American Heraldry Society

ROLL OF EARLY AMERICAN ARMS - G

ARM NAME BLAZON COMMENTS SOURCE
Gaesbeeck (Gaasbeck), Rev Laurentius Govertszoon van (Leyden, 1644-Kingston, N.Y., 1680)

Argent a fess wavy Azure between three popinjays [Vert?]

NYG&BR 64:363
Gage, Gen Thomas (in North America, 1755-75)

Per saltire Azure and Argent a saltire Gules

Governor of Massachusetts, 1774-75; commander-in-chief North America, 1763-75

NEHGS #165
Gale, George (b. 1670; to Maryland 1690; d. Somerset Co, Md, 1712)

Argent on a fess between three saltires Azure an anchor between two lions’ heads erased Or

Arms on his gravestone at Tusculum, Princess Anne, Somerset Co, Md.

Bolton, NEHGS #334
Gallaher, Hugh (of Lebanon, Pa, 1798)

Argent, a lion rampant Sable, treading on a serpent in fess Proper, between eight trefoils Vert

Crozier 1
Gallatin, Albert (to Philadelphia, 1780s)

Azure a fess Argent between three bezants.

1761-1849; from Basel, Switzerland. Secretary of the Treasury. Arms on seal ring and bookplates.

NEHGS #498, Bolton
Gallishan, ----- (Massachusetts [?], 1773)

Azure a fess between three escallops Or

Painting by G. Searle dated 1773.

Bolton
Gallitzin, Rev (Prince) Demetrius Augustine (The Hague, 1770-Loretto, Pa., 1840)

Per fess, the base per pale, 1st Gules a a knight in full harness the sword held horizontally mounted on a galloping horse Argent his shield Or (for Lithuania); 2nd Argent upon a floor proper [?] two bears Sable supporting a throne Or cushioned Gules surmounted by a candleabra of three candles flamed proper, holding in their exterior paws two scepters crossed in saltire before the throne Or; 3rd Azure a cross moline surmounted of an escutcheon Argent charged with a double-headed eagle Sable armed and imperially crowned on each head Or

Arms of the Russian princely house of Golitsyn. Gallitzin came to America in 1792, where he was ordained a Catholic priest. The tinctures of the floor in the third quarter vary from one emblazonment to another.

Meyers Konversationslexikon
Gálvez y Madrid, Bernardo de (1746-1786, in Louisiana 1777-1783)

Quarterly, 1st grand quarter quarterly, i Or a bend Gules, ii Argent a cross of Calatrava Gules, iii Argent a lion rampant Purpure, iv Or a castle proper (Madrid); 2nd grand quarter per pale, dexter Gules three gold marks proper (bezants) within a bordure counter-compony Azure and Argent, sinister Gules a castle Or flagged Azure (Marques); 3rd grand quarter Argent two goats in pale Sable (Cabrera); 4th Argent a man standing on the deckhouse of the brigantine Galveztown under sail flagged Azure with a streamer in chief charged with the words “Yo Solo” proper (augmentation of honor); on a point in point Azure a fleur-de-lis Or; over all an inescutcheon per pale, dexter Argent a tree Vert surmounted by two wolves passant in pale Sable langued Gules, sinister Argent three escallops Azure (Gálvez)

On his patent of nobility, dated 1783, in the Albert H. Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia. See original unaugmented arms above.
Gálvez y Madrid, Bernardo de (1746-1786, in Louisiana 1777-1783)

Quarterly, 1st grand quarter per pale, Dexter Argent from a terrace a tree Vert surmounted by two wolves passant in pale Sable, sinister Argent three escallops Azure (Gálvez); 2nd grand quarter quarterly, i Or a bend Gules, ii Argent a cross of Calatrava Gules, iii Argent a lion rampant Purpure, iv Or a castle triple-towered proper (Madrid); 3rd grand quarter Azure a tower supported by two lions and in chief an estoile [Argent]; 4th grand quarter Argent two goats in pale Sable (Cabrera)

On his bookplate. Viscount of Galveston and Count of Gálvez, Spanish Governor of Louisiana, 1777-83. See augmented arms below.

Bolton
Gamble, Joseph (of Winchester, Va, 1786)

Azure a fleur-de-lis Or

Crozier 1
1. Gardiner, Joseph (of Rhode Island, 1650)
2. Gardner, John (in RI, 1767)
3. Gardiner, John (Boston, 1731-1794)

Or on a chevron Gules between three griffins’ heads erased Azure two lions combatant Or

2. Chief Justice of RI; arms on his tombstone.
3. Bookplate.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton, Vermont
3. Bolton
1. Gardiner, Lion (of Boston, 1635; d. Gardiner's Island, N.Y., 1663)
2. Gardiner, John (Groton, Conn, 1661-1738)
3. Gardiner, David (abt. 1690-1751)

Sable a chevron Ermine between two griffins’ heads in chief and a cross paty in base Argent

1. Arms on tomb, South End Cemetery, East Hampton, N.Y.; 1st lord of the manor of Gardiner's Island, 1639. See also below.
2. Grandson of #1; 3rd lord of the manor; arms on gravestone.

