ROLL OF EARLY AMERICAN ARMS - P
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Pace, Henry (Massachusetts, ca 1755?)
Argent a chevron Sable between three thistles slipped and leaved [proper?]
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Paddock, ----- (Gloucester, Mass, ca 1725)
Four barrulets and on a chief five trefoils slipped three and two [tinctures not indicated]
Gore Roll of Arms
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Paddy, William (of Plymouth, Mass, 1635; d. 1658)
Sable an inescutcheon Ermine between four lions rampant Argent
"Ancient" water color. Arms said by Crozier to have been granted at London, 1591
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Page, Benjamin (of Pittsburgh, 1811)
Or a chevron between three martlets Sable.
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Page, Elizabeth (Gloucester Co, Va, 1690-93)
Sable a cross engrailed in the first quarter an escallop Argent.
In a lozenge on her tombstone, Abingdon Church, Gloucester Co. Arms of Paget, not Page. Daughter of Matthew Page, above.
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Page, Francis (Rosewell, Gloucester Co, Va, 1703)
Argent a chevron Azure between three martlets Sable
Bookplate, 1703. Listed in Bolton and depicted in Sale's Manors of Virginia in Colonial Times, but there was no Francis Page of the Rosewell branch alive in 1703 and nothing on the bookplate to associate it with an American family.
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Page, John (b. Bedfont, Middx., 1628; to Va abt 1650; d. 1692)
Or a chevron between three martlets Azure.
But see entry above for arms as depicted on his tombstone.
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1. Page, John (b. Bedfont, Middx., 1628; to Va abt 1650; d. Middle Plantation, York Co, Va, 1692)
2. Page, Francis (d. York Co, Va, 1692)
3. Page, Matthew (York Co, Va, 1659-Rosewell, Gloucester Co, Va, 1703)
4. Page, Mann (Gloucester Co, Va, 1691-1730)
5. Page, John (Rosewell, Gloucester Co, Va, 1743-Richmond, 1808)
6. Page, Nathaniel (d. Gloucester Co, Va, 1703)
7. Page, Elizabeth (York Co, Va, 1683-1702)Or a fess dancetty between three martlets Azure, a crescent in chief for difference
1. Arms on original tombstone, now in vestibule of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg. See entries below for alternative blazons.
2. Tombstone, Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg. Son of John Page, #1.
3. Tombstone of his wife, Mary Mann Page (d. 1707), now at Abingdon Church, Gloucester Co, Va. The birds are depicted with legs, unlike correct martlets. Son of John Page, #1.
4. On his tombstone, now at Abingdon Church, Gloucester Co, Va, with all three martlets erroneously placed in chief, impaling "Argent a fess dancetty [correctly a chevron] between three wheels Vert" (Carter). Son of Matthew Page, #3.
5. On his original tombstone formerly at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond; now replaced. Son of Mann Page, #4; governor of Virginia, 1802-05.
6. Tombstone, now at Abingdon Church, Gloucester Co.
7. On her tombstone, Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg; daughter of Francis Page, #2; married to John Page, no apparent blood relation.
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1. Page, John (to Virginia abt 1650; d. 1692)
2. Page, Mann (b. Virginia, 1749; d. Spotsylvania County, Va, 1781)
3. Page, Matthew (d. Rosewell, Gloucester Co, Va, 1693)Or a fess dancetty between three martlets all within a bordure Azure.
1. Arms on his tombstone show no bordure.
2. Great-great grandson of John Page, #1; brother of Governor John Page (see above). Arms on tomb at Rosewell.
3. Arms on his tombstone show no bordure; see above.
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Page, ---- (New England, early 1800s)
Argent on a bend Sable three eagles displayed palewise Argent
Armorial sampler "by the name of Page," made by Nancy Page, 1803 (collection of N.H. Hist. Soc.)
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Paige, Nicholas (in Boston by 1679)
Argent on a bend Sable three eagles displayed Argent
Seal on document dated 1679; Gore Roll of Arms, 1717
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1. Paine, John (of Boston, 1660; to Rhode Island, 1672)
2. Paine [Payne], William (of Ipswich, Mass, 1635)Argent on a fess engrailed Gules between three martlets Sable three mascles Or, all within a bordure engrailed Gules semy of roundels Or
1. Descendant of Paine of Market Bromwich, Leics.
2. Matthews, NEHGS #70 -
Paine, Moses (d. Braintree, Mass, 1643)
Azure on a bend Gules between a lion’s head affronty and an eagle’s leg couped [claws upward] [Argent?] holding a torteau three arrowheads points upward [Argent?]
Matthews does not provide the tinctures of the charges.
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Paine, Robert Treat (Boston, 1731-1814)
Azure a bend raguly Or between six estoiles [Or?]
Signer of the Declaration of Independence; arms on his bookplate.
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Paine, William (in Massachusetts, late 1600s)
Argent on a fess Gules between three martlets Sable three mascles Or, all within a bordure Gules bezanty.
Seal on letter to Gov John Winthrop
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Paine, William (of Ipswich, Mass, 1635)
Paly of six Argent and Vert on a chief Azure three garbs Or
See alternative arms above.
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Pain, Samuel (Boston, early 1700s)
Gules a fess between two lions passant Argent
Tombstone of his wife Elizabeth (d. 1704), King's Chapel Graveyard, Boston, impaling "Barry of six over all a bend"
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Palgrave, Dr. Richard (in Charlestown, Mass, 1630)
Azure a lion rampant guardant Argent
From Wymondham, Norfolk
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Palmer, Ezra (b. Newport, R.I., 1781)
Argent a chevron between three palmers’ scrips (wallets) Sable tassels and buckles Or
Arms on watercolor made for Ezra Palmer.
