

1. Bookplate.
2. Memorial tablet, St. Paul's Chapel, New York. Nephew of Andrew Barclay, #1.
See variant above

Bolton, NYGBR 1:21
1. Barclay, Andrew (Albany, 1719-New York, 1775)
2. Barclay, Col Thomas (New York, 1753-1830)

Argent a chevron between three crosses paty [Gules?]

1. Bookplate.
2. Memorial tablet, St. Paul's Chapel, New York. Nephew of Andrew Barclay, #1.
See variant below

Bolton
1. Barclay, James (in Bucks Co, Pa, 1722; d. 1792)
2. Barclay, John (Perth Amboy, N.J., 1731)

Azure a chevron between three crosses paty Argent.

1. From Suffolk, Eng. 2. From Urie, Scot. See alternative arms below.

1.Matthews,Crozier 1
2.Crozier 1
Barclay, John (Perth Amboy, N.J., 1731)

Azure a chevron in chief three crosses paty Argent

See alternative arms above

NEHGS #124
Barclay, John (Perth Amboy, NJ, 1731; see above)

Gules a chevron between three crosses paty Argent

Desc. of Barclay of Urie, Scot., whose pronominal arms are the same but with a field Azure. See alternative arms above and below.

Vermont
Bard, Dr. Samuel (living late 18th century)

Sable on a chevron between ten martlets contourny, 4-2 in chief, 1-2-1 in base Argent, five pellets.

Bookplate. Dr. Bard was physician to George Washington.

Bolton
Bard, Pierre (of New York, 1706)

Sable on a chevron between ten martlets Argent, 4-2 in chief, 1-2-1 in point, five pellets

Crozier 1
Barham, Capt Charles (in James City and Surry Cos, Va, by 1654)

Argent a fess Gules between three bears passant Sable muzzled Or

Born ca. 1626 in Kent; d. 1683. As recorded by NEHGS Committee on Heraldry, but see below.

NEHGS #457
Barham, Capt Charles (in James City and Surry Cos, Va, by 1654)

Argent on a fess Gules between three bears passant Sable muzzled Or a fleur-de-lis between two martlets Or

Confirmed to his grandfather Robert Barham of Boughton Monchelsea at the 1619 visitation of Kent.
Barker, James (of Rhode Island, 1634)

Azure five escallops in cross Or.

Arms granted 1582, Worcester, England.

Crozier 1
Barker, Robert (of Ipswich, Mass, 1718)

Per fess nebuly Vert and Sable three martlets Or overall a canton Ermine

Gore Roll of Arms dated 1718

Gore
1. Barlowe, Henry (Norfolk Co, Va., 1652)
2. Barlow, Joel (b. Windsor, Conn., 1756)

Argent on a chevron engrailed between three cross-crosslets fitchy Sable two lions combatant Argent.

1. From Southampton, Hants.

1.NEHGS 431
2. Matthews,Crozier 1
Barnard, John (of Boston, 1634)

Azure on a fess Argent three dolphins all within a bordure engrailed Gules.

Crozier 1
Barnard, Rev. John (of Marblehead, Mass, 1748)

Argent a bear rampant Sable muzzled Or.

Arms engraved on flagon; see similar arms of Bernard, below.

Bolton
Barnes, Stephen (of Southampton, N.Y., and Branford, Conn., 1700)

Quarterly Or and Vert.

Matthews,Crozier 1
Barnet, William (d. Mecklenburg Co, N.C., 1785)

Quarterly, 1st a bird close contourny; 2nd a garb and a scythe palewise in fess; 3rd two arrows in saltire points upward; 4th a bird displayed wings inverted.

Tombstone at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, Charlotte; probably devised by the stonecutter.
Barnwell, Col John (to South Carolina, 1701)

Ermine a bordure engrailed Gules.

From Dublin; arms on his seal.

Bolton
Barradall, Edward (d. Virginia, 1743)

On a bend three pheons [possibly fleurs-de-lis] an annulet for difference.

Tombstone, Bruton Churchyard, Williamsburg, Va

Bolton
Barrell, Joseph (Boston, 1739-1804)

Ermine on a chief Sable three talbots’ heads erased Argent.

Arms on bookplate (with an annulet for difference), a watercolor in the collection of the Maine Historical Society, and painted on vellum quartered with arms of Fitch.

Bolton
1. Barrett, Humphrey (of Concord, Mass, 1640)
2. Barrett, Col. Joseph (d. 1779, Concord, Mass)
3. Barrett, Col. Nathan (d. 1791, Concord, Mass)

Ermine on a fess Gules three lions rampant Or.

2. Arms on tomb.
3. Arms on tombstone.

Crozier 1, Bolton
Barrett, John (of Portsmouth, NH, ca 1761)

Ermine on a fess Azure three lions rampant [Or?]

Engraved on silver mug impaled with arms of Gerrish.

Bolton
Barrett, Margaret (Mrs Simon Huntington; to Roxbury, Mass, by 1635)

Argent a bend Azure between three lozenge-shaped buckles Gules.

Later Mrs. Thomas Stoughton; to Windsor, Conn, by 1636.

NEGHS #490
Barr, John (of Lancaster County, Pa, 1718)

Azure a bend between two stars Argent

Crozier 1
Barron, Elizeus (of Woodbridge, NJ, 1705)

Gules a chevron Argent between three garbs Or.

Crozier 1
Barron, Ellis (of Watertown, Mass, 1640)

Ermine on a saltire Gules five annulets Or.

Crozier 1
Barry, John, 1763, Maryland (b. Ireland)

Argent three bars gemels Gules.

Crozier 1
Barthe, Pierre (of Detroit, ca 1750)

Or four pallets Gules

NEHGS #302
Bartholomew, William (of Boston, 1634)

Argent a chevron engrailed between three lions rampant Sable.

Crozier 1
1. Bartlett, John (of Newbury, Mass, 1635)
2. Bartlett, Thomas (of Watertown, Mass, 1634)
3. Bartlett, Richard (of Newbury, Mass, 1634)

Sable three falconers’ sinister gloves pendant Argent tasseled Or.

John’s arms blazoned “banded and tasseled Or”

1., 2., 3. Crozier 1
3., 4. Matthews
Bartlett, Josiah (Amesbury, Mass, 1729-Kingston, NH, 1795)

Quarterly, 1st Tierced per fess Or three martlets Sable, Vert a chevron Argent, and checky Argent and Gules; 2nd and 3rd Gules on a bend Argent fimbriated Sable five cinquefoils Vert; 4th Vert above a fess abased Argent and Gules a chevron Argent on a chief Or three martlets Sable

From a water-color on a document in Bartlett's hand. Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Bartlett, Robert (b. 1603, England; d. Plymouth, Mass, 1676)

Azure three doves wings expanded Argent.

Matthews
1. Barton, Dr. John (Salem, Mass., 1672)
2. Barton, Thomas (Salem, Mass., d. 1751)

Ermine on a fess Gules three annulets Or.

1. Arms on parchment.
2. Tombstone, Burying Point Cem, Salem (last inscription on stone 1815)

Matthews, Crozier 1, Bolton
Barton, Rev. Thomas (to Pennsylvania abt 1751; d. New York, 1780)

Argent three boars' heads couped close Gules.

B. Carrickmacross Castle, co. Monaghan, Irl. Crozier describes the boars as armed Argent.

NEHGS #530, Crozier 1
Barton, Thomas (of Newport, RI, 1761)

Argent an anchor Azure placed in the sea proper between two mullets all within a bordure Azure.

Crozier 1
Bartow, Rev. John (of New York, 1702)

Or on a bend Sable between six annulets Gules three plates

Crozier 1
Bartram, John (Pennsylvania, 1699-1777)

Gules on an escutcheon Or within an orle of eight crosses paty Argent a thistle head Sable.

Bookplate. Painting of arms mentioned in Crèvecœur's Letters from an American Farmer (1784)

Bolton
Bascom, Thomas (of Hartford, 1634)

Gules a chevron between three bats displayed Sable [sic]

Crozier 1
Baskerville, John (Goostrey, Cheshire, 1637-York Co, Va, 1679)

Argent a chevron Gules between three roundels Azure

See alternative arms above.

Crozier 1
Baskerville, John (Goostrey, Cheshire, 1637-York Co, Va, 1679)

Argent three roundels Azure

Confirmed at the 1663 visitation of Cheshire. See alternative arms below.

NEHGS #344
Bassett, Col William (Virginia, 1671-1723)

Or three bars wavy Gules

Arms on tombstone, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond. Also on a silver candlestick.