1. Crozier 1
2.Bolton
3.Bolton
1. Gardiner, Lion (to Boston, 1635; to Gardiner's Island, NY, 1639; d. 1663)
2. Gardiner, John Lion (1770-1816)

Argent a chevron between three bugle horns Gules stringed Azure.

1. First Lord of the Manor of Gardiner's Island. All other sources give different arms; see above.
2. Bookplate.

1. Matthews
2.Bolton
Gardner, John (of Philadelphia, 1698)

[Per pale?], Argent a wyvern statant Or, rampant [sic], armed and langued Gules (Gardner); 2. (Argent?), three barnacles, one and two open Azure, third closed Gules (Blayley); [all surrounded by?] a bordure Gules [charged with?] thirteen mullets pierced Argent

Hypothetical reconstruction based on Crozier's sketchy blazon.

Crozier 1
Gardner, ------ (Massachusetts (?), ca 1800)

Azure a chevron Ermine between two griffins' heads erased and a cross paty Or

Painting by John Coles, Jr.
Gardner, Samuel (in Salem, Mass, before 1769)

Azure a chevron Ermine between three griffins' heads erased Argent.

Embroidered "hatchment" made before 1769; same arms on silver teapot.

Bolton
1. Gardyner, Sir Christopher (?1596-1661/2; to Massachusetts by 1630-31 and Maine by 1632)
2. Gardner, Richard (of Woburn, Mass, 1650)

Azure a griffin passant Or

1. From Sondes Place, Dorking, Surrey

1. NEHGS #537
2.Crozier 1
Garfield, Edward (of Watertown, Mass, 1672)

Or three bars Gules on a canton Ermine a cross formy Gules

For history of these arms see our article on [[President.Garfield">President Garfield.

Crozier 1
Garlick, Edward (in King and Queen Co, Va, 1772)

Argent three heads of garlic proper.

Engraved on silver bowl.

Bolton
Garnett, John (?)

Gules a lion rampant Argent ducally crowned within a bordure engrailed Or.

Early bookplate.

Bolton
Garrett, Amos (d. 1727, Annapolis, Md)

A lion rampant [tinctures not indicated]

Tombstone, St Anne's Church, Annapolis

Bolton
Gaston, John (of Connecticut, 1783)

Checky Argent and Gules three escallops in bend Or

Crozier 1
Gates, Sir Thomas (d. Netherlands, 1622)

Ermines three lions rampant Or

Governor of Virginia, 1609-14

NEHGS #104
Gates, Stephen (of Hingham, Mass, 1638)

Per pale Gules and Azure three lions rampant guardant Or

Crozier 1
Gayer, William (Devonshire, 1647-Nantucket, Mass, 1710)

Ermine a fleur-de-lis and a chief Sable

See variant above

Crozier 1, NEHGS #67
Gayer, William (Devonshire, 1647-Nantucket, Mass, 1710)

Ermine a fleur-de-lis Sable.

See variant below.

Matthews
Gay, John (to Dedham, Mass, 1639; d. 1689)

Gules crusily Or three lions rampant Argent.

Matthews, Bolton
Gayoso de Lemos, Col Manuel Luis (Oporto, 1747-New Orleans, 1799)

Quarterly, 1st per fess the chief Sable the base Or a hawk attacking a stag courant proper; 2nd Gules five Saracens' heads couped at the neck in profile in saltire proper; 3rd Argent thirteen hurts 4, 4, 4, 1; 4th Argent three bars checky Gules and Argent; over all an escutcheon Argent two bars Sable between three fish counter-naiant [proper?]

Engraved on his official stationery as governor of Spanish Louisiana, 1797-99. Also stated to have been on a seal and other items purchased from his estate by the city treasurer of New Orleans.

Historia genealógica de las familias más antiguas de México
Gedney, John (to Salem, Mass, 1637)

Or three eagles displayed Purpure

From Norwich, Eng. The eagles should correctly be Sable; see above.

Matthews
1. Gedney, John (to Salem, Mass, 1637)
2. Gedney, Bartholomew (Boston, 1698-1762)

Or three eagles displayed Sable

1. From Norwich, Eng. See above. Arms on seal ring used by his daughters, 1698-99.
2. Arms on tombstone, King's Chapel, Boston

Bolton,NEHGS #589, Her. Jl. II:20 & IV:170
Gee, Rev Joshua (Boston, 1667-1748)

Azure on a chevron Argent between three leopard's faces Or three fleurs-de-lis Gules.

Tomb, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston; Gore Roll of Arms, dated 1720, impaling Gules a cross moline on a chief Argent three grasshoppers Sable (Thacher). Also on an embroidered "hatchment" and engraved on silver.