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1. Palmer, Thomas (of Boston, 1650)
2. Palmer, Thomas (of Boston, 1761)Or two bars Sable the upper charged with two trefoils slipped Argent and the lower with one, in chief a greyhound courant Sable.
1. From Staffordshire
2. Bookplate by N. Hurd
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Palmer, Walter (of Plymouth, Mass, 1645)
Argent two bars Gules charged with three trefoils two and one slipped Vert [sic] in chief a greyhound courant [tincture not given]
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1. Palmes, Guy (of New London, Conn, 1658)
2. Palmes, Edward (d. New London, Conn., 1714)Gules three fleurs-de-lis Argent a chief Countervair
Guy and Edward were brothers, possibly of the family Palmes of Naburn, Yorks.
2. Arms on his seal with a crescent for difference.
Heraldic Journal speculates that the chief should be Vair.
2. Her Jl I:159, Vermont, Bolton,Matthews, NEHGS #77 -
Panton, Francis (New York, 1760s-1790s)
Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules two bars Ermine on a canton Sable a millrind Ermine; 2nd Per cross Argent and Gules four stags trippant Azure and Argent; 3rd Argent three boars' heads Azure; over all an inescutcheon Quarterly, i and iv Gules a chevron between three cinquefoils Argent, ii and iii Azure six bees 3, 2, 1 [proper?]
Bookplate by Maverick
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Parke, John (Virginia, prob. 1700-1790)
Three stags' heads erased
Bookplate
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Parker, Capt George (of Poplar Grove, Va, 1654)
Sable a stag’s head caboshed between two flaunches Argent
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1. Parker, George (of Northampton County, Va, 1650)
2. Parker, Richard (of Nansemond County, Va, 1654)Vert a chevron between three stags’ heads caboshed Or
Crozier suggests that the two men may have been brothers.
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Parker, James (Dorchester, Mass, 1644)
A chevron between three cushions [or Bowen knots] [tinctures not given]
Seal on letter to Gov Winthrop, 1644
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1. Parker, John (d. South Carolina, bef. 1693)
2. Parker, John (St James Parish, S.C., d. 1731)
3. Parker, John (St James Parish, S.C., 1735-1802)
4. Parker, John (South Carolina, 1759-1832)
5. Parker, John (St James Parish, S.C., 1787-1849)A chevron Ermine [or Ermines] between three fleurs-de-lys [?] [tinctures not indicated]
Memorial tablet to all five successive fathers and sons, St James Episcopal Church, Goose Creek, S.C.
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Parker, ----- (prob. Barnstable Co, Mass, mid-1700s)
Sable a stag's head caboshed between two flaunches Or
Embroidery in collection of Boston Museum of Fine Arts, impaling "Argent three lozenges [Azure?]" (Freeman). There were several Parker-Freeman marriages in Barnstable Co during this period.
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Parker, William (b. England; d. Portmouth, NH, 1736)
Argent a chevron between three bucks’ heads caboshed Gules
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Parker, William (of Hartford, Conn, 1635)
Argent three bucks trippant Proper a chief Azure
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Parmele, John (of Guilford, Conn, 1639)
Gules two bars wavy Argent in chief three mullets of six points Or
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Parrott, ----- (Massachusetts, mid-1700s)
On a chevron three parrots [tinctures not given]
Silver tankard by Nathaniel Hurd
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Parsons, Benjamin (of Springfield, Mass, 1636)
Azure two swords in saltire Argent hilts and pommels Or piercing a human heart Proper and in chief a cinquefoil [Argent?]
Crozier blazons the cinquefoil as Azure, presumably in error.
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1. Parsons, Joseph (of Springfield, Mass, 1636; d. 1683)
2. Parsons, Enoch (b. Connecticut, 1769)
3. Parsons, Humphrey (in Boston, 1687)Gules two chevronels Ermine between three eagles displayed Or
3. Seal on a will witnessed by Humphrey Parsons, 1702.
Arms of Sir Thomas Parsons of Great Milton, Oxfordshire, knighted 1634.
2. Matthews
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Parsons, William (of New York, 1794)
Per chevron Azure and Or in chief two crosses paty and in base a sea-lion guardant counterchanged
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Parsons, William (Philadelphia, 1701-57)
Per fess Sable and Azure three suns in splendor [Or?]
Bookplate
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Pasley, William (New York, ca 1800)
Azure on a chevron between three roses Argent three thistles slipped proper
Bookplate by Maverick
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Pastorius, Francis Daniel (Sommerhausen, Franconia, 1651-Germantown, Pa, 1720)
Gules on a mount a sheep passant Argent
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Patten, Rev William (Hartford, 1738-75)
Ermine a canton Or
Embroidery by his daughter Ruth, ca 1795-1800, in collection of Conn Hist Soc
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Pawlett, Capt Thomas (b. 1578; d. Westover, Va, 1644)
Sable three swords pilewise points in base Argent pomelled and hilted Or between two flaunches Or pelletty
Brother of John, 1st Lord Pawlet, who inherited the Westover estate; they both came to Virginia in 1618.
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1. Payne, William (of Lynchburg, Va, ca 1630)
2. Payne, John (of Leedstown, Va, ca 1630)Gules a fess between two lions passant Argent
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Peabody, Lt Francis (of Topsfield, Mass, 1635)
Per fess nebuly Gules and Azure in chief two suns in splendor and in base a garb Or.
Born St. Albans, Herts, 1614
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Peachey, Samuel (of Richmond Co, Va, 1659)
Azure a lion rampant double queued Ermine ducally crowned Or, on a canton Or a mullet pierced Gules
Seal and tankard devised by his will, dated 1711.
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Pearce, Henry Ward (b. 1736; d. Poplar Neck, Md)
A chevron Or [sic] between three fishes [other tinctures not indicated]
Arms on his seal. Bolton assumes the field to be Argent.
