American Heraldry Society

ROLL OF EARLY AMERICAN ARMS - R

ARM NAME BLAZON COMMENTS SOURCE
Rae, Robert (b. 1723; d. Williamsburg, Va, 1753)

Vert a chevron Argent between three roebucks courant Proper.

Arms engraved on his tomb in Bruton churchyard, Williamsburg.

Crozier 2, Bolton
Ragland, John (in Hanover Co, Va, 1720)

Argent three unicorns passant in pale Sable.

Crozier 1
1. Rainsborough, Col William (Charlestown, Mass, 1639)
2. Rainsborough, Capt William (Boston, 1673)

Checky Or and Azure a Saracen's head couped proper the beard Sable wreathed about the brows Argent.

Uncle and nephew.

NEHGS #376
Raleigh, City of (founded and disappeared 1587)

Argent a cross Gules in the first quarter a roebuck trippant proper

Granted by Garter King of Arms, 1587, to Sir Walter Raleigh's planned city in Virginia (now North Carolina), better known as the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke Island.
1. Ramsey, Capt James (in Baltimore, 1735)
2. Ramsay, Dr George (d. Norfolk, Va, 1756)

Argent an eagle displayed Sable beaked and membered Gules

Undifferenced arms of the Scottish name of Ramsay.
1. Said to be descended from Sir John de Ramsey, of Dalhousie, Scotland.
2. Arms on wax seal on his will.

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 2, Bolton
Randolph, Edward (in Boston, 1683)

Three mullets [tinctures not given]

Seal on document dated 1683

Bolton
1. Randolph, Henry (in Henrico Co, Va, 1643)
2. Randolph, William (in Henrico Co, Va, 1673)

Gules on a cross Argent five mullets pierced Sable

See variant below

Crozier 1, NEHGS #178
1. Randolph, Henry (in Virginia, 1643)
2. Randolph, Col William (Morton Morell, Warwick, 1650-Turkey Island, Henrico Co, Va, 1711)
3. Randolph, Richard (b. 1651; d. Henrico Co, Va, 1711)
4. Randolph, John (Williamsburg, Va, 1727-London, 1784)
5. Randolph, Peyton (Williamsburg, Va, 1721-Philadelphia, 1775)

Gules on a cross Or five mullets Gules.

1. Member of House of Burgesses.
2. Wax seal on document dated 1698, Henrico Co C.H. Speaker, House of Burgesses, 1698. Crozier 1 and NEHGS blazon the mullets as pierced, but Crozier 2 does not.
3. Nephew of Henry Randolph, #1.
4. Bookplate; last King's Attorney for Virginia.
5. Bookplate; 1st President of the Continental Congress

Crozier 2, Bolton, Matthews, Vermont
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Randolph, John, "of Roanoke" (Cawsons (now Hopewell), Va, 1773-Philadelphia, 1833)

Gules on a cross Or five mullets Argent [sic]

On his bookplate; the mullets Argent possibly an engraver's error for Gules. Great-grandson of William Randolph, #2 in entry above
1. Rankin, William (in Maryland, 1770)
2. Rankin, Henry (in New York, 1792)

Gules three boars’ heads erased Argent between a lance issuing out of the dexter base and a Lochaber axe issuing from the sinister base both erect Argent

Scottish arms of Rankine of Orchardhead, matriculated in Lyon Register 1672-77. Matthews does not describe the lance and axe as issuing from the base.

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Rapaljie, George Jansen (to New Netherlands, 1623)
2. Rapaljie, William Jansen (to New Netherlands, 1623)

Azure three bars Or.

Brothers.

Vermont
Rasay, Malcolm (of Bennington, Vt, 1753; d. 1777)

See 'Malcolm Macleod,' under "M."
Rastel de Rocheblave, Philippe-François (in Kaskaskia, Ill, 1763

Azure a pallet Argent bretessed Sable supported by two lions rampant respectant Or armed and langued Gules

Armorial du Canada français
Rattray, John (in Charleston, 1760)

Azure a fess between six cross crosslets fitchy Argent

Arms on his bookplate. Undifferenced Scottish arms of Rattray of Rattray, chief of the name.

