American Heraldry Society

ROLL OF EARLY AMERICAN ARMS - M

ARM NAME BLAZON COMMENTS SOURCE
MacDuffie, Daniel (of Nutfield, NH, 1720)

Or a lion rampant Gules.

Originally from Londonderry, Ireland. Undifferenced arms of Scottish family of MacDuff.

Matthews
MacFarlan, Frederick (Pennsylvania, late 1700s)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent a saltire engrailed between four roses Gules; 2nd and 3rd Gules a chevron Argent between in chief two quatrefoils and in base a dagger palewise Argent (Doeg)

Bookplate

Bolton
Mackarty, Thaddeus (d. Boston, 1705)

Argent a buck trippant [Gules?]

Arms on his seal.

Bolton, NEHGS #352
Mackenzie, Mary (in South Carolina by 1757)

Tierced per pale, 1st Or a mountain Azure enflamed proper (MacLeod of Lewis); 2nd Sable an imperial crown Or (for Erskine of Innerteill); 3rd Azure a stag's head caboshed Or (Mackenzie of Cromartie)

Daughter of George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie; m (1) Capt Clark; (2) Thomas Drayton (q.v.), 1757; (3) Henry Middleton (q.v.); (4) John Amsley (1784)

NEHGS #351
MacKenzie, Thomas (of Calvert Co, Md., 1745)

Azure a stag’s head caboshed Or

Undifferenced arms of Mackenzie of Kintail, chief of the Scottish Clan Mackenzie.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Mackworth, Arthur (of Casco Bay, Me, ca 1630)

Per pale indented Ermine and Sable on a chevron Gules five crosses couped Or

NEHGS #295
MacLaren, Finlay (of Albany, NY, 1793)

Argent two chevrons Sable.

Crozier 1
Macleod, Malcolm (d. Bennington, Vt, 1777)

Quarterly, 1st Or a mountain Azure inflamed Proper; 2nd Gules three legs armed Proper conjoined at the the thigh flexed in triangle the spurs Or; 3rd Or a galley sails unfurled and pennons flying Sable; 4th Gules a lion rampant Argent; over all, an inescutcheon per pale Gules and Sable a fess between three fleurs-de-lis Or

Also known as Malcolm Rasay. The arms are carved on his tombstone near Bennington. The arms are those of the chief of Macleod of Raasay; Malcolm was purportedly the youngest brother of John Macleod of Raasay.

Crozier 1, Vermont, Bolton
1. MacPherson, Robert (d. Gettysburg, Pa, 1749)
2. McPherson, John (Philadelphia, circa 1800)

Per fess Or and Azure a lymphad with sails furled in base Or, in dexter chief a hand couped grasping a dagger point up Gules and in sinister chief a cross crosslet fitchy Gules

1. Arms on tombstone, Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg.
2. Bookplate
Undifferenced arms of Macpherson of Cluny, chief of Clan MacPherson.

1. Bolton, Zieber
2. Bolton
MacWilliams, ----- (Virginia?, abt 1780-1800)

Per bend Argent and Gules three roses in bend counterchanged

Painting circa 1780-1800

Bolton
Magill, John (Maryland, 1700s)

Vert three martlets Azure [sic]

Bookplate

Bolton
Magruder, Capt James Truman (d. Magruder, Md., 1831)

Argent a fir tree on a mount Vert surmounted of a sword bendways ensigned on the point with an Imperial crown Proper, a canton Azure

The Scottish arms of MacGregor of MacGregor differenced by a canton.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Maine, State of (admitted 1820)

Argent a moose-deer couchant at the base of a pine tree proper

Adopted by act of 9 June 1820. See [[State.Maine">our article on the arms of Maine.
1. Maitland, Rev Alexander (of New York, 1746)
2. Maitland, David (d. New York, 1792)

Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counterflory Gules

Royal arms of Scotland; Scottish stem arms of Maitland have the lion couped in all the joints and the tressure Azure.

1. Crozier 1, Matthews
2. Matthews
Major, Thomas (of Albany, NY, 1746)

Gules an anchor Argent on a chief Or three roses Gules.

Crozier 1
Mallet, John (Stratfield, Conn, 1701)

Azure three conch shells Or.

Crozier 1
Mallet-Prevost, Paul Henry (of Frenchtown, NY, 1790)

Azure a fess between two cinquefoils in chief and a trefoil slipped in base Or.

Crozier 1
1. Mallory, Rev Philip (to Virginia, 1656)
2. Mallory, Roger (of New Kent Co, Va, 1660)
3. Mallory, Thomas (of Virginia, 1667)

Or a lion rampant in dexter chief a crescent Gules

2. Nephew of Philip Mallory, #1. See variant above.
3. Nephew of Philip Mallory, #1.

NEHGS #299
Mallory, Roger (of New Kent Co, Va, 1660)

Or a lion rampant Gules collared Argent.

See variant below.

Crozier 2
Maltby, William (of Branford, Conn, 1667)

Argent on a bend Gules three garbs Or

Crozier 1
1. Manigault, Gabriel (Charleston, 1704-81)
2. Manigault, Peter (Charleston, 1731-London, 1775)
3. Manigault, Charles Izard (Charleston, 1795-1874)

Azure three falcons [or heron-hawks] close Or hooded, belled, and jessed Argent

2. Bookplate engraved 1745; son of Gabriel Manigault, #1.
3. Bookplate, with a crescent Argent for difference; grandson of Peter Manigault, #2

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
Mann, Edward (of New England, 1625)

Sable on a fess embattled counter-embattled between three goats passant Argent as many pellets

Matthews
1. Manningham, Henry (to New York ca 1650)
2. Manningham, Mary (to New York ca 1650)

Sable a fess Ermine in chief three griffin's heads Or

Originally from Yorkshire.
2. Mrs. Robert Blackwell.

NEHGS #403
Mann, John (d. Timber Neck, Gloucester Co, Va, 1694)

Per fess embattled Argent and Azure three goats passant counterchanged attired Or.

Arms on the tomb of his wife, Mary (d. 1704), at Timber Neck. Crozier and Bolton erroneously blazon “embattled counterembattled.”