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Pearson, Simon (of Stafford Co, Va, 1733)
Per fess embattled Azure and Gules three suns Or
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Pease, Dr. Oliver (Suffield, Conn, 1760-1843)
Per fess Azure and Ermine a fess Sable between in chief two escallops and in base a fleur-de-lis [tinctures not indicated]
Bookplate by Richard Brunton.
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Pease, Robert (of Boston, 1634)
Per fess Argent and Gules an eagle displayed counterchanged
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Peck, Capt Samuel (d. Rehoboth, Mass., 1638)
Argent on a chevron engrailed Sable three crosses formy [tinctures not indicated]
Arms on tombstone, which shows no tinctures; tinctures as assigned by Vermont.
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1. Peck, Joseph (of Hingham, Mass., 1638)
2. Peck, Rev. Robert (of Hingham, Mass, 1638)
3. Peck, Capt Samuel (d. Rehoboth, Mass, 1638)Argent on a chevron engrailed Gules three crosses formy Argent
1 and 2. Brothers. Vermont links them to the Pecks of Belton, Yorks. See variant below.
3. Carved on his tombstone, which shows no tinctures; tinctures as assigned by Bolton.
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1. Peck, Joseph (of Hingham, Mass, 1638)
2. Peck, Rev Robert (of Hingham, Mass, 1638)Argent on a chevron Gules three crosses formy Argent
Brothers; see variant above
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Peck, Joseph (of Milford, Conn., 1635)
Or on a chevron Gules three crosses formy Or
But see alternative blazon above
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Peden, John (of South Carolina, 1768)
Argent a bend between three crescents Sable flammant Proper
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1. Peele, Samuel (d. Anne Arundel Co, Md, 1733)
2. Peele, Robert (d. Anne Arundel Co, Md, 1773)Argent a bend between two mullets Sable [tinctures conjectural]
On their shared tombstone, All Hallows Episcopal Church, South River, Md
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Peirce, Edward (of Philadelphia, 1737)
Argent a fess humetty Gules between three ravens rising wings displayed Sable
Vermont links him to Peirce of Glencanny on Hillywater, nr. Enniskillen, Ire.
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Pelham, Herbert (Boston, Lincs, 1601-Cambridge, Mass, 1676)
Azure three pelicans Argent vulning themselves Proper
From his seal. See quarterly version below.
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Pelham, Herbert (Boston, Lincs, 1601-Cambridge, Mass, ca 1676)
Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure three pelicans Argent vulning themselves proper; 2nd and 3rd Gules two belts palewise issuant from base buckles upward Argent
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Pell, Edward (of Boston, 1720)
Quarterly, 1st and 4th Ermine on a canton Azure a pelican vulning herself Or; 2nd and 3rd Gules three swords palewise in fess Argent hilted and pommelled Or (for Clarke)
Gore Roll of Arms
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Pelletreau, Jean (of New York, 1687)
Azure a column palewise Or entwined by a serpent proper, between two martlets Or
Arms said to have been granted in France, 1571.
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Pell, Samuel (New York, 1673)
Argent a bend between two mullets pierced Sable.
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1. Pell, Thomas (of New York, 1666)
2. Pell, Maj. John (of New York, 1669)
3. Pell, John (of Boston)Ermine on a canton Azure a pelican vulning herself Or [or proper].
1. 1st Lord of Pelham Manor. Arms on tablet dated 1697 in Trinity Church, New Rochelle, N.Y.
2. On his seal, and tricked on document found under cornerstone of old church at Pelham signed by him and his wife, pre-1700.
2. Vermont,Crozier 1, Bolton
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1. Pemberton, Ralph (b. 1611, to Pennsylvania 1682)
2. Pemberton, Rev. Ebenezer (b. 1672; d. Pennsylvania, 1718)Argent a chevron between three buckets Sable hooped and handled Or.
1. From Aspull, Lancs.
2. In a volume of his sermons, published 1727.
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1. Pendleton, George (of Norwich, Va, 1613)
2. Pendleton, Philip (b. ca 1650; of Virginia, 1674)
3. Pendleton, Edmund H. (Savannah, 1788-New York, 1862)Gules an escutcheon Argent between four escallops in saltire Or
3. On his bookplate
2. Crozier 2
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Penhallow, Samuel (St Mabon, Cornwall, 1665-Portsmouth, N.H., 1726)
Vert a cony [rabbit] Argent
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1. Pennington, Ephraim (to New Haven, Conn, 1643)
2. Penington, Edward (in Philadelphia before 1701)
3. Penington, William (Philadelphia, 1770s)Or five fusils in fess Azure
1. Family from Lancashire.
2. From Amersham, Bucks.
3. Seal on letter dated 1788; engraved on silver
2. NEHGS #386
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Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of (independent 1776)
Per fess Azure and Vert on a fess Or a plow between in chief a three-masted ship under full sail on waves of the sea proper and in base three garbs Or
Tinctures prescribed by the General Assembly, 1 July 1809. See [[State.Pennsylvania">our article on Pennsylvania's arms.
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Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of (independent 1776)
Per fess Argent and Azure on a fess Or a plow between in chief a three-masted ship under full sail on waves of the sea proper and in base three garbs Or
In use by April 1777. Early emblazonments (the state seal, banknotes, other engravings, and a painting in the chamber of the state Supreme Court) all show the tinctures given here. See [[State.Pennsylvania">our article on Pennsylvania's arms.
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Pennsylvania, Province of (charter 1681)
Argent on a fess Sable three plates
Arms of Penn (see above) used as arms of dominion on provincial seals, boundary markers, proclamations and statutes, etc. Sometimes with a crescent in chief for difference.