Bolton
1. Geer, George (of Boston, 1635)
2. Geer, Thomas (of Boston, 1635)

Gules two bars Or each charged with three mascles Azure, on a canton Or a leopard’s face Azure

Crozier 1
George, Robert (of Kent County, Md, 1690)

Argent a fess Gules between three falcons volant Azure beaked and membered Or.

Crozier 1
Gerrish, John (of New Hampshire [?], early 1700s [?]

Argent a dart between three escallops Sable

Embroidered "hatchment" by his daughter Elizabeth.

Bolton
Gerrish, John (of Portsmouth, N.H., 1735-1829)

Argent three escallops in chief a pheon barbed Azure hafted Or

Bookplate.

Bolton
Gerrish, Paul (in Portsmouth, N.H., 1719)

Quarterly 1st and 4th a lion rampant, 2nd and 3rd three roundels [tinctures unknown]

Arms on seal.

Bolton
Gerrish, William (b. Bristol, Eng, 1617; d. Salem, Mass, 1687)

Gules an arrow fesswise Or between three escallops Argent.

Matthews
Gibbes, Col John (d. Goose Creek, S.C., 1711)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent three battle-axes palewise Azure (Gibbes); 2nd and 3rd, Argent two lozenges in fess Gules (Champney)

1. Memorial tablet, St. James Episcopal Church, Goose Creek.

Bolton
Gibbes, Robert (of Philadelphia, 1709)

Three arrows [palewise in fess?] [tinctures not given]

Arms on his seal; Bolton blazons "three arrows in pale."

Bolton
1. Gibbs, Henry (Newton, Mass, 1694-1761)
2. Gibbs, Henry (Watertown, Mass, 1668-1723)
3. Gibbs, Robert (of Boston, 1660)

Argent three battle-axes palewise Sable

1. On his portrait, Art Inst of Chicago.
2. Said by Bolton to be on his portrait, possibly misidentified for #1.
3. Same as Robert Gibbs #3 above.
Arms on teapot made in Newport, RI, 1750.

1. Art Inst of Chi Museum Studies, V:53-63
2.Bolton
3.NEHGS #74
Gibbs, John Walter (Charleston, ca. 1780)

Argent three battle-axes palewise in fess Sable

Bookplate

Bolton
1. Gibbs, Robert (d. Providence, 1769)
2. Gibbes, Robert (of South Carolina, 1709)
3. Gibbs, Robert (of Boston, 1660)

Sable three battle-axes palewise in fess Argent

1. Arms on gravestone, Old North Burial Ground, Providence.
2. Governor of South Carolina, 1710-11.
3. See alternative version below.

1.Bolton
2. Crozier 1
3. Crozier 1
Gibson, John (of Cambridge, Mass, 1634)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules a stork between three crescents Argent; 2nd and 3rd Argent a chevron between three mullets Sable

Crozier 1, Matthews
Gidley, John (d. Newport, R.I., 1744)

Or a castle within a bordure Sable bezanty

Tombstones of himself and of his two wives, Newport. Crozier blazons the arms with the bordure,but it is not apparent on the stones.

Crozier 1
Giffarde, John (Lynn, Mass, 1683)

Three lions passant in pale [tinctures not indicated]

Seal.

Bolton
Gilbert, ----- (Boston area, mid-1700s?)

Azure a chevron Ermine [or Erminois] between three eagles displayed Or

Embroidery of approximately this period

Bolton
Gilbert, Capt Nathaniel (of Middletown, Conn, 1776)

Argent on a chevron Gules three roses Argent

Crozier 1
Gilbert, John (Dorchester, Mass, 1630)

Argent on a chevron Sable three roses Argent.

Crozier 1
Giles, Edward (of Boston, 1634)

Per chevron Argent and Azure a lion rampant counterchanged collared Or

Crozier 1
Giles, James A. (New York, ca. 1800)

Per chevron Argent and Azure a lion rampant per chevron Sable and Or

Chinese export porcelain plate, 1786. See variant above.
Giles, James A. (New York, ca. 1800)

Per chevron Argent and Azure a lion rampant counterchanged

Bookplate by Maverick (with a label for difference). See variant below.

Bolton
Gilman, ------ (Boston [?], c. 1788)

Sable a horse's head erased Or between three dexter hands couped Argent

Silver teapot made 1788-89

Bolton
Gilman, Edward (of Hingham, Mass, 1638)

Sable a man’s leg palewise couped at the thigh Argent

Crozier 1
Gilmer, Dr. Edward (Scotland, 1700-Williamsburg, Va, 1755)

Azure a chevron between two fleurs-de-lis in chief Or and a writing pen full feathered in base Argent

Arms on bookplate.