Crozier 2, Bolton
Manwaring, Oliver (Dawlish, Devon, 1634-New London, Conn, 1723)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent six bars Gules; 2nd and 3rd Or an eagle's leg erased at the thigh Gules, on a chief indented Azure a mullet between two roundels Argent (for Tarbock)

See also simple arms above.

NEHGS #32
Manwaring, Oliver (Dawlish, Devon, 1634-New London, Conn, 1723)

Argent six bars Gules

With an annulet for difference. See also quartered arms below.

NEHGS #32
Mapes, Thomas (of Long Island, NY, 1649)

Sable four fusils in fess Or

Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Marbury, Catherine (in Boston 1637)
2. Marbury, Anne (to Boston 1634, k. in New York 1643)

Argent on a fess engrailed Gules three garbs Or.

Daughters of Rev. Francis Marbury of Alford, Lincs.
1. Married Richard Scott.
2. Anne Hutchinson (Mrs. William Hutchinson), campaigner for religious liberty.

NEHGS #81
Marchant, Henry (Martha’s Vineyard, Mass, 1741-Newport, 1796)

Azure a chevron between three owls close Or

Member of Continental Congress; signer of Articles of Confederation; arms on his bookplate.

Bolton
1. Markham, Daniel (of Middletown, Conn., 1676)
2. Markham, Thomas (Virginia?, 1780)

Azure on a chief Or a demi-lion issuant Gules

2. Bookplate engraved 1780

1. Matthews
2. Bolton
Markoe, ----- (Baltimore and Philadelphia, late 1700s)

Gules a lion rampant Argent

Bookplate, probably of Abraham Markoe or one of his sons, Peter or John

Bolton
Marr, John (of Portsmouth, Me, 1717)

Checky Or and Argent a fess Gules

Crozier 1
Marshall, Elizabeth (d. Saco, Me, ca 1640)

Gules a bend engrailed Or

Mrs. Thomas Lewis

NEHGS #60
Marshall, John (Germantown, Va, 1755-Philadelphia, 1835)

Argent on a chief Or three pallets Gules

Bookplate; undifferenced Scottish arms of Keith, his mother's family name

Bolton
1. Marsh, John (1618-1688, in Connecticut, 1631)

Gules a horse's head couped between three cross crosslets fitchy Argent

2. Descendant of John Marsh of Connecticut

Crozier 1
Marston, John (Boston, 1760s-70s)

Azure a chevron embattled Argent between three lions' heads erased crowned Or

Bookplate by Nathaniel Hurd (working 1750s-1777)

Bolton
Marston, William (of Salem, Mass, 1634)

Sable a fess indented between three fleurs-de-lis Argent

Crozier 1
Martain, Samuel (in Andover, Mass, 1750s-60s)

Azure on a bend Argent three fleurs-de-lis Azure and on a chief Or three eagles displayed Azure

On a punch bowl by John Burt, Boston, ca 1740, along with five other coats, sold at auction by Sotheby's, 2004. Guillim says these arms were confirmed by Clarenceux King of Arms to Sir Christopher Marten alias Martaine of Bourton, Cambs, in 1604.
1. Martin, Col John (d. King William Co, Va, 1756)
2. Martin, Josiah (d. Rockaway, N.Y., 1778)
3. Martin, William (London, 1733-Portland, Me, 1814)
4. Martin, Josiah (Antigua, 1737-London, 1786)

Gules a chevron between three crescents Argent

1. Member of House of Burgesses; arms engraved on silver pint cup stolen in 1738.
2. Bookplate
3. Bookplate, with a mullet charged with a label for difference.
4. Bookplate; governor of North Carolina, 1771-75

1. Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
4. Oliver, W. Ind. Bookplates
1. Martin, Luther (Maryland, 1748-New York, 1826)
2. Martin, Thomas (late 1700s?)

Argent a chevron between three mascles within a bordure Sable, in chief an escutcheon Argent a sinister hand apaummee Gules

1. Bookplate
2. Bookplate
The escutcheon with the red hand in chief is the badge of a baronet, to which Luther and Thomas Martin would not have been entitled. The Martin baronets of Long Melford, Suffolk, bear the same arms but with a bordure engrailed Gules.

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
Martin, Patrick (in Charleston, 1711)

A chevron between two fleurs-de-lis, in chief a crescent [for difference?][no tinctures given]

Seal. Emblazonment speculative based on the unclear blazon.

Bolton
Martin, William Bond (Dorchester Co, Md, 1769-1835)

Argent three lions rampant [tincture not given]

Bookplate

Bolton
Martin, William (of Woodbury, Conn, 1680)

Gules on a chevron Or three talbots passant Sable.

Crozier 1
1. Martyn, ----- (Boston)
2. Martin, Michael (in Boston 1700)

Argent two bars Gules.

Arms of Martyn of Exeter and Kemys, Pembrokeshire
1. Tombstone, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston
2. Seal on will dated 1700.
See similar arms immediately above.

1.Zieber,Vermont
2.Vermont, Crozier 1
Martyn, Edward (of Boston, 1724)

Argent two bars wavy Gules

Engraved on tankard given by his widow to North Parish, North Andover, Mass. See similar arms immediately below.

Bolton
1. Maryland, Province of (settled 1634)
2. Maryland, State of (independent 1776)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Paly of six Or and Sable a bend counterchanged; 2nd and 3rd Per cross Argent and Gules a cross bottony counterchanged

1. Calvert quartered with Crosland, the arms of the Lords Proprietors of Maryland, as used on the provincial seal from shortly after the settlement; officially described as the province's arms by 1764.
2. Provincial arms retained for the seal of the independent state by decision of the governor and council, 31 March 1777.
See [[State.Maryland">our article on the arms of Maryland.
Mascarène, Jean Paul (Castras, France, 1684-Boston, 1760)

Argent a lion rampant Gules, on a chief Azure three mullets Or

Broken stone, Granary Burying Ground, Boston; engraved on various pieces of silver

Crozier 1, Bolton, Matthews, NEHGS #232
1. Mason, George (d. Stafford Co, Va., 1686)
2. Mason, George (Fairfax Co, Va, 1725-92)

Per fess embattled Azure and Argent on the embattlement a dove wings expanded Argent, beaked and legged Gules, in base three fleurs-de-lis Gules, two and one.