Bolton
Rawle, Francis (in Philadelphia, 1686)

Sable three swords palewise Argent the middle one point up the others point down.

Bookplate. Vermont says he was of the family of Rawle of Tresparrett, Cornwall.

Crozier 1, Bolton, Vermont
Rawlins (Rollins), James (in Ipswich, Mass, 1632)

Sable three swords palewise points in chief Argent hilted and pommelled Or

Crozier 1, Matthews
Rawson, Edward (1615-1693; in Newbury, Mass, 1636)

A chevron between three towers [tinctures unknown]

Apparently the arms of Hibben, used with the addition of the Rawson crest on Rawson's seal. See alternative arms above.

NEHGS #120
Rawson, Edward (1615-1693; in Newbury, Mass, 1636)

Per fess Azure and Sable a castle with four towers in perspective Or

Arms on his seal according to Crozier, Vermont, and Bolton, but the NEHGS Roll of Arms (Part 8) states that Rawson never used these arms. See alternative arms below.

Crozier 1, Vermont, Bolton
Rawson, Edward (1615-1695; in Newbury, Mass, 1636)

Azure a castle Argent

Engraved at the bottom of a portrait based on a 1670 painting

Bolton
Raymond, Eliakim (Norwalk, Conn, 1720-1801)

Sable a chevron between three eagles displayed Argent on a chief Ermine [possibly Or] a cinquefoil between two fleurs-de-lis Gules

Bookplate

Bolton
Raymond, William (in Little Harbor, NH, 1630)

Sable a chevron between three eagles displayed, on a chief Argent three martlets Sable

Crozier 1
Read, Charles (Philadelphia, 1715-Martinburg, N.C., 1774)

Azure a griffin sejant wings elevated [Argent?]

Bookplate

Bolton
1. Read, Col John (from Dublin to Kinsley, Md, 1688)
2. Read, Col John (to Delaware, 1756)

Gules a saltire between four garbs Or

Arms of Read of Honningham Thorpe, Norfolk.
1. From Dublin
2. From Barton Court, Berks., or Shipton Court, Oxfordshire.

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 1
Reade, Col George (1609-71, in Virginia by 1639)

Per pale goutty a cross floretty fitchy [tinctures unknown]

Secretary of Virginia, 1639; a descendant of the Reades of Southampton, England. NEHGS says the arms are recorded in the College of Arms.

NEHGS #532
1. Reade, Col George (1609-71, in Virginia by 1639)
2. Reade, Thomas (d. Virginia, 1739)

Azure goutty d’Or a cross crosslet fitchy Or

1. Secretary of Virginia, 1639; a descendant of the Reades of Southampton, England.
2. On his tomb and a silver ewer.

1. Crozier 1, Crozier 2
2. Bolton
Reade, Lawrence (of Red Hook, NY, 1700)

Gules on a bend nebuly Argent three shovellers Azure.

Vermont says emigrant was of family of Reade of Wenburn, Devonshire.

Crozier 1, Vermont
Reade, Thomas (of Salem, Mass., 1634)

Azure a griffin segreant and a canton Or

Confirmed by the College of Arms, 1654.

NEHGS #196
Reading, John (of Gloucester, N.J., 1686)

Argent three boars’ heads couped Sable.

Crozier 1
Read, William (of Maryland, 1820)

Gules on a bend wavy [Argent?] three shovellers Sable

Arms on his bookplate and on altar tomb, Emmanuel Church, New Castle, Del, impaling Bond.

Bolton
Redford, William (of Portsmouth, N.H., 1694)

Three bars and a canton [tinctures not given]

Seal

Bolton
Redwood, William (Newport, R.I., 1734-84)

Per bend Sable and Argent two eagles displayed counterchanged

Carved above a door, Redwood Library, Newport

Bolton, Zieber
Reed, ----- (d. New Castle Co, Del, 1732)

Two bends wavy each charged with three birds [perhaps shovellers] within a bordure [?] [tinctures not given]

Tombstone, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, New Castle

Zieber, Bolton
Reichert, Johann Friedrich (of New York, 1720)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules an ostrich Argent with a horseshoe in its beak Proper, the ostrich in the first quarter contourny; 2nd and 3rd Per fess Azure and Or on a fess Argent three mullets Gules, in chief a lion rampant issuant royally crowned Or, the lion in the third quarter contourny, in base three stalks of wheat [Vert?]

