American Heraldry Society

ROLL OF EARLY AMERICAN ARMS - K

ARM NAME BLAZON COMMENTS SOURCE
Kasson, Adam (of Boston, 1722)

Argent three chevrons and a canton Gules, on each chevron a mullet Argent

Same as Kissam (see below)

Matthews
Kay, Nathaniel (of Newport, 1727)

Argent two bendlets Sable

Seal.

Bolton,Matthews
Kean, John (of South Carolina and Pennsylvania, 1756)

Argent a chevron between two doves Sable

Crozier 1
Keayne (Kane, Cayne), Capt Robert (of Boston, 1635)

Azure an eagle displayed Argent

Seal

Bolton, Matthews, NEHGS #205
Keeble,George (of Middlesex Co, Va, 1698)

A lion rampant on a chief three escallops [tinctures not indicated

Seal on deed at Urbanna, Va, dated 1698. See alternative arms above.

Bolton
Keeble, George (of Middlesex Co, Va, 1698)

Argent a chevron engrailed Gules on a chief Azure three escallops Argent

See alternative arms below.

Crozier 2
1. Keene, Rev Samuel (in Anne Arundel Co, Md, 1764)
2. Keene, William (in Anne Arundel Co, Md, 1764)

Ermine three crescents [tincture not given]

Engraved on silver owned by Samuel and William, who were brothers

Bolton
Keese, John (New York, 1755-1809)

Gules a bend sinister Or between a lion rampant and a demi-griffin holding a key in the beak [tincture not given]

Bookplate by Maverick

Bolton
Keith of Ludquharn, Sir William, Bt (in Philadelphia, 1717-28)

Argent a cross crosslet fitchy and an escallop in fess Azure, on a chief Gules three pallets Or

Lyon Register, 1672-77. Lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. As a baronet of Nova Scotia, Sir William would also have been entitled to augment his arms with a canton of the arms of Nova Scotia.

NEHGS #641
Kelker, Henry (to Lebanon, Pa, 1743)

Per pale, dexter Gules a boathook Or, sinister paly of four Argent and Sable.

From Herrliberg, Canton Zurich, Switzerland.

NEHGS #595
Kelley, Thomas (of Salem, N.J., 1664)

Gules a tower triple-towered supported by a lion on each side Or

Crozier 1,Matthews
Kelly, William (of New Hampshire, 1767)

Argent a chevron between three billets Gules

Bookplate

Bolton
Kelly, William (of Paterson, N.Y., 1806)

Azure two lions rampant combatant Argent chained Or supporting a tower triple-towered Argent

Crozier 1
Kemble, Peter (Philadelphia, abt 1760-1840)

Sable on a bend Ermine three leopards' faces Sable

Bookplate by J. Lewis

Bolton
Kempe, John Tabor (New York, 1735-95)

Gules a fess Ermine between three garbs Or all within a bordure Ermine

Bookplate

Bolton
Kempe, Richard (d. Virginia, 1649)

Gules three garbs and a bordure engrailed Or

Secretary of State for Virginia, 1637.

Crozier 2
Kemp, François Adriaan van der (Kampen, Neth, 1752-Barneveld, N.Y., 1829)

Or on a grassy champagne a blasted tree surmounted in base by a fish naiant [proper?]

Seal

Bolton
Kendall, Master ----- (at Roanoke Island, N.C., 1585)

Argent a chevron between three dolphins naiant embowed Sable

Arms corresponding to the lion passant crest on a seal ring found at Croatan, N.C., and attributed to a Master Kendall of John Lane's expedition. The arms and crest are those of a family of Kendall of Cornwall and Devonshire.
Kendall, Thomas (of Pennsylvania, 1700)

Per bend dancetty Argent and Sable

Matthews
1. Kennedy, Archibald (Scotland, 1685-New York, 1763)
2. Kennedy, Capt Archibald (in New York, bef 1760-1792)

Argent a chevron Gules between three cross-crosslets fitchy Sable all within a double tressure flory-counterflory Gules

1. Collector of customs, New York
2. Son of Archibald Kennedy, #1; succeeded his distant cousin as Earl of Cassillis, 1792

1. NEHGS #327
1. Kent, Richard (of Newburyport, Mass, 1634)
2. Kent, Stephen (of Newburyport, Mass, 1634)

Azure a lion passant guardant Or a chief Ermine

Crozier 1
Kenyon, Roger (of Block Island, R.I., by 1683)

Sable a chevron engrailed Or between three crosses flory Argent

NEHGS #79
Kerlerec, Louis Billouart, Chevalier de (Quimper, Brittany, 1704-Paris, 1770)

Or a cross couped in chief two pierced mullets of six points Azure

Governor of the French Province of Louisiana, 1753-63. Arms painted on a commission issued by him to the Cherokee chief Okana-Stoté in 1761 (National Archives); recorded under the name of his father, Guillaume Billouard de Kerelec de Kervasegan, in the
Ketel, Joachim von (of New York, NY, 1642)

Per pale, dexter chequy Sable and Or, of four rows, three each; sinister Or, fifteen hurts in five rows of three each

Crozier 1,Matthews
Kilby, Christopher (b. Boston, 1705)

Argent three bars and in chief three annulets Azure.