Bolton, Crozier 2
Batchelder, Henry (of Ipswich, Mass, 1636)

Or a fess between three dragons’ heads couped close bendwise Sable.

Granted to Daniel Batchelor of Aston Clinton, Berks, 1606; Henry Batchelder was born in Kent.

Crozier 1
Batcheldor, John (in Middlesex Co, Va, 1695)

A double-headed eagle displayed [tinctures not indicated]

Seal on his will at Urbanna, Va, dated 1695.

Bolton
1. Bate[s], James (Lydd, Kent, 1582-Dorchester, Mass, 1655)
2. Bate[s], Clement (Lydd, Kent, 1595-Hingham, Mass, 1671)

Sable a fess between three dexter hands couped bendwise, two and one, Argent

NEHGS #285
Bathurst, Lancelot (of New Kent Co, Va, 1683)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Sable two bars Ermine in chief three crosses paty Or; 2nd and 3rd Gules a chevron between three lances Argent.

Crozier 2
Bathurst, Sir Francis, Bt (to Georgia, 1733)

Azure two bars in chief three crosses paty Or

NEHGS #618
1. Batt[e], Henry (of Virginia, 1668)
2. Batt[e], William (of Virginia, 1643)
3. Batt[e], John (of Virginia, 1667)

Argent a fess Sable between three bats proper

Brothers from Okewell, Yorks. See alternative arms above.

NEHGS #298
1. Batt, William (Virginia, 1643)
2. Batt, Thomas (Virginia, 1667)

Argent a chevron between three bats displayed Sable.

Descendants of Batt of Okewell, Yorks. See alternative arms below.
2. Brother of William Batt, #1.

Matthews, Crozier 2
1. Bayard, Peter (Petrus) (New York, 1674)
2. Bayard, Samuel (Pennsylvania, 1638)

Azure a chevron between three escallops Or.

1. Matthews, Crozier 1
2. Crozier 1
Bayard, Samuel (New York, 1700s?)

Azure on a chief Argent a lion issuant Gules overall a cotise Or

Bookplate

NYG&BR 65:348
1. Baynton, Peter (of Burlington, NJ, 1743)
2. Baynton, Jane (d. 1822, Burlington, NJ)
3. Baynton, Rebecca (d. 1825, Burlington, NJ)

Sable four lozenges conjoined in bend Argent

2., 3. Arms on their tombstones, Christ Church, Philadelphia, and St. Mary's Churchyard Burlington. Bolton states they were related to Peter.

1. Crozier 1, Bolton
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
Beach, ---- (Massachusetts, early 1700s?)

Gules three lions passant Or debruised by a bend Sable charged with three stags's heads caboshed Or.

Tricked drawing in Gore Roll of Arms.
Beale, Capt Thomas, Jr. (Richmond Co, Va, 1649-79)

Sable on a chevron between three griffins’ heads erased Argent three estoiles Gules.

Arms on tomb at Chestnut Hill, Richmond Co, Va.

Bolton, Crozier 2
Beall, Col. Ninian (b. ca 1625, Scotland; d. 1717, Prince George Co, Md)

Sable a chevron between three wolves’ heads erased Argent.

Matthews
Beatty, Col John (Princeton, NJ, 1749-1826)

Argent a beehive beset by bees proper

Bookplate.

Bolton
Beatty, Rev Charles Clinton (of Cape Cod, Mass, 1729, later in New York and Pennsylvania)

Azure a beehive beset by bees Or

NEHGS #226
Beaujeu, Daniel-Liénard de (Montreal, 1708-Pittsburgh, 1755)

Or a lion rampant Sable armed, langued and debruised of a label of five points Gules

French commander at Detroit, 1750, and Fort Duquesne, 1755; killed at the Battle of Monongahela

Armorial du Canada français
Beck, Charles (Cambridge, Mass, ca 1820)

Sable two quill pens in saltire nibs downward Argent.

Bookplate

Bolton
Beckwith, George (of St. Joseph on the Patuxent, Md, d. 1675)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent a chevron between three hinds' heads erased Gules, a crescent for difference; 2nd and 3rd Argent a fess Gules between three trefoils slipped Azure, a crescent for difference (for Frost of Acton)

See unquartered version above.

NEHGS #392a
1. Beckwith, George (of St. Joseph on the Patuxent, Md, d. 1675)
2. Beckwith, Sir Marmaduke (of Richmond County, Va, 1748)

Argent a chevron between three hinds’ heads erased Gules.

1. From Featherstone, Yorks; with a crescent for difference. See quartered version below.
2. On silver waiter quartered with arms of Butler.

1. NEHGS #392
2. Crozier 1, Crozier 2
Beckwith, Matthew (of Connecticut, 1635)

Argent a chevron Gules fretty Or between three hinds’ heads erased Gules, on a chief engrailed Gules a saltire between two roses Argent.

Crozier 1
Bedford, Gunning (d. 1812, Wilmington, Del)

Argent three lions’ gambs couped erect within a bordure (engrailed?) Sable

Arms on his monument, Market Street Churchyard, Wilmington.

Bolton
Bedlow, William (New York, d. 1798

A fess wavy between a tower triple-towered in chief and a monogram of the letters BL in base [tinctures not indicated]

Bookplate. Bedlow was the owner of Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island).

Bolton
Bee(c)kman, Lt. Wilhelmus (1623-1707, to New York, 1647)

Azure a bend wavy Argent between two roses Or.

From Hasselt Oberyssel, Neth. Arms on wax seal (with a crescent for difference), silver tankard, and signet ring.

Matthews,Bolton, NEHGS #95, Crozier 1, NYG&BR 64:358-59
Beekman, James (New York, 1732-1807)

Or a bend wavy Azure between in chief a heron's head erased Sable and a rose Gules and in base a second rose Gule.

Painted on coach, built 1771, and polychromed wood carving circa 1760-1770, both in collection of New York Historical Society. Also engraved on silver and painted on porcelain table ware. The family added the heron's head to the arms above in the 18th century.

NYG&BR 64:358-59
1. Belcher, Andrew (in Charlestown, Mass, 1717)
2. Belcher, Gov. Jonathan (b. 1682, Cambridge, Mass; d. 1757)
3. Belcher, Jonathan (b. 1710, Boston)
4. Bel-Chier, J. (late 1700s?)

Or three pallets Gules a chief Vair.

1. Gore Roll of Arms and seal on his will.
2. Governor of Massachusetts Bay, 1730-41; Governor of New Jersey, 1747-57; arms on his portrait (painted 1724 or 1734), Massachusetts State House, and seal on letter dated 1735.
3. Arms on his bookplate and on Price's "Plan of Boston," printed 1769.
4. Bookplate, with a label for difference; possibly not American.

1. Gore Roll, Matthews
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
4. Bolton
Belcher, Edward (in Boston, 1630)

Paly [of six] Or and Gules a chief Vair

NEHGS #283
Belknap, Abraham (of Lynn, Mass, 1637)

Azure on a bend cotised Argent three eagles displayed Azure

Crozier 1
Bellas, Hugh (of Philadelphia, 1717)

Argent a chevron Gules between two fleurs-de-lis in chief and an eagle in base Azure.

Crozier 1
1. Bell, ----- (Boston, ca 1720)
2. Bell, William (of Newport, R.I., 1737)

Azure a fess Ermine between three bells Or.

1. Gore Roll of Arms
2. Tombstone of his wife Martha (d. 1737), Newport

2. Her. Jl.
1. Bellingham, Gov. Richard (b. 1590, Boston, Lincs.; to Massachusetts, 1634)
2. Bellingham, William (in Boston by 1643; d. Rowley, Mass., 1650)
3. Bellingham, William

Argent three bugle horns Sable garnished Or.

1. Son of William Bellingham of Brombe Wood, Lincs.
2. Younger brother of Richard Bellingham, #1.
3. Son of Richard Bellingham, #1. Seal on deed signed 1650.

1.Matthews,Crozier 1,NEHGS #259
2.NEHGS #259
3.Bolton,Vermont
Bellows, John (of Boston, 1635)

Sable fretty Or on a chevron Azure three lions’ heads erased Or

Crozier 1
Bell, William (d. 1737, Newport, RI)

Azure a chevron Ermine between three bells Or.

Vermont (and Bolton, citing Vermont) attribute these arms to a memorial to William Bell in Newport dated 1737, but the stone is actually the tomb of his wife Martha and bears a fess, not a chevron; see above.