Crozier 1, Matthews
Reid, James (in Urbanna, Va, 1764)

A chevron between three eagles' heads [tinctures not indicated]

Seal on his will

Bolton
Remington, John (Newbury, Mass., 1637)

Barruly of 12 Argent and Azure a bend Gules.

NEHGS #203
Remington, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1800?)

Gyronny of eight Ermine and Azure over all a dolphin embowed Or

Old water color in style of John Coles, ca 1800, captioned "Wm. Remington, Lord Mayor of London, 1500"

Bolton
Remsen, Henry (New York, 1762-1845)

Quarterly, 1st Argent two arms vambraced fesswise in pale [proper?]; 2nd Or two swans proper swimming on water [Vert]; 3rd Or a swan proper swimming on water [Vert]; 4th Argent a garb [Vert]

Bookplate. The only indication of tincture on the plate is in the fields of the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Bookplates of his descendants show the water and the garb Vert; one of them shows the 1st quarter Azure with arms Gules.

Bolton
1. Rensselaer, Jan Baptist van (Netherlands, 1629-Amsterdam, 1678)
2. Rensselaer, Jeremiah van (New York, 1738-Albany, N.Y., 1810)
3. Rensselaer, Peter van (New York, 1751-1816)
4. Rensselaer, Maj Gen Stephen van (Rensselaerwyck, N.Y., 1764-Albany, N.Y., 1810)

Quarterly, 1st Gules a cross moline Argent (Rensselaer); 2nd Argent a fess embattled counterembattled Sable (Pasraet); 3rd Argent three crowns Or [correctly Gules?] (Wenckom); 4th, Or three chevronels Sable (Ter Beke?)

1. Arms on window given by J. B. van Rensselaer to the old church at Albany in 1656; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Also on a stained glass window installed by him in the manor house at Rensselaerwyck, with the bars in the second quarter embattled urdy. In New Netherlands 1651-56; elder brother of Jeremias van Rensselaer, above; 3rd patroon of Rensselaerwyck.
2. Bookplate; member, U.S. House of Representatives, great-grandson of Jeremias van Rensselaer, entry above.
3. Bookplate by Billings, ca 1770. Brother of Jeremiah van Rensselaer, #2.
4. Bookplate; great-great-grandson of Jeremias van Rensselaer, entry above; member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 9th patroon.

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
3. Allen, Some Amer Book-Plates
4. Allen, Some Amer Book-Plates
Rensselaer, Jeremias van (Amsterdam, 1632-Watervliet, N.Y., 1687)

Gules a cross moline Argent

Seal of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, 1st patroon of Rensselaerwyck, inherited and used by Jeremias, his son and 4th patroon; seals of other family members in the Netherlands. Also on a map of Rensselaerwyck, ca 1632.

NEHGS #378, NYG&BR 64:7
Rensselaer, Kilian K. van (New York, 1763-1845)

Quarterly, 1st Gules a cross moline Argent (Rensselaer); 2nd Argent a fess embattled counterembattled Sable between three estoiles Gules; 3rd, Argent three crowns Or [correctly Gules?] (Wenckom); 4th, Argent three chevronels Azure (Ter Beke?)

Bookplate by Maverick; first cousin of Jeremiah, #2, and Peter, #3, entry above; member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Bolton
Revere, Paul (Boston, 1735-1818)

Argent three bars Gules on a bend sinister overall Argent three fleurs-de-lis [tincture not indicated]

Two bookplates engraved by himself; slate tablet in Christ (Old North) Church, Boston. On one of the bookplates, hatching on the fleurs-de-lis may indicate Azure. See also the same arms used by his father Paul Rivoire, below.