Crozier 2,Bolton
Gilmor, James (Mecklenburg Co, NC, 1744-1784)

A stag trippant regardant [tinctures not indicated]

Tombstone, Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, Charlotte; arms probably devised by the stonecarver
1. Gilpin, Joseph (1664-1741; to Chadd's Ford, Chester Co, Pa)
2. Gilpin, Samuel (Cecil Co, Md., 1733)
3. Gilpin, John Bernard (to Newport, R.I., 1818)

Or a boar passant Sable

1. Son of Thomas Gilpin of Warborough, Oxon.
Boar sometimes blazoned "statant."

1.Matthews,Vermont,Crozier 1
2.Crozier 1
3. NEHGS #680
Gilson, James (of Rehoboth, Mass, 1675)

Vert on a pale Argent between two annulets Or a pile Gules

Crozier 1
Glen[n], James (Linlithgow, Scot, 1701-London, 1777; to Charleston 1743)

Argent a bend Gules between three martlets Sable

Governor of South Carolina, 1743-56. Arms not matriculated in Lyon Register.

Crozier 1
Glover, John (of Dorchester, Mass, 1630)

Sable a chevron Ermine between three crescents Argent

Crozier 1
Goddard, William (of Watertown, Mass, 1665)

Gules a chevron Vair between three crescents Argent

Crozier 1
Godfrey, Edward (in Maine, ca. 1646)

Per pale, dexter Argent a cross potent between four cross crosslets Or, sinister paly [tinctures uncertain]

Seals on letters to Gov John Winthrop of Massachusetts. The dexter half is the arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, presumably an allusion to Godefroy de Bouillon.

Bolton, Her. Jl. III:177
Goelet, Peter (prob New York, ca. 1790)

Gules a swan in water proper

Bookplate by Maverick (active ca. 1780-1811)

Bolton
Goetchius, Mauritius (to Philadelphia, 1735)

Quarterly 1st and 4th Azure a talbot's head couped Or, 2nd and 3rd Or on a bend sinister Sable three linden leaves Vert.

From Zurich; originally Moritz Göttschi.

NEGHS #486
Gold and Silver Smiths' Society of New York (by 1788)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Or two eagles' heads erased in saltire Azure; 2nd and 3rd Azure two cups inverted [in fess?] between two buckles [in chief and base?] Or

On a banner carried in the Constitutional procession of 1788, as described in Col Richard Platt's account of the event.
Goldsmith, Joseph (of Long Island, NY, 1720)

Gules on a chevron Argent three crosses-crosslet Sable, on a chief Or a lion passant Gules

Crozier 1
Gooch, Maj William (d. 1655, York County, Va)

Paly of eight Argent and Sable a chevron Argent between three talbots Sable spotted Argent

Arms on tomb. Crozier and Bolton blazon the dogs as greyhounds, but they appear to be talbots.

Bolton, Crozier 2
Gooch, Sir William, Bt (Great Yarmouth, Norf, 1681-London, 1751)

Per pale Argent and Sable a chevron between three talbots passant counterchanged, on a chief Gules three leopards' faces Or

Starting in 1746, with an escutcheon Argent a sinister hand Gules (for a baronet) overall at fess point. Lieutenant governor (de facto governor) of Virginia, 1727-49

NEHGS #255
Goodman, Capt Walter (d. Philadelphia, 1782)

Per pale Ermine and Or a double-headed eagle displayed Sable

Arms on tombstone, Christ Church, Philadelphia

Bolton
1. Goodrich, John (of Wethersfield, Conn, 1643)
2. Goodrich, William (of Wethersfield, Conn, 1643)

Or two lions passant between 10 cross-crosslets Sable

Crozier 1
Goodridge, Walter, Jr. (of Boston, 1730)

Argent a fess and in chief three cross-crosslets fitchy Or

Arms engraved on cup given to Second Church, Boston. The charges should probably be Sable as in the arms above.

Bolton
Goodridge, Walter (of Massachusetts, 1696)

Argent a fess and in chief three cross-crosslets fitchy Sable

Crozier 1
Goodsell, Thomas (of New Haven, 1667)

Per pale Gules and Azure on a fess wavy Argent between three crosses formy Or three crescents Sable

Crozier 1
Goodwin, Capt Frank (of Massachusetts, 1804)

Argent a lion passant Sable on a chief Or three fusils Gules.

Arms on bookplate engraved 1804.

Bolton
Goodwin, Daniel (of Kittery, Me, 1652)

Or a fess between six lions’ heads erased Gules

Crozier 1
Goodwin, James (York Co, Va, ca 1666)

Gules two bars Or between six lozenges 3,2,1 Argent

On tomb of Rachel, wife of James Goodwin, at Goodwin's Neck, York Co, impaling what are presumably her paternal arms, "Quarterly, 1st and 4th a bend, 2nd and 3rd two bars [?]."

Bolton
Goodwin, Joseph (Massachusetts, late 18th c?)

Sable a lion passant on a chief Or three mascles Gules.

On tankard made by Paul Revere (active 1763-88)

Bolton
Goodwin, ----- (Massachusetts, 1702?)

Or two lions rampant on a canton Sable three bezants.