1. Member of House of Burgesses.
2. Engraved on his silver, quartered with the arms of Thomson (his mother's family). Father of the Bill of Rights; great-grandson of George Mason, #1.

1. Crozier 2
2. Bolton
Mason, John (Connecticut, 1670)

Argent on a chevron engrailed Gules three crosses paty Argent

Seal impression on document in Mass. Archives; arms of Peck

Bolton
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of (independent 1776)

Azure an Indian dressed in his shirt and moccasins belted proper, in his dexter hand a bow Or and in his sinister an arrow point downward, in dexter chief a star Argent

Adopted by the governor and council, 13 December 1780. See [[State.Massachusetts">our article on the arms of Massachusetts.
Master, Giles (d. Boston, 1688)

Gules a lion rampant guardant double-tailed Or

Barrister of the Middle Temple. Lions rampant guardant are blazoned by the NEHGS Committee on Heraldry as "leopards rampant."

NEHGS #250
Masterton, Peter (in New York, 1789)

Gules a unicorn passant Argent

Bookplate by Maverick

Bolton
Mather, Rev Increase (Dorchester, Mass, 1639-Boston, 1723)

On a plate between six mullets, two in chief and four in base, an increscent moon with human face [tinctures not indicated]

Seal on his will dated 1701. Mather sometimes latinized his first name as Crescentius; the waxing inscrescent moon would be a cant on this.

Her. Jl. 2:7
1. Mather, Rev Richard (to Dorchester, Mass, 1635; d. Boston, 1669)
2. Mather, Rev Increase (Dorchester, Mass, 1639-Boston, 1723)

Ermine on a fess wavy Azure three lions rampant Or.

2. Son of Richard Mather, #1. Arms described in biography by Increase's son, Rev. Cotton Mather. Bolton cites other examples but of uncertain date and ownership. Recorded by William Smith, Rouge Dragon, in Promptuariam Armorum as belonging to William Mather of Shropshire. See another coat apparently used by Increase Mather below.

Matthews, Bolton
Matson, Sgt Thomas (of Boston, Mass., 1630)

Sable a cross formy voided Or

Crozier 1
Matthews, Anthony (London, 1663-Charleston, 1735)

Or a lion rampant Sable

Arms on gravestone, Independent Presbyterian Church, Charleston

Bolton1
Maverick, Samuel (to Dorchester, Mass, 1630; d. New York abt 1670)

Argent a stag's head caboshed between the attires a cross moline fitchy Gules, on a chief Azure a crescent between two mullets pierced [Argent?]

Seal on letter dated 1664. Bolton speculates that these are a version of the arms of Thomson.

Bolton
Maxcy, Virgil (Attleboro, Mass, 1785-nr Ft Washington, Md, 1844)

Gules a fess between three talbots' heads erased Argent

Bookplate

Bolton
Maxwell, Brig Gen William (Co. Tyrone, Ire, ca 1733-Hunterdon Co, N.J., 1796)

Argent on a saltire Sable a hedgehog all within a bordure compony Or and Gules.

Bookplate by Maverick, abt 1780. Brigadier general, Continental Army

Bolton, Allen, Amer. Bookplates
Mayhew, Thomas (Tisbury, Wilts, 1593-Martha's Vineyard, Mass, 1682)

Argent [possibly Or] on a chevron between three sea mews [seagulls] Sable five lozenges Argent

With a mullet for difference on seal on letter to Gov John Winthrop, who died 1649

Bolton, NEHGS #126
1. May, John (of Roxbury, Mass., 1640)
2. May, Joseph (Boston, 1760-1841)

Gules a fess between eight billets four and four Or

2. Memorial tablet, King's Chapel, Boston, erected after his death

1. Crozier 1, Matthews
2. Bolton
1. Mayo, Joseph (Somerset, Eng, 1623-Henrico Co, Va., 1740)
2. Mayo, George (Barbados, 1717-Henrico Co, Va, 1739)
3. Mayo, Col John (Henrico Co, Va, 1760-1818)

Azure a chevron vairy Argent and Gules between three ducal coronets Or.

1. Arms on his tombstone, originally at Powhatan, Va., now at Hollywood Cem, Richmond.
2. Arms on his tombstone, now at Hollywood Cem, Richmond. Son of Joseph Mayo, #1.
3. Bookplate, with a crescent upon a crescent in chief for difference.
See alternative blazon above for Joseph and George. The tombstone has no indication of tincture.

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
1. Mayo, Joseph (Somerset, Eng, 1623-Henrico Co, Va., 1740)
2. Mayo, George (Barbados, 1717-Henrico Co, Va, 1739)

Gules a chevron Vair between three ducal coronets Or a crescent for difference

1. Arms on his tombstone, originally at Powhatan, Va., now at Hollywood Cem, Richmond.
2. Arms on his tombstone, now at Hollywood Cem, Richmond. Son of Joseph Mayo, #1.
See alternative blazon below. The tombstone has no indication of tincture.

1. Crozier 2
2. Crozier 2
McAdams, Gilbert (Boston, early 1700s?)

Gules three cross-crosslets fitchy Or

Gore Roll of Arms, with an escutcheon of pretense, "Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent three bars in chief three annulets Azure; 2nd and 3rd Argent a baton raguly bendwise Sable bewteen three pellets" (Kilby quartering Clark)

Bolton
M’Calla, John (of Pennsylvania, 1750)

Gules two arrows in saltire Argent between three buckles Or all debruised by a fess checky Argent and Gules, within a bordure indented Or.

Originally from Islay, Scotland. Arms of George M'Alla of Edinburgh, matriculated Lyon Register 1672. Relationship, if any, unknown.

Matthews
1. McAllister, Archibald (of Big Spring, Pa., 1732)
2. McAllister, Richard (of Big Spring, Pa., 1732)

Azure a lion rampant Argent crowned Or ducally gorged Gules

Same arms as McDonald (below).

Crozier 1
McCarty, Dennis (of Norfolk, Va., 1675)

Argent a stag trippant Gules attired and unguled Or.

Crozier 1
McClary, Andrew (of Epsom, NH, 1726)

Or a chevron Azure between three roses Gules.

Originally from Gardin, Scotland.