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1. Penn, William (b. London, 1644; to Pennsylvania, 1682)
2. Penn, Thomas (in Pennsylvania, 1732-51)
3. Penn, John (b. London, 1749; d. Pennsylvania, 1795)Argent on a fess Sable three plates
1. Founder and first proprietor of Pennsylvania; arms on his bookplate, seal, and many official uses. Sometimes shown with a crescent in chief for difference.
2. Arms on his bookplate; son of William Penn, #1, and co-proprietor of Pennsylvania
3. Grandson of William Penn, #1. Governor of Pennsylvania, 1763-71, 1773-76. Arms on his seal impaling "Per chevron Gules and Ermine in chief two lions' heads erased Argent" (Allen).
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Penrose, Joseph (to Berks Co, Pa, bef 1775)
Argent three bendlets Sable each charged with three mullets pierced Argent
Engraved on cup brought from England
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1. Pepperrell, Sir William, Bt (Kittery, Me, 1696-1759)
2. Pepperrell, Sir William, Bt (Kittery, Me, 1746-London, 1816)Argent a chevron Gules between three pine-apples (pine cones) Vert, on a canton Gules a fleur-de-lis Argent and on an inescutcheon Argent a sinister hand Gules (for a baronet of the United Kingdom)
1. Son of William Pepperrell above. The canton is an augmentation of honor for his role in the capture of the French fortress of Louisbourg in 1745; he was created a baronet for the same service in 1746. Arms on the confirmation of the arms, his bookplate, engraved on baptismal basin donated to First Church, Kittery, and tricked in the Gore Roll of Arms. Acting governor of Massachusetts, 1757.
2. On his hatchment with the baronet's badge in chief point and the arms of Royall ("Azure three garbs Or") on an escutcheon of pretense, St Mary's Church, Upper Froyle, Hampshire. Born William Pepperrell Sparhawk (q.v.), grandson of Sir William Pepperrell, #1; changed his name in accordance with his grandfather's will by private act of the General Court of Massachusetts, 1773, and assumed his arms. His grandfather's baronetcy was re-created for him in 1774.
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1. Pepperrell, William (1647-1733, d. Kittery, Me)
2. Pepperrell, William (Kittery, Me, 1696-1759)Argent a chevron Gules between three pine-apples (pine cones) Vert
1. On his tombstone as ordered by his son William (see also next entry) in a letter of 1735. Bolton erroneously identifies the tomb as that of the son.
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Percy, George (in Jamestown, Va, 1607-12)
Quarterly, 1st and 4th Or a lion rampant Azure; 2nd and 3rd Azure five fusils conjoined in fess Or
President of the colonial council, 1609; deputy governor, 1611. Youngest son of the 8th Earl of Northumberland; also shown with a cross moline in fess point for difference.
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Perkins, Christopher (in Norfolk, Va, by 1750)
Vert a chevron between three ostrich feathers erect Argent
Engraved on flagon donated to Christ Church, Norfolk, abt 1764
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Perkins, ----- (Connecticut, 1700s)
Per chevron the chief Argent and the base per fess dancetty Gules and Sable, overall a chevron per chevron Gules and Or; in chief a lion statant upon the point of the chevron between three fleurs-de-lis one and two Or; in base three horse's [?] heads erased one and two the lower two respectant Or
An 18th century embroidery in the collection of the Conn Hist Soc.
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1. Perkins, John (of Ipswich, Mass, 1654)
2. Perkins, Edmund (of Boston, bef 1677)Or billety a fess dancetty Ermines
1. Matthews blazons the charges Ermine instead of Ermines, probably in error.
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Peronneau, Robert (Charleston, 1731-83)
Azure a dolphin between three fleurs-de-lys [Argent?]
Bookplate
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Perot, Jacques [or James] (of Philadelphia, 1730)
Quarterly per fess indented Or and Azure four mascles counterchanged
Bookplate
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1. Perrin, Daniel (in Elizabethtown, N.J., 1665
2. Perrine, William (b. 1743)Argent on a chevron between three escallops Sable three crosses paty Or
2. Served in Revolutionary War.
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Perrott, Richard (d. Middlesex Co, Va, 1686)
Three pears [tinctures not given]
Seal in Middlesex C.H.
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Perry, Rev Joseph (of Windsor, Conn, 1780)
Quarterly Sable and Or overall on a bend Gules three lions passant guardant [Or?], a crescent for difference
Arms on bookplate.
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Peter, Robert (b. Glasgow, 1726; d. Georgetown, D.C., 1806)
Argent a lion passant Gules surmounted of a sword paleways on a chief Sable a boar’s head couped between a mullet and a crescent Argent
The sword may be intended to be proper.
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Peters, Andrew (of Andover, Mass, 1657)
Gules on a bend Or between two escallops Argent a Cornish chough Proper between two cinquefoils Azure
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Peter[s], Rev Hugh (b. Fowey, Cornwall, 1598; in Salem, Mass, 1636-41)
Gules a bend between two escallops Argent
Seal on letter to Gov John Winthrop. Executed 1660 for his role in the overthrow of Charles I.
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1. Peters, William (to Philadelphia, 1739; d. 1786)
2. Peters, Richard (Philadelphia, 1744-1828)Gules on a bend Or between two escallops Argent two cinquefoils Azure
Father and son. Arms worked in plaster circa 1770 on the ceiling of their house, Belmont, now in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
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Petigru, James Louis (Abbeville Dist, SC, 1789-Charleston, 1863)
Gules a crescent between three mullets Argent
Arms on bookplate
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Pettibone, John (of Windsor, Conn, 1664)
Or a lion rampant Gules, on a canton Azure a pheon Argent
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1. Pettus, Thomas (of James City Co, Va, 1640)
Gules a fess Argent between three annulets Or
Member of Virginia Council, 1640
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Petty, Maximilian (in Middlesex Co, Va, 1749)
A heart pierced by two arrows [tinctures not given]
Seal on his will; possibly Scottish arms of Yeoman.