Crozier 1, Bolton, Vermont
Benham, John (to Dorchester, Mass., 1630)

Ermine a fess dancetty Sable.

From Benham House, Berks.

Matthews
Benjamin, John (1598-1645; to Cambridge, Mass., 1632)

Or on a saltire quarter-pierced Sable five annulets counterchanged.

From Bristol

Matthews,Crozier 1
Bennett, Richard (b. 1609, Wiveliscombe, Somt; d. 1675)

Or three demilions rampant Gules

Governor of Virginia, 1652-55; arms on his daughter’s tomb, impaled with Bland.

Crozier 1, Bolton
Bennett, Richard (Kent Co, Md, 1667-1749)

[Gules] a roundel [Argent] between three demi-lions rampant [Or]

Tinctures conjectural. On his tombstone at Morgan's Neck, Kent Co. Grandson of Gov Richard Bennett, above.
Bennett, Thomas (of New York, 1812)

Per bend dancetty Argent and Sable a bend between two martlets counterchanged

Crozier 1
Benneville, George de (of Philadelphia, 1741)

Argent two lions passant Gules

Arms of the Norman fiefdom of Bonneville

Crozier 1
Benney, John (of Pittsburgh, 1747)

Argent a bend Sable between a cinquefoil Gules and a sword palewise Azure bladed Or (Bennett); (Impaling?) Gules three chevronels Argent between three lions rampant Or (Cromwell)

Crozier 1
Benson, Capt. John (of Newport, RI, 1692)

Or on a bend engrailed Gules three trefoils Sable [sic]

Crozier 1
Berckel, Pieter Johan van (Netherlands, 1725-New York, 1800)

Azure three stars of six points Argent

Bookplate by Maverick. First minister of the Netherlands to the United States, 1783-88; remained in New York afterward.

Bolton
Beresford, Richard (of Charleston, SC, 1774)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent a bear erect Sable chained and muzzled Or; 2nd and 3rd Per chevron Sable and Or three pheons counterchanged, a crescent for difference

Arms on bookplate.

Bolton
Berkeley, Narbonne, 4th Baron de Botetourt (in Williamsburg, Va, 1768)

Gules a chevron Ermine between ten crosses paty Argent

Governor of Virginia, 1768-70. NEHGS gives the chevron as Argent, but contemporary evidence shows it Ermine; see quartered version below.

NEHGS #263
Berkeley, Narbonne, 4th Baron de Botetourt (in Williamsburg, Va, 1768)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules a chevron Ermine between ten crosses paty Argent; 2nd and 3rd Or a chevron engrailed Sable (for Botetourt).

Governor of Virginia, 1768-70. Shown in contemporary prints, carved on the base of his statue at the College of William and Mary, and blazoned in The New Peerage (1769)
1. Bernard, Richard (in York Co, Va, by 1645; d. 1652)
2. Bernard, Col William (of Nansemond Co, Va, 1640)
3. Bernard, Sir Francis (Brightwood, Berks, 1712-Nether Winchendon, Bucks, 1779)

Argent a bear rampant Sable muzzled and gorged Or

1. Drawing of arms on deed dated 1647.
3. Governor of New Jersey, 1758-60; Governor of Massachusetts, 1759-69; later 1st Baronet Bernard of Nettleham.

1. Crozier 1, Crozier 2
2. Crozier 2, NEHGS #195
3. Matthews, Bolton
Bernon, Gabriel (to Oxford, Mass, ca 1686, in Providence by 1697)

Azure a chevron between in chief a crescent Argent between two mullets and in base a bear passant Or [tinctures speculative]

From La Rochelle, France.

NEHGS #78, 78a
Bethune, George (of Marblehead, Mass, 1723)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure a fess between three mascles Or (Bethune); 2nd and 3rd Argent on a chevron Sable an otter’s head erased Argent (Balfour)

Seal on deed dated 1723, Marblehead. Undifferenced Scottish arms of Bethune of Balfour, matriculated in Lyon Register before 1679.

Crozier 1, Bolton
1. Betts, Thomas (to New England, 1639)
2. Betts, Richard (in Long Island, N.Y., 1665)
3. Betts, William (early 1800s)

Sable on a bend Argent three cinquefoils Gules.

1. Founder of Guilford, Conn.
3. Bookplate by C. P. Harrison, working after 1796.

1., 2. Matthews,Crozier 1,Vermont
3. Bolton
1. Beverley, Robert (of Middlesex Co, Va, 1663; d. 1687)
2. Beverley, Robert (of Middlesex Co, Va, ca. 1667-1722)
3. Beverley, Harry (of Middlesex Co, VA, 1669-1730)

Ermine a chevron and on a chief Sable three bulls’ heads caboshed Argent

1. See variant below.
2. Bookplate. Son of Robert Beverley, #1.
3. Bookplate. Son of Robert Beverley, #1, and brother of #2.
Arms Described by William Beverley of "Blandfield," (son of Robert Beverley, #2, as erroneous.

Crozier 1
Beverley, Robert (of Middlesex Co, Va, 1663; d. 1687)

Ermine on a chevron Sable a mullet [for difference?] and on a chief Sable three bulls' heads caboshed Argent armed Or

See variant above

NEHGS #300
Beverley, Robert (of Middlesex Co, Va, 1663; d. 1687)

Quarterly Argent and Gules a rose counterchanged barbed Vert.

Seal on will.

Crozier 2, Bolton
2. Beverley, Ursula Byrd (d. Jamestown, Va, 1698)
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1. Beverley, William (of "Blandfield," Middlesex Co, Va, 1698-1756)
2. Beverley, Ursula Byrd (d. Jamestown, Va, 1698)

Ermine a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper.

1. Described by him as correct arms of family in letter dated 1739 ordering seals from London. Grandson of Robert Beverley (d. 1687) above.
2. Wife of Robert Beverley, #2 above. Arms on her tomb, impaled with Byrd.

Crozier 2, Bolton
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Beverley, William (of "Blandfield," Middlesex Co, Va, 1698-1766)

Argent a chevron and on a chief sable three bull's heads caboshed Argent.

Seal on bond, 1736; later described by Beverley as erroneous.

Crozier 2
Bibby, Thomas (b. Dublin, 1740; to New York, 1760)

Azure three double-headed eagles displayed Or.

Matthews,Crozier 1
Bickley, Joseph (of Louisa Co, Va, by 1704; d. bef. 1752)

Argent a chevron embattled-counterembattled between three griffin's heads erased Sable each charged with a plate.

From Attleborough, co. Norfolk, Eng

NEHGS #500, Crozier 1, Crozier 2
Bicknell, Zachary (of Weymouth, Mass, 1635)

Argent two bars Gules overall a lion rampant Argent [sic]

Crozier 1
Biddle, William (of Philadelphia, 1682)

Argent three double brackets Sable

Crozier 1, Matthews
Bidwell, John (of Hartford, 1639)

Gyronny of four [?] Or and Gules as many martlets counterchanged

Crozier 1
Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de (Montreal, 1680-Paris, 1767; in Louisiana 1697)

Azure three roses Or on a chief Gules a crescent between two stars Or

Wax seals on documents issued as French Governor of Louisiana, 1701-13, 1717-18, 1718-24, and 1733-43; founder of Mobile and New Orleans

Armorial du Canada français
1. Bigelow, John, Watertown, Mass, 1637
2. Bigelow, Poulteney, NY
3. Bigelow, Lewis Sherrill

Or three lozenges Azure.

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 1
3. Bolton
Bigge, Elizabeth (Cranbrook, Kent, 1590-Roxbury, Mass, 1638)

Per pale Ermine and Azure a lion passant Gules crowned Or, on a bordure engrailed Gules eight fleurs-de-lis Or

NEHGS #428
Bigger, Joseph (d. South Carolina [?], 1786)

Per fess the chief per pale four mullets in each quarter two and two, the base four mullets in fess, in fess point a mullet over all [tinctures not indicated]

Tombstone, Bethel Presbyterian Cemetery, Clover, York Co, SC. Arms probably devised by the stonecarver.

Bolton
1. Billings, -----
2. Billings, Andrew (Stonington, Conn., 1743-Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1808)

Gules a fleur-de-lis Or a canton Argent.

1. Embroidery by Eunice Minot Glover, 1781
2. On his bookplate. Billings was a silversmith and engraver.

1. Bolton
1. Billingsley, Francis (in Virginia 1649, in Maryland 1652, d. ca 1684)
2. Billingsley, John (in Virginia then Maryland by 1652)
3. Billingsley, James (in Virginia and then Maryland by 1656)
4. Billingsley, Thomas (in Virginia and then Maryland by 1656)
5. Billingsley, William (in Virginia, ca 1650?)