Silver snuff box dated 1702

Bolton
1. Gookin, Maj Gen Daniel (1612-1687; to Virginia 1620; to Massachusetts 1648)
2. Gookin, Charles (Pennsylvania, 1708)

Gules a chevron Ermine between three cocks Or

1. Seal on letter dated 1656. Also the pronominal quartering on a hatchment used for the funeral of his cousin Thomas in England, 1625. See variant below.
2. Governor of Pennsylvania; grandson of Sir Vincent Gookin, temp. James I.

1.Bolton, NEHGS #39
2.Matthews
1. Gookin, Maj Gen Daniel (1612-1687; to Virginia 1620; to Massachusetts 1648)
2. Gookin, Capt John (d. 1643, Norfolk Co, Va)

Gules a chevron Ermine between three crosses Or

1. See arms known to have been used by him above.
2. Brother of Daniel, #1.

1. Vermont, Crozier 1
2. Crozier 1
1. Gordon, Col James (of Lancaster Co, Va, 1738; d. 1768)
2. Gordon, John (of Lancaster Co, Va, 1738)

Azure a pheon between three boars’ heads erased Or

James and John were brothers. Scottish arms of Gordon of Knockaspack and Cairnfield.
1. On silver tankard.

Crozier 1, Crozier 2,Bolton
Gordon, Hugh Mackay (b. Boston, 1760)

Azure a fess checky Argent and Azure between three boars' heads erased Or in chief point a bear's head [erased?] Argent muzzled Gules and in dexter chief a mullet Argent

Matriculated in Lyon Register, 1803

NEHGS #519
Gordon, John (of South Carolina by 1776)

Quarterly 1st Azure on a fess Argent between three boar's heads couped Or a wolf's head couped Sable (for Gordon), 2nd Or three lion's heads erased Gules (for Badenoch), 3rd Or three crescents within a double tressure flory-counterflory Gules (for Seton), 4th Azure three fraises Argent (for Fraser).

Arms matriculated by him in Lyon Register 1 Oct 1776.

NEHGS #480
Gordon, Patrick (in Pennsylvania 1726-36)

Quarterly, 1st Azure three boars' heads couped Or (Gordon), 2nd Or three lions' heads erased Gules (Badenoch), 3rd Or three crescents within a double tressure flory-counterflory Gules (Seton), 4th Azure three cinquefoils Argent (Fraser).

Deputy governor (de facto governor) of Pennsylvania; arms on his seal. Arms of Gordon, Marquesses of Huntly, of whom Patrick Gordon represented a cadet branch. Bolton blazons the boars' heads Argent and the charges in the second quarter as garbs.

Bolton, Pa. Mag. of Hist. & Bio. VIII:348.
Gordon, Samuel (d. 1771, Dinwiddie Co, Va)

Azure three boars’ heads erased Or.

Arms on his tomb, Blandford Church, Petersburg, Va.

Bolton, Crozier 2
Gordon, Thomas (in Perth Amboy, N.J., 1684; d. 1722)

Azure three boars' heads couped within a bordure Or

Chief Justice of New Jersey. Scottish arms of Gordon of Pitclurg.

NEHGS #313
Gordon, William (d. ca 1684, Urbanna, Va)

Azure three boars’ heads couped Or

Arms on wax seal on his will, dated 29 Feb 1684. Undifferenced Scottish stem arms of Gordon.

Bolton, Crozier 2
1. Gore, John (Waltham Abbey, Essex, ca 1606-Roxbury, Mass, 1657)
2. Gore, Christopher (Waltham, Mass, 1758-1827)

Or three bulls’ heads caboshed Sable

1. With a crescent for difference
2. Arms over door and both gate posts of Gore Hall, Harvard University; governor and U.S. senator from Massachusetts.

1. NEHGS #6
2. Bolton
Gorges, Thomas (to Maine, 1640)

Lozengy Argent and Azure a chevron Gules

Seals on letters to Gov John Winthrop of Massachusetts, 1640. Cousin of Sir Ferdinando Gorges. Bolton says the field might be Or and Azure (as above) instead of Argent and Azure.

Bolton
1. Gorges, William (to Maine, 1636)
2. Gorges, Robert (to Maine, 1623)

Lozengy Or and Azure a chevron Gules

Nephews of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, see above.

NEHGS #93
1. Gorges, William (to Maine 1636)
2. Gorges, Robert (to Maine 1623)

Argent a gurge (whirlpool) Azure

Nephews of Sir Ferdinando Gorges (Gurges), Governor-General of New England, 1623-24. Sir Ferdinando himself never came to the New World. NEHGS gives these as the old arms of Gorges; in fact, they were abandoned before 1300 and were thus never used by Sir Ferdinando or his nephews. See below for the newer arms actually used by the family.

