American Heraldry Society

ROLL OF EARLY AMERICAN ARMS - E

ARM NAME BLAZON COMMENTS SOURCE
Eager (Eger), William (to Cambridge, Mass, 1630)

Azure a lion rampant gorged with an antique crown Or, armed and langued gules, a chief Ermine.

Crozier gives place of origin as Co. Kerry, Ire.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Eames, Thomas (1618-80, to Framingham, Mass)

Argent issuant from a fess Azure a demilion rampant Gules.

From Cornwall (Matthews) or Somerset (Crozier).

Matthews, Crozier 1
Earle, John (of Westmoreland County, Va, 1652)

Gules three escallops a bordure engrailed Or

Crozier 1
East Jersey, Proprietors of (est. 1674)

Per fess Gules and Argent, in chief issuing from a cloud in sinister a human arm holding in the hand a balance proper, and in base a garb of wheat between two ears of maize in fess proper

On the seal of the proprietors. They relinquished government of the province back to the crown in 1702 but retained land ownership and related rights.

Zieber
Eastman, Roger (of Haverhill, Mass, 1638)

Gules in dexter chief point an escutcheon Argent charged with a lion rampant Sable

Crozier 1
Eastwick, Pleasant (b. Watertown, Mass, 1639; in Portsmouth, NH, by 1687)

A chevron between three bucks statant [tinctures not indicated]

Seal on document dated 1687

Bolton
Eaton, Charles (of New York, 1742)

Argent trefly Vert two annulets braced in nombril point Sable

Crozier 1
Eckley, Rev. Joseph (d. 1811, Boston)

Gules three swords paleways, points upwards, Argent, hilts and pommels Or, the middle surmounted by an inescutcheon bearing a dexter hand couped.

Arms on tomb, Granary Burying Ground, Boston. The arms are those of Clark; not known why they appear on Eckley's stone.

Matthews, Bolton
Eddy, John (of Watertown, Mass., 1630)

Sable three old men’s heads couped at the shoulder Argent crined Proper

Crozier 1
Eden, Charles (d. 1722, Bertie Co, N.C.)

Gules on a chevron Argent between three garbs [Or?] three escallops Sable

Tomb, St Paul's Church, Edenton, N.C. Governor of North Carolina, 1713-22.

Bolton
Eden, Sir Robert, Bt (d. Annapolis, Md, 1784)

Gules on a chevron between three garbs Or banded Vert three escallops Sable, in chief point [sometimes in honor point] an escutcheon Argent charged with a sinister hand couped Gules (for a baronet)

Tomb, St Anne's Church, Annapolis; bookplate. Governor of Maryland, 1769-76. NEHGS blazon includes a crescent for difference.

NEHGS #247
Edgecomb, John (New London, Conn, ca 1649-1721)

Gules on a bend Ermines cotised Or three boars' heads couped Argent

NEHGS #66
1. Edwards, Isaac (d. Craven Co, N.C., 1775)
2. Edwards, Charles (b. 1767, New York)

Argent a fess Ermines between three martlets Sable

1. Bookplate
2. Bookplate, with a crescent for difference

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
Edwards, John (of Lancaster Co, Va, 1653; d. 1667)

A fess indented between three martlets

Seal on his will. Crozier and Bolton conjecture the fess as Ermines and the martlets Or (!).

W&M Qtly I:170 (1892), Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton
1. Edwards, William (of Hartford, Conn, 1639)
2. Edwards, Rev Jonathan (East Windsor, Conn, 1703-Princeton, N.J., 1758)

Per bend sinister Ermine and Ermines overall a lion rampant Or

1. Arms on his seal.
2. On silver left in his will; the eminent divine.

1. Crozier 1, Bolton
2. Bolton, Vermont
1. Eels, John (of Dorchester, Mass, 1650)
2. Eels, Maj Samuel (of Dorchester, Mass, 1630)
3. Eels, Samuel (d. Hingham, Mass, ca 1705)

Argent three eels naiant Azure

3. Arms on will.

1. Crozier 1
2. Matthews
3. Bolton
Egleston, Bagot (d. 1674, Windsor, Conn)

Argent a cross and in the first quarter a fleur-de-lis Sable.