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Pewterers, Society of (New York, by 1788)
Azure a coil still proper, on a chevron enhanced argent three rosettes gules
On a banner carried in the Constitutional procession of 1788, now in the New York Historical Society
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Peyster, ----- de (in New York, ca. 1700)
Azure upon a terrace Vert a tree between two sheep grazing proper.
On a tankard made by Jacobus van der Speigel (1668-1716). Vermont says "The present [ca. 1886] head of the family does not countenance the addition of the two sheep, arg." See other versions above and below.
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Peyster, Frederick de (New York, ca. 1800)
Azure upon a terrace Vert a tree proper
Bookplate by P. R. Maverick. See other versions above.
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Peyster, Johannes de (Haarlem, Neth., 1626-New York, 1685; in New Amsterdam 1640)
A tree eradicated [no tinctures indicated]
On his seal brought from the Netherlands. Bolton assumes the field should be Azure, Crozier Argent. See other versions below.
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1. Peyton, Col Valentine (of Westmoreland Co, Va., 1654; d. 1665)
2. ''Peyton, Henry (d. Westmoreland Co, Va, 1659)Sable a cross engrailed Or in the second quarter a mullet Argent all within a bordure Ermine.
Sons of Henry Peyton, barrister, of Lincoln's Inn, London
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1. Peyton, John (of Isleham, Gloucester Co, Va, 1644)
2. Peyton, Maj. Robert (Rougham, Norf, Eng, 1640-Isleham, Gloucester Co, Va, 1694)Sable a cross engrailed Or
Same arms as various Peyton families from Cambridgeshire and Kent.
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Phelps, William (of Dorchester, Mass, 1630)
Argent on a fess Azure between four lions rampant Gules three mullets Argent
Later painting
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Phelps, William (of Dorchester, Mass, 1630; later to Windsor, Conn)
Argent a lion rampant Sable between six cross-crosslets fitchy Gules.
See alternative arms below.
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Philadelphia, City of (f. 1682)
Azure a fess Or between in chief a plow and in base a ship under sail on waves of the sea proper
Adopted by the city council 1789.
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Philadelphia, City of (f. 1682)
Quarterly, 1st Azure on a fess Argent two hands clasped the arms sleeved proper; 2nd Vert a garb Or; 3rd Argent a balance proper; 4th Gules a ship under sail on waves of the sea proper
Adopted by the city council 1701, engraved on the city seal and on a medal presented to Col John Armstrong, 1756. Also on a 1720 painting of the city by Peter Cooper but in different tinctures.
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Philadelphia Light Horse (f. 1774)
Azure a round knot of three interlacings with 13 divergent wavy bellied double-foliated ends Or
On a standard made in 1775. Raised as "Light Horse of the City of Philadelphia," later redesignated "First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry."
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Philipse, Frederik (of Philipsburg, N.Y., 1693)
Azure issuant from a ducal coronet a demi-lion Argent ducally crowned Or.
On his bookplate and engraved on a teapot. First lord of the manor of Philipsburg, granted 1693. Vermont blazons the coronet from which the lion issues as a French viscount's coronet.
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1. Phillips, Samuel (Boston, 1662-1720)
2. Phillips, Timothy (Boston, 1658-Charlestown, Mass, 1755)Argent a lion rampant Sable gorged Gules and chained Or
1. Entry in the Gore Roll of Arms, dated 1711.
2. Impaled by arms of Jackson on a paper filigree emblazonment made by his granddaughter Sarah Jackson, dated 1734.
2. PBS "Antiques Roadshow," 4 Feb 2013 -
Phillips, William (Boston, 1722-1804)
Or a lion rampant Sable gorged and chained [Argent?]
Engraved on a flagon left to Old South Church, Boston, impaling "Sable on a chevron Or three sprigs of broom Vert and on a canton Or a spearhead palewise Azure embrued Gules" (for Bromfield)
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Phippen, David (of Hingham, Mass., 1635)
Argent two bars and in chief three escallops Sable
Arms confirmed to his brother Rev George Fitzpen alias Fippen of Truro in the 1620 visitation of Cornwall by right of descent from Henry Fitzpen of St. Mary Overy, Devon. Also on a copy made in 1768 of a genealogy drawn by David's son William, but with the bars very pale blue and the escallops gray.
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Phipps, Samuel (Middlesex Co, Mass, 1671-1725)
A chevron between three bunches of grapes slipped and leaved [tinctures not indicated]
Seal on various probate documents. Although no tinctures are given, Her. Jl. 4:29 attributes these arms to the family of Bradway based on the design.
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1. Phip[p]s, Sir William (nr Kennebec, Me, 1651-London, 1695)
2. Phip[p]s, Spencer (Rowley, Mass, 1685-Cambridge, Mass, 1757)Sable a trefoil slipped Ermine within an orle of eight mullets Argent
1. Seal on his will, 1695. See variant above. Governor of Massachusetts, 1692-94.
2. Gore Roll of Arms. Born Spencer Bennett, adopted by his uncle Sir William Phipps and took his name and arms. Acting Governor of Massachusetts Bay 1749-53 and 1756-57. See variant above.
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1. Phip[p]s, Sir William (nr Kennebec, Me, 1651-London, 1695)
2. Phip[p]s, Spencer (Rowley, Mass, 1685-Cambridge, Mass, 1757)Sable a trefoil slipped within an orle of eight mullets Argent
1. Governor of Massachusetts, 1692-94. See variant below.
2. Engraved on "A Prospect of the Colledges in Cambridge," ca 1739, dedicated to him. Born Spencer Bennett, adopted by his uncle Sir William Phipps and took his name and arms. Acting Governor of Massachusetts, 1749-53 and 1756-57. See variant below.
These arms also appear inexplicably on the tomb of David Wood, d. 1762, in the Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Mass.