Matthews
McCleary, Robert (Mecklenburg Co, N.C., 1736-1791)

Three swords point downward pilewise [tinctures not indicated]

Tombstone, Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, Charlotte; arms probably devised by the stonecutter; same as Samuel McComb below
McClellan, Robert (of Woodbridge, NJ, 1685)

Argent two chevronels Sable

Said to have been Laird of Barmagachan, Scotland

Matthews
McComb, John (late 1700s?)

Azure a cross flory between four martlets Argent

Bookplate. Bolton suggests these may be the arms of Plesington

Bolton
McComb, Samuel (Mecklenburg Co, NC, 1790s)

Three swords point downward pilewise [tinctures not indicated]

Tombstone, Old Settlers Presbyterian Church, Charlotte; arms probably devised by the stonecutter--same as Robert McCleary above.
McCoun, William T. (in New York, 1790s)

Azure a chevron Argent between three trefoils slipped Or

Bookplate by Rollinson, active late 1700s

Bolton
McCulloh, Henry Eustace (to North Carolina, 1761)

Ermine a fret engrailed Gules

Bookplate

Bolton
McCullough, Capt Benjamin (of New Jersey, 1740)

Argent on a cross Azure five pheons

Crozier 1, Matthews
McDonald, John (of Rhode Island, 1745)

Azure a lion rampant Argent crowned Or, ducally gorged Gules.

Participated in Siege of Louisbourg, French and Indian War

Crozier 1
McEvers, Bache (in Virginia, 1815)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gyronny of eight Or and Sable; 2nd and 3rd Argent a lymphad flagged Sable

Bookplate. Undifferenced arms of Campbell Dukes of Argyll.

Bolton
1. McFarland, John (of North Carolina, 1770)
2. McFarland, Francis (to Pennsylvania, 1793; d. Lexington, Va, 1871)

Argent a saltire wavy between four roses Gules

2. Bookplate
Undifferenced arms of Macfarlane of that Ilk.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
McHard, William (Newburyport, Mass, ca 1790)

Gules a dexter hand fesswise couped holding a dagger point downward Argent in chief two spur-rowels Or

Water color dated to about 1790

Bolton
McIntosh, John Mohr (of Darien, Ga, 1735)

Quarterly, 1st Or a lion rampant Gules; 2nd Argent a dexter hand fessways couped at the wrist proper holding a human heart Gules; 3rd Azure a boar’s head couped Or; 4th Or a lymphad Sable surmounted by two oars in saltire Gules

Slight variant of arms of Mackintosh of Mackintosh, chief of Clan Mackintosh.

Crozier 1, Matthews
McKean, Thomas (New London Twp, Pa, 1734-Philadelphia, 1817)

Argent four pallets Gules, on a bend sinister over all Azure a decrescent between two spur rowels Argent

Bookplate and engraved on silver tureen in collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bolton erroneously blazons "paly of eight" and the charges on the bend sinister Or instead of Argent. Signer of the Declaration of Independence, President of Delaware, Governor of Pennsylvania.

Bolton
1. McLean, William (b. 1679; d. McLean Island, Stamford, Conn., 1749)
2. McLean, Hugh (New York, late 1700s)

Quarterly, 1st Argent a lion rampant Gules; 2nd Azure a castle Argent Gules; 3rd Or a mailed arm couped fesswise Gules holding a cross-crosslet fitchy Azure; 4th Per fess wavy Or and Vert in chief a galley sails unfurled sable in base a salmon naiant Argent

2. Bookplate by Maverick
Undifferenced arms of Maclaine of Lochbuie, chief of Clan Maclaine.

1. Crozier 1, Matthews
Bolton
McMath, Alla (of Chester County, Pa., 1756)

Sable an escutcheon chequy Argent and Azure between three lions’ heads erased Argent, in chief a mullet Argent

Arms of M'Naught of Kilquhanity, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scot., differenced by the addition of the star in chief.

Crozier 1
McTavish, John (Garthbeg, Scot, 1787-Baltimore, 1852)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gyronny of eight Sable and Or; 2nd and 3rd Argent a stag's head caboshed and on a chief Gules a cross-crosslet fitchy between two mullets Argent.

Bookplate. In Baltimore by 1815.

Bolton
McVickar, John (of New York, 1780)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Or an eagle displayed with two heads Gules; 2nd and 3rd Per bend embattled Argent and Gules; overall an escutcheon Or charged with three stags’ horns erect 2 and 1 Gules

Undifferenced arms of the Earls of Glasgow.

Crozier 1
Means, John (of Boston, 1769)

Paly of six Argent and Azure on a chief Gules three crescents Argent

Crozier 1
Meigs, Vincent (b. England, ca 1583; d. Weymouth, Mass, 1658)

Or a chevron Azure between three mascles Gules on a chief Sable a greyhound courant Argent

Crozier 1, Matthews
Menéndez de Avilés, Adm Pedro (Avilés, Asturias, 1519-Santander, 1574)

Quarterly, 1st Gules on a terrace upon waves of the sea two palm trees with a human head at the foot of each all proper between two towers, that to sinister higher, the two connected by a ladder Or, in the sinister tower a man-at-arms holding a sword in his right hand and a stew pot on his left arm proper, reaching to receive a cross offered by an angel Or, in dexter chief the legend IVDICA DOMINE CAVSAN TVAN; 2nd Argent on a terrace upon waves of the sea proper an ounce rampant Or against the trunk of a pine tree proper; 3rd Argent six crows contourny 2, 2, and 2 Sable; 4th Gules a sword palewise proper between five fleurs-de-lis Or one in chief and two each in flanks, surmounted on the upper blade by a lunel Sable all within a bordure Gules fimbriated Sable charged with eight saltires Or.

Founder of St. Augustine, 1565, and first governor of Spanish Florida. Arms painted on the headboard of his coffin, Nombre de Dios Mission, St. Augustine.
Menifie, George (to Virginia, 1625; d. Charles City Co, Va, 1646)

A tree trunk [tinctures not given]

Seal on deed dated 1638

Bolton
Mercer, John (Stafford Co, Va., 1704-68)

Or on a fess between three crosses paty Gules in chief and a mullet Azure in base as many bezants

Crozier 2
Mercer, Thomas (Thomas Cocquiel, known as Le Mercier; in Boston 1671-98)

Argent three trefoils slipped Vert, on a chief Gules a lion passant Or.