Matthews says born in England 1500 [sic; probably 1600].

Crozier 1, Matthews
Elam, Samuel (in Rhode Island, 1780s)

Gules two bars Or between three martlets [Argent?]

Bookplate

Bolton
1. Eliot, John (to Roxbury, Mass, 1631)
2. Eliot, Samuel (in Boston, 1784)

Argent a fess Gules between two bars gemelles wavy Sable.

1. Matthews says baptized 1604; son of Bennett Elliott of Nasing, Essex. Arms of Eliot of Saint-Germans, Devonshire.
2. Watercolor from Sir Isaac Heard, Garter King of Arms.

1. Vermont, Matthews, Crozier 1
2. Bolton
Ellery, Benjamin (Gloucester, Mass, 1669-Newport, RI, 1746)

Argent a bordure invected Or surmounted of a pile reversed Azure and overall a chevron Argent

Bookplate. See variant above.
1. Ellery, William (of Gloucester, Mass, 1663)
2. Ellery, Benjamin (Gloucester, Mass, 1669-Newport, RI, 1746)

Per chevron Azure and Argent a bordure engrailed Or

2. Seal and silver. See variant below.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
Ellicott, Andrew (of Bucks Co, Pa, 1730)

Lozengy Or and Azure a bordure Argent

Crozier 1
Elliman, James B. (to New York, 1820)

Argent a fess between three eagles displayed Gules.

From Coventry, Eng.

Matthews
Elliot, Andrew (Minto, Scot, 1728-1797; in Philadelphia and New York, 1747-84)

Gules on a bend engrailed Or a baton Azure all within a bordure Vair

Matriculated in Lyon Register, 1693. Lieutenant governor of New York,

NEHGS #634
1. Elliot, Henry (of Massachusetts, 1675)
2. Elliott, Col Barnard (South Carolina, 1740-1778)

Azure a fess Or

2. Bookplate by P. R. Maverick. See also below.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
Elliott, Col Barnard (South Carolina, 1740-1778)

Argent a fess Azure

Bookplate. See above.

Bolton
Ellis, Edward (in Boston, 1732)

Per chevron Sable and Gules a chevron Or between three fleurs-de-lys Argent

Embroidered "hatchment" by his daughter Elizabeth

Bolton
Ellis, Rowland (d. Gwynned, Pa, 1731)

Or a lion rampant Azure.

B. 1650, Bryn Mawr, Dyffrdan, Merionethshire, Wales

NEHGS #421
Elliston, Robert (in New York, 1713-1756)

Per pale Gules and Vert an eagle displayed wings inverted Argent

Bookplate and engraved on alms bason donated to Trinity Church; comptroller of HM Customs, New York

Bolton
Elmendorph, Jacobus (of Kingston, NY, 1667)

Quarterly Or and Gules

Crozier 1
Elmes, Christopher (of Exeter, N.H., 1639-40)

'See "Helme"'
Eltonhead, William (of Lancaster Co, Va, 1646)

Quarterly per fess indented Argent and Sable in the second quarter three plates

Crozier 1
Elwood, Richard (to Minden, NY, 1748)

Azure a chevron Argent between in chief two annulets Or and in base a stag's head caboshed Argent attired Or.

Matthews, Bolton
Elwyn, Sarah (of Dedham, Mass, 1637)

Argent a chevron Gules between three martlets Sable

Mrs Michael Metcalf

NEHGS #207
Ely, Nathaniel (of Springfield, Mass, 1635)

Argent a fess engrailed between three fleurs-de-lis Gules

Engraved on a tankard. Brother of Richard Ely, above.

Crozier 1, Bolton
1. Ely, Richard (to Connecticut 1660)
2. Ely, Joshua (to Trenton, NJ, 1685)

Argent a fess engrailed between six fleurs-de-lis Gules.