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Piatt, John (of Trenton, N.J., 1740)
Azure on a fess Argent a lion passant [color?] in chief three spheres Argent
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Pickering, John (in Essex Co, Mass, 1722)
A lion rampant [tinctures not indicated]
Seal on his will
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1. Pickering, William (Salem, Mass, 1670/1-abt 1723)
2. Pickering, Timothy (Salem, Mass, 1702/3-1778)
3. Pickering, Col Timothy (Salem, Mass, 1745-1829)Ermine a lion rampant Azure crowned Or
1. Engraved on a tankard made by E. Winslow abt 1690, with initials W[illiam] and H[annah] P[ickering] added 1695-1700.
2. "Hatchment" embroidered by his daughter Sarah, dated 1753.
3. Silver seal. Son of Timothy Pickering, #2.
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1. Pickman, Benjamin (Salem, Mass, 1645-1708)
2. Pickman, Benjamin (b. Salem, Mass, 1708)
3. Pickman, Samuel (b. Salem, Mass, 1712)
4. Pickman, Thomas (Salem, Mass, 1773-1817)
5. Pickman, ----- (Salem, Mass, late 1700s)Gules two battle-axes in saltire Or between four martlets Argent
1. Tombstone
2. Gore Roll of Arms, entry dated 1720; engraved on tankard donated to First Church, Salem, 1759
3. Tombstone of his wife, Abigail, d. 1761, Salem Graveyard
4. On his tombstone
5. Painting by Salem heraldic painter Samuel Blyth (1740-87)
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Pierce, Jerathmiel (Salem, Mass, 1747-1827)
Argent a fess humetty Gules between three ravens rising Sable
Embroidered "hatchment" by his daughter Sarah, 1796
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Pierce, Nathaniel (in Portsmouth, N.H., 1751)
An eagle displayed [tinctures not given]
Seal on document, 1751
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Pierce, William L. (New York [?], ca 1800)
Argent a fess humetty between three blackbirds [rising?] Sable
Bookplate by Maverick
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Pierpont, Charles (in Boston, ca 1790)
Argent semy of cinquefoils a lion rampant Gules
Bookplate by Samuel Hill
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Pierrepont, James (of Ipswich, Mass, 1652)
Argent semy of cinquefoils Gules a lion rampant Sable
Arms of the Dukes of Kingston and Earls Manvers (line extinct 1773).
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Pinckney, Charles (Charleston, 1757-1824)
Argent five lozenges conjoined in pale within a bordure engrailed Sable
On his bookplate. Signer of the Constitution, Governor of South Carolina, U.S. Representative and Senator
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Pinckney, Philip (d. Eastchester, N.Y., 1687)
Or four fusils in fess Gules
Tricked on a document signed by his daughter Rachel and her husband John Pell and placed under the cornerstone of Trinity Church, New Rochelle, N.Y., abt 1700
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Pinkerton, John (of Chester Co, Pa, 1760)
Or a chevron Vert
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Pintard, John (New York, 1759-1844)
Azure on a fess Or between three mullets Argent three roses [Gules?]
Bookplate by Maverick
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Pitcher, Andrew (of Dorchester, Mass, 1641)
Or a bend Gules surmounted by another Azure
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Pitkin, William (Hartford, 1694-1769)
Azure on a bend between two swans Argent gorged and chained [Or?] a torteau between two mullets Sable
Governor of Connecticut, 1766-69. Arms on his seal and on a sampler by Jerusha Pitkin (his niece?) ca 1750-55, Conn Hist Soc.
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Pitts, Edmund (of Hingham, Mass, 1640)
Gules a fess counter-compony Or and Azure between three bezants
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Place, Rowland (of Henrico Co, Va, by 1669; d. 1713)
Per pale Or and Gules a lion passant guardant counterchanged
Member of Virginia Council, 1680
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Plaisted, Col Ichabod (Salem, Mass, 1700-62)
Argent three boars' heads couped Gules
Engraved on a baptismal basin donated to First Church, Salem, 1762
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Plaisted, Ichabod (Salem, Mass, 1663-1715)
A cross between four garbs [tinctures not indicated]
Seals on letters dated 1708-1713
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Plaisted, John (of Portsmouth, N.H., 1679)
Ermine three elephants’ heads erased Argent
Arms on his seal; Bolton suggests these are arms of Saunders. "Ermine" is probably an error for "ermines," white ermine spots on black.
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Planch, Jacques de la (of Berks Co, Pa, 1720)
Argent billety a lion Sable debruised of a baton bendwise Gules
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Plumb, John (of Dorchester, Mass, and Branford, Conn, d. 1648)
Ermine a bend vairy Or and Gules cotised Vert
Born Great Yeldham, Essex.
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Plumstead, Clement (in Philadelphia by 1723, d. 1745)
Ermine three chevronels Sable, the upper one charged with three annulets Argent
On old silver
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Plympton, Thomas (of Sudbury, Mass, 1676)
Azure five fusils in fess Or each charged with an escallop Gules
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Poe, John (of Maryland, 1743)
Argent a fess between three crescents Azure issuing flames Proper
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Poindexter, George (of Gloucester Co, Va, 1650)
Per fess Azure and Or in chief a dexter hand clenched Proper cuffed Or and in base a mullet Azure
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Pole (or Poole), William (d. Dorchester, Mass, 1674)
Azure a lion rampant Argent between seven fleurs-de-lis Or, in dexter chief a mullet [for difference?]
Arms on tombstone, Dorchester Graveyard. See alternative blazon above.
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Pole (or Poole), William (d. Dorchester, Mass, 1674)
Azure semy-de-lis a lion rampant Argent.
See alternative blazon below.