From Southampton, Eng.

NEHGS #506
Meredith, William (in Lancaster Co, Va, 1706)

Two lions rampant addorsed [tinctures not given]

Seal on marriage contract dated 1706

Bolton
Meredith, William Morris (Philadelphia, 1799-1873)

Or a lion rampant Sable collared Gules and chained Or

Bookplate

Bolton
Meriwether, Nicholas (b. Wales, 1631; d. Virginia, 1678)

Or three martlets Sable on a chief Azure a sun in splendor Or.

Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Matthews
Merrett, John (of Rhode Island, 1728)

Barry of six Or and Sable, a bend Ermine

Crozier 1
Merrick, Samuel Vaughn (b. 1801; d. Hallowell, Me., 1870)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Sable on a chevron Argent between three staves raguly Or inflamed Proper a fleur-de-lis Azure between two Cornish choughs Proper (Merrick); 2nd Gules two porcupines in pale Argent (Merrick); 3rd Azure three boys’ heads couped at the shoulders with snakes about their necks Proper (Vaughn)

Arms on his bookplate.

Matthews, Bolton
Merrill, John (Maine, 1734-1828)

Or a chevron Azure between in chief two leopards' faces Gules and in base a dagger palewise Azure

Painting probably by John Coles, Jr., early 1800s, described in 1905.

A Merrill Memorial (1928)
1. Merrill, John (of Ipswich, Mass., 1633)
2. Merrill, Nathaniel (of Ipswich, Mass., 1633)
3. Merrill, ---- (Massachusetts, 1726]]

Argent a fess Azure between three peacocks’ heads erased Proper

3. Seal on document dated 1726

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 1, Matthews
3. Vermont, Bolton
Mesier, Peter Janssen (of New York, 1687)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Or three bars Azure; 2nd and 3rd Gules a castle Or within a bordure gobony of twelve pieces Argent and Gules

Crozier 1, Matthews
Messinger, Henry (of Boston, Mass., 1640)

Argent a chevron between three closed helmets Sable

Bolton, Matthews
1. Metcalfe, Richard (of Rappahannock Co, Va, 1708)
2. Metcalf, Thomas (b. England, 1734; of King William Co, Va, 1751)

Argent three calves passant Sable

1. Son of Gilbert Metcalfe, merchant of London
2. Son of Samuel Metcalf of Northwick, Cheshire

1. Crozier 2, Crozier 1
2. Crozier 2
Metcalf, Michael (b. England, 1586; of New England, 1637)

Argent on a fess wavy between three calves passant Sable a sword fessways [proper?]

Son of Leonard Metcalf, of Tatterford, Norfolk

Matthews
Michel von Schwertschwendi, Franz Ludwig (Bern, ca. 1680-North Carolina, aft 1713)

Or three swords pilewise Sable their points sticking into a trimount in base Vert

Arms painted on the title page of his report of his 1702 explorations of Virginia.

Colonial Williamsburg, Summer 1998
Michie, James (b. South Carolina, 1686)

Quarterly, 1st Or a lion rampant Sable on a canton Argent [?] a hand couped at the wrist holding a cross crosslet fitchy [tinctures not given]; 2nd Argent a chevron Azure between three leaves [or springs of pine] [Vert?] within a bordure compony Argent and Purpure; 3rd Or a lymphad and in chief a double-headed eagle Sable; 4th Per fess Argent and Vert in chief a tree in base a salmon naiant [proper?]

Bookplate

Bolton
Mickle, John (of New York, 1790)

Gules a chevron between three crosses paty fitchy each cantoned with four cross crosslets Argent

Crozier 1
Middlecott, Richard (Wiltshire, 1640-Boston, 1704)

Azure an eagle displayed Argent, on a chief Gules three escallops Or

Gore Roll of Arms, 1702

Bolton
1. Middleton, Arthur (Middleton Place, SC, 1742-The Oaks, SC, 1787)
2. Middleton, Peter (d. South Carolina, 1686)
3. Middleton, Arthur (South Carolina, 1681-1732)
4. Middleton, Henry (South Carolina, 1715-1784)
5. Middleton, Thomas (South Carolina, 1753-92)

Argent fretty Azure a canton Sable.

1. Signer of the Declaration of Independence; arms on his tomb, Middleton Place, SC, with a crescent for difference; Crozier describes fretty as Sable. Son of Henry Middleton, #4.
2. Father of Peter Middleton, #3.
3. Father of Henry Middleton, #4; acting Governor of South Carolina.
4. Father of Arthur Middleton, #1 and Thomas Middleton, #5. President of the Continental Congress, 1774-75.
5. On a memorial tablet at St James Episcopal Church, Goose Creek, S.C. to his memory and that of Edward, #2, Arthur, #3, and Henry, #4.

1. Bolton, Crozier 1
1. Middleton, John Izard (South Carolina, 1785-1849)
2. Middleton, Henry (South Carolina, d. 1846)

Quarterly of nine, 1st Argent fretty Azure a canton Sable (Middleton); 2nd Argent three coursing hounds in pale Sable (Mauleverer); 3rd Sable an estoile of six points Argent (Ingleby); 4th Gules a lion rampant Argent within a bordure engrailed Or (Mowbray); 5th Argent a chevron embattled between three birds Sable (Chaumont); 6th Argent a chevron between three lions’ heads erased Gules (Rocliff); 7th Argent a saltire and on a chief Gules three escallops Or (Talboys); 8th Argent three cinquefoils Sable; 9th Gules a cinquefoil Argent between eight cross crosslets three, two, and three Or(Umfreville)

1. Arms on his bookplate; son of Arthur Middleton (see below); Bolton questions some of the tinctures.
2. Bookplate; brother of John Izard Middleton, #1

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
Middleton, Peter, M.D. (to New York, 1752)

Per pale Or and Gules a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counterflory counterchanged

Bookplate by J. Lewis

Bolton
Middleton, Robert (of Westmoreland Co, Va, 1663)

Per fess Or and Gules, a lion rampant and a bordure embattled all counterchanged

Crozier
Mifflin, John (Philadelphia, 1715-59)

Or a chevron Azure in sinister chief a star of six points Gules

Seal

Zieber, Bolton
Milburn (Milborn), William (of Boston, 1693)

Sable on a bend between two leopards’ heads Or, three crosses pattee Sable, on a chief Argent, as many escallops Sable

Seals on wills he witnessed, 1701-02.