Argent on a cross voided between four lions five estoiles Sable

Five brothers, sons of John Billingsley of Shropshire

NEHGS #520
Bill, John (of Boston, 1635)

Ermine two wood-bills Sable with long handles in saltire Proper, on a chief tierced per pale Azure and Or a rose Gules between two pelicans' heads erased at the neck Argent.

Crozier 1
Birnie, James (b. 1795, Scotland; d. 1864, Cathlamet, Wash.)

Gules a fess between in chief a bow and arrow at full draught and in base three legs couped at the thigh paleways Argent.

Matthews
Bispham, Benjamin (of Mount Holly, NJ, 1734)

Gules a chevron between three lions’ heads erased Argent, on a canton Or a rose Gules barbed and seeded Argent.

Crozier 1
Blachly, Absalom (of New York, 1780)

Argent upon a base Vert a beaver statant, in dexter a tree in leaf the trunk nearly severed all Proper, on a chief indented Azure three escallops Argent

Arms on bookplate. Bolton blazons the chief "dancetty," but the bookplate shows it indented.

Bolton
Blackwell, John (of Boston, 1684)

Paly of six Argent and Azure on a chief Gules a lion passant guardant Or

Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania, 1688-90; arms on seal.

Crozier 1, Bolton, NEHGS #409
1. Bladen, William (b. 1670/1673, Hemsworth, Yorks; d. 1718, Anne Arundel Co, Md)
2. Bladen, Gov. Thomas (b. 1698, Maryland)

Gules three chevronels Argent

1. Crozier 1, Bolton
1. Blair, Robert (of Worcester County, Mass, 1720)
2. Blair, William (of Framingham and Shrewsbury, Mass)
3. Blair, Abraham (of Londonderry, NH, 1719)

Argent on a saltire between two crescents in the flanks, a mullet in chief, and a garb in base Sable, five mascles Argent.

Differenced from the Scottish arms of Blair of Milgerholme by addition of the mullet in chief.

1, 2, 3. Crozier 1, 1. Bolton
Blake, William (Dorchester Neck, Mass.; to New England 1630)

Argent a pale Sable, on a bend over all Gules three martlets Or.

From Little Baddow, Essex; grandfather from Over Stowey, Gloucs.

Matthews
1. Blake, William (of Dorchester, Mass., 1635)
2. Blake, Benjamin (of Plainsfield, SC, 1682)

Argent a chevron between three garbs Sable.

1. From Pitminster, Somt.
2. From Planchfield, Somt.

1. NEHGS #526
2. Crozier 1, NEHGS #354
1. Blakiston, George (to St. Mary's Co., Md., 1668; d. 1689)
2. Blackiston, Ebenezer (of Cecil County, Md, 1680)

Argent two bars in chief three cocks Gules.

1. From Newton and Durham, co. Durham

1. NEHGS #552
2. Crozier 1
1. Bland, Edward (d. Virginia, 1653)
2. Bland, Theodorick (to Virginia 1653; d. Charles City Co, Va, 1669)
3. Bland, Richard (Virginia, 1710-76)

Argent on a bend Sable three pheons Argent.

2. Arms on tombstone, Westover Church, Charles City Co, Va, impaling Bennett.
3. Seal.
Edward and Theodorick were brothers; Richard was Theodorick's grandson.

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 2,Bolton, NEHGS #445
3. Bolton
Blatchford, Rev. Samuel (of Lansingburgh, NY, 1795)

Azure two bars wavy and on a chief Or three pheons Azure.

Crozier 1
1. Bleecker, Jan Janszen (b.1642, Meppel, Oberyssel, Neth.; to New York, 1658)
2. Bleecker, Anthony (New York, 1770-1827)

Per pale, dexter Azure two chevronels embattled Or; sinister Argent a sprig of three roses Gules barbed, seeded, slipped and leaved Vert.

1. Mayor of Albany, 1700
2. Tankard made c. 1765.

Matthews,Crozier 1
Blennerhasset, Harman (in Virginia and Mississippi, 1798-1819)

Gules a chevron Ermine between three dolphins embowed Argent

NEHGS #673
Bliss, Thomas (of Green Court, NJ, 1758)

Argent on a bend cotised Azure three garbs Or.

Crozier 1
Bliven, Edward (c.1685, Westerly, RI)

Gules a lion rampant debruised of a bendlet Argent.

Matthews,Crozier 1
Bloomfield, Joseph (Woodbridge, N.J., 1753-Burlington, N.J., 1823)

Sable on a chevron [Or] three trefoils slipped [Vert], on a canton [Or] a spearhead [Sable]

Governor of New Jersey, 1801-02 and 1803-12; arms on bookplate dated 1776. Bolton blazons the spearhead as rompu, or broken, but the bookplate shows simply a spearhead. The bookplate also has no indication of tinctures except the Sable of the field.

Bolton
1. Bloss, Richard, Watertown, Mass, 1652, b. Suffolk, Eng.

Gules three dragons passant in pale Ermine.

Crozier 1
Blount, James (of Carolina, ca 1740)

Or three fruited twigs in pale fessways Sable (impaling Or three chevrons (Gules?)

Arms on bookplate.

Bolton
1. Boardman, Sen. Elijah B. (b. 7 March 1760, New Milford, Conn; d. 18 Aug. 1823, Boardman, Ohio)
2. Boardman, David Sherman (b. 1768, New Milford, Conn; d. 1864)

Ermine three bows erect.

Brothers; arms on their bookplates
1. U.S. Senator for Connecticut, 1821-23.

Bolton
Bockée, Abraham (of New York, 1684)

Azure a chevron Or between three roses Argent.

Crozier 1
Boerum, William

Gules three boars' heads erased close Or.

Captain, Continental Army

Matthews
Bohun, Edmund (d. Charleston, S.C., 1699)

Gules a crescent Ermine within an orle of martlets Or

Visitation of Suffolk, 1664-68

NEHGS #669
1. Bolles, Thomas (of Wells, Me, 1644)
2. Bolles, Joseph (of Wells, Me, 1665)

Azure three standing bowls Argent each issuing a boar's head palewise Or

2. With a mullet for difference

1. Crozier 1
2. NEHGS #16, Matthews
1. Bolling, Robert (London, 1646-Prince George Co, Va, 1709)
2. Bolling, Robert (of Chellowe, Buckingham Co, Va, 1738-1775)

Sable an inescutcheon Ermine within an orle of eight martlets Argent.

1. Visitation of London, 1633-35
2. Bookplate

1. Crozier 1, Crozier 2, NEHGS #624
2. Bolton
Bolton, Robert (of Philadelphia, 1718)

Sable a falcon close Argent armed, membered, jessed and belled Or charged on the breast with a trefoil slipped Proper

Crozier 1
Bolton, Thomas (of New York, 1801)

Sable a falcon close Argent armed, membered, jessed and belled Or, in chief a label of three points Argent

Bookplate.

Bolton
Bonaparte, Jérôme Napoleon (London, 1805-Baltimore, 1870)

Gules two bendlets between two mullets Or

Nephew of Emperor Napoleon I; in Baltimore by 1810.

NEHGS #321
1. Bond, William (of Watertown, Mass, 1654)
2. Bond, T. (of Philadelphia and Maryland, 1712-84)
3. Bond, Phineas (of Philadelphia, 1717-73)

Argent on a chevron Sable three bezants

2. Bookplate
3. Signet ring.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
3. Zieber,Bolton
1. Bonner, Robert (of New York, 1824)
2. Bonner, John (of Cambridge, Mass, 1725)

Quarterly Gules and Sable a cross paty quarterly Ermine and Or, on a chief Or a demi-rose streaming rays between two pelicans vulning themselves Gules.

Crozier 1
Bonner, Samuel (d. Boston, 1804)

[Quarterly Gules and Sable] a cross paty quarterly [Ermine and Or], on a chief [Or] a sun in splendor between two pelicans vulning themselves [Gules]

Tombstone, Granary Burying Ground, Boston.

Bolton, Her. Jl. 2:120
Bonnett, Jean Jacques (of Philadelphia, 1733)

Azure a bullock in chief three stars Or

Arms of Bonnet de Robert of the French province of Lorraine.

Crozier 1
Bonython,Richard (to Saco River, Me, c.1631)

Argent a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis Sable.