Gore Roll of Arms

Bolton
Kilpatrick, Andrew (of Philadelphia, 1816)

Argent a saltire and on a chief Azure three cushions Or

Crozier 1
Kimball, Richard (of Watertown, Mass, 1634)

Argent a fess within a bordure engrailed Sable

Matthews
King, Asa (in Southold, N.Y., 1737)

A lion rampant [tinctures not given]

Seal

Bolton
King, Maj Rufus (Scarborough, Me, 1755-Jamaica, NY, 1827)

Sable a lion rampant Ermine between three crosses paty fitchy Or.

On silver. Signer of the Constitution; U.S. Senator for New York, U.S. Minister to Great Britain. Arms of King of Bromley, Kent.

Bolton,Matthews
King, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1800?)

Argent a lion rampant Azure crowned Gules between three cross-crosslets Sable.

Water color at Essex Institute, Salem, Mass, as of 1927

Bolton
King, Miles (b. 1747; d. Norfolk, Va, 1814)

Or three pheons Sable

Bookplate

Bolton, Crozier 2
King, Morris (New York, 1700s?)

Sable a lion rampant between three cross-crosslets Or

Bookplate

Bolton
Kingsley, John (of Dorchester, Mass, 1635)

Vert, a cross engrailed Ermine

Crozier 1
Kingsmill, Richard (of James City Co, Va, 1624)

Argent semy of cross-crosslets fitchy Sable a chevron Ermine between three mill-rinds Sable and a chief Ermine

Arms on the tomb of his daughter impaled by her husband’s arms (see Tayloe).

Crozier 1
1. King, William (Ugborough, Devon, ca 1622-Isle of Shoals, N.H., 1664)
2. King, William (d. Salem, Mass, 1651)
3. King, James (of Suffield, Conn, 1721)

Sable on a chevron between three cross-crosslets Or three escallops Sable

3. Arms on a deed.

1. NEHGS #68
2. Crozier 1
3. Bolton
Kinlock, Capt Francis (Charleston, SC, 1755-1826)

Azure a boar’s head couped between three mascles Or

Bookplate. Continental Congress

Bolton
1. Kip, Isaac (of New York, 1657)
2. Kip, Henry (of New York, 1635)
3. Kip, Leonard (New York, 1768-1843)

Azure a chevron Or between two griffins sejant respectant in chief and a dexter hand couped in base all Argent.

3. Bookplate.

1. Crozier 1
2.Matthews, Crozier 1
3. Bolton
Kirkbride, Joseph (of Bucks County, Pa, 1682)

Argent a cross engrailed Vert

Crozier 1
Kissam, Benjamin (d. New York, 1782)

Or on a fess between three wolves' heads erased Azure three cinquefoils [Or?]

Bookplate by Dawkins

Bolton
Kissam, John (of Flushing, NY, 1667)

Argent three chevronels and a canton Gules, on each chevronel a mullet Argent

Same as Kasson (see above)

Crozier 1
Kneeland, Thomas (Essex, Mass, early 1700s)

Sable a lion rampant Or holding in the dexter paw an escutcheon Argent charged with a cross paty Gules

Gore Roll of Arms

Bolton
Knight, Jonathan (Norwich, Conn, 1758-1829)

Sable a griffin segreant Or

Bookplate by Richard Brunton

Bolton
1. Knowlton, John (of Ipswich, Mass, 1639)
2. Knowlton, Col. Thomas (of Connecticut, 1740)

Argent a chevron Gules between three ducal coronets Sable

1. Crozier 1
2. Matthews
Korffmann, Johan Conrad (Stein-Bockenheim, Rhein-Hesse, 1709-Shrewsbury Twp, Pa, 1785)

Sable a pannier [basket] and in chief three limpet shells, one and two, Or

NEHGS #644
Kunkel, John Michael (of Lancaster Co, Pa, 1749)

Per fess Or and Sable on a mound Vert in base a lion couchant supporting a mullet Argent

Crozier 1, Matthews
Kupreyanov, Capt Ivan Antonovich (1799-1857)

Quarterly, 1st Azure a wall with closed gates and behind it a tower between two lesser towers all masoned and embattled Argent; 2nd Or a bird of paradise perched on the breech of a cannon proper; 3rd Argent in base waves of the sea Azure over all an anchor erect Sable; 4th Gules a warrior armed cap-a-pie Sable brandishing a saber proper and mounted on a galloping horse Argent

Russian naval officer; chief manager of Russian America (Alaska), 1835-40