Bolton, Crozier 1
Mildmay, William (in Cambridge, Mass, 1644-51)

Argent three lions rampant Azure

NEHGS #281
Milhau, Comte Caesar Michael del (b. St. Dominique, 1762; d. Baltimore, Md., 1813)

Argent a fess Azure in chief a sun rising issuant Proper between three stars [tincture not stated], in base a dove holding an olive branch [proper?]

Matthews
Miller, Hugh (of Prince George Co, Va, 1757; d. 1762)

Ermine three wolves’ heads erased Gules

Impaled with wife’s arms (Bolling) engraved on silver castor.

Crozier 2, Bolton
1. Miller, Joseph (Massachusetts, 1700s)

Ermine a fess Or between three wolves's heads erased Gules

Bookplate

Bolton
1. Miller, Samuel (Rehoboth, Mass, by mid-1600s)
2. Miller, Ebenezer (Rehoboth, Mass, ca 1700-Braintree, Mass, 1763)

Ermine a fess Gules between three wolves’ heads erased Azure

1. Engraved on a silver tankard
2. Engraved on a silver tankard, 1728, impaling "Sable on a chevron between three cross crosslets fitchy Argent three quatrefoils Sable" (Motram), a gift for his wedding. Grandson of Samuel Miller, #1.

1. Crozier 1, Bolton
2. Her. Jl. 1:41, Bolton
Millet, Thomas (in Dorchester, Mass, 1635)

Argent a fess Gules between three dragons' heads erased Vert

NEHGS #262
Milligan, Robert (b. 1754; d. Maryland, 1806)

Argent a demi-lion between two bars wavy Vert and in chief two demi-lions rampant [tincture not given]

Arms on his bookplate. Also on a silver sauceboat made 1818, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Bolton, Matthews
Milne, David (b. Aberdeen, Scotland; of Philadelphia, 1827)

Or, a cross Moline Azure, pierced ovalways between three mullets Sable all within a bordure Azure

Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Milner, Col Thomas (of Nansemond Co, Va., 1675)
2. Milner, James (Virginia, 1770s?)

Per pale Or and Sable, a chevron between three horses’ bits counterchanged

1. Speaker of the House of Burgesses, 1691-93, arms on the tomb of his wife.
2. Bookplate

1. Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Matthews
2. Bolton
Milner, Mary (d. Nansemond Co, Va, 1700)

Sable a chevron between three snaffle bits Or

Mrs. Miles Cary; on her tomb.

Bolton
Milner, Michael (of Lynn, Mass. 1640)

Sable three snaffle bits Or

Crozier 1
1. Miner, Thomas (of New London, Conn, 1650)
2. Minor, Ephraim (d. Taugwonk, Stonington, Conn, 1724)
3. Minor, Manatseh (d. Stonington, Conn, 1728)
4. Minor, Thomas (d. Stonington, Conn, 1739)

Gules a fess between three roundels Argent

2. Arms on tombstone, Old Taugwonk Cem, Stonington, Conn.
3. Tombstone, Wequetequock Cem, Stonington, Conn
4. Tombstone, Wequetequock Cem, Stonington, Conn.

1. Crozier 1, Matthews, NEHGS #24
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
4. Bolton
Minturn, William (New York, 1776-1818)

Azure two bars Argent between three lions passant in pale Or.

Bookplate

Bolton
Moffett (Moffatt), Joseph (of Brinfield, Mass, 1762)

Argent a saltire Azure a chief Gules

Descended from Thomas Moffatt, Exeter, England.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Molineux, Robert (Massachusetts, late 1700s)

Azure a cross moline pierced lozengeways Or

Painting by John Coles (Sr?)

Bolton
Monckton, Maj Gen Robert (England, 1726-1782; in New York, 1762-65)

Gules on a chevron Or between three martlets Argent three mullets Gules

Seal. Son of John Monckton, Viscount Galway; Governor of New York, 1762-65. Bolton, following Her. Jl. 4:95, blazons the martlets simply as "birds" and the mullets as "of the third," or Argent. They are correctly "of the field," Gules.

Bolton
1. Montague, Peter (b. Burnham, Bucks, 1603; d. Virginia, 1659)
2. Montague, Richard (of Maine, 1646)
3. Montague, Rev. William (in Boston, 1787-92)

Argent three lozenges [or fusils] conjoined in fess Gules between three pellets.

3. Modern memorial tablet in Christ [Old North] Church, Boston, of which he was rector, 1787-92.

1. Crozier 1 , Crozier 2, NEHGS #350
2. Crozier 1 , Crozier 2
3. Bolton
Montgomery, Hugh (of Londonderry, NH, 1719)

Azure three fleurs-de-lis Or

Undifferenced arms of Montgomery, Earls of Eglintoun.

Crozier 1
Montgomery, Hugh (of New Jersey, 1680)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure three fleurs-de-lis Or (Montgomery); 2nd and 3rd Gules three gem rings Or stoned Azure (Eglinton); all within a bordure Or charged with a double tressure flory counterflory Gules (Seton)

Crozier 1
Montgomery, Maj Gen Richard (of New York, 1772-73)

Gules two ring-spears in saltire between three fleurs-de-lis in chief and flanks and three gem-rings in base Or stoned Azure.

From Ireland; fell at Quebec, 1775. Arms matriculated in Lyon Register, 1672x77. The NEHGS previously recorded for him Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure three fleurs-de-lis Or, 2nd and 3rd Gules three gem rings Or stoned Azure, but issued this correction in 1980.

NEHGS #477a
Montgomery, William (of New Jersey, 1706)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules, three fleurs-de-lis Or; 2nd & 3rd Azure three gem rings Or stoned Gules; all within a bordure engrailed Or.

Matthews
Moody, John (of Roxbury, Mass, 1633)

Argent on a chevron engrailed Sable between three trefoils slipped Vert three lozenges [or mascles?] Or, a crescent for difference, and on a chief Azure two arms issuant from dexter and sinister sleeves Or the hands proper holding a rose Gules.

From Ipswich, Suff. Later to Hartford, Conn.

