American Heraldry Society

ROLL OF EARLY AMERICAN ARMS - L

ARM NAME BLAZON COMMENTS SOURCE
Labadie, Pierre (from La Rochelle, France; in Detroit, 1740)

Azure a fess between two estoiles in chief and a crescent in base all debruised by a bendlet Argent

NEHGS #303
Ladd, ----- (New Hampshire, 18th c)

Or on a fess Vert [or Azure] between three escallops Sable three sheldrakes Argent

Bookplate

Bolton
Lafayette, Marie-Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de (Chavaniac, France, 1757-Paris, 1834)

Gules a bend Or within a bordure Vair

Major general, Continental Army, 1776-1781

NEHGS #157
Laird, Alexander (of Englishtown, NJ, 1735)

Argent a chevron Gules between two boars’ heads erased proper in chief and in base a crescent Gules.

Crozier 1
1. Lake, Thomas (Tetney, Lincs, 1615-Arrowsic Island, Me, 1676)
2. Lake, John (in Boston, 1676)

Sable a bend between six cross crosslets fitchy Argent

2. With a mullet for difference, quartered 1 and 4 with indistinct charges in 2 and 3 on a damaged seal on a 1657 document

Bolton, NEHGS #41
Lallemand, Lt Gen Baron Charles-François-Antoine (Metz, 1774-Paris, 1839

Per fess, the chief per pale Azure and Gules a pallet Or between in dexter five stars in cross Or and in sinister a sword palewise Argent (for a military baron of the empire); the base Or a centaur armed with a bow and arrow Sable

Ex-Bonapartist general; to U.S. 1817, to Texas 1818. Naturalized U.S. citizen, returned to France after 1830. Brother of Henri Lallemand, above.

Armorial du premier Empire III:27
Lallemand, Lt Gen Baron Henri-Dominique (Metz, 1777-Bordentown, N.J., 1823)

Per fess, the chief per pale Argent a ruined tower Sable and Gules a sword palewise Argent (the insignia of a military baron); the base Azure a lion rampant Or armed and langued Gules the dexter paw resting on a pile of cannonballs Sable

Ex-Bonapartist general, came to the U.S. circa 1817. Brother of Charles Lallemand, below.

Armorial du premier Empire III:27
1. Lamar, Thomas (of Maryland, 1663)
2. Lamar, Peter (of Maryland, 1663)

Gules, two lions passant guardant in pale Or

Arms engraved on silver.

Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton
Lampen, Michael (of Bucks Co, Pa, 1779)

Gules three antique lamps Argent in flame Proper.

Crozier 1
Landon, Thomas (d. 1700, Lancaster Co, Va)

Gyronny of eight Or and Azure an inescutcheon Argent.

Crozier 2
Lane, Capt Ralph (in Virginia (modern North Carolina), 1585-86)

Per pale Azure and Gules three saltires Argent

Deputy General of the Colony of Roanoke Island; returned to England and was knighted 1593; d. 1603.

NEHGS #454
1. Lane, George (of Rye, NY, 1666)

Or a chevron Ermine between three mullets pierced Azure.

Crozier 1,Matthews
Lane, William (location unknown, 1820)

Per chevron Or and Azure a chevron Gules between three mullets counterchanged

Bookplate

Bolton
Langborne, William (b. 1723; d. King William Co, Va)

Argent two chevronels Gules

Arms on his tomb

Crozier 2, Bolton
Lansing, Gerrit Frederick (of Albany, 1650)

Or three increscents Azure

Crozier 1, Matthews
Lardner, Lynford (to Pennsylvania, 1740; d. 1774)

Gules on a fess Sable between three boars' heads a bar wavy Argent

Bookplate

Bolton
Larrabee, Frederic (b. Windham, Conn, 1760)

A chevron between three lions rampant [tinctures not indicated]

Watch engraved by Richard Brunton.

Bates, An Early Connecticut Engraver, Bolton
La Salle, Réné-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de (Rouen, 1643-Texas, 1687)

Sable a greyhound courant Argent and in chief a star of eight points Or

Armorial du Canada français
Lasinby, Joseph (Boston, ca 1685-1774)

Gules a fess between three cushions Argent tasseled Or, overall a bend Sable gutty Or.

Tombstone, Granary Burying Ground, Boston

Bolton
Latané, Rev Lewis (d. Essex Co, Va, 1733)

Argent a fess between three crescents Sable

Seal on his will

Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton
Latham, Frances (Kempston, Beds, 1609-Newport, R.I., 1677)

Or on a chief indented Azure three roundels Or

Married (1) William Dungan; (2) Jeremy Clarke; (3) --- Vaughn

NEHGS #69
1. Lathrop, Rev. John (of Barnstable, Mass, 1639)
2. Lathrop, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1710?)

Gyronny of eight Azure and Gules an eagle displayed Argent

2. Gore Roll of Arms "by the name of Lathrop," early 1700s

1. Crozier 1
2. Gore
Latting, Richard (of Lattingtown, NY, 1672)

Argent three chevronels between three estoiles Vert.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Laurens, ----- (South Carolina, prob 1700s)

Sable three birds rising Argent

Bookplate

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