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Polhemus, Rev Johannes Theodore (of New Amsterdam, 1654)
Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure a lion passant and a canton Or; 2nd and 3rd Argent a fess Gules between a wheel Sable in chief and a heart Gules in base.
See previous entry for alternative blazon.
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Polhemus, Rev Johannes Theodore (of New Amsterdam, 1654)
Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure a lion passant Or; 2nd and 3rd Argent a fess Gules between a wheel Sable in chief and a heart Gules in base.
See next entry for alternative blazon.
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Pollard, William (of Billerica, Mass, 1692)
Argent a chevron Azure between three escallops Gules
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Pollock, Charles (of Northumberland Co, Pa, 1750)
Vert a saltire Or between three buglehorns in flanks and base Argent stringed Or
Said by Crozier to have been granted 1672; probably referring to date of matriculation in Lyon Register of arms of Pollock of that Ilk, which are the same except for being garnished Gules.
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Pomeroy, Maj Gen Seth (Northampton, Mass, 1706-Peekskill, NY, 1777)
Or a lion rampant Gules holding in the dexter paw an apple Proper, all within a bordure engrailed Sable
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Pontalba, Jean-Joseph Delfau, Baron de (in Louisiana 1732; d. New Orleans, 1760)
Gules two scythes in saltire blades to base and opposed Argent on a chief Vert three chess rooks Or
From Pontaubard, Fourmagnac (Lot), France.
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1. Poole, Capt Edward (of Weymouth, Mass, 1635)
2. Poole, John (of Boston, 1709)Azure a lion rampant Argent within an orle of eight fleurs-de-lis Or.
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Poole, Henry (of Boston, ca 1643)
Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure semy-de-lis Or a lion rampant Argent (Poole); 2nd Argent a chevron Sable between three bucks' heads caboshed Gules (Buerton?); 3rd Argent three capons Sable (Capenhurst)
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Poor[e], Benjamin (Newburyport, Mass,1797-1853)
Or a fess Azure between three mullets Gules
Bookplate
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Poore, James (of Newbury, Mass., 1635)
Argent a fess Azure between three mullets Gules.
From Wiltshire.
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1. Popham, George (d. Kennebec River, Me, 1608)
2. Popham, George (d. New England, 1698)
3. Popham, William (to Westchester Co, NY, 1716)Argent on a chief Gules two stags’ heads caboshed Or.
Same arms as Popham of Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Eng.
1. With a crescent for difference.
2. Matthews
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1. Porter, John (of Windsor, Conn, 1639)
2. Porter, Richard (of Weymouth, Mass, 1635)Argent on a fess Sable cotised Or three church bells Argent.
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1. Porter, Robert (Montgomery Co, Pa, 1720)
Sable three church bells Argent a canton Ermine.
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Post, Richard (of Southampton, NY, 1640)
Argent on a fess between three arches Gules a lion passant between two roundels Argent
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1. Poultney, Richard (to Virginia, 1730)
2. Poulteney, Thomas (Lancaster, Pa, 1762-Baltimore 1828)Argent a fess dancetty Gules, in chief three leopards’ faces [Gules?]
1. Vermont says descendant of Poultney of Miserton, Leics.
2. Bookplate
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Powel, Samuel (Philadelphia, 1738-93)
Per fess Argent and Or a lion rampant Gules
Bookplate. Mayor of Philadelphia, 1775-76 and 1789-90.
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Power, James (of King William Co, Va, 1740s-60s)
Argent a bend engrailed and on a chief Gules three escallops Argent
Bookplate
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Pownall, Thomas (1722-1805, to New York 1753)
Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent a lion rampant Sable; 2nd and 3rd Gules a chevron between three lions' gambs bendways erased within a bordure and on a chief Argent an eagle displayed Sable (for Browne)
On an engraved portrait dated 1777, impaling "Sable a lion rampant and on a canton Argent a cross Gules" (Churchill). Bolton blazons the lion's gambs Sable, but they are correctly Argent and appear as such on the portrait.
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1. Pownall, Thomas (1722-1805, to New York 1753)
2. Pownall, Thomas (b. ca. 1760?)Argent a lion Sable charged on the shoulder with a cross paty Argent
1. Engraved on a 1755 map of the middle colonies dedicated to him; on his bookplate impaling "Gules a hand fesswise holding a dagger erect between two mullets pierced Argent." See quartered version below. Governor of Massachusetts 1757-60, Governor of South Carolina 1760.
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Poyen de St-Sauveur, Joseph Rochemont de (of Newburyport, Mass, d. 1792)
Gules upon a champagne Vert a peacock passant Argent, on a chief Azure three estoiles Or
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Pratt, John (of Bristol, RI, 1735)
Sable on a fess between three elephants’ heads erased Argent three mullets Sable
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Pratt, Lt William (b. Hertfordshire, Eng, 1622; d. Saybrook, Mass, 1678)
Vert a fess dancetty in chief two lions rampant Argent
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1. Pratt, Lt William (of Cambridge, Mass, 1632)
2. Pratt, John (of Cambridge, Mass, 1632)
3. Pratt, William (of Gloucester Co, Va, 1720)Argent on a chevron Sable between three pellets each charged with a martlet Argent three mascles Or
3. Seals on letters of William and other family members.
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Pratt, Roger (presumed d. North Carolina, 1587)
Ermine on a chief Gules three fusils Argent
One of the assistant governors of the Roanoke Island "Lost Colony," collectively granted arms by Garter King of Arms prior to the voyage.
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Preble, Abraham (of Scituate, Mass, 1636)
Gules on a pale Or between four lions’ heads erased Argent three lozenges Sable.
Drawings in family from early 18th century. Also on a bookplate with no given name.
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Prentis, Joseph (of Suffolk Co, Va, 1776)
Per chevron Or and Sable three greyhounds courant counterchanged collared Gules
Speaker of the House of Delegates, 1787.