NEHGS #411
1. Moody, Sir Henry, Bt (of Salem, Mass, 1640)
2. Moody, Eliezer (in Suffolk Co, Mass, 1711

Vert a fess engrailed Argent surmounted of a bar Gules between three harpies Argent crined Or.

1. Later of Gravesend, Long Island; died in Virginia, 1661. As a baronet he was entitled to place an escutcheon Argent charged with a hand Gules on the shield, probably in chief point.
2. Seal on will witnessed by Moody, 1711.

1. Crozier 1, NEHGS #274
2. Bolton, Her. Jl. 3:92
Mooney, James (of Prince William Co, Va., 1740)

Argent on a holly tree eradicated Vert a lizard passant Or all within a border counter-compony Argent and Vert

Crozier 1
Moore, James (b. ca 1650; d. South Carolina, 1706)

Argent a moorcock Sable combed and wattled Gules

Governor of South Carolina, 1700-1703. Father of Roger Moore, above.

Crozier 1
Moore, John (New York, 1745-1828)

Or ten crosses bottony [or cross crosslets], 4, 3, 2, and 1, Sable

Bookplate by Dawkins, who d. 1786

Bolton
Moore, John (of King William Co, Va., 1620)

Ermine three greyhounds courant Sable collared Gules on a canton Gules a lion passant [Or?]

Crozier does not give the tincture of the lion.

Crozier 2
Moore, Richard Channing (New York, 1762-Lynchburg, Va, 1841)

Argent ten cross crosslets 2, 3, 3, and 2 Gules.

Bookplate in collection of Md Hist Soc. 2nd Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Virginia; brother of John Moore, above.
Moore, Roger (South Carolina, 1694-1759)

Azure a chevron Argent between three moorcocks [also Argent?]

Seal, impaling "Argent a cross engrailed Sable" (for Rhett). Other sources suggest the field of the Rhett arms should be Or.

Bolton
Moore, Sir Henry, Bt. (Jamaica, W.I., 1713-New York, 1769)

Ermine three greyhounds courant Gules, on an escutcheon in chief Argent a sinister hand Gules (for a baronet)

Governor of New York, 1765; arms on his seal. Also on a bookplate without the baronet's badge or indication of tincture for the greyhounds.

Bolton
1. Morehead, Charles (of Virginia, 1630)
2. Morehead, Capt Charles (d. Leeds Parish, Fauquier Co, Va., 1783)

Argent on a bend Azure three acorns Or in chief a man’s heart Proper within a fetterlock Sable the whole surrounded with an oak wreath Proper acorned Or

2. Grandfather Charles Morehead of Scotland settled in Prince William County, Va., in early 1700s.

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 2
1. Morgan, Capt Miles (of Massachusetts and Connecticut, 1630)
2. Morgan, Charles (Monmouth Co, NJ, 1685)

Or a griffin segreant Sable

Crozier 1
1. Morgan, James (of Boston, 1636)
2. Morgan, Charles (of Flushing, NY, 1683)

Vert a lion rampant Or.

1. Crozier 1
2. Matthews, Crozier 1
Morris, Anthony (of Philadelphia, 1695)

Sable a lion passant between three scaling ladders Or

Bookplate

Crozier 1, Matthews, Bolton
1. Morris, Lewis (New York, 1726-1798)
2. Morris, Gouverneur (New York, 1752-1816)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules a lion guardant Or; 2nd and 3rd Argent three torteaux in fess

1. Bookplate, with a martlet in chief point for difference. His seal shows the lions regardant. Governor of New Jersey, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Bolton mistakenly blazons the 1st and 4th quarters as Azure.
2. Bookplate. Signer of Constitution; half-brother of Lewis Morris, #1.

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
1. Morris, Lewis (of New York, 1697)
2. Morris, Lewis (New York, 1726-1798)
3. Morris, Robert Hunter (Trenton, 1700-Shrewsbury, NJ, 1764)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules a lion rampant regardant Or; 2nd and 3rd Argent three roundels in fess Gules

2. Governor of New Jersey, signer of the Declaration of Independence; arms on his seal. His bookplate shows the lions guardant (see below). Son of Lewis Morris, #1.
3. Governor of Pennsylvania, arms on seal as blazoned by Bolton; the seal actually shows the lions not regardant. See below.

1. Crozier 1, NEHGS #101
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
Morris, Richard (of New York, 1660)

Gules a lion rampant Or

Son of William Morris, Monmouthshire, Wales

Matthews
Morris, Robert Hunter (Trenton, 1700-Shrewsbury, NJ, 1764)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules a lion rampant Or; 2nd and 3rd Argent three torteaux in fess; over all in chief point a crescent for difference.

Governor of Pennsylvania, arms on seal.

Pinches, Seal & Arms of Pa
1. Morris, Roger (in New York, 1764-76)
2. Morris, James (New York, late 1700s)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules a lion rampant regardant Or; 2nd and 3rd Azure three boars’ heads couped Argent (for Cadogan)

1. Bookplate
2. Bookplate

1.Bolton
2. Bolton
Morris, Thomas (of Connecticut, 1637)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules a lion rampant guardant Or; 2nd and 3rd Argent three boars’ heads couped Sable (for Cadogan)

Crozier 1, Matthews1
1. Morse, Samuel (b. Dedham, Mass., 1635)
2. Morse, Benjamin (b. Fayette, Me., 1791; d. 1852)
3. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese (Charlestown, Mass, 1791-New York, 1872)

Argent a battle axe palewise Gules [or Proper] between three pellets

2. Arms painted on square wood panel.
3. Sketch referred to in a letter by him, 1845.

1. Crozier 1, Matthews
2. Bolton
Morten, Henry (of Cincinnati, 1808)

Argent three roses Gules stalked and leaved Vert

Crozier 1
Mortimer, John (of New York, 1819)

Barry of six Or and Azure on a chief Or two pallets between two gyrons Azure and overall an inescutcheon Argent

Undifferenced arms of the medieval Mortimer Earls of March

Crozier 1
Morton, George (d. Plymouth, Mass., 1624)

Argent a chevron between three lozenges Sable

Matthews
Morton, George (of Plymouth, Mass., 1623)

Quarterly Gules and Ermine in sinister chief and dexter base a goat’s head [tincture not given]

See listing above – same person with different arms?

