American Heraldry Society

ROLL OF EARLY AMERICAN ARMS - S

ARM NAME BLAZON COMMENTS SOURCE
1. Sackett, John (in Northampton, Mass, 1632)
2. Sackett, Simon (of Cambridge, Mass, 1631)

Argent a chevron between three mullets of six points Sable.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Saffin, John (of Boston, 1676)

Azure three crescents Argent each enclosing an estoile Or

Arms on his seal, on silver beaker given to Old South Church, Boston, in memory of his wife Martha, and on other family silver.

Bolton, NEHGS #149
Sage, David (of Middletown, Conn, 1652)

Per pale Erminois and Vert three fleurs-de-lis counterchanged.

Crozier 1
Sahle (Sahler), Abraham von der (in Perkiomen, Pa, 1778)

Sable a female bust habited Or crowned issuing from a crown reversed

Matthews
Salcedo, Col Juan Manuel de (b. Spain, ca. 1743; in Louisiana, 1801-03)

Or on a mound in base Vert a tree proper between four panelas [stylized poplar leaves] Purpure charged on the trunk with a fifth

On his stationery as the last Spanish governor of Louisiana. His son Manuel María de Salcedo was Spanish governor of Texas 1808-13 and presumably used the same arms.
Salinas, Cristoforo G. (of Beaufort, SC, 1823)

Gules a sunfish proper in chief a sun in its splendor Or

From Aragon, Spain.

Crozier 1
Salisbury, Edward (of Boston, 1651)

Gules a lion rampant Argent ducally crowned between three crescents Or

Crozier 1
Salter, William (Boston, 1696-1754)

Gules ten billets four, three, two, one, and on a bordure engrailed Argent four hurts and four torteaux alternately

Embroidery by his daughter Mary (Mrs. Henry Quincy, 1725-54)

Bolton
Saltonstall, ----- (Connecticut, ca 1750-60)

Quarterly, 1st Or a bend between two eagles displayed Sable (Saltonstall); 2nd Azure on a chevron Argent two chevronels Gules all surmounted of a lion rampant Sable (erroneous emblazonment for Winthrop); 3rd Or a lion rampant double-tailed Vert (Dudley); 4th A lion rampant [tinctures faded] (prob for Rosewell)

Embroidered "hatchment" circa 1760. The quarters suggest the arms belonged to one of the children of Brig Gen Gurdon Saltonstall II (1708-1785) and his wife Rebecca Winthrop.
1. Saltonstall, Samuel (of Mass, 1630)
2. Saltonstall, Sir Richard (b. Halifax, Eng, 1586; in Massachusetts, 1630-31.
3. Saltonstall, Gurdon (Haverhill, Mass, 1666-New London, Conn, 1724)
4. Saltonstall, Leverett (Haverhill, Mass, 1783-Salem, Mass, 1845)
5. Saltonstall, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1690)

Or a bend between two eagles displayed Sable.

2. Arms on seal, impaling "Three leopard's faces jessant-de-lis" (Gurdon)
3. Arms on seal and hatchment; in Gore Roll of Arms impaling "Argent a fess Sable surmounted of a lion rampant Gules" (Whitmore or Whittingham). Son of Sir Richard Saltonstall, #2, and governor of Connecticut, 1707-24.
4. Bookplate; Member of Congress
5. Engraved on a tankard made by Jeremiah Dummer, working 1666-1718.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton, NEHGS #13
3. Bolton, Matthews
4. Bolton
5. Bolton
Salvador, Francis (London, 1747-nr Keowee, S.C., 1776)

Vert a lion rampant between three fleurs-de-lis Or

Confirmed to his grandfather, Francis Salvador, by College of Arms, 1745.

Crozier 1
Sampson, Henry (of Boston, 1630)

Per bend Or and Gules a cross flory between two escallops in bend and as many billets in bend sinister all counterchanged

Crozier 1
Sandelands, James (of Upland, Pa, 1669)

[Argent] a bend [Azure]

On his tombstone

Crozier 1
1. Sanders, George (of Windsor, Conn, by 1671)
2. Sanders, Christopher (of Windsor, Conn, by 1671)

Sable on a chevron between three bulls' heads caboshed Argent a rose Gules

Brothers

NEHGS #290
Sanders (Saunders), Thomas (of New Amsterdam, 1636)

Sable a chevron Ermine between three bulls’ heads caboshed Argent

Born Amsterdam

Crozier 1
Sandford, William (b. Westmoreland Co, Va, abt 1677)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Per fess dancetty and per pale Azure and Ermine; 2nd and 3rd Per chevron Sable and Ermine in chief two boars' couped Or, a martlet for difference

Bookplate

Bolton
1. Sandys, George (1577-1643, in Virginia 1621-31)
2. Sandys, Sir Edwin (1561-1629, in Virginia by 1619)

Or a fess dancetty [sometimes shown wavy or indented] between three cross crosslets fitchy Gules.

2. Treasurer of Virginia and member of the Council.

1. Crozier 2, NEHGS #655
2. NEHGS #655
Sanford, John (d. Portsmouth, R.I., 1653)

Ermine on a chief Gules two boars' heads couped Or

President of Rhode Island, 1653

NEHGS #38, Vermont
1. Sargeant, Jacob (Mansfield, Conn, 1761-1843)
2. Sargeant, John (b. Mansfield, Conn, 1770)

Argent three erect flags 2 and 1 flying to dexter, two tassels attached to the knob of each staff, the first Gules a lion rampant [Or?] holding erect in the dexter paw a sword [proper?], the second Azure an anchor erect cabled [Or?], the third Argent three escallops 1 and 2 [Sable?]

Bookplates by Richard Brunton. Jacob and John Sargeant were brothers. Bolton speculates that the escallops are Azure; there is no indication of tincture.

Bolton, Bates, Early Connecticut Engraver
Sargent, Peter (of Boston, 1667)

Argent a chevron between three dolphins hauriant Sable.

Vermont, Crozier 1
1. Sargent, William (of Charlestown, Mass, 1639)
2. Sargent, William (in Gloucester, Mass, by 1678)
3. Sargent, Peter (of Salem, Mass, 1693)
4. Sargent, Epes (Gloucester, Mass, 1721-99)
5. Sargent, Ignatius (Gloucester, Mass, 1765-1821)
6. Sargent, Winthrop (Gloucester, Mass, 1727-93)

Argent a chevron between three dolphins embowed Sable

2. Embroidery by his step-granddaughter Mary Ellery, dated 1745, impaling "Sable on a chevron between three leaves Argent three cross crosslets Sable" (Norwood?)
3. On his seal and three entries in the Gore Roll of Arms: his own (1714); that of his first wife, Anne Shrimpton, impaling "Argent on a cross Sable five escallops Argent" (1702); and of his second wife, Mary Spencer, impaling "Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent, 2nd and 3rd Gules a fret Or, over all on a bend Sable three escallops Argent" (1705).
4. Bookplate by Revere
5. Bookplate by Callendar; Chinese export dinner service, ca 1795, in collection of Department of State; nephew of Epes Sargent, #3.
6. Bookplate; brother of Epes Sargent, #3.

1. Matthews
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
4. Bolton
5. Bolton
6. Bolton
Saterlee, Capt William (of New London, Conn, 1682)

Gules a fess Ermine between three round buckles tongues to chief Or.

Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Savage, John (d. Middletown, Conn, 1684)
2. Savage, Maj. Thomas (Taunton, Somerset, 1608-Boston, 1682)
3. Savage, Thomas (Boston, 1640-1705)
4. Savage, Col Thomas (Boston, 1668-1721)
5. Savage, Arthur (Boston, 1680-1735)

Argent six lioncels rampant three, two, one Sable.

2. Table tomb, King's Chapel, Boston; on his portrait painted 1679.
3. Seal; son of Thomas Savage, #2
4. Gore Roll of Arms (1720); son of Thomas Savage, #3.
5. Engraved on baptismal basin given to Christ (Old North) Church, Boston, 1732; son of Thomas Savage, #3.

1. Matthews
2. Bolton, Matthews
, NEHGS #141
3. Bolton
4. Bolton
5. Bolton
Sayre, Thomas (of Southampton, NY, 1640)

Gules a chevron Ermine between three seagulls Argent.

Crozier 1
Sayward, Jonathan (in Massachusetts, 1772)

A fess between three trefoils slipped [tinctures not given]

Seal on document

Bolton
Sayward, ----- (York, Me, ca 1720)

Gules on a fess Argent between two chevronels Ermine three leopards' faces Gules

Gore Roll of Arms, undated entry

Gore
Scarborough [Scarburgh], Capt Edward [or Edmund] (d. Accomack Co, Va, 1634/35)''

Or a chevron between three towers Gules

Member of House of Burgesses, 1629 and 1631-32. Crozier blazons towers triple-towered.

Crozier 2, NEHGS #364
Schaets, Rev. Gideon (to Beverwijck, New Netherland, 1652; d. 1691)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules two skates Sable [sic]; 2nd and 3rd Azure a crescent Or

From South Holland.

Crozier 1, NYBGR 64:143-44
Schaick, John Gerse van (Albany, N.Y., 1748-1828)

Argent a bull's head caboshed Gules between in chief two arrows in chevron points upward and in base an arrow fesswise point to sinister [proper?]

Bookplate

Bolton
1. Schenck, Roelof (of Amersfoort, New Netherland, 1650)
2. Schenk, Jan Martense (of Amersfoort, New Netherland, 1650)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Barry of six Argent and Azure (Tautenberg); 2nd and 3rd Sable a lion rampant Or (Nydeggen)

See alternative arms below.

Crozier 1
1. Schenck, Roelof (of Amersfoort, New Netherland, 1650)
2. Schenk, Jan Martense (of Amersfoort, New Netherland, 1650)

Sable a lion rampant Or

See alternative arms above.

Matthews
Schermerhorn, Jacob (of Beverwyck, New Netherland, 1636)

Azure upon a mount a tree Vert.

Crozier 1
Schieffelin, Jacob (of Philadelphia, 1746)

Tierced per fess Sable and Or on three piles two conjoined with one between reversed counterchanged three cross crosslets Sable

Matthews, Crozier 1
Schlegel, Christoph von (to Germantown, Pa, by 1700)

Quarterly, 1st Sable a lion rampant to sinister queue-fourché Or holding in his dexter paw a maul and assaulting a cliff Argent; 2nd and 3rd Per fess Argent and Gules three roses counterchanged; 4th as the 1st but to dexter; over all an inescutchon Azure upon a base Vert a Paschal lamb trippant to sinister Argent

1676-1772; born Grimma, Saxony

NEHGS #604
1. Schuyler, Philip Pieterse (d. Albany, N.Y., 1683)
2. Schuyler, David Pieterse (in Albany, N.Y., late 1600s)
3. Schuyler, Johannes (Albany, 1668-1747)

Vert issuing from sinister flank a cubit arm vested Azure gloved Or holding on the hand a falcon close proper hooded Or

1. Stained glass window formerly in Old Dutch Church, Albany, made ca 1656. See variant below.
2. Brother of Philip, #1.
3. Engraved on a silver dish and a silver teapot made c. 1695 in collection of N.Y. Hist. Soc. Son of Philip Schuyler, #1.

1. Bolton, NEHGS #163
2. NEHGS #163a
3. NYG&BR 65:101
1. Schuyler, Philip Pieterse (d. Albany, N.Y., 1683)
2. Schuyler, Maj Gen Philip (Albany, N.Y., 1733-1804

Vert issuing from dexter flank a cubit arm vested Azure holding on the hand a hooded falcon close proper

1. On silver engraved before 1650; see variant above.
2. Bookplate; on his seal with a crescent for difference.

1. Bolton
2. Bolton, NYG&BR 65:101
Scolly, ----- (Massachusetts [?], ca 1720)

Azure three ducks Argent

Tricked drawing in Gore Roll of Arms with no further information.

Gore
Scott, Alexander (1700s?)

Or on a bend Azure a six-pointed star between two crescents Or and in chief a crescent [for difference?]

On a bookplate, location and date not given. Possibly the same man as Rev Alexander Scott above.

Bolton
Scott, Benjamin (mid-1700s?)

Argent a cross crosslet fitchy Sable

Bookplate

Bolton
Scott, Eupham (in Perth Amboy, N.J., by 1704)

Or on a bend Azure a star of six points between two crescents Or all within a bordure engrailed Gules

Wife of Dr. Gabriel Johnstone (q.v.)

NEHGS #83
Scott, Gen Winfield (Dinwiddie Co, Va, 1786-West Point, N.Y., 1866)

Or on a bend Azure an estoile between two crescents Or in chief a spear palewise proper

Bookplate.

Bolton
Scott, Gustavus (d. Virginia, 1801)

Or on a bend Azure a plate between two crescents Or within a bordure [Gules?] charged with eight bezants.

Bookplate; a descendant of Rev. Alexander Scott (see entry above).

Bolton, Crozier 1
Scott, John (of New York, 1702-33)

Argent three lions’ heads erased Gules langued Azure

Bookplate, impaling "A fortress gun between three flaming bomb" [tinctures not indicated] (Morin). NEHGS says with a mullet for difference (not on the bookplate)

Crozier 1, Bolton, NEHGS #288
Scott, Maj Gen Charles (Goochland Co, Va, 1739-Clark Co, Ky, 1813)

A chevron between three dolphins embowed

Seal; governor of Kentucky, 1808-12

Bolton
Scottow, John (Boston, mid-1700s)

Argent on a chevron Sable five stars [mullets?] Or in chief a book [expanded proper?]

Bookplate

Bolton
Scott, Rev Alexander (Dipple, Scot, 1686-Dipple, Stafford Co, Va, 1738)

Or on a bend Azure a six-pointed star between two crescents Or on a bordure Argent eight six-pointed stars [tincture not given]

On his tomb. See possible variant below.

Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton
1. Scott, Richard (Glemsford, Suff, 1605-Providence, 1681
2. Scott, John (of Ashfardun, NY, 1670)

Argent three Catherine wheels Sable a bordure engrailed Gules.

1. In Boston by 1634

1. NEHGS #297
2. Crozier 1
Screven, Rev William (of Boston, 1665)

Argent goutty Gules a lion rampant Sable

Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Scudder, Thomas (from Kent to Salem, Mass, by 1635
2. Scudder, John (from London to Barnstable, Mass., 1640

Gules on a fess Or three pellets, in chief three cinquefoils Argent.

3. Descendant of Thomas Scudder (1)

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 1
Scull, Nicholas (of Philadelphia, 1685)

Gules two bendlets between six lions’ heads erased Or

Crozier 1
1. Seabury, John (to Boston, 1630)
2. Seabury, Rt Rev Samuel (Groton, Conn, 1729-New London, Conn, 1796)

Argent a fess engrailed between three ibexes passant Sable

1. From family of Sedborough of Porloke, Devon
2. Memorial window, Berkeley Divinity School Chapel; descendant of John Seabury, #1. First Episcopal bishop in the United States.