Bolton
Reynolds, Joseph (d. Bristol, R.I., 1759)

Tierced per fess three foxes statant [tinctures not indicated]

Tombstone. Bolton blazons "two bars between three foxes passant"

Bolton
Rhett, Col William (London, 1666-Charleston, 1722)

Or a cross engrailed Sable.

Arms on his tombstone, St. Philip’s Churchyard, Charleston.

Crozier 1, Bolton
Rhoads, John (of Pennsylvania, 1680)

Argent between two barrulets Ermine a lion passant guardant between two acorns Azure

Matthews
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, State of (independent 1776)

[Argent] an anchor [Azure]

Anchor adopted 1647 for the seal of the colony. Tinctures not specified until 1884, but most early emblazonments showed the anchor either in natural colors (see above) or blue on a white field. The cable was invariably depicted in official use. See also [[State.RhodeIsland">our article on the arms of Rhode Island.
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, State of (independent 1776)

[Argent] an anchor [proper]

Anchor adopted 1647 for the seal of the colony. Tinctures not specified until 1884, but most early emblazonments showed the anchor either in natural colors or blue on a white field (see below). The cable was invariably depicted in official use. See also [[State.RhodeIsland">our article on the arms of Rhode Island.
Rhodes, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1800?)

Argent on a cross engrailed between four lions rampant Gules five bezants

Painting by John Coles
Rhodes, Simon (in Newport, 1716)

Argent two quatrefoils slipped and a chief Sable

Crozier 1
Rice, John (of Rappahannock Co, Va, 1687)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Per pale indented Argent and Gules (Rice); 2nd and 3rd Azure a lion rampant Or (Trevor)

Arms on seals on two deeds; descended from Sir John Rice, Buttevant, Ireland, 1357.

Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton
Rice, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1800?)

Argent on a chevron engrailed Sable between three reindeers' heads couped Gules three cinquefoils Ermine

Painting by John Coles

Bolton
Richardson, Charles (of New York, 1792)

Azure a cabled anchor supported by a lion rampant Or, on a chief wavy Ermine an eastern crown Or between two lions’ heads erased Sable.

Crozier 1
Richards, Rev John (d. Gloucester Co, Va, 1735)

Sable a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis Or.

Arms on his tomb, Ware Church, Gloucester County.

Bolton, Crozier 1, Crozier 2
1. Richards, Thomas (in Boston, 1630)
2. Richards, John (in Massachusetts, d. bef 1707)
3. Richards, Thomas (in Boston, 1710)
4. Richards, James (of Hartford, Conn, d. 1680)

Argent four lozenges in fess Gules between two barrulets Sable.

1. Seal
2. Seal; Gore Roll of Arms under the name of his widow Anna, on a lozenge impaling her paternal arms of Winthrop, "Argent three chevronels Gules over all a lion rampant Sable."
3. Gore Roll of Arms, dated 1710.
4. Tombstone.
Sometimes blazoned "a fess fusily" instead of "four lozenges in fess."

1. Vermont, NEHGS #204, Bolton
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
4. Crozier 1, Vermont, Bolton
Richmond, John (of Taunton, Mass, 1635)

Argent a cross patonce Azure between four mullets Gules.

Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Rich, Thomas (of Springfield, Mass, 1696)
2. Rich, Anne (d. Gloucester Co, Va, 1727)

Gules a chevron between three crosses botonny Or

2. On her tombstone at Ware Church, Gloucester Co, impaled by the arms of her husband Francis Willis, "Argent three griffins passant Sable within a bordure engrailed Gules bezanty."

1. Matthews
2. Bolton
1. Ricketts, William (of Cecil Co, Md, 1665)
2. Ricketts, John Thomas (of Cecil Co, Md, 1718)

Erminois [or possibly Ermine] on a chevron between three roses Gules two swords in chevron proper pommels and hilts Or their points crossing each other in saltire the dexter surmounting the sinister

Crozier 1
1. Ridgeley, Henry (of Annapolis, Md, 1659)
2. Ridgeley, Robert (of St. Inigoes Creek, Md, 1670)
3. Ridgely, Charles Carnan (Baltimore, 1760-Hampton, Baltimore Co, Md, 1829)
4. Ridgely, Nicholas Greenbury (Baltimore, 1770-1829)

Argent on a chevron Sable three mullets pierced Argent.