NEHGS #93
1. Gorsuch, Robert (in Lancaster Co, Va, ca 1652)
2. Gorsuch, Richard (in Lancaster Co, Va, ca 1652)
3. Gorsuch, Charles (in Lancaster Co, Va, ca 1652)
4. Gorsuch, Lovelace (in Lancaster Co, Va, ca 1652)

Sable two bars engrailed Argent between three fleurs-de-lis Or

Brothers; all in Maryland near present-day Baltimore about 1659

NEHGS #193
Gorton, Samuel (Manchester, Eng, 1593-Warwick, R.I., 1677)

Gules ten billets and a chief indented Or

President of the Providence Colony, 1651-52

NEHGS #65
1. Gosnold, Bartholomew (Clopton, Suffolk, ca 1571-Jamestown, Va, 1607)
2. Gosnold, Anthony (Clopton, Suffolk, aft 1572-Virginia, 1609)

Per pale embattled Or and Azure

NEHGS #430
Gough, Henry Dorsey (Annapolis, 1745-Perry Hall, Baltimore Co, Md, 1808)

Gules on a fess Argent between three bulls' heads Or a lion passant Azure

Engraved on a teapot owned by his daughter Sophia (Mrs. James Maccubbin Carroll)

Bolton
Gould, ----- (Essex Co, Mass, ca 1780)

Per saltire Azure and Or a lion rampant counterchanged.

Painting by Samuel Blyth (lived 1744-95)

Bolton
Goulding, George (Newport, ca 1685-1742)

Gules a chevron Argent between three bezants

Tombstone, Trinity Churchyard, Newport

Her. Jl. III:10
Gove, Edward (to Hampton, NH, 1668)

Argent a cross lozengy between four eagles displayed Sable.

Born London, 1630.

Matthews
Graeme, Dr. Thomas (of Philadelphia, 1719)

Or three piles Sable within a double tressure flory counterflory Gules, on a chief Sable a rose between two escallops Or

Crozier 1
Graeme, Elizabeth (Philadelphia, 1737-1801)

Argent on a fess embattled Gules between in chief a rose between two escallops [tinctures not indicated] and in base three piles Or a bird [tincture not indicated]

Bookplate based on a drawing of the arms made in London ca. 1765. Bolton attributes the bookplate to her father, Dr. Thomas Graeme, but the arms are on a lozenge. Later married Henry H. Fergusson.

Bolton
Graffenried, Baron Christopher de [Christoph von] (Worb, Switz, 1661-Bern, 1743; in New Bern, N.C., 1709-14)

Or upon a trimount Vert a tree stump Sable burning at the top between two stars of six points Gules

Arms on his tomb and other family monuments in Worb.

NEHGS #464
Graham, Henry Hale (b. London, 1731; d. Philadelphia, 1790)

Or on a chief Sable three escallops Or

Bookplate by Smithers. Undifferenced stem arms of Graham, Scotland. Bolton blazons as stated, but comments that the engraving indicates "Argent on a chief Or..."

Bolton
1. Graham, James (of Morrisania, NY, 1685)
2. Graham, John (of Exeter, NH, 1720)
3. Graham, Dr John A (late 1700s?)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Or on a chief Sable three escallops Or (Graham); 2nd and 3rd Argent three roses Gules barbed and seeded Proper (Montrose)

3. Bookplate with stork supporters and duke's coronet.
Undifferenced Scottish arms of Graham, Dukes of Montrose.

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 1
Granger, Launcelot (of Newbury, Mass, 1640)

Azure on a fess between two pomegranates stalked and leaved Or seeded Gules three portcullises with chains Gules

Crozier 1
Grant, Patrick (1700s, Boston?)

Gules a mullet between three antique crowns Or

Topaz seal.

Bolton
1. Grasse-Rouville, Alexandre François Auguste, Comte de (Versailles, 1765-Paris, 1845; in Charleston, 1793-1801)
2. Grasse, Amélie Maxime Rosalie de (d. Charleston, 1799)
3. Grasse, Melanie Veronique Maxime de (d. Charleston, 1799)
4. Grasse, Justine Adélaide Maxime de (of Salem, Mass, 1794)

Or a lion rampant crowned with an antique crown Sable

Children of Admiral François-Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, commander of the French fleet at Yorktown.
2. Tombstone, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Charleston
3. Tombstone, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Charleston
4. Married Francis de Pau of New York

1. NEHGS #377
2. Bolton, NEHGS #377
3. Bolton, NEHGS #377
4. NEHGS #377
1. Graves, Thomas (of Charlestown, Mass, 1628)
2. Graves [or Greaves], Thomas (d. 1747, Charlestown, Mass

Gules an eagle displayed Or, a martlet for difference

2. Arms on his tomb at Phipps Street Yard, Charlestown. Bolton says eagle sometimes crowned Argent.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
Gray, Edward (of Boston, 1686)

Barry of six Argent and Azure on a bend Gules three chaplets Or

Crozier 1
1. Gray, Harrison (of Boston by 1734)
2. Gray, John (b. 4 March 1769, Garlcraig, Scotland; d. Stafford County, Va)

Gules a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed Argent

1. Embroidered "hatchment" by his daughter Elizabeth, with Gray impaling paternal arms of Harrison's wife Elizabeth Lewis (Sable a chevron between three trefoils slipped Argent)
2. Arms on seal

1. Bolton
2.Crozier 2, Bolton
1. Gray, Henry (of Fairfield, Conn, 1643)
2. Gray, John (of Fairfield, Conn, 1643)

Barry wavy Argent and Azure on a bend Gules three garlands Or

Brothers

NEHGS #206
Greaves, Thomas (d. Boston, 1747)

'See Graves, Thomas above'
Green, ------ (Boston area, late 1700s?)