1. Crozier 1, Vermont
2. Vermont, Bolton
Sears, David (Boston, 1787-1871)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules a chevron between three eagles displayed Argent], on a chief Ermine an escallop between two mullets Gules; 2nd and 3rd Argent a cross Gules between four water bougets [Sable] (for Bourchier]

Bookplate engraved ca 1830

Bolton
1. Sears, Richard (of Plymouth, Mass, 1630)
2. Sears, ----- (Boston, 18th century)

Gules a chevron between three eagles displayed [Argent] on a chief Ermine an escallop between two mullets Gules

2. Tombstone, Granary Burying Ground, Boston
Bolton blazons the eagles as proper, but there are no indications of tincture; tinctures based on next entry below.

1. Crozier 1, Matthews
2. Bolton
Sedgwick, Robert (of Charlestown, Mass, 1636)

Argent on a cross Gules five bells Or

Crozier 1
Seeley, Robert (of Watertown, Mass, 1631)

Sable a lion rampant Or between two flaunches Argent

Crozier 1
Segar, John (b. 1596, d. Virginia)

Azure a cross moline Argent

Son of Sir William Segar, Garter King of Arms

NEHGS #164
Ségur, Claude Nicholas Louis, Vicomte de (of Savannah, Ga., by 1794)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules a lion rampant Or; 2nd and 3rd Argent plain.

NEHGS #593
Selby, ----- (New England, late 1600s)

Azure a blackamoor's head proper and a chief bendy Sable and Argent

On a sampler made 1678

Bolton
Seton, William (b. Scotland, 1746; to New York by 1763)

Or three crescents within a double tressure flory counterflory Gules

Arms on his bookplate by Maverick; father-in-law of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.

Crozier 1, Bolton,NEHGS #505
1. Sewall, Henry (of Boston, 1634)
2. Sewall, Samuel (Bishopstoke, Hants, 1652-Boston, 1730)
3. Sewell, Henry (of Maryland, 1661)

Sable a chevron between three bees Argent.

2. Tankard left to Old South Church, Boston. Chief Justice of Massachusetts Bay.
3. On family silver.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
Sewall, Rev Joseph (Boston, 1688-1769)

Argent a chevron between three bees Sable

Arms engraved on his portrait by Nathaniel Hurd, 1768

Bolton
1. Seymour, Richard (of Hartford, 1640)
2. Seymour, Capt Thomas (of Norwalk, Conn, 1712)

Gules two wings conjoined in lure Or.

1. Tinctures not certain
2. Seal on his will; son of Richard Seymour, #1

1. Crozier 1, Matthews, NEHGS #275
2. Bolton
Shapleigh, Nicholas (of Boston, 1635)

Vert a chevron Argent between three escallops Or

See alternative blazon below

Crozier 1
Shapleigh, Nicholas (of Kittery, Me, 1630)

Vert a chevron between three escallops Argent

See alternative blazon above

Matthews
Sharpless, John (b. Wynbunbury, Cheshire, ca 1624; to Pennsylvania 1682)

Sable three crescents Argent between the points of each a mullet Or

NEHGS #383
Shattuck, Samuel (d. Salem, Mass, 1698)

A chevron between three fleurs-de-lis [tinctures not given]

Seal on his will, 1689

Bolton
1. Sheaffe, William (of Boston, 1685)
2. Sheaffe, Jacob (in Boston, 1713)

Ermine on a chevron Gules between three roundels Sable three garbs Or

2. Seal on documents witnessed by him

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
Shed (Sherd), Daniel (d. Braintree, Mass, 1708)

Argent on a bend Sable a rose Argent, in sinister canton a bugle horn strung Sable.

Matthews
Sheffield, ----- (Rhode Island, ca 1700)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Or a chevron between three gauntlets palewise Gules; 2nd and 3rd Sable a chevron between three spur-rowels Or

Painting by I. P. Halpin, ca 1700

Bolton
Sheild, Robert (d. York Co, Va, 1670)

Gules on a bend engrailed Or three escutcheons Sable

Arms on seal and a silver plate.

Crozier 2, Bolton
Sheldon, Isaac (of Northampton, Mass, 1650)

Sable a fess between three sheldrakes Argent

Founder of Northampton.

Crozier 1
Sheldon, John (b. 1630; d. Rhode Island, 1708)

Azure on a cross Or an annulet Gules

Crozier 1
Shelley, Giles (New York, 1664-1710)

Sable a fess engrailed Gules [correctly Or?] between three whelk shells Or

On a silver tankard

Bolton
Shelton, Rev Philo (Huntington, Conn, 1754-Fairfield, Conn, 1825)

Or a griffin passant to sinister [tincture not indicated], on a chief Azure a star of six points [tincture not indicated]

Bookplate by Richard Brunton; the sinister orientation of the griffin is probably an engraving error.

Bates, Early Conn. Engraver
1. Sherburne, Henry (Portsmouth, N.H., 1674-1757)
2. Sherburne, Joseph (Portsmouth, N.H., 1680-1744)
3. Sherburne, James (Portsmouth, N.H., 1688-1760)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent a lion rampant guardant Vert; 2nd and 3rd Vert an eagle displayed Argent (Bayley)

1. On his seal and plate; chief justice of New Hampshire.
2. Framed oil painting of arms mentioned in his will; possibly the "very old" painted hatchment mentioned by Bolton.
3. Seal

1. Some Desc. of H. & J. Sherburne, p. 5
2. Some Desc. of H. & J. Sherburne, p. 6, Bolton
3. Some Desc. of H. & J. Sherburne, p. 17
Sherburne, ----- (New England, 18th century)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Vert an eagle displayed Argent; 2nd and 3rd Argent a lion rampant Or [prob an error for Vert]

Embroidered "hatchment"

Bolton
1. Sherman, John (of Watertown, Mass, 1660)
2. Sherman, Roger (Newton, Mass, 1721-Connecticut, 1793)
3. Sherman, Philip (Dedham, Essex, 1610-Portsmouth, RI, 1687)
4. Sherman, Edmond (of Wethersfield, Conn, 1635)
5. Sherman, Richard (of Boston, ca 1635)
6. Sherman, Samuel (Boston, ca 1635)

Or a lion rampant Sable between three oak leaves Vert

2. Arms on watercolor in possession of Roger Sherman, signer of Declaration of Independence
Arms said to have been granted 1619.
Richard and Edmond were brothers; Samuel and Philip were brothers and first cousin once removed to Richard and Edmond; John was first cousin to Samuel and Philip and first cousin once removed to Richard and Edmond

1. Crozier 1, Matthews, NEHGS #216
2. Bolton
3. Matthews, NEHGS #216
4. NEHGS #216
5. NEHGS #216
6. NEHGS #216
Sherman, Peter (prob in Bridgewater, Conn, 1790s)

Or a lion rampant contourny Sable between three sprigs of three leaves each [Vert?]

Bookplate by Richard Brunton; the contourny positioning is probably an engraver's error.

Bolton, Bates, Early Conn. Engraver
Shipman, Edward (of Saybrook, Conn, 1639)

Gules on a bend Argent between six estoiles Or three roundels Sable

Crozier 1
1. Shippen, Edward (Hillham, Cheshire, 1639-Philadelphia, 1712)
2. Shippen, Edward (Boston, 1703-Lancaster, Pa, 1781)
3. Shippen, William (Philadelphia, 1712-Germantown, Pa, 1801)

Argent a chevron between three oak leaves Gules

1. On his iron seal. Mayor of Philadelphia.
2. Bookplate; grandson of Edward Shippen, #1. Mayor of Philadelphia.
3. Bookplate; delegate to Continental Congress. Grandson of Edward Shippen, #1.