3. Engraved on a silver service at Hampton. Born Charles Ridgley Carnan; assumed the name and arms of Ridgely pursuant to the will of his uncle Captain Charles Ridgely. Governor of Maryland, 1816-19.
4. Bookplate.

Matthews
Ridgely, Charles Carnan (Baltimore, 1760-Hampton, Baltimore Co, Md, 1829)

Argent on a chevron Sable three mullets Or.

On a set of French porcelain, 1825, at Hampton. Mullets probably painted Or in error; see correct arms above.
Ridgway, Richard (of Bucks Co, Pa, 1679)

Argent on a chevron engrailed Gules between three peacocks’ heads erased Azure ducally gorged Or three trefoils slipped [Or?]

Arrived in the Delaware River, 1679. Arms of Ridgeway alias Peacock, Devonshire. Probably the same man with the different arms given above.

Matthews
Ridgway, Richard (of Philadelphia, 1679)

Sable two wings conjoined Argent.

Arms of Ridgeway of Tor, Devonshire, confirmed 1602. Probably the same man with the different arms given below.

Crozier 1
Rigaud [Rigau, Rigaux], Brig Gen Baron Antoine (Agen, 1758-New Orleans, 1820)

Tierced per fess the chief per pale, 1st Sable two stars in fess Argent; 2nd Gules a sword palewise proper (for a military baron); 3rd Azure a foi (two hands clasped) fesswise Or

Ex-Bonapartist general; immigrated to Alabama 1817.
Rijker, Abraham (of New Netherland, 1638)

Azure a rose Argent between three stars Or.

Crozier 1, Vermont
Ring, Joseph (b. 1646; d. York Co, Va, 1703)

Argent on a bend Gules three crescents Argent.

Arms on his tomb at Ringfield, York Co.

Crozier 2, Bolton
Ripley, John (Hartford, ca 1800)

Argent a chevron Azure between three lions rampant Or [sic], the two in chief respectant

Embroidery made by his daughter Lucy (1789-1846) ca. 1804-05, in collection of Conn Hist Soc.

Bolton
Ripperdá, Baron Juan María de (Madrid, 1725-Honduras, 1780)

Quarterly, 1st Or three eagles displayed Sable armed and membered Or and langued Gules; 2nd Azure a star of six points in chief two fleurs-de-lis Or; 3rd Gules three towers ports and windows open Argent; 4th Or an eagle displayed Sable armed and membered Or and langued Gules in dexter base a star of six points Azure; over all on an escutcheon Sable a knight in full harness the sword held horizontally mounted on a galloping horse all Or

Spanish governor of Texas, 1769-76. Arms on the royal patent granting his father, Juan Guillermo [Jan Willem] de Ripperdá the title of duke and dignity of a grandee of Spain. The first quarter is sometimes shown with a thin fesswise line across the middle. The inescutcheon contains the ancestral arms of the Dutch noble family of Ripperdá.
Rivoire, Paul (Apollos) (b. France, d. Boston, 1754)

Argent three bars Gules over all on a bend sinister Argent three fleurs-de-lis [tinctures not indicated]

Bookplate. See the same arms listed for his son, Paul Revere, above.

Bolton
1. Roane, Charles (of Gloucester Co, Va, 1664)
2. Roane, Thomas (d. Surrey Co, Va, 1689)

Argent three stags trippant Proper.

1. Brother of Thomas Roane, #2.
2. On his tomb, Chaldon, Surrey Co, impaling "Three falconers' gloves" (Bartelot).

Crozier 2, Bolton
Robbins, John (of Wethersfield, Conn, 1660)

Per pale Sable and Argent two flaunches and three fleurs-de-lis in fess all counterchanged.

Matthews
Robbins, Richard (of Cambridge, Mass, 1652)

Gules two fleurs-de-lis each divided paleways and fastened to the side of the escutcheon the points following each other Or

Arms of Robins of London, 1603. Crozier's blazon follows that in Burke's General Armory.

Crozier 1
Roberdeau, Isaac (to New Jersey ca. 1699)

Sable a chevron Or in base a tower between two annulets Argent and on a chief Argent a cross crosslet Gules.

From La Rochelle by way of St. Kitts. Arms on silver plate hallmarked 1699.

Vermont, Bolton
Robert, Rev Pierre (to South Carolina, 1686; d. Santee, S.C., 1715)

Argent two chevrons Sable in chief a mullet [tincture not given]

Bookplate; from Basel, Switzerland

Bolton
Roberts, Job (Philadelphia, 1757-1851)

Gules three estoiles of six points and a chief wavy Or

Bookplate.

Bolton
Robertson, Gilbert (in Philadelphia, 1810)

Gules three wolves' heads erased Argent

Bookplate. Undifferenced Scottish arms of Robertson of Struan, chief of the name.

Bolton
Robinson, Alexander (of Baltimore, 1781)

Vert on a chevron between three bucks trippant Or pelletty three quatrefoils Gules

Painting brought from Armagh, Ire.

Crozier 1, Bolton
Robinson, Col Christopher (Middlesex Co, Va, 1666)

Vert on a chevron between three bucks trippant Or three quatrefoils Gules

Bolton
Robinson, Col Christopher (Middlesex Co, Va, 1666)

Vert on a chevron Argent between three roebucks trippant Or three trefoils slipped Gules

Member of House of Burgesses, 1691; secretary of state, 1692. See alternative blazons below.

Crozier 2
1. Robinson, George (of Kent Co, Del, 1685)
2. Robinson, Col Christopher (Middlesex Co, Va, 1666)
3. Robinson, Beverley (New York, 1723-92)

Vert on a chevron between three bucks trippant Or three cinquefoils Gules

2. See alternative blazons above and below.
3. Bookplate.

1. Matthews
2. NEHGS #474
3. Bolton
Robinson, Rowland (b. Lay Bluff, Cumberland, England, 1654; d. Rhode Island)

Or on a chevron Gules between three stags trippant [Gules?] three mullets pierced [Or?]

Matthews
Rochester, Nicholas (of Westmoreland Co, Va, 1689)

Or a fess between three crescents Sable

Crozier 1
Roche-Vernay, Charles-René de la (b. 1728; in Detroit, 1756-57)

Argent three bars wavy Gules

Armorial du Canada français
Rockwood, Richard (of Dorchester, Mass, 1636)

Argent six chess rooks 3, 2, 1 Sable

Crozier 1
Rodes, John (Virginia, 1697-1775)

Argent a lion passant guardant Gules between two acorns Azure with [between?] two bendlets Ermine

See arms of John Rhoads of Pennsylvania above.

Crozier 2
Rodman, Thomas (Barbados, 1640-Newport, 1728)

Gules a chevron Argent between four cushions Ermine tasselled Or

Seal ring.

Bolton
Rodney, William (in Kent Co, Del, by 1685)

Or three eagles displayed Purpure.

Ancestor of Caesar Rodney, signer of the [[Notable.Declaration">Declaration of Independence

NEHGS #292
Rogers, ----- (Dorchester, Mass, pre-1748?)

Per chevron three bucks trippant [tinctures not indicated]

Engraved on tankard bequeathed to First Church, Dorchester. Bolton says the per chevron division is a mistake for "Argent a chevron between three bucks trippant Sable," as above.

Bolton
Rogers, James (of New London, 1635)

Argent a chevron between three bucks trippant Sable

Crozier 1, Matthews
Rogers, Nathaniel (of Boston, 1636)

Argent a chevron Gules between three roebucks trippant Sable attired and gorged with ducal coronets Or

Crozier 1
Rogers, Samuel (Littleton, Mass, 1746-Boston, 1804)

Argent a chevron Gules between three bucks trippant Sable

Seal

Bolton
Rolfe, John (b. England, 1585; d. Virginia, 1622)

Gyronny of eight Or and Azure on a chief Sable three annulets Argent

His second wife was Pocahontas.

Crozier 2
'Rollins – See Rawlins'
1. Rome, George (in Newport, 1760s-70s
2. Roome, John (of Newport, 1772)

Argent a fess pean in chief a lion passant Gules

Arms granted 21 July 1772

1. NEHGS #160
2. Crozier 1, Bolton
1. Roome, John L. C. (New York, 1770s)
2. Roome, Jacob (New York, 1720-84)

Vert an armed soldier affronty with sword, shield, helmet, and holding in his right hand a sword upraised [proper?]

1. Bookplate
2. Bookplate by Dawkins

1. Bolton
Roosa, Aeldert Heymans (in New Amsterdam, 1660)

Or three roses Gules

From Herwynen, Gelderland, Neth.

NEHGS #335
1. Roosevelt, Claes Martensen (from Holland to New York, 1651)
2. Roosevelt, Nicholas (New York, 1658-1742)

Argent on a mound Vert two rosebushes intertwined proper with three blossoms Gules.

See [[President.Roosevelt">Arms of Presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt for further discussion.
2. Engraved on a tankard made by Gerrit Onclebaugh ca 1710.

1. Crozier 1, Vermont
Rose, Gad (Connecticut, 1756-1837)

Argent upon a terrace Sanguine in dexter a beehive beset by bees and in sinister a rosebush with one blossom all proper.

Bookplate by Richard Brunton

Bates, Early Connecticut Engraver
Rosse, Rev John (of Worcester, Md, by 1754)

Or a chevron checky Sable and Argent between three water bougets Sable

Matthews
Ross, George (New Castle, Del, 1730-Philadelphia, 1779)

Gules three lions rampant in chief a mullet Argent for difference

Bookplate. Signer of the [[Notable.Declaration">Declaration of Independence.
Ross, Hugh (of Kittery, Me, 1727)

Gules three lions rampant Argent within a bordure Or charged with three leopards’ faces Gules.

Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Ross, Rev. George (1679-1753; to New Castle, Del, 1705)
2. Ross, John (Tain, Scot, 1726-Philadelphia, 1800)

Gules three lions rampant Argent.

5th Laird of Ross of Balblair; father of George Ross, signer of the [[Notable.Declaration">Declaration of Independence. These are the undifferenced arms of the Scottish house of Ross of Balnagowan, chief of the name and Earls of Ross, which under correct Scottish heraldic practice would not have been usable by a cadet branch such as Balblair without some kind of difference.

1. NEHGS 621
2. Bolton
Roster (Royster), Jacob (of Clarksville, Va, ca 1760)

Argent three annulets Gules

Matthews
Rousby, John (d. Calvert Co, Md, 1750)

Gules on a bend Argent cotised Or three cross crosslets Sable

Arms on his tomb, Rousby Hall, Patuxent River, Calvert Co; also on the tomb of his daughter Elizabeth (Mrs. Richard Bennett, d. 1744) at Morgan's Point, Queen Anne Co, Md, impaled by Bennett.

Bolton
Rous, William (Charlestown, Mass, early 1700s)

[Sable?] a fess dancetty [Or?] between three crescents [Argent?]

Tombstone of his wife Mary, née Peachee, Phipps Street Yard, Charlestown

Bolton
1. Rowe, John (in Boston by 1735)
2. Rowe, Jacob (in Boston after 1787)

Gules three paschal lambs Argent.

1. Embroidery by Rebecca Robins, his niece; also engraved on silver given by him to Trinity Church, Boston.
Brothers, originally from Exeter, Eng.

NEHGS #238
1. Royall, William (d. North Yarmouth, Me, 1724)
2. Royall, Isaac (d. Dorchester, Mass, 1739)
3. Royall, Isaac (Boston, 1719-Medford, Mass, 1781)

Azure three garbs Or

1. Tombstone.
2. Bookplate and tombstone, Dorchester. Son of William Royall, #1.
3. Engraved on two-handled cup given to First Church, Medford, 1781, and baptismal basin, St. Michael's Church, Bristol, R.I., given 1747. Son of Isaac Royall, #2

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1. Ruggle(s), Thomas (of Roxbury, Mass, 1637)
2. Ruggles, George (England, 1575-Virginia, 1622)
3. Ruggles, Nathaniel (Roxbury, Mass, 1761-1819)

Argent a chevron between three roses Gules.

2. On a later painting, Va Hist Soc
3. Engraved on a silver pitcher.

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Rumsey, James (Maryland, 1743-92)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure a cinquefoil pierced within a bordure Ermine; 2nd and 3rd Argent a fess Gules in chief a label of three points Azure

Arms on bookplate

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Rush, Benjamin (Byberry Twp, Pa, 1745-Philadelphia, 1813)

Gules on a fess Or between three horses courant Argent three roundels Vert.

A signer of the [[Notable.Declaration">Declaration of Independence; Bolton states: “Bookplate Rush, perhaps Benjamin the Signer.”

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Rusling, James (Hull, Yorks, 1762-Newburgh, N.J., 1826)

Quarterly Azure and Or in the first quarter a hawk’s lure and line Or

In New York by 1795. Arms of Fowler, his wife's maiden name.

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1. Russell, George (ca. 1651-1692; in New York and Massachusetts ca. 1676-80)
2. Russell, Caleb (New Jersey, late 1700s)

Argent a lion rampant Gules on a chief Sable three escallops Argent

1. As the 7th son of the 5th Earl of Bedford, he probably would have differenced the arms for cadency with a small cross moline.
2. President of Morristown (N.J.) Academy, 1792-97. No known relation to the Earls of Russell, whose arms these are.

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1. Russell, James (b. Cambridge, Mass, 1643)
2. Russell, Richard (Boston, by 1650; d. 1676)
3. Russell, Thomas (Boston, late 1700s)
4. Russell, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1800?)
5. Russell, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1800)

Argent a chevron between three cross crosslets fitchy Sable

1. Seal
2. See alternative arms below.
3. Bookplate
4. Old embroidery
5. Embroidered "hatchment" by Rebecca Russell Lowell, ca 1795, impaling "Argent a lion rampant proper" (for Russell)

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Russell, James (Boston, 1820)

Argent on a chevron between three cross-crosslets fitchy Sable an eagle’s head erased Or all within a bordure engrailed Gules charged with eight bezants.

Granted by the College of Arms.

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Russell, James (Peeblesshire, Scot, 1708-London, 1788; in Charles Co, Md, ca 1730-1752)

Argent a chevron between three tadpoles all within a bordure Sable

Borne in pretense on the arms of Lee, "Gules a fess checky Or and Azure between ten billets Argent," on a silver dish owned by his son-in-law Philip Thomas Lee of Blenheim (d. 1778)

Lee, Lee of Va, p. 304
Russell, Richard (Boston, by 1650; d. 1676)

Argent a chevron between three cross-crosslets fitchy Sable all within a bordure engrailed Gules bezanty.

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Rutgers, Hendrick (New York, 1712-79)

Argent a lion rampant Sable debruised by a bar Gules charged with a mullet of six points Argent, on a chief Argent a demi-eagle issuant displayed Sable

Bookplate
1. Rutherford, Thomas (of Frederick Co, Va, 1743)
2. Rutherford, Robert (of Frederick Co, Va, 1743)
3. Rutherfurd, Maj Walter (Scotland, 1723-New York, 1804)
4. Rutherfurd, John (Perth Amboy, N.J., 1760-Rutherford, N.J., 1840)

Argent an orle Gules surmounted in chief of three martlets Sable beaked Gules

Scottish arms of Rutherfurd of Edgerstoun.
3. Sixth son of Sir John Rutherfurd of Edgerstoun, Roxburghshire; to North America by 1756. NEHGS blazons an escutcheon voided instead of an orle.
4. Bookplate. Son of Walter Rutherfurd, #3; U.S. Senator 1792-98.

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1. Rutledge, John (Charleston, 1739-1800)
2. Rutledge, Edward (Charleston, 1749-1800)

Argent a chevron compony Azure and Gules between three crescents Gules.

1. Seal. First President of independent South Carolina, Signer of the [[Notable.Constitution">Constitution, Chief Justice of the U.S.
2. Signer of the [[Notable.Declaration">Declaration of Independence; governor of South Carolina; younger brother of John Rutledge, #1. From his bookplate.

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