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Prescott, James (Groton, Mass, 1721-1800)
Quarterly, 1st and 4th Sable a chevron between three owls Argent; 2nd and 3rd Ermine a cross raguly Argent (for Lawrence?)
Embroidered "hatchment" by his daughter Susanna (b. 1757). If the 2nd and 3rd quarters are for Lawrence, the cross should be Gules.
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1. Prescott, John (to Watertown, Mass, 1640)
2. Prescott, William H. (Salem, Mass, 1796-Boston, 1859)Sable a chevron between three owls Argent
1. From Shevington, Lancs.
2. On his bookplate.
Same arms as Prescott baronets of Theobald's Park, Herefordshire.
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Preston, James (of Maryland, 1760)
Argent three unicorns’ heads erased Sable
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Preston, John (of Staunton, Va, 1735)
Ermines on a chief Argent three crescents Gules.
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1. Preston, Samuel (Patuxent, Md, 1665-Philadelphia, 1743)
2. Preston, Thomas (of Philadelphia, 1760)Ermine on a chief Sable three crescents Or
1. Arms on his bookplate. Mayor of Philadelphia, 1711-12.
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Prettyman, William (of Lewes, Del, 1662)
Gules a lion passant between [three?] mullets Or
Crozier's blazon omits the number of mullets.
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Prevost, ----- (Westchester Co, N.Y., 1780s?)
Azure a dexter arm fesswise issuing from a cloud in sinister flank grasping a sword erect proper hilted and pommelled Or
On seals of the family
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Price, Ezekiel (of Boston, 1760)
[Sable] a lion rampant reguardant [Or]
Arms on his bookplate; tinctures conjectural.
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Price, Joan (b. Shrewsbury, Eng, 1584; to Maine, 1633)
Gules a lion rampant guardant Or in sinister chief three annulets two and one Argent
Mrs. George Cleeve
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Pride, Halcott B. (b. North Carolina, 1765)
Argent a mullet Gules between three crescents Or [sic]
Bookplate by Maverick
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Priestley, Joseph (Birstall, Yorks, 1733-Northumberland, Pa, 1804)
Gules on a chevron Argent between three towers issuing demi-lions Or three grappling hooks [Sable]
On his bookplate. The discoverer of oxygen; immigrated to Pennsylvania 1794.
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Prime, Mark (of Rowley, Mass, 1683)
Argent a man’s leg erased at the thigh Sable
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Prince, Rev Thomas (Sandwich, Mass, 1687-Boston, 1758)
Gules a saltire Or surmounted of a cross engrailed Ermine
Pen and ink drawing in his diary dated 1710
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1. Prioleau, Dr Thomas Grimball (South Carolina, 1786-1876)
2. Prioleau, Samuel (South Carolina, ca 1800?)Paly of six Argent and Or on a chief Gules a label of three points [Argent?]
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Proctor, Capt Richard (d. Philadelphia, 1753)
[Argent?] a chevron [Sable?] between three martlets [Gules?]
Tombstone, Christ Church, Philadelphia
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1. Provoost, David (of New York, 1638)
2. Provoost, John (New York, 1715-67)
3. Provoost, Rt Rev Samuel (New York, 1742-1815)Argent three arrows points upward each enfiled by a pierced mullet [Sable?]
2. On his bookplate; 2xgreat grandson of David Provoost, #1
2. On two bookplates, one of which shows these arms impaling "Azure a bar between two chevronels Or" (Bousfield?), the shield ensigned with a mitre. First Protestant Episcopal Bishop of New York; son of John Provoost, #2.
Arms also engraved on a silver salver by Christian Feuter, ca 1775-1800.
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Pruyn, Francis Janszoon (of New York, 1661)
Or three merlettes Sable
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Pryce, Charles (of North Carolina, 1770)
Gules a lion rampant regardant Azure [sic]
Arms on his bookplate
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Pumpelly, Harmon (Salisbury, Conn, 1795-Albany, N.Y., 1882)
Azure a pile Argent debruised by a pale Gules charged with a fleur-de-lis between two roses [tincture not given]
Bookplate. Possibly the same arms shown above for John Pumpelly without the chief.
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Pumpelly (Pompilie), John (to Massachusetts ca 1720)
Argent chaussé Azure overall on a pale Gules between two roses a fleur-de-lis, and on a chief Or an eagle displayed Sable
His father Jean Pompilie said to have been a Huguenot immigrant to Canada, originally of Italian origin.
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Purifoy, Lt Thomas (of Elizabeth City Co, Va, 1635)
Sable three pairs of armed hands embracing Argent
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Putnam, John (d. Danvers, Mass, 1662)
Sable crusily fitchy a stork Argent beaked and legged Gules
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Putnam, Tarrant (?) (in Essex Co, Mass, 1800-05)
Azure a chevron Argent between in chief three boars' heads couped and in base a lion rampant Or [possibly Argent]
Embroidery by Betsy Putnam after painting attributed to John Coles, Sr., ca 1780-90. Possibly the daughter of Tarrant Putnam. Also an embroidery after the same painting by Sally Putnam, made ca 1790-1810.
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Pynchon, William (of Roxbury and Springfield, Mass, 1627)
Per bend Argent and Sable three roundels within a bordure counterchanged.
See previous entry for alternative blazon.
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Pynchon, William (of Roxbury and Springfield, Mass, 1627)
Per bend Argent and Sable, three roundels within a bordure engrailed counterchanged.
Founder of Springfield, Mass. See next entry for alternative blazon.
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1. Pyne, John (b. Ireland, 1766; of Charleston, S.C.)
2. Pyne, Thomas (from London, to New York City by 1828; d. 1851)Gules a chevron Ermine between three pine-apples (pine cones) Or
2.NEHGS #513
Bookplate by Nathaniel Hurd