From Cornwall

Matthews, NEHGS #53
1. Boone, Solomon (of Bristol, Pa, 1690)
2. Boone, Gov. Thomas (of New Jersey, 1760)

Azure on a bend Argent cotised Or between two lions rampant Argent three escallops Gules.

2. Governor of New Jersey, 1759-60; Governor of South Carolina, 1760-64; Arms on his seal, but Bolton states that the tinctures of his arms are not clear.

1. Crozier 1, 2. Bolton
Booraem [Boerum], Willem van (in New York, 1649)

Or a Moor’s head Sable wreathed around the head Argent between three trefoils slipped Vert.

Crozier 1
1. Booth, Richard (of Stratford, Conn, 1640)
2. Booth, John (of Southold, NY, 1640)
3. Booth, Robert (of Exeter, NH, 1646)
4. Booth, Thomas (d. 1736, Gloucester Co, Va)

Argent three boars’ heads erect and erased Sable.

4. On tombstone.

1., 2., 3. Crozier 1
4. Bolton
Borden, Richard (of Portsmouth, RI, 1639)

Azure a chevron engrailed Ermine between in chief two bourdons [pilgrim’s staves] Proper and in base a cross-crosslet Or.

Crozier 1
Borland, John (of Charlestown, Mass, 1726)

Barry of six Argent and Gules a boar rampant Azure

In the Gore Roll of Arms under the name Boarland.

NEHGS #314
Borland, John (of Charlestown, Mass, 1726)

Barry of six Argent and Sable a boar rampant Proper

Seal on his will, 1726. Crozier and Bolton say the blazon is sometimes “Barry of six Argent and Gules…” See variant below

Crozier 1,Bolton
Boston, Jacob (Accomac Co, Va, and Jefferson Co, Conn, 1800)

Vert a lion rampant Argent crowned Or.

Matthews
Bostwick, Arthur (Stratford, Conn., 1641)

Sable a fess humetty Argent.

Son of Arthur Bostwick of Tarporly, Ches.

Matthews
Bosworth, Edward (of Boston, 1634)

Gules a cross Vair between four annulets Argent

Crozier 1
Boucher, Jonathan (of Virginia, 1779)

Per pale Argent and Vert three coursing hounds in pale counterchanged

Arms on bookplate.

Bolton
Boudinot, Elias (Philadelphia, 1740-Burlington, N.J., 1821

Azure a chevron between two mullets in chief and a flaming heart in base Or

President, Continental Congress, 1782-83; arms on bookplate.

Bolton
Bourchier, Mary (Mrs. Jabez Whitaker, of Jamestown, Va, ca 1620)

Argent a cross engrailed Gules between four water-bougets Sable.

From Cambridge, Eng.

NEHGS #451
1. Boush, Capt Samuel (of Norfolk, Va, 1700)
2. Boush, Col Maximilian (of Princess Anne Co, Va, 1728)

On a chevron between three trefoils slipped three mullets [tinctures unknown]

1. Engraved on chalice presented to Christ Church, Norfolk. First mayor of Norfolk.
2. Engraved on paten presented to Donation Church, Lynnhaven Parish.

Bolton
Boutelle, James (in Lynn, Mass, 1632)

Per pale Gules and Sable an estoile of eight points issuing from a crescent Or.

Matthews,Crozier 1
Bowden, Hugh (in Carlisle, Pa, ca 1765)

Per cross Sable and Or in the first quarter a lion passant and in dexter chief a crescent both Or

NEHGS #437
Bowditch, William (Lyme Regis, Dorset, 1665-Salem, Mass, 1728)

Argent a fess wavy between three bows palewise Gules stringed Or

NEHGS #22
Bowdoin, ----- (Boston?)

Quarterly Argent and Sable overall a lion passant guardant [proper?]

Watercolor by John Coles, Sr., c. 1800-13; possibly a modified version of the arms of Bowden, above.

Bolton
Bowdoin, James (Boston, 1726-1790)

Azure a chevron Or between three birds close [proper?]

Tombstone, Granary Burying Ground, Boston. Bowdoin's bookplate showing an impaled shield with these arms depicted in both halves.
Bolton blazons "teazels," a plant related to the thistle, but the tombstone shows birds resembling gulls. "Teazel" may be a misprint for "teaser," a seaman's term for a skua.
Bowdoin was governor of Massachusetts, 1785-87.

Zieber, Bolton
Bowen, Griffith (Langenith, Glamorganshire, ca 1600-London, bef 1675)

Argent a stag lodged Gules attired and unguled Or holding in his mouth an olive branch Vert

In Boston, 1639-50

NEHGS #3
Bowen, Richard (1600-1675, to Rehoboth, Mass., c. 1640)

Azure a stag statant Argent vulned in the back with an arrow, attired Or.

From Kittle Hill, Glamorganshire.

Matthews,Crozier 1
Bowers, ----- (Boston?)

Azure three bulls' heads caboshed Or.

Water color probably by Coles

Bolton
Bowes, Nicholas (b. Boston, 1706)

Ermine three bows palewise Gules stringed Sable, on a chief Azure a swan Argent between two leopards’ faces Or

On his seal. Matthews blazons all the charges in chief as Argent.

Matthews, NEHGS #119
Boyd, Col George (d. 1787, Portsmouth, N.H.)

Argent a fess checky Gules and Or

Altar tomb, North Burying Ground, Portsmouth. See quartered arms below.

Bolton
Boyd, Col George (d. 1787, Portsmouth, N.H.)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent a fess checky Gules and Or; 2nd and 3rd Sable a chevron Ermine between three estoiles Argent (for Brewster)

Embroidered "hatchment" made by his daughter Submit Boyd (b. 1774); Col Boyd's wife was Jane Brewster. See simple paternal arms above.

Bolton
Boyd, John (to New Castle, Del, 1791)

Azure a fess checky Or and Gules.

From Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Ire. (Crozier says Ayr, Scot.)

Matthews,Crozier 1
Boyd, Samuel John (of Portland, Mee, 1808)

Azure a fess checky Argent and Gules

Arms on bookplate. Undifferenced Scottish arms of Boyd of Kilmarnock.

Bolton
Boyle, Thomas (of Pittsburgh, 1794)

Or an oak tree eradicated Vert

Crozier 1
1. Boylston, Thomas (of Watertown, Mass, 1653)
2. Boylston, Dr. Peter (Brookline, Mass, 1673-1743)

Gules six crosses-crosslet fitchy 3, 2, 1 Argent, on a chief Or three pellets.

2. On his seal.
Crozier and Bolton incorrectly add charges to the pellets; see article about arms of [[President.Adams">President John Adams.

Crozier 1, Bolton
Boynton, William (of Rowley, Mass, 1638)

Or a fess between three crescents Gules

Crozier 1
Bozman, John Leeds (Maryland, 1757-1823)

Argent a fess Gules between three eagles displayed Sable

Bookplate; arms of Leeds (his maternal grandfather)

Bolton
Bracey, John (New Haven, ca 1639-Wethersfield, Conn, 1709)

Quarterly per fess indented Sable and Argent in the first quarter a martlet Argent [for difference?]

NEHGS #55
Bradburn, Thomas (of New York, 1815)

Argent on a bend Gules three mullets Or

Crozier 1
Bradbury, Thomas (Wicken Bonant, Essex, 1611-Salisbury, Mass, 1695)

Sable a chevron Ermine between three round buckles tongues pendant Argent

NEHGS #139
Bradford, Gov. William (Plymouth, Mass, 1620)

Argent on a fess Sable three stags' heads erased Or.

Son of William Bradford of Austerfield, Yorks.

Matthews,Crozier 1,Vermont
Bradley, Francis (of New Haven, 1650)

Gules a chevron Argent between three boars’ heads couped Or.

Crozier 1
Bradstreet, Simon (Horbling, Lincs, 1603-Salem, Mass, 1697)

Argent on a fess Sable three crescents Or in base a greyhound passant Gules

On seal as illustrated in Heraldic Journal I:102. See alternative arms above. Governor of Massachusetts 1679-86.

NEHGS #145
Bradstreet, Simon (Horbling, Lincs, 1603-Salem, Mass, 1697)

Argent a greyhound passant Gules on a chief Sable three crescents Or.

Arms on embroidery and said by Bolton to be on seal. Governor of Massachusetts 1679-86. Same arms as Bradstreet of Stacumnie, Co Kildare, baronets. See alternative arms below.

Matthews,Crozier 1,Bolton,Vermont
Branch, Christopher (d. ca 1682, Henrico County, Va)

Argent a lion rampant Gules debruised by a bend Sable

Crozier 2
Brasher, Henry (in New York, ca. 1800)

Argent two bars wavy on a chief Gules a spur rowel of six points Argent

Bookplate by Maverick.