1. Matthews, Crozier 1, Bolton, Zieber
2. Allen, Am. Book-plates
3. Bolton
Shirley, William (Sussex, Eng, 1694-Roxbury, Mass, 1771)

Paly of six Or and Azure a canton Ermine

On monument to his wife, Frances, carved ca 1750, in King's Chapel, Boston, impaling "Argent three bears' heads erased Gules muzzeled Or, in chief three roundels Gules" (Barker). Governor of Massachusetts, 1741-49 and 1753-56.

Crozier 1, NEHGS #254, Bolton
1. Shoemaker, John (of Germantown, Pa, 1683)
2. Shoemaker, Peter (of Germantown, Pa, 1685)

Sable three chevronels Ermine

1. Crozier 1
2. Matthews
Short, Clement (of Berwick, Mass, 1666)

Azure a griffin segreant between three estoiles Or

Matthews
1. Short, Henry (of Ipswich, Mass, 1634)
2. Short, ----- (Essex Co, Mass, ca 1800)

Sable a griffin passant Argent a chief Ermine

2. Watercolor painting, ca 1800.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton
1. Shrimpton, Samuel (Boston, 1643-1698)
2. Shrimpton, Anna (d. Boston, 1702)
3. Shrimpton, Mary (Boston, 1667-1746)

Argent on a cross Sable five escallops Argent

1. Estate billed for a hatchment; on arms of his daughter Elizabeth (Mrs. John Yeamans) in Gore Roll, dated 1721, impaled by "Sable a chevron between three spearpoints Argent" (Yeamans)
2. Married Peter Sargent; Gore Roll of Arms dated 1702 impaled by his arms "Argent a chevron between three dolphins embowed Sable"
3. Married (1) Robert Gibbs, (2) Samuel Sewall; engraved on a tankard by Cony with an annulet in the first quarter for difference and the initials "M.S."; on a portrait purported to be of her son, Rev. Henry Gibbs of Newton, Mass, ca 1721, also with an annulet in the first quarter for difference (now in collection of Art Institute of Chicago)

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
Shubrick, Col Thomas (South Carolina, 1755-1810)

Azure a chevron Ermine between three estoiles Or [possibly Argent]

Arms on bookplate.

Bolton
Shute, Samuel (London, 1662-England, 1742; in Massachusetts 1716-23)

Per chevron Sable and Or in chief two eagles Or.

Painting previously in King's Chapel, Boston, pre-1749; engraved on Price's "View of Boston," published 1725. Governor of Massachusetts, 1716-23.

Crozier 1, Bolton
Sille, Nicasius de (of New Amsterdam, 1653)

Sable a saltire between in flanks and base three curry-combs handles downward Argent and in chief a six-pointed star Or

Wax seals of his father; roll of arms of students, University of Leiden. From Arnhem, Neth.

NEHGS #331, NYG&BR 64:13-14
Sill, John (of Cambridge, Mass, 1637)

Argent a fess engrailed Sable fretty Or in chief a lion passant Gules

Crozier 1, Matthews
Silvester, Peter (Shelter Island, N.Y., 1734-Kinderhook, N.Y., 1808)

Argent a sea lion naiant Azure crowned Or

Bookplate by Child

Bolton
Simmons, ----- (Massachusetts, early 1800s)

Per pale Or and Sable three roses counterchanged

Painting by John Coles, dated 1805)

Bolton
Simpson, John (in Boston, 1760s)

Argent on a chief Vert three crescents Argent

On a silver sauceboat made ca 1760; on a flagon given to South Church, Boston, 1764

Bolton
Sims, Joseph (Philadelphia, ca 1713-1779)

Ermine three increscents Gules

On his tombstone, shared with his daughter Elizabeth (d. 1773)

Bolton
Sinclair, Robert (to New York from Orkney, 1679)

Quarterly, 1st Azure a ship at anchor oars in saltire sails furled within a double tressure flory counterflory Or (Orkney); 2nd and 3rd Or a lion rampant Gules (Spar); 4th Azure a ship under sail Or sails Argent (Caithness), overall a cross engrailed Sable

On a silver tankard left in the will of his wife Mary, 1721. Arms of the Sinclair Earls of Caithness, except that the cross should be parted per cross Argent and Sable.

Crozier 1, Vermont, Bolton
1. Skelton, James (of Goochland Co, Va, 1735)
2. Skelton, Meriwether (b. Goochland Co, 1726)
3. Skelton, Reuben (b. Hanover Co, Va, 1728)
4. Skelton, ----- (in Kentucky, early 1800s)

Azure a fess Or between three fleurs-de-lis [Argent?]

2. Bookplate
3. Bookplate
4. Family silver
It is possible that the fleurs-de-lis should be Or.

1. Crozier 2
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
4. Bolton
Skelton, Rev Samuel (of Salem, Mass, 1629)

Vert a fess between three fleurs-de-lis Or

Matthews
Skinner, Richard (Marblehead, Mass, ca 1663-1727)

Sable on a chevron Or between three griffins' heads erased [Argent?] a crescent Gules

On an alms dish made by Jacob Hurd, presented to the Second Church of Marblehead, 1727; in Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Bolton, Boston MFA
1. Skipwith, John (of Middlesex Co, Va, 1652)
2. Skipwith, Sir Peyton (Middlesex Co, Va, 1740-Mecklenburg Co, Va, 1805)
3. Skipwith, Fulwar (Dinwiddie Co, Va, 1765-Monte Sano, East Baton Rouge Parish, La, 1839)
4. Skipwith, Sir Grey, Bt (in Bristol Parish, Va, bef 1680)

Argent three bars Gules in chief a greyhound in full course Sable collared Or

3. Bookplate
4. Sir Grey likely displayed the arms with a small escutcheon Argent charged with a sinister hand Gules, the badge of a baronet, probably in fess point.

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 2
3. Bolton
4. NEHGS #183
Slaughter, William (Lancaster Co, Va, ca 1643-Richmond Co, Va, 1698)

Argent a saltire Azure

Arms on seal on a bond, Essex Co, Va, 1685

Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton, Matthews
Slichtenhorst, Brant Aertz van (in Rensselaerswyck, New Netherland, 1648-52)

Or a bull's head caboshed Argent [sic]

On two seals and his son's entry in roll of arms at Leiden Univ

NEHGS #416, NYG&BR 64:244
Slucome, Anthony (of Taunton, Mass, 1643)

Argent on a fess Gules between three griffins’ heads couped Sable three wings Or

Matthews
1. Smith, Capt John (Willoughby, Lincs, 1580-London, 1631; to Jamestown, Va, 1607)
2. Smith, George (of Dover, Mass, 1645)

Vert a chevron Gules between three Turks’ heads couped proper turbaned Or

1. Granted by Sigismund Bathory, Duke of Transylvania, 1603; confirmed by Garter King of Arms, 1625.
2. Claimed to be son of Capt John Smith, #1

1. NEHGS #151
2. Matthews
Smith, Capt John (Willoughby, Lincs, 1580-London, 1631; to Jamestown, Va, 1607)

Argent a chevron Gules between three Turks' heads couped proper turbaned Or

As engraved on his map of Chesapeake Bay, published 1624. The field is correctly Vert (see above).
Smith, Col Joseph (of Essex Co, Va, 1728)

Argent a fess dancetty between three roses Gules barbed Vert

Arms on wax seal on his will

Crozier 1, Bolton
Smith, Col Walter (Calvert Co, Md, ca 1651-1711)

Azure a saltire between four martlets Argent

On the tomb of his daughter Rebecca (Mrs. Daniel Dulany, d. 1737), St. Anne's Churchyard, Annapolis, quartered with Dulany

Bolton
Smith, Edgerton (Massachusetts?, ca 1730)

Sable three roses of four petals Argent

Bookplate

Bolton
Smith, Hezekiah (Massachusetts, mid-1700s)

Sable three daisies [proper?]