Crozier 1
Morton, Perez (Plymouth, Mass, 1731-Dorchester, Mass, 1837)

Or a lion rampant Sable

Bookplate by Revere

Bolton
1. Moryson, Richard (of Point Comfort, Va., 1638)
2. Moryson, Robert (of Point Comfort, Va., 1641)
3. Moryson, Francis (of Point Comfort, Va., 1649)

Argent on a cross Sable five fleurs-de-lis Or.

All three sons of Sir Richard Moryson, Tooley Park, Leics.
3. Speaker of House of Burgesses, acting governor of Virginia. Crozier adds a martlet Azure in the first quarter.

1. NEHGS #495,Crozier 2, Crozier 1
2. NEHGS #495,Crozier 2
3. NEHGS #495,Crozier 2
1. Moseley, Henry (of Dorchester, Mass., 1645)
2. Moseley, Samuel (Braintree, Mass, 1641-1680)

Sable a chevron Argent between three mill-picks Or

2. Arms on seal.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
1. Moseley, Rev. Samuel (b. 1708; d. Hampton, Conn, 1791)
2. Moseley, Edward (of Albemarle, NC, 1705-49)

Sable on a chevron between three mill-picks Argent three mullets Gules

2. Bookplate

1. Matthews
2. Bolton
1. Moseley, William (of Lower Norfolk Co, Va, 1649)
2. Moseley, John (of Mattapan, Mass., 1635)

Sable a chevron between three mill-picks Argent

1. See quartered arms below

1. NEHGS #45
2. Crozier 1
Moseley, William (of Lower Norfolk Co, Va., 1649)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Sable a chevron between three mill-picks Argent; 2nd and 3rd Or a fess between three eagles displayed Sable

Bolton blazons battle-axes instead of mill-picks. See simple arms above.

Crozier 2, Bolton
Mott, Adam (of Hingham, Mass., 1636, and Portmouth, RI, 1638)

Sable a crescent Argent

Crozier 1, Matthews
Motte, Francis (South Carolina, 1766-1827)

Gules on a hill in base five trees [proper?] all within a bordure Or

Bookplate

Bolton
Moulton, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1800?)

Ermine a cross Azure voided Argent

Painting by Coles
Moulton, Robert (of Salem, Mass., 1629)

Per pale Argent and Ermine three bars Gules

Crozier 1
Moultrie, ----- (South Carolina, ca 1800?)

Azure on a chevron between three escallops Argent a boar's head Sable between two mullets Gules

Old drawing for a bookplate, S.C. Hist Soc

Bolton
Mountford, Edmund (of Boston, 1656)

Bendy of ten Or and Azure

Crozier 1
1. Mountfort, Jonathan (d. Boston, 1724)
2. Mountfort, Jonathan, Jr. (b. Boston, 1714)

Or four bendlets Azure

1. Gore Roll of Arms, dated 1722; carved on his tomb, Copp’s Hill Yard, Boston.
2. Engraved on a silver punch bowl by John Burt, Boston, ca 1740, along with five other coats, sold at auction by Sotheby's, 2004.

1. Bolton
Muhlenberg, Rev. Henry Melchior (b. Einbeck, Ger., 1711; d. Trappe, Pa., 1787)

Per chevron Argent and Sable three cinquefoils counterchanged, a mullet in chief

Bookplate.

Bolton
Muirhead, John (of Pennington, NJ, 1713)

Argent on a bend Azure three acorns Or

Crozier 1
Mumford, Thomas (of Rhode Island, 1692)

Or crusily a lion rampant Azure

Magistrate of Rhode Island.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Munn, Benjamin (of Hartford, 1637)

Per chevron Sable three bezants and Or a castle triple towered Sable

Crozier 1
Munroe, Henry (of New York, 1757)

Or an eagle’s head erased Gules

Undifferenced arms of Scottish house of Munro of Foulis.

Crozier 1
Munsell, Jacob (d. Windsor, Conn., 1741)

Argent a chevron between three maunches Sable

Crozier 1
Muravyev, Lt Cmdr Matvey Ivanovich (Luga, Russia, 1784-Kaluga Oblast, Russia, 1836)

Quarterly 1st and 4th Or an arrow sable flighted argent and a scimitar proper in saltire points downward enfiling a coronet proper; 2nd and 3rd Or an eagle wings elevated and inverted regardant Sable holding in its beak a garland of laurel Vert

Russian naval officer; chief manager of Russian North America (Alaska), 1820-25
Murphy, Hugh (of Highland Co, OH, 1782)

Quarterly Argent and Gules four lions rampant counterchanged, on a fess over all Sable three garbs Or

Crozier 1
Murray, John, Earl of Dunmore (b. Scotland, 1732; d. 1809)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th grand quarters Azure three mullets Argent within a double tressure flory-counterflory Or (Murray); 2nd and 3rd grand quarters quarterly, i and iv Or a fess checky Argent and Azure (Stewart); ii and iii Paly of six Or and Sable (Strabolgi); over all an inescutcheon Gules three legs in armor flexed proper conjoined at the thigh in triangle (Lordship of Man).

Governor of New York, 1770; Governor of Virginia, 1771-83. Arms on his bookplate and seal.

NEHGS #264
Murray, John, Lord Dunmore (b. Scotland, 1732; d. 1809)

Quarterly, 1st & 4th Azure three mullets Argent (Murray); 2nd and 3rd Quarterly, i and iv Or a fess checky Argent and Azure (Stewart), ii and iii Paly of six Or and Sable (Strabolgi).

Governor of New York, 1770; Governor of Virginia, 1771-83; 4th Earl of Dunmore. Bolton cites these as arms on Lord Dunmore's bookplate, but the slightly different blazon below is the accurate description of the plate.

Bolton
Murray, Joseph (d. New York, 1757)

Azure a cross paty between three estoiles of six points Argent all within a double tressure flory counterflory Or

Arms on bookplate.

Bolton
Murray, Rev John (England, 1741-Boston, 1815)

Azure three mullets Argent within a double tressure flory-counterflory Or

On his bookplate, impaling "Gules a bendlet Ermine on a canton Or a lion's head erased Gules charged on the neck with a bendlet Ermine" (for Milbanke?)