Bolton
Brattle, Edward (b. 1670, Boston)

Ermine three plates, a mullet in fess point [for difference?]

On a seal used by him, as blazoned in N.E. Hist and Gen Reg, Jan 1877. The lack of indication of tinctures means the shield could be Ermines or the roundels could be something other than "plates" (roundels Argent).

Bolton
1. Brattle, Rev William (of Cambridge, Mass, 1716)
2. Brattle, Thomas (d. 1713, Massachusetts)
3. Brattle, Edward (b. 1670, Boston)

Gules a chevron engrailed Or between three battle axes palewise Argent

1. Arms engraved on baptismal basin given to First Parish Church, Cambridge
2. Arms on seal and in Gore Roll of Arms.
3. Gore Roll of Arms impaling Sable a stag's head caboshed Argent (Legge). Brother of Thomas Brattle, #2. See alternative arms reported below.

Bolton
Brattle, Thomas (of Boston, 1657)

Or a boar passant Gules.

Crozier 1
1. Bray, James (of James City Co, Va, 1666)
2. Bray, Col. David (d. 1717, Williamsburg, Va)

Argent a chevron between three eagles’ legs erased a la cuisse Sable armed Gules

2. Arms on his tomb, Bruton Churchyard, Williamsburg.
Crozier and Bolton blazon the field Azure, a misinterpretation of the abbreviation "A" for Argent in the 1619 visitation of Nottinghamshire.

1. Crozier 2
2. Bolton
1. Brearley, John (of Lawrenceville, NJ, 1695)
2. Brearley, David (of New Jersey, 1745-1796)

Argent a cross potent in dexter chief a fleur-de-lis Gules.

2. Arms on bookplate. Signer of the Declaration of Independence.

1. Crozier 1
Bolton
Breck, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1720)

Gules on a chief per bend sinister indented Or and Argent four hurts.

Caudle cup by George Hanners, in collection of Cleveland Museum of Art.

Bolton
Breese, Sydney (b. 1709, Shrewsbury, Salop; to New York 1733)

Argent on a fess Azure three boars' heads couped close Or, in chief a lion passant Gules.

Seal.

Matthews,Vermont
1. Brent, Giles (Maryland, 1643)
2. Brent, George (of Woodstock, Stafford Co, Va, by 1680)

Gules a wyvern Argent.

1. Son of Richard Brent of Stoke, Gloucs.
2. Son of George Brent of Cossington, Somt, and nephew of Giles Brent, #1.

1. Matthews
2. Crozier 2
1. Brenton, Benjamin (Newport, R.I., 1738-1830)
2. Brenton, Frances (b. Newport, ca 1736)
3. Brenton, Frances (b. Newport, ca 1750)
4. Brenton, Maria (b. Newport, ca 1750)

Gules a lion rampant double-tailed between three martlets Argent on a canton Or the stern of a ship of the line proper

Arms granted 1812 to Capt (later VAdm) Sir Jahleel Brenton, Bt, R.N. (Newport, R.I., 1770-Elford, Staffs, 1844), who emigrated from North America in 1780, with extended limitation to the descendants of his grandfather Jahleel Brenton (Newport, 1691-1767). These included those listed who were living in the U.S. at the time and were named in the grant.
1. Son of Jahleel Brenton I
2. Granddaughter of Jahleel Brenton I; Mrs. Solomon Townsend
3. Daughter of Benjamin Brenton, #1; Mrs. Robert Brown
4. Granddaughter of Jahleel Brenton I; Mrs Leslie Stewart

NEHGS #91, Oxford Guide to Heraldry
Brenton, Gov. William (Rhode Island, 1634)

Argent two bars on a canton Gules a cross Argent.

Matthews says from Hammersmith, Middx.; Governor of Rhode Island 1666-69. See alternative arms below.

Matthews
Brenton, Gov William (Rhode Island, 1634)

Argent a chevron Gules between three martlets Sable

Crozier says from Hertfordshire. See alternative arms above.

Crozier 1
Brereton, Thomas, Baltimore, 1761, b. Cheshire, Eng.

Argent two bars Sable.

Crozier 1
1. Brett, Francis (New York, 1707-66)
2. Brett, Capt Roger (Fishkill, N.Y., pre-1764)

Argent a lion rampant between nine cross-crosslets fitchy Gules.

2. Tomb of Catharyna, widow of Roger Brett, at Fishkill

1.Matthews
2.Bolton
Brewer, Daniel (Roxburgh, Mass., 1632)

Gules two bendlets wavy, the upper Argent, the lower Or.

Matthews
1. Brewer, John (d. Brewer's Borough, Va, ca 1631)
2. Brewer, John (in Brewer's Borough, Va, 1631)

Gules two bendlets wavy Or and a chief Vair

With a martlet for difference
2. Son of John Brewer, #1

NEHGS #514
Brewster, William (of Plymouth, Mass, 1620)

Sable a chevron Ermine between three estoiles Argent.

Crozier 1
Brice, John (to Annapolis, Md, ca. 1700)

Sable a griffin passant Or.

Originally from Donnington, Somt.

Matthews
Bridgen, Charles (New York?)

Azure a bridge of arches embattled at the top Argent masoned Sable between three sea lions passant Or

Bookplate prob by Maverick (late 18th c)

Bolton
Bridger, John (of Portsmouth, N. H., by 1698)

Argent a chevron engrailed Sable between three sea-crabs Gules

NEHGS #287
Briggs, Walter (to Scituate, Mass, 1643)

Gules three bars gemels Or a canton Ermine.

From Norfolk, Eng.

Matthews,Crozier 1
Bright, Henry (b. 1602, in Watertown, Mass, 1630)

Sable a fess Argent between three escallops Or.

Son of Henry Bright of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk; arms granted 1615 (Crozier)

Matthews,Crozier 1,Vermont
Brinckerhoffe, Joris Dericksen (of New York, 1638)

Argent in base five mountains Azure

As blazoned; a 19th century emblazonment appears to show white mountains against a blue field. According to Crozier, arms granted at Drenthe, Holland, 1307.

Crozier 1
Bringhurst, Thomas (of Philadelphia, 1700)

Azure two bars Ermine in chief three escallops Or.

Crozier 1
Brinley, Francis (in Newport, RI, by 1651)

Per pale Or and Sable a chevron between three escallops counterchanged.

Arms on his seal. From Datchet, Bucks.

Bolton,NEHGS #248
1. Brinley, Thomas (of Newport, RI, 1719)
|2. Brinle[y], Francis (of Newport, R.I., d. bef. 1722)

Per pale Sable and Or a chevron between three escallops all counterchanged within a bordure Argent charged with eight roundels Azure

2. Entries in the Gore Roll of Arms for himself, dated 1719, and his widow Mary (on a lozenge impaled with Burdon, Argent three cinquefoils Azure).

1. Crozier 1
2. Gore Roll
1. Brisbane, James (Charleston, SC, until 1782)
2. Brisbane, William (d. Charleston, aft Oct 1821)

Sable a chevron checky Or and Gules between in chief two cushions and in base a garb Or

2. Bookplate, and his 1821 will mentions "watch seal with family coat of arms." Son of James Brisbane, #1. Differenced from Scottish arms of Brisbane of Bishopton by substituting the garb for a third cushion. Bolton blazons the garb as Gules, apparently mistaking the stalks of wheat as tincture hatching.

Bolton, SC Hist & Gen Mag 14:117
Briscoe, Dr. John (of St. Mary’s, Md, 1632)

Argent three greyhounds courant in pale Sable.

Crozier 1
Bristow, Robert (of Gloucester Co, Va, 1660)

Ermine on a fess cotised Sable three crescents Or

Crozier 1, Crozier 2
1. Brodnax, William (James City Co, Va, 1675-1727)
2. Brodnax, John (d. Williamsburg, Va, 1719)

Or two chevrons and on a chief Gules three cinquefoils Argent

William and John were brothers; arms on seal.

1., 2. Crozier 2, 1. Bolton
Bromfield, Edward (1648-1734; to Boston 1675)

Sable on a chevron Argent three sprigs of broom Vert, on a canton Or a spearhead Azure embrued Gules.

Seal on document dated 1699; tombstone in King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston; b. South Stoneham, Hants., grandson of Arthur Bromfield of Haywood House, New Forest

Matthews,Crozier 1,Bolton, Vermont, Zieber, NEHGS #410
Brooke, John (of Montgomery County, Pa, 1699)

Or a cross engrailed per pale Gules and Sable

Arms of Brooke of Leighton, Cheshire.