Argent on a fess Azure between three pellets, each charged with a lion's head erased Argent, a dragon statant between two escallops Or.

Watercolor possibly by Coles. These may be the same arms as above, the dragon and griffin being confused with one another in blazoning.

Bolton
1. Greene, John (to Boston, 1635; to Providence, RI, by 1637)
2. Greene, Thomas (Boston, 1705-63)
3. Greene, Gardiner (Boston, 1635-1753)
4. Greene, David (Boston, 18th c.)
5. Green, Benjamin (of Boston, 1757)
6. Green, Rufus and Nathaniel (Boston area, 1745)

Azure three stags [or bucks] trippant Or.

1. With a crescent for difference. Deputy governor of Rhode Island. From Green's Norton, Northants (Crozier says Wiltshire). Grandson of Robert Greene of Bowridge Hill, nr. Gillingham, Dorset, and descendant of Robert Greene of Gillingham.
2. Family tomb, King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston; bookplate.
3. Bookplate.
4. Bookplate by Revere.
5. Bookplate.
Bookplate. Bolton misblazons the field as Sable, but the plate shows Azure.
6. Embroidered "hatchment" by Katherine Green Amory, dated 1745, collection of Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

1.Matthews,Crozier 1,Vermont, NEHGS #97
2.Bolton
3.Vermont,Bolton
4.Bolton
5. Bolton
1. Green, John (of Charlestown, Mass, 1632)
2. Green, John (of Stow, Mass, 1688)

Argent on a fess Azure between three pellets, each charged with a lion’s head erased Argent, a griffin passant between two escallops Or.

2. Seal on will dated 1688.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
Greenleaf, William (Massachusetts, 1725-New Bedford, Mass, 1803)

Argent a chevron between three leaves erect Vert

Bookplate by N. Hurd (active to 1777), with a martlet on the chevron for difference. Also reportedly a painting ca 1760.

Bolton
Greenlees, William (in Cincinnati, 1809)

Argent a fleur-de-lis Vert between three mullets all within a bordure engrailed Gules.

Born Cambleton, Argyll, Scot., 1776.

Matthews
Green, William (of Philadelphia, 1822)

Azure an anchor between three escallops Argent.

Crozier 1
1. Greenwood, Miles (in Norwich, Mass, 1627)
2. Greenwood, Nathaniel (b. 1631, in Boston 1654, d. 1684)
3. Greenwood, Stephen (d. Boston, 1722)

Argent a fess between in chief three mullets pierced and in base three ducks Sable.

1. Son of Miles Greenwood of Greenwood, Yorks., and Norwich, Eng., whose pedigree with these arms, confirmed 1594, is recorded in the College of Arms.
2. Tomb, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston; son of Miles Greenwood, #1
3. Grandson of Nathaniel Greenwood (#2); family tomb, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston (tombstone shows six-pointed mullets pierced).

1.Matthews
2.Vermont,Crozier 1,Bolton
3.Vermont
Greer, James (Mecklenburg Co, N.C., ca. 1714-1784)

Per pale, dexter a pistol muzzle to sinister a chief Azure, sinister Argent a bayonet palewise a chief Azure [tinctures other than the chiefs not indicated]

Tombstone, Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, Charlotte; arms probably devised by the stonecutter.
Gregorie, James (South Carolina, 1740-1807)

Argent on a mound in base Vert a tree in leaf surmounted by a sword bendwise proper hilted Or ensigned on the point with an antique crown, in chief a pierced mullet of six points also Gold.

Engraved on a silver waiter, impaling Gules three lions rampant Argent, in chief a mullet Or (for Ross?)

Bolton
Gregory, Henry (Nottingham, Eng, 1570-Norwalk, Conn, 1655)

Per pale Argent and Azure two lions rampant addorsed counterchanged

Son of Thomas Gregory of Nottingham

Matthews,NEHGS #125
Gregory, William (of Boston, 1740)

Argent a fir tree growing out of a mound and surmounted by a sword in bend ensigned by a royal crown in the dexter chief point all Proper

Crozier 1
Greir, Hannah (Mecklenburg Co, N.C., ca. 1761-1788)

Argent five shields in cross [Azure?], the upper charged with three billets, the middle and bottom with one billet each, the dexter and sinister with unclear charges [Argent?], on a bordure Gules five towers in chief and flanks and in dexter and sinister base two billets voided [Or?]

Tombstone, Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, Charlotte; arms ensigned with a royal crown with five arches visible and probably copied inaccurately from the royal arms of Portugal.
Greir, Margaret (Mecklenburg Co, N.C., ca. 1711-1787)

Checky of 15 pieces in three tracts of five each Gules and Argent

Tombstone, Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, Charlotte; probably devised by the stonecarver.
Gresham, John (in Anne Arundel Co, Md, by 1670)

A chevron between three mullets [tinctures unknown]

NEHGS #442
Griffin, Sgt John (of Windsor, Conn, 1646)

Gules on a fess Or between three fusils charged with fleurs-de-lis a demi-quatrefoil between two griffins [other tinctures unspecified]

Crozier 1
Griffith, William (of Oneida Co, N.Y., 1721)

Gules three lions passant in pale Argent armed Azure.

Crozier 1
1. Griffitts, Thomas (to Philadelphia, 1714; d. 1746)
2. Griffitts, William (Swansea, Wales, 1724-Philadelphia, 1762)
3. Griffitts, Dr Samuel Powell (Philadelphia, 1759-1826)

Argent on a cross Sable five crescents Or in the first quarter the broken head of a spear palewise Sable point Or

1. Mayor of Philadelphia, 1729, 1733, and 1737.
2. Bookplate. Nephew of Thomas Griffitts, #1.
3. Son of William Griffitts, #2.

Zieber
Griggs, Joseph (of Boston, 1714)

Gules three ostrich feathers Argent

Crozier 1
Grimshaw, William (in Philadelphia, 1782-1852)

Azure a griffin segreant Argent

Bookplate. Born Ireland.

Bolton
Griswold, Matthew (of Saybrook, Conn, 1639)

Argent a fess Gules between two greyhounds courant Sable

Crozier 1
Gross, John (of Montgomery Co, Pa, 1745)

Azure a chevron between three saltires couped Argent

Crozier 1
Gross, ----- (Massachusetts, late 1700s?)

Gules a cross flory Vair

Painting by John Coles
Grosvenor, John (d. 1691, Roxbury, Mass)

Quarterly of seven, 1st Azure a garb Or in dexter chief a crescent for difference (Grosvenor); 2nd Argent a chief Azure (Haselwell); 3rd Argent two bars in chief three cinquefoils Gules (Scar-Smith); 4th Azure a cutlass bendwise Argent within a bordure Or (Tettenhall); 5th Vair a canton Gules (Filliol); 6th Argent a bend Sable between three mullets Gules (Clayton); 7th Argent on a fess cotised Sable three escallops Argent

Arms on slate tombstone, Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury. Grandson of William Grosvenor of Bridgnorth, who may have been the grandson of John Grosvenor of Tettenhall.

Bolton
Grouchy, Emmanuel, Comte de (Paris, 1766-St Etienne, France, 1847; in Philadelphia 1818-21)

Or fretty of six pieces Azure on an escutcheon Argent three trefoils slipped Vert and on a canton Azure a sword palewise Argent hilted and pommelled Or (for a military count of the French Empire).

Marshal of France. His unaugmented ancestral arms are shown above.
Grouchy, Emmanuel, Comte de (Paris, 1766-St Etienne, France, 1847; in Philadelphia 1818-21)

Or fretty of six pieces Azure on an escutcheon Argent three trefoils slipped Vert

Marshal of France. His ancestral arms; as a military count of the French Empire he also bore the augmented arms below. Elevated to marquis after his return to France.

NEHGS #516
Grout, ----- (Boston area, late 1700s)

Azure on a bend Or between two mullets Argent three leopards' faces Gules

Painting probably by John Coles

Bolton
Grundy, George (Baltimore, 1755-1825)

Argent on a cross engrailed between four lions passant guardant Gules five martlets Or

Bookplate

Bolton
1. Grymes, Philip (d. ca 1747, Virginia)
2. Grymes, John (b. 1693, Virginia; d. 2 Nov. 1749, Middlesex County, Va)

Or a bordure engrailed Azure on a chief Sable three escallops Argent

1. Seal on will
2. Seal on will.

1. Bolton, Crozier 1
2. Crozier 2
Guild, ----- (Boston area, late 1700s?)

Per bend Or and Gules in chief a demi-wyvern Azure

Painting possibly by Coles

Bolton
1. Guild, John (in Dedham, Mass, 1636)
2. Guild, Benjamin (Boston, 1749-1792)

Azure a lion rampant Or

2. Bookplate.

1. Matthews,Crozier 1
2. Bolton
Gurdon, Muriel (in Haverhill, Mass, 1630s)

Sable three leopards' faces jessant-de-lis Or

Mrs. Richard Saltonstall

NEHGS #219
Gurney, Henry (in Philadelphia, 1768)

Paly of six Or and Azure on an inescutcheon Gules three lions rampant Argent.

Bookplate

Bolton
Gwinnett, Button (to Georgia by 1765; d. 1777)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure a fess between three spearheads Argent embrued Gules; 2nd and 3rd Or from a fess Sable a demi-lion issuant Gules

Signer of the Declaration of Independence; bookplate of his brother, Rev Samuel Gwinnett, who remained in England