Bookplate

Bolton
Smith, John (Gloucester Co, Va, 1662-98)

Per chevron nebuly Sable and Argent three ounces' faces erased counterchanged

Watch seals

Bolton
Smith, John (in New York, 1728)

Argent three spears palewise [proper] a chief checky Argent and Sable

Seal

Bolton
Smith, John (in South Carolina by 1742)

Azure on a mount in base Vert a castle Argent on a chief Or three storks' heads erased Gules

NEHGS #370
Smith, Joseph (in Albany, ca 1780, and Castine, Me, 1803)

Gules a chevron between three griffins segreant,on a chief Or three fleurs-de-lis Gules

NEHGS #441
Smith, Joseph (Uwchlan Twp, Chester Co, Pa, 1770-Frazer Twp, Chester Co, Pa, 1845)

Two clasped hands couped [tinctures not given]

On Chinese export porcelain

Bolton
1. Smith, Maj Lawrence (d. Gloucester Co, Va, 1739)
2. Smith, Edmund (d. York Co, Va, 1751)

Azure a chevron between three acorns slipped and leaved Or

2. Arms on tombstone of his daughter Mildred Smith Jameson (d. 1778) impaled by Jameson, Temple Farm, Gloucester Co, Va.
Arms same as Smith of Tottne, Devonshire, England.

1. Crozier 1, Crozier 2
2. Bolton
Smith, ----- (Massachusetts, 1700s?)

Argent a chevron nebuly cotised Gules between three leopards' faces erased Or [sic]

"Very old" water color

Bolton
Smith, Nehemiah (of Norwich, Conn, 1636)

Barry of six Ermine and Gules a lion rampant ducally crowned Sable

Crozier 1
Smith, Rev Henry (Norwich, Eng, 1600-Wethersfield, Conn, 1648)

A chevron between three stags' heads couped [tinctures not given]

Seal

Bolton
Smith, Richard (Myreshaw, Yorks, 1613-Smithtown, Suffolk Co, N.Y., 1691)

Argent a chevron between three leopards' faces Gules

Seal on document of 1688

Bolton, NEHGS #218
1. Smith, Robert (Duffield, Derbyshire, ca 1630-Brandon, Middlesex Co, Va, 1687)
2. Smith, William (Boston, mid-1700s?)

Or a chevron cotised between three demi-griffins the two in chief respectant Sable

1. Bookplate
2. Bookplate by Hurd

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
Smith, Robert (of Lancaster Co, Va, 1665)

Sable a fess dancetty between three lions rampant each holding a garb all Or

Arms on seal on deed

Bolton, Crozier 1
Smith, Samuel (to Portsmouth, N.H., then Pennsylvania, 1740)

Or a unicorn salient Azure

Engraved on 16th century silver brought from Amsterdam

Bolton
1. Smith, Thomas (d. Rockland Co, N.Y., 1795)
2. Smith, Thomas (New York, ca 1800)
3. Smith, James Scott (New York, ca 1800)
4. Smith, William (New York, ca 1800)
5. Smith, William (Aberdeen, 1726-Philadelphia, 1803)

Argent three lances palewise in fess [proper?] a chief checky Or and Gules

2. Bookplate by Maverick; son of Thomas Smith, #1
3. Bookplate by Maverick; son of Thomas Smith, #1
4. Bookplate; son of Thomas Smith, #1
5. Bookplate; provost of the College of Philadelphia (now the Univ of Pennsylvania)

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
3. Allen, Amer. Book-plates
4. Bolton
5. Bolton
1. Smith, Thomas (to South Carolina, 1684; d. 1694)
2. Smith, Thomas (d. 1738, Goose Creek, Md)
3. Smith, William Loughton (Charleston, 1758-1812)
4. Smith, Abigail (Weymouth, Mass, 1744-Quincy, Mass, 1818)

Sable a fess cotised between three martlets Or

1. Seal ring dated 1671; governor of South Carolina, 1693-94, and landgrave.
2. Seal on will; son of Thomas Smith, #1
3. Arms on his bookplate
4. Quartered by her son John Quincy Adams; daughter of Rev William Smith, wife of President John Adams

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
4. Bolton
Smith, William (Higham Ferrers, Northants, 1655-Brookhaven, N.Y., 1705)

Argent a chevron between three griffins' heads couped Sable

"Tangier" Smith, to New York 1686; first lord of the Manor of St. George 1693; acting governor of New York 1701.

NEHGS #84
1. Smith, William (New York, 1697-1769)
2. Smith, Samuel (New York, ca 1800)
3. Smith, William Peartree (New York, 1723-1801)

Argent three broken spears erect proper a chief checky of two tracts Or and Gules

2. Bookplate; son of Thomas Smith, #1, above.
3. Bookplate engraved by Johnston; co-founder of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Univ)

1. NEHGS #190
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
Smith, William (of New York, 1704)

Or on a chevron Gules between three cross-crosslets fitchy Sable three roundels Or

Crozier 1
1. Smith, William (Virginia, 1700s?)
2. Smith, William (Charleston, 1784-1840)

Argent on a bend between two unicorns' heads erased Azure armed Or three fusils [Or?]

1. Bookplate
2. Bookplate

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
Smythe, Richard (London, 1613-Massachusetts, 1692)

Sable six fleurs-de-lis three, two, one Argent

Seal referred to as bearing fleurs-de-lis; lived near Nissequogue, Long Island, N.Y.

Crozier 1, Matthews, Bolton
Smyth, Frederick (d. Philadelphia, 1815)

Sable on a chevron engrailed Argent between six crosses paty fitchy Or three fleurs-de-lis Azure

Hatchment painted for his wife Margaret, d. 1806; Smyth was chief justice of New Jersey 1764-66

Bolton
Snelling, Dr. William (of Newbury, Mass, by 1651)

Argent three griffins’ heads erased Gules a chief indented Ermine

Arms on seal on will with a mullet for difference

Crozier 1, Bolton, NEHGS #142
Snowden, Richard (of South River, Md, 1679)

Argent on a fess Azure between three escallops Gules three mullets pierced Argent

Crozier 1
Sohier, W. D. (Boston, 1787-1871)

Argent the moon decrescent with human face between two mullets in fess and in base an arrow fesswise point to sinister [tinctures not given], on a chief Gules two escallops [tinctures not given]

Bookplate

Bolton
Solly, Samuel (of New Hampshire, 1751)

Vert a chevron Or between three soles naiant Or

Arms on seal

Bolton
Somerby, George (Boston, 1781-1824)

Per pale Argent and Vert three crescents counterchanged

Arms on gravestone, Mt. Auburn Cemetery

Bolton
Sourton, Rev. Francis (d. St. Mary’s Co, Md, 1679))

Argent a fess Gules in chief two crescents [Gules?]

Arms on tombstone, Poplar Hill Church, St. Mary’s Co, Md. Bolton says the crescents may be Sable; the stone has no indication of tinctures.

Bolton
Southac(k), Capt Cyprian (in Boston by 1700; d. 1745)

Argent a fess dancetty Gules below two spearheads [issuant] pointing inward Azure, issuant from a cloud in sinister chief a cubit arm vested Gules cuffed Argent holding a man’s heart Proper

Arms on tomb, Granary Burying Ground, Boston, and on an old painted hatchment. Confirmed to George Sowdeake (or Sowtheake) in the 1568 visitation of London, but with the spearheads Sable and an annulet Or (for difference) on the fess.

Bolton
Southall, Dacy (of Brunswick (now Henry) Co, Va, 1730)

Quarterly Gules and Or on a bend overall Argent a martlet between two cinquefoils Gules

Crozier 1
1. Southworth, Constant (to Plymouth, Mass, 1628)
2. Southworth, Thomas (to Plymouth, Mass, ca 1630)

Sable a chevron between three crosses patonce Argent.

Embroidered “hatchment” in inventory of Constant and Thomas’s stepfather, Gov William Bradford.

NEHGS #152, Bolton
Spaight, Richard Dobbs (New Bern, N.C., 1758-1802)

Argent on a fess Gules three pheons Argent

Bookplate. Signer of the U.S. Constitution, governor of North Carolina 1792-95.

Bolton
Sparhawk, Nathaniel (Kittery, Me, 1715-Boston, 1776)

Azure a fess Or between three sparrow-hawks close Argent belled and jessed proper, over all in pretense an escutcheon Argent a chevron Gules between three pine-apples (pine cones) Vert and on a canton Gules a fleur-de-lis Argent (for Pepperrell)

On the original frame of Copley’s portrait of him, painted 1764. Sparhawk married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Governor Sir William Pepperrell, Bt.

Bolton
Sparhawk, William Pepperrell (Kittery, Me, 1746-London, 1816)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure a fess Or between three sparrow-hawks close Argent belled and jessed proper; 2nd and 3rd Argent a chevron Gules between three pine-apples (pine cones) Vert on a canton Gules a fleur-de-lis Argent

Engraved on a silver plate attached to a telescope donated in his name to Harvard College by his father, Nathaniel Sparhawk (see above), 1764. Later changed his name to William Pepperrell by private act of the General Court of Massachusetts in accordance with the will of his grandfather, Sir William Pepperrell, Bt, and adopted the arms of Pepperrell.
Spelman, Capt Henry (in Virginia by 1609; k. 1623)

Sable eleven [or twelve] roundels between two flaunches Argent

From co. Norfolk

Crozier 2,NEHGS #528
Spencer, Ambrose (Salisbury, Conn, 1765-Lyons, N.Y., 1848)

Argent on a chief Or three spears palewise [proper?]

Bookplate

Bolton
Spencer, Col Nicholas (of Westmoreland Co, Va, 1659)

Quarterly Or and Gules in the 2nd and 3rd quarters a fret Or, on a bend over all Sable three fleurs-de-lis Argent

Secretary of Virginia and Acting Governor, 1683. Arms confirmed to his father Nicholas Spencer of Cople in the 1634 visitation of Bedfordshire.

Crozier 1, Crozier 2,NEHGS #461
1. Spooner, Joshua (1741-Brookfield, Mass, 1778)
2. Spooner, Rev John Jones (Massachusetts, 1757-99)

Vert a boar's head couped bendwise Or

1. Bookplate by N. Hurd
2. Bookplate made 1782; nephew of Joshua Spooner, #1.
Bolton omits bendwise from the blazon, but the bookplates show the boar's head so. It is not clear from the engraving, but the boar may be intended as Argent, as in the arms immediately above.

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
Spooner, Thomas (of New London, 1753)

Vert a boar’s head couped bendwise Argent

Crozier 1
Spotswood, Alexander (Tangier, Morocco, ca 1676-Annapolis, 1740)

Argent on a chevron Gules between three oak trees eradicated Vert a boar's head couped Argent

Lieutenant-governor of Virginia, 1710-22. See slight variation above.

NEHGS #31
Spotswood, Alexander (Tangier, Morocco, ca 1676-Annapolis, 1740)

Argent on a chevron Gules between three oak trees eradicated Vert a boar's head erased Or

Lieutenant-governor of Virginia, 1710-22. See slight variation below.

Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Matthews, Bolton
Springer, Carl Christophersson (1658-1738; in Christina [now Wilmington], Del, by 1678)

A fess wavy [or perhaps dancetty] over all a stag springing [tinctures unknown].

On a seal ring. From Stockholm.

NEHGS #605
Sproat, [Rev James (Scituate, Mass, 1722-Philadelphia, 1793)?]

Gules three leopards' faces Or on a chief argent three mullets Sable

On a gold seal of the Sproat family; James seems the most likely owner, or possibly his son John (1765-95)

Bolton
Staats, ----- (New York, pre-1700)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules two skates Sable; 2nd and 3rd Azure a crescent Or

Painted on wood abt 1700. See also Schaets above.

Bolton
Stacy, Mahlon (of Trenton, N.J., ca 1677)

Azure on a fess between three falcons close Or three fleurs-de-lis Azure

NEHGS #223
Stafford, Thomas (to Plymouth, Mass, 1626

Gules a chevron Or and a canton Ermine

Said to have been brought from England

Bolton
Standish, Capt Myles (England, ca 1584-Plymouth, Mass, 1656)

Azure three standing dishes Argent

Came to America aboard the Mayflower, 1620.

Crozier 1, Matthews, Bolton
1. Standish, Capt Myles (England, ca 1584-Plymouth, Mass, 1656)
2. Standish, Myles (Plymouth, Mass, 1629-1661)

Sable three dishes Argent

1. See variant arms below
2. Bookplate; son of Capt Myles Standish, #1.

1. NEHGS #102
2. Bolton
Stanford, Rev John (Surrey, Eng,1754-New York, 1834)

Sable a chevron between three hunting horns stringed Argent

Bookplate

Bolton
Stanley, William (d. Hartford, 1786)

Argent on a bend Azure three bucks' heads caboshed Or

Engraved on a tankard left to South Church, Hartford, 1786. Undifferenced arms of the Stanley Earls of Derby.

Bolton
Stanwood, ----- (New England, ca 1800?)

A fess between four griffins’ heads erased [tinctures not given]

Painting, possibly by Coles

Bolton
Stanwood, ----- (New England, ca 1800?)

Azure a fess between three stars of eight points Or

Painting, possibly by Coles

Bolton
Starring, Nicholas (of Albany, 1696)

Azure an eight pointed star Or

Crozier 1
St. Augustine, Fla, City of (f. 1565)

Quarterly, 1st Azure a fleur-de-lis Or; 2nd Gules a castle triple-towered Or masoned Sable; 3rd Argent a lion rampant Purpure armed and langued Gules and crowned Or; 4th Gules an arm embowed in armor grasping a sword Argent; overall a cross Or

Grant approved by King Philip V of Spain in response to a petition from the city, 1715, but not delivered until 1991.

City website
Stanton, Benjamin (of Dover, N.H., 1700)

Gules a fret Argent

Crozier 1

Stanton, Rebecca (Lady Gooch, in Virginia, 1727-1749)

Vairy Argent and Ermines a canton Gules

Arms on a caudle cup and paten left by her will to the College of William and Mary; wife of Sir William Gooch, Bt, acting governor of Virginia 1727-49, impaling her mother's arms, "Sable an eagle displayed Argent on a chief Or three pheons Sable" (Gavell).

Bolton

St. Clair, Sir John, Bt (d. Elizabeth, N.Y., 1768)

Argent a cross engrailed Sable, on a canton Argent a saltire Azure surmounted of an escutcheon of the royal arms of Scotland (Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counterflory Gules), for a baronet of Nova Scotia

Bookplate. Quartermaster-general to General Braddock in the French and Indian War.

Bolton

1. Stearns, Charles (Watertown, Mass, 1630)
2. Stearns, Isaac (Watertown, Mass, 1630)

Or a chevron between three crosses flory Sable.

Crozier 1, 2. Matthews

Stebbing, Rowland (Springfield, Mass, 1634)

Quarterly Or and Gules on a bend Sable five roundels Or

Matthews

Stebbins, Edward (of Cambridge, Mass, 1633)

Argent a griffin segreant Azure langued [, beaked?], and membered Gules between three cross-crosslets [Azure?]

Crozier 1

Stedman, -----(Massachusetts, 1700s)

Or a cross crosslet Vert

Embroidered “hatchment”

Bolton

Steel, Capt John (d. Boston, 1768)

Argent a bend counter-compony Ermine and Sable between two lions’ heads erased Gules on a chief Azure three billets Or

Tombstone, King’s Chapel Graveyard, Boston. Possibly a variant or erroneous emblazonment of the arms immediately below.

Bolton

1. Steel, Thomas (of Boston, 1735)
2. Steele, George (d. Hartford, Conn, 1663)

Argent a bend checky Sable and Ermine between two lions’ heads erased Gules on a chief Azure three billets Or

Possibly a variant or erroneous blazon of the arms immediately above.

1. Crozier 1
2. Matthews

Steenwyck, Cornelis Jacobsz. (Haarlem, Neth., abt 1626-New York, 1684)

Sable two bars between a unicorn’s head contourny issuant in chief and three trumpets bendwise sinister issuant in base Argent bannered Gules

Mayor of New York. Arms reblazoned based on images of arms on c. 1668 portrait in NY Hist Soc.

Bolton

Steere, John (of Providence, 1660)

Per pale Sable and Gules three lions passant Argent

Crozier 1

Steiner, Rev John Conrad (of Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1749)

Argent a bear rampant Gules

Crozier 1

1. Steptoe, Anthony (of Lancaster Co, Va, 1697)
2. Steptoe, Philip (New Kent Co, Va, 1688-1748)

Azure a fleur-de-lis Argent

2. Alleged tomb at Teddington, Charles City Co, Va. The only supposed first-hand description is in an 1841 story in the Southern Literary Messenger, apparently a fictionalized account of a visit to the Lightfoot plantation, known as Teddington. There is no other evidence that Philip Steptoe or his tombstone ever existed.

1. Crozier 1
2. Bolton

Sterling, David (b. 1662; d. Charlestown, Mass)

Argent on a bend engrailed Azure three round buckles Or and in chief a lion’s head erased Gules

Scottish arms of Stirling of Bankell.

Matthews

Sterling [or Stirling], John (of Stratford, Conn, by 1771)

Argent on a bend engrailed Azure three buckles Or on a chief Gules in dexter an imperial crown and in sinister issuant from a cloud a naked arms the hand grasping a sword palewise all proper, all within a double tressure flory-counterflory of thistles Vert

Later Sir John Sterling, Bt. Scottish arms of Stirling of Glorat.

NEHGS #333

Stetson, Robert (d. Scituate, Mass, 1703)

Argent a bend Azure between two griffins sejant Sable

In Plymouth Colony by 1659

Crozier 1, Matthews, Bolton, Vermont

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm von (Magdeburg, Ger, 1730-Utica, N.Y., 1794)

Per pale Azure and Argent overall a bend Gules

NEHGS registration later cancelled on grounds that the arms used by Von Steuben belonged to an unrelated family; inspector general of the Continental Army

NEHGS #56

Stevens, Benjamin (of Falmouth (Plymouth), Me, 1700)

Gules a sword erect between three mullets Argent

Crozier 1, Matthews

Stevens (Stephens), John (of Guilford, Conn, 1640)

Per chevron Azure and Argent in chief two falcons with wings expanded Or

Said to have been a cadet of Stephens of Easting, Alkerton and other manors of Gloucestershire.

Matthews

Stewart, Anthony (b. 1728, d. Annapolis, 1791)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Or a fess checky Azure and Argent within a double treasure flory counterflory Gules; 2nd and 3rd quarterly i and iv Or three passion nails one palewise and two in saltire Sable piercing a man’s heart Gules (Logan), ii and iii Argent an eagle displayed Sable (Ramsay)

Bookplate

Bolton

Stewart, Charles Samuel (of Philadelphia, 1810)

Or a fess checky Azure and Argent debruised by a bend engrailed Argent all within a double tressure (flory counterflory Gules?)

Arms on bookplate.

Bolton

Stewart, Duncan (Ardsheal, Scot, ca 1732-Appin, Scot, 1793)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Or a fess counter-compony Argent and Azure; 2nd and 3rd Argent a lymphad sails furled oars in action Sable

In New England, 1760s-1770s; 10th Chief of Clan Stewart of Appin; collector of customs, New London, Conn

Bolton, NEHGS #633

Stileman, Elias (of Salem, Mass, bef 1652)

Sable a unicorn passant on a chief Or three pallets Sable

See variant blazon above.

Crozier 1

Stileman, Elias (of Salem, Mass, bef 1652)

Sable a unicorn passant on a chief Or three gads of steel Sable

See variant blazon below.

NEHGS #427

1. Stith, Col John (of Charles City Co, Va, 1663)
2. Stith, Rev William (Charles City Co, Va, 1707-Williamsburg, Va, 1755)

Argent a chevron engrailed between three fleurs-de-lis Sable

1. House of Burgesses, 1685, 1692 and 1693
2. On his bookplate; president of the College of William and Mary, 1752-55

1. Crozier 2
2. Crozier 2, Crozier 1, Bolton

St. John, Elizabeth (in Lynn, Mass, mid-1600s)

Argent on a chief Gules two mullets pierced Or

With a mullet for difference; Mrs Samuel Whiting

NEHGS #182

Stobo, Rev Archibald (Peeblesshire, Scot, 1675-Charleston, 1741

Azure on a chevron Or between in chief three crosses Gules [sic] and in base a scimitar palewise Argent two stars of six points Argent [sic]

Water color in S.C. Hist Soc

Bolton

Stockbridge, John (of Boston, 1635)

Argent on a chevron Azure three crescents Or

Crozier 1, Matthews

Stockman, John (in Salisbury, Mass, 1671)

Azure a fess dancetty between three lions rampant Or

NEHGS #188

1. Stockton, Lt. Richard (of Flushing, NY, 1670)

Gules a chevron vair between three mullets Or

See arms actually used by his descendants, second above.

Vermont, Burke's Colonial Families

1. Stockton, Lt Richard (of Flushing, NY, 1670)
2. Stockton, Richard (New Jersey, 1730-1781)

Gules a chevron vairy Sable and Argent between three mullets Argent

2. Erroneous blazon for his arms; see correct version above.

1. Crozier 1, Matthews
2. Matthews

1. Stockton, Richard (New Jersey, 1730-1781)
2. Stockton, Samuel W. (New Jersey, 1751-1795)

Or a chevron Vair between three mullets Gules

Richard and Samuel were brothers; the arms appear with these tinctures on both their bookplates. See following entries for other blazons based on unknown evidence. Richard was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

2. Bolton

1. Stoddard, Anthony (of Massachusetts, 1639)
2. Stoddard, David (in Boston, 1710s-20s)
3. Stoddard, Simeon (in Boston, 1710s)

Sable three estoiles within a bordure Argent

1. Wax impression of his seal
2. Gore Roll of Arms, with a crescent Or for difference, dated 1723; on a silver spoon impaling “Argent on a chief Gules three lions’ heads erased Or” (Richardson)
3. On the entries in the Gore Roll of Arms for his wives Elizabeth Evance (1712) and Elizabeth Robarts (1714), impaling their respective paternal arms: “Argent a fess between three fleurs-de-lis Sable” (Evans) and “Per pale Argent and Gules a lion rampant Sable” (Robarts)

1. Crozier 1, Bolton
2. Bolton
3. Gore Roll

Stokes, Anthony (b. Pembrokeshire, 1736; d. London, 1799; in Georgia 1769-82)

Sable a lion rampant Ermine

Chief Justice of Georgia, 1769-82; arms on his bookplate dated 1770.

Bolton

Stokes, Thomas (of New York, 1798)

Gules a lion double-queued rampant Ermine

Crozier 1

Stone, Capt William (of Accomac Co, Va, 1633)

Per pale Or and Sable a lion rampant counterchanged

Governor of Maryland, 1648; on his seal ring.

Crozier 2, Bolton

1. Stone, Simon (of Watertown, Mass, 1635)
2. Stone, Gregory (of Cambridge, Mass, 1635)

Argent three cinquefoils Sable on a chief Azure a sun in splendor Or

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 1, Matthews

Storer, Ebenezer (Saco, Me., 1699-Boston, 1761)

Argent on a chevron engrailed between three mullets Gules three roses [Argent?]

Engraved on a silver chafing dish made about 1740, now at Boston Museum of Fine Arts

1. Storrs, Samuel (of Barnstable, Mass, 1663)
2. Storrs, Joshua (of Henrico Co, Va, 1769)

Or a fess dancetty Gules between three estoiles Azure

1. Arms on his seal.
Crozier and Bolton blazon "stars" and Matthews "mullets of six points," but The Storrs Family (1886) shows estoiles.

1. Crozier 1, Bolton, Matthews
2. Crozier 1

Story, Elisha (of Boston, 1700)

Argent a lion rampant double queued Gules [or Purpure]

On water colors of uncertain date

Crozier 1, Matthews, Bolton

Stott, Ebenezer (to Petersburg, Va, 1784)

Sable three pallets Or each charged with a roundel Gules, on a chief Argent a man’s heart Gules

Bookplate

Bolton

1. Stoughton, Thomas (Dorchester, Mass, 1630)
2. Stoughton, Israel (Dorchester, Mass, 1630)
3. Stoughton, Nicholas (Dorchester, Mass, 1672)
4. Stoughton, Rose (to New England 1643)

Azure a cross engrailed Ermine

4. Cousin of Nicholas Stoughton, #3, wife of Richard Otis of Dover, NH

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 1
3. NEHGS #385
4. NEHGS #385

Stoughton, William (Dorchester, Mass, 1631-1701)

Argent on a saltire Gules between four door staples Sable an escallop Or

On his seal on the death warrant of Bridget Bishop, one of the Salem witches, 1692; engraved on a cup given by him to Harvard College and two cups left to First Church, Dorchester; carved on his tomb, Dorchester, Mass. Lieutenant governor and chief justice of Massachusetts, 1694-99.

Bolton, Zieber

1. Stowe, John (of Roxbury, Mass, 1654)
2. Stowe, Rev Calvin Ellis (Natick, Mass, 1802-Hartford, 1866)

Vert a cross raguly between four leopards’ faces Or

2. On his bookplate. Husband of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

1. Matthews
2. Bolton

Stow, John (of Roxbury, Mass, 1635)

Azure three bars Or in chief three crosses paty fitchy [Argent?]

Crozier blazons the crosses Azure (on Azure), probably an error for Argent.

Crozier 1

Strachan, Dr Alexander Glas (of Prince George Co, Va, 1785)

Azure a stag trippant Or attired and unguled Gules.

Crozier 2

Strachey, William (in Virginia by 1609)

Argent on a cross engrailed between four eagles displayed Gules a fleur-de-lys between four cinquefoils Or.

A signet ring of his was found in archeological excavations at Jamestown, showing an eagle displayed. Secretary of the colony, 1609-10; from Saffron Walden, Essex

NEHGS #523

Strachey, William (of York Co, Va, 1686)

Argent a cross between four eaglets Gules

Crozier says he was descended from Stracheys of Saffron Waldon, Essex; and Sutton Court, Somerset.

Crozier 1, Crozier 2

1. Stratton, Joseph (d. Virginia, 1641)
2. Stratton, John (in New England, 1628)
3. Stratton, Ann (in Salem, Mass, 1661)
4. Stratton, Elizabeth (in New England, 1635)
5. Stratton, Dorothy (in Salem, Mass, 1641)

Or on a chief indented Azure three escallops Argent

All from Shotley, Suffolk
2. Nephew of Joseph Stratton, #1
3-5. Nieces of Joseph Stratton, #1

1. NEHGS #425
2. NEHGS #425
3. NEHGS #425
4. NEHGS #425
5. NEHGS #425

Streator, John (of Farmingham, Mass, 1732)

Argent on a chevron Gules between three roundels Azure each charged with a fleur-de-lis Argent three birds wings expanded Argent

Crozier 1

1. Stringer, John (in Virginia, 1687)
2. Stringer, Hill (in Virginia, 1688)

Sable three eagles displayed Erminois

Seal used on documents

Bolton

Stringer, Samuel (Maryland, 1734-Albany, N.Y., 1817)

Argent a cross flory between four martlets Sable a canton Erminois

Arms on his bookplate.

Bolton

Strobridge, William (of Lakeville, Mass, 1717)

Or over water in base on a bridge of three arches in fess embattled a tower Proper, thereon hoisted a broad pennant [Argent?] flying towards the sinister and thereon a canton Azure charged with two keys in saltire wards upward Or

Crozier 1

Strong, Capt James (d. Wye, Md, 1684)

On a fess between six cross crosslets fitchy three escallops [tinctures not indicated]

Tombstone, Wye, Md.

Bolton

Strong, John (of Boston, 1630)

Gules an eagle displayed within a bordure engrailed Or.

Crozier 1, Matthews

Strother, William (of Rappahannock, Va, 1670)

Gules on a bend Argent three eagles displayed Azure

Crozier and Bolton refer to tombs in Island of Thanet, Va, but it appears from the original article in W&M Quarterly that the tombs are of purported Strother ancesters in Isle of Thanet, Kent, Eng.

Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton

Strycker, Jan van (in Long Island, NY, 1653)

Paly of four Or and Gules three boars’ heads Sable armed Argent

Crozier 1, Matthews

Stuart, Lady Christina (Mrs. Cyrus Griffin; 1741-1807; in Williamsburg, Va.)

Quarterly, 1st Or a fess checky Azure and Argent (for Stuart); 2nd Azure three garbs Or (for Buchan); 3rd Sable a mullet Argent (for Traquair); 4th Argent an orle Gules in chief three martlets Sable beaked Gules (for Rutherford)

From Traquair House, Peeblesshire, Scot.

NEHGS #590

Stumpf, John of Stafford, Md, 