Crozier 1
Brook[e], Robert (d. Brook Place Manor, Charles Co, Md, 1655)

Checky Or and Azure on a bend Gules a lion passant Or

NEHGS #349
1. Brooks, Abijah (Stratford, Conn, 1752-1829)

Argent upon a bridge Gules masoned Sable over water Azure an embattled tower Purpure flagged Gules

Bookplate by Richard Brunton; Bolton blazons the tower Vert, but on the bookplate it is hatched for for Purpure.

Bolton
Brooks, Henry (to New England, 1660)

Sable three escallops Or.

Born Cheshire (Crozier says Scotland)

Matthews,Crozier 1
Broome, John (of New York, 1732)

Sable on a chevron Or three slips of broom Vert.

Crozier 1
Broughton, John (Marblehead, Mass, 1720)

Argent a chevron between three mullets Gules.

Matthews
Broughton, Thomas (Boston, 1656-1746)

Gules a chevron between three brocks [badgers] Argent

NEHGS #109
Browne, Buckner [or Buckingham] (d. ca 1735, Essex County, Va)

Ermine on a bend Gules three lions rampant Or.

Arms on wax seal on his will.

Crozier 2, Bolton
1. Browne, Col Samuel (Salem, Mass, 1669-1731)
2. Browne, John (Salem, Mass, 1672-1719)
3. Browne, William Burnet (of Elsing Green, King William Co, Va, 1792-1833)

Argent on a bend double cotised Sable three eagles displayed Argent.

1. Gore Roll of Arms; arms engraved on a two-handled cup given to Harvard College and a flagon given to the First Church of Salem, 1731. The Harvard cup has only single cotises and is engraved reversed.
2. Gore Roll of Arms, dated 1713, with a crescent Gules in sinister chief for difference.
3. Great-great grandson of Samuel, #1; adopted the name Browne in accordance with a property settlement made by his maternal grandfather William Burnet Brown.

1. Bolton
2. Gore Roll
3. Crozier 2
Brown, Edward (of New York, 1815)

Per pale Argent and Sable a double-headed eagle displayed counterchanged.

Crozier 1
Browne, John (d. 1698, Talbot Co, Md.)

Gules a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis Or.

Undifferenced Scottish arms of Broun of Colstoun.

Matthews
Browne, John (to Plymouth, Mass, ca 1632)

Sable a lion rampant Argent debruised by a bend checky Or and Azure

NEHGS #54
Brownell, Thomas (of Portsmouth, RI, 1665)

Ermine on a chevron cotised Sable three escallops Argent.

Crozier 1
Browne, Nathaniel (Hartford, Conn, 1654)

Sable three lions passant in bend between two cotises Argent, in sinister chief a trefoil slipped Ermine

Grandson of Sir William Browne of Flushing, Neth.; family orig. of Snelston, Derbys.

Matthews,NEHGS #361
Browne, Thomas (of Concord, Mass, 1632)

Sable three lions passant bendways between two double cotises Argent.

Crozier 1
Browne, Thomas (of Portland, Me, 1790)

Gules on a chevron between three leopards’ faces Argent three escallops proper

Arms on oval watercolor

Bolton
Brown, John (of Boston, 1632)

Argent two lions passant in pale Sable

Crozier 1
Bruce, James (in Pensacola, W. Fla., by 1770)

Argent a saltire and on a chief Gules three roundels Or

Lyon Register, 1768

NEHGS #323
Bruce, William (to New York by 1764)

Or a saltire embattled-counterembattled on a chief Gules a mullet Argent all within a bordure engrailed Azure

Matriculated in Lyon Register, 1764

NEHGS #635
Bruen, Obadiah (Plymouth, Mass, 1640)

Argent an eagle displayed Sable.

Later to New London, Conn. Son of John Bruen of Stapleford, Ches.

Matthews,Crozier 1,Vermont,NEHGS #106
Bruen, Rev. Matthias (b. 1793, of New York, 1810)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent an eagle displayed Sable; 2nd and 3rd Or a chevron between three lions’ faces Sable (for Wheeler)

Bookplate. 4xgreat-grandson of Obadiah Bruen, above.

Bolton
Brune, Frederick William (of Baltimore, 1776)

Argent issuing from a wood on the sinister side a stag courant Proper

Matthews
Brunot, Felix (of Pittsburgh, 1797)

Argent seven merlettes 3, 3, 1 Sable.

Crozier 1
Brunt, Abraham A. van (b. ca 1754; d. Kings Co, N.Y., 1828)

Argent an anchor erect entwined with its cable [proper?]

Bookplate

Bolton
Bruyn, François de (to New Amsterdam ca. 1647, then to New Utrecht, Long Island)

Azure on a fess Or between in chief three swans Argent and in base a star of six points Or a bridge of three round arches Sable, and a label Sable for difference.

NEHGS #540
Bryant, John (of Scituate, Mass, 1639)

Azure on a cross [Or] a cinquefoil between four lozenges Gules.

Crozier 1
Buchanan, Andrew (d. Pennsylvania, 1780)

[Or] a lion rampant [Sable armed and langued Gules] within a double tressure flory-counterflory [Sable].

Tombstone, Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, with no indication of tinctures. Zieber blazons as the undifferenced Scottish stem arms of Buchanan; Bolton misreads Zieber and blazons the tressure as Gules.

Zieber, Bolton
Buckingham, Thomas (of Milford, Conn, 1639)

Per pale Gules and Sable a swan wings expanded Argent ducally gorged and chained Or.

Badge of the Stafford Earls (later Dukes) of Buckingham; without the chain, the arms of the English town of Buckingham.

Crozier 1
Buckley, Phineas (of Philadelphia, 1713)

Argent a chevron between three bulls’ heads cabossed Sable.

Crozier 1
1. Buckner, John (of Gloucester Co, Va, 1667)
2. Buckner, Philip (of Stafford County, Va, 1667)

Sable three fleurs-de-lis Or.

John and Philip were brothers.

Crozier 2
Buell, William (of Dorchester, Mass, 1630)

Argent a bull passant Gules armed and unguled Or.

Crozier 1
Bulfinch, Adam (of Boston, 1681)

Gules a chevron Argent between three garbs Or.

Crozier 1
1. Bulkley, Peter (Concord, Mass, by 1642)
2. Bulkley, Gershom (b. 1636, d. Wethersfield, Conn, 1713)
3. Bulkley, Edward (d. Wethersfield, Conn, 1748)
4. Bulkley, Col John, (d. Colchester Conn, 1753)

Argent a chevron [sometimes couped] between three bulls' heads caboshed Sable.

1. Seal on letter, 1642. See below for alternative blazons.
2. Tombstone, Rocky Hill Burying Ground, Wethersfield, Conn; seal on letter dated 1676, impaling Chetwode
3. Tombstone, Rocky Hill Burying Ground, Wethersfield, Conn.
4. Tombstone, Colchester, Conn. See below for alternative blazon.

Bolton, Zieber, Vermont
Bulkley, Rev Peter (Concord, Mass, by 1635)

Gules a chevron between three bulls' heads caboshed Argent

Two pewter mugs from Odell, Beds, once owned by Peter Bulkley. See variant tinctures above.

Bolton
Bulkley, Rev Peter (to Concord, Mass, 1635)

Sable a chevron between three bulls' heads caboshed Argent armed Or

See variant tinctures above and below

NEHGS #4
1. Bulkley, Rev Peter (to Concord, Mass, 1635)
2. John Bulkeley (b. 1705, d. Colchester, Conn., 1753)

Sable a chevron between three bulls' heads caboshed Argent.

1. From Odell, Beds.
2. Tombstone, Colchester Burying Ground, Colchester, Conn.
3. Arms on tombstone.

1. Matthews,Crozier 1
2. Matthews,Crozier 1
3. Bolton
Bull, Capt Thomas (of Hartford, Conn, 1635)

Gules, on a chevron Argent, between three bulls’ heads couped Argent, as many roses Gules

Crozier 1
Bull, Henry (of Roxbury, Mass, 1635)

Azure three annulets Or betewen three bulls’ heads erased Argent attired Or

Crozier erroneously blazons bulls' heads between annulets in fess.