1. On ring.
2. From Dunham, Notts.

1. Bolton
2. Matthews, Crozier 1
1. Emerson, Thomas (in Ipswich, Mass, 1650)
2. Emerson, Nathaniel (d. 1712, Ipswich, Mass)
3. Emerson, ----- (Massachusetts, 1747)
4. Emerson, Rev William (Concord, Mass, 1769-1811)

Per fess indented Or and Vert on a bend engrailed Sable three lions passant Argent

1. Matthews says probably from Lincolnshire; Crozier says Durham.
2. Tombstone, Burying Ground, Ipswich. Bolton blazons the bend Azure, but the stone does not indicate any tinctures, nor does it show the per fess partition. Born Foxton, Durham, Eng.
3. Quillwork sconce, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, dated 1747; tinctures and per fess partition line not indicated
4. Bookplate. Father of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

1. Matthews, Crozier 1
2. Vermont, Zieber, Bolton, Her Jl I:90
4. Bolton
Emery, John (to Newbury, Mass., 1635)

Argent three bars nebuly Gules in chief three torteaux.

From Romsey, Hampshire.

Matthews, Crozier 1
Emmet, Thomas (d. New York, 1827)

Azure a fess engrailed Ermine between three bulls' heads caboshed proper.

Grandson of Dr. Christopher Emmet (1701-43), Tipperary, Ire.

Matthews
Endicott [Endecott], John (d. Boston, 1665)

Argent on a fess Azure between three fusils Gules a griffin passant Or

Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony; arms on portrait. Heraldic Journal, I:68 says no arms are known to have been used by Gov Endicott.

Crozier 1, Bolton
English, Alexander (in Lancaster Co, Va, 1685)

Four martlets 3 and 1 [no tinctures indicated]

Seal on will.

Bolton
English, James (of Laurel, Del, 1685)

Sable three lions rampant Argent

Crozier 1
Engravers' Company (Philadelphia, by 1788)

Or on a chevron engrailed Gules between in chief a parallel ruler Sable barred and studded Gold and in base two gravers in saltire Azure handled Sable three plates

On a flag carried in the Constitutional procession of 1788; described by Francis Hopkinson in his account of the procession.
Ensign, James (of Hartford, 1670)

Sable three swords palewise 2 and 1 Argent hilts and pommels Or

Crozier 1
1. Eppes, Lt Col Francis (of Virginia, 1635)
2. Eppes, William (to Virginia by 1623)
3. Eppes, Robert (to Virginia by 1623)

Per fess Gules and Or a pale counterchanged three eagles displayed Or

Three brothers
1. Engraved on 18th century silver of his descendants

1.Crozier 2, Bolton, NEHGS #648
2. NEHGS #648
3. NEHGS #648
Erneville de Launay, Marie d' (to Pennsylvania 1791-99)

Argent a chevron Gules between three merlettes Sable.

Wife of Jean-Baptiste, Sieur le Bault du Fort (circa 1745-1810). Arms confirmed by the French Ministry of Justice, 1951.

NEHGS #554
Errington, Gerrard (of the Freshes of Rappahannock, Va, 1654)

Argent two bars in chief three escallops Azure

NEHGS #222
Erskine, Henry, 3rd Lord Cardross (Scotland, 1650-93; in Charleston Neck, S.C., 1683-86)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th grand quarters Gules an eagle displayed looking toward the sun in dexter chief Or armed Azure (Cardross); 2nd grand quarter quarterly i & iv Azure a bend between six cross crosslets fitchy Or (Mar), ii & iii Argent a pale Sable (Erskine); 3rd grand quarter quarterly i & iv Or a fess checky Azure and Argent (Stewart), ii & iii Azure three garbs Or (Cumming)

Founder of failed Covenanter colony.

NEHGS #535
Erving, William (Massachusetts, late 1700s)

Argent three bunches of holly each of three leaves Vert banded Gules within a bordure checky Vert and Argent

Bookplate by Callender

Bolton
Escandón y Helguera, José de, Count of Sierra Gorda (Soto de la Marine, 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

Engraved on a diploma issued to him by the University of Mexico, 1756, with tinctures corrected based on records in the royal chancery court of Valladolid, Spain. Colonizer and first governor of the colony of Nuevo Santander, which extended on both sides of the Rio Grande into what is now southern Texas.

S. Nelson, "The Coat of Arms of José de Escandón," Coat of Arms 227 (2014)
Etholén, Capt Arvid Adolf (Helsinki, 1799-Elimäki, Finland, 1876)

Per fess, the chief Or chaussée Gules a naked arm embowed grasping a harpoon between in dexter a whale naiant spouting and in sinister a terrestrial globe on its stand all proper; the base Argent a frigate under sail proper on a sea Azure

Finnish officer in Imperial Russian Navy; first came to Alaska in 1818; chief manager of Russian America (Alaska), 1840-45.

Finlands ridderskaps och adels vapenbok
Euines [Evans?], Edward (Pennsylvania, 1708)

Azure a winged stag trippant Or

Gore Roll of Arms; quillwork "hatchment" made by Sarah Henshaw, Mass, ca 1753, in Five College/Deerfield Museums

Gore Roll
Eustace, Col John Skey (d. Newburgh, N.Y., 1805)

Azure a bend Argent between nine cross crosslets, four in chief and five in base, Or

Bookplate

Bolton
Evans, Lott (of Philadelphia, 1681)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent three boars’ heads couped Sable; 2nd and 3rd Gules a lion rampant regardant Argent

Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Evelyn, Robert (in Virginia, 1637)
2. Evelyn, George (to Kent Island, Md, 1636)

Azure a griffin passant on a chief Or three mullets Sable

Brothers. Visitation of Surrey, 1623. See variant arms above.

NEHGS #647
1. Evelyn, Robert (in Virginia, 1637)
2. Evelyn, Capt George (b. 1609, Surrey, England; of James City County, Va)

Azure a griffin passant and a chief Or

Robert and George were brothers. See variant arms below.

Crozier 1, Crozier 2
1. Everard, Judith (of Ipswich, Mass, 1636)
2. Everard, Sir Richard, Bt (in North Carolina, N.C., 1725-31)

Argent a fess wavy between three estoiles Gules

1. Mrs Samuel Appleton
2. Last proprietary governor of North Carolina

1. NEHGS #217
2. NEHGS #231
Everett, Edward (Boston, 1780-1851)

Gules a chevron paly of eight Or and Azure between three mullets Argent

Bookplate

Bolton
Ewing, Maskell, Jr (Trenton, N.J., 1755-1825)

Argent issuant from the point of a chevron embattled Azure between in chief two mullets and in base a sun Gules a flag Gules charged with a canton Azure and thereon a saltire Argent

Bookplate. Bolton blazons the canton on the flag "per chevron Azure and Argent."

Bolton
Ewing, Thomas (of Greenwich, N.J., 1718)

Quarterly Gules and Or the second and third quarters charged with a saltire Gules

Crozier 1
Eyre, George (to Burlington, NJ, 1727)

Argent on a chevron Sable three quatrefoils Or.

From Keveton, Notts.; great grandson of Sir Gervase Eyre of Hope, Derbyshire. Same arms as Eyre of Lindley Hall, Warwick.

Vermont, Matthews, Crozier 1
Eyre, John (New England, 1718)

Argent a chevron Ermines between three escallops Gules

Seal on letter dated 1718

Bolton
Ezpeleta y Galdeano, José Manuel de, Count of Ezpeleta de Beyre (Barcelona, 1742-Pamplona, 1823)

Quarterly, 1st Argent a lion rampant Gules (Ezpeleta); 2nd Gules two bars the upper counter-compony Argent and Sable the lower Argent in chief a crescent checky Argent and Sable (Galdeano); 3rd Gules three towers-towered Or (Dicastillo); 4th Vert a lion rampant Sable armed and langued Gules crowned Or (Prado)

Arms in his biography by F. de Borja Medina Rojas. Spanish commandant of Mobile, Alabama, 1780-81.