Crozier 1
1. Bull, Stephen (to South Carolina, 1670; d. Ashley Hall, S.C., ca. 1707)
2. Bull, Burnaby (to South Carolina, 1670)
3. Bull, Gen Stephen (Ashley Hall, S.C, 1707-London, 1791)
4. Bull, Col John (Ashley Hall, S.C., 1693-1767)

Gules a dexter cubit arm in armor fesswise the hand in a gauntlet grasping a sword erect Argent hilted and pommelled Or.

1. From Kingshurst Hall, nr Coleshill, Warks.
2. Brother of Stephen Bull, #1.
3. Governor of South Carolina; arms on his seal (with Woodward on an escutcheon of pretense), silver, and a memorial shaft at Ashley Hall. Grandson of Stephen Bull, #1.
4. Tombstone at Sheldon Church, Prince William Parish, S.C., with a mullet in chief for difference. Son of Stephen Bull, #1.
Crozier omits mention of the gauntlet.

1. Crozier 1, NEHGS #418
2. NEHGS #418
3. SC Hist & Gen Mag 1:76, 8:29
4. Bolton
Burdet, Sir Charles, Bt (in East Florida, 1763-83)

Paly of six Argent and Sable on a bend Gules three martlets Argent [or Or]

NEHGS #615
Burgwin, John (of Wilmington, NC, 1760)

Per fess indented Or and Gules three escallops counterchanged.

Crozier 1
Burke, Robert (of Sudbury, Mass, 1640)

Erminois a cross Gules in the first quarter a lion rampant Sable.

Crozier 1
Burleigh, George William (Somersworth, N.H.)

Paly of six Argent and Gules on a chief counterchanged six crescents also counterchanged.

Crozier says New York.

Matthews,Crozier 1
Burnet, William (The Hague, 1688-Boston, 1729)

Quarterly 1st and 4th Argent three holly leaves in chief Vert and a buglehorn in base Sable stringed and garnished Gules; 2nd and 3rd Per fess the chief Or on a bend Azure an estoile between two crescents Or, the base Gules an eagle's leg erased a la cuisse palewise Or (for Scott)

Arms engraved on a 1729 map of Boston. The Scott arms in the 2nd and 3rd quarter are those of Governor Burnet's maternal grandfather, a Dutch descendant of the Scotts of Buccleuch.
1. Burnet, William (The Hague, 1688-Boston, 1729)
2. Burnet, John (of New York, 1754)

Argent three holly leaves in chief Vert and a buglehorn in base Sable stringed and garnished Gules

1. Governor of New York and New Jersey, 1720-28; Governor of Massachusetts Bay, 1728-29; arms on seal. Son of Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, who bore these arms with a mullet for difference.
2. Arms on two bookplates, one of which shows the horn with the mouthpiece to sinister. See quartered version below.
Undifferenced Scottish arms of Burnett of Leys, of which Bishop Burnet was a younger son.

1. Crozier 1, Bolton, NEHGS #312
2. Bolton
Burnham, Thomas (of Hartford, 1649)

Gules a chevron Or between three lions’ heads erased Argent.

Crozier 1
Burrage, John (to Charlestown, Mass., 1637)

Argent a crescent between three boars' heads Gules.

b. 1616, Norton Subcorse, Norfolk.

Matthews
Burrill, Col Theophilus (in Lynn, Mass, 1737)

Or a saltire Gules, on a chief Azure a crescent between two mullets of six points pierced Or.

Tankard and baptismal basin donated to First Church of Lynn.

Bolton
Burr, Jonathan (of Dorchester, Mass, 1639)

Ermine on a chief indented Sable two lions rampant Or.

Crozier 1
Burroughs, Rev George (of Salem, Mass, d. 1692)

Argent two chevronels between three chaplets Vert the roses Or

Hanged in the witchcraft scare; arms granted by the English kings of arms, 1586

NEHGS#220
Burwell, Maj Lewis (d. 1653, Gloucester Co, Va)

Paly of six Argent and Sable on a bend Or a teal’s head erased Azure

Tombstone, now at Abingdon Church, White Marsh, Va.

Crozier 2, Bolton
1. Burwell, Nathaniel (d. 1721, Gloucester Co, Va)
2. Burwell, Lewis (d. 1710, Gloucester Co, Va
3. Burwell, Mary (d. 1658, Gloucester Co, Va)
4. Burwell, Mary (nee Bacon; d. 1692, Gloucester Co, Va)

A saltire between four griffins' heads erased [tinctures unknown]

1. Tombstone, Abingdon Church, White Marsh, Va. Son of Maj Lewis Burwell, above.
2. Tombstone, Abingdon Church, White Marsh, Va; impaling three cinquefoils in bend (for Lear?). Son of Maj Lewis Burwell, above.
3. Tombstone, Abingdon Church, White Marsh, Va; impaling per bend three cross crosslets.
4. Tombstone, Abingdon Church, White Marsh, Va; impaling Bacon. Wife of Maj Lewis Burwell, above.

Bolton, Matthews
Bush, John (of Boston, 1634)

Azure a wolf rampant Argent gorged and chained Or in chief three crosses paty fitchy Argent.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Bushnell, Francis (Guilford, Conn, 1639)

Argent five fusils conjoined in fess Gules in chief three mullets Sable.

fm. Horsted, Sussex

Matthews,Crozier 1
Bussey, George (to Virginia, 1635)

Argent three bars Sable.

Later in Calvert Co., Md.

Matthews,Crozier 1
Butler, Henry (of Dorchester, Mass, 1642)

Argent three covered cups in bend between two bendlets engrailed Sable.

Crozier 1
Butler, Israel (in Middletown, Conn, 1808)

Per fess Ermine and Azure a lion rampant [Or?]

Bookplate by Richard Brunton.

Bates, An Early Connecticut Engraver
Butler, Maj Gen William (b. Virginia 1759, d. South Carolina 1821)

Azure a chevron between three covered cups Or.

Bookplate

Bolton
Butler, Peter (d. Boston, ca. 1699)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th a chevron between three bottles erect; 2nd and 3rd three hunting horns [tinctures not indicated]

Seal on will, 1699.

Bolton
Butler, Pierce (Co Carlow, Ire, 1744-Prince William's Parish, S.C., 1822)

Or a chief indented Azure a bordure indented Ermine

Signer of the U.S. Constitution. Third son of Sir Richard Butler, Bt., who bore Or a chief indented Azure a martlet for difference and a canton of Ulster.

NEHGS #369
Butler, Thomas (to Berwick, Me, 1692)

Or a chief indented Azure.

b. Ireland, 1674. These are the undifferenced arms of the Butler Earls of Ormonde; Vermont says Thomas Butler was a cadet of this family.

Matthews,Crozier 1,Vermont
1. Butler, Thomas (to Lancaster Co, Pa, 1748)
2. Butler, Col. William Ormonde (b. 1816, Tennessee; d. 1880, Jackson, Tenn.)

Or a chief indented Azure over all three escallops in bend counterchanged.

b. Dublin, 1720. Grandson of Edward Butler, 8th Baronet of Dunboyne.

1. Matthews,Crozier 1
Matthews
Byfield, Nathaniel (Long Ditton, Surrey, 1653-Boston, 1733)

Sable five roundels in saltire a chief Or

Arms on his tomb, Granary Burying Ground, Boston. Also engraved on a baptismal basin, First Church of Dorchester, Mass.

Crozier 1, Bolton, NEHGS #137
Byington, Justus (of Boston, 1763)

Argent an eagle displayed Sable on a chief Vert three roses Argent.

Crozier 1
Byles, Joshua (of Boston, 1690)

Per bend sinister embattled Or and Gules

Crozier 1
Byrd, Col William (b. 1674; d. 1744, Westover, Va)

Quarterly of six, 1st and 6th Argent a cross flory between four martlets Gules and on a canton Azure a crescent Argent, in the 1st quarter a crescent Gules for difference (Byrd); 2nd Azure a lion rampant Argent collared Or (Crew?); 3rd Or a cross paty fitchy Sable (Braxton); 4th Argent three bulls’ heads Sable (Bulkeley); 5th Argent on a bend cotised Sable three crescents Argent (Dodd?)

Arms on bookplate and a framed watercolor; see plain pronominal arms above. Bolton questions whether the tinctures in the 4th quarter should be reversed.

Bolton
1. Byrd, William (of Belvidere, Va, d. 1704)
2. Byrd, Col William (b. 1674; d. 1744, Westover, Charles City Co, Va)

Argent a cross flory between four martlets Gules on a canton Azure a crescent Argent [or Or]

2. Arms on bookplate and on iron gate at Westover; see quartered arms below. Son of William Byrd, #1.

1. NEHGS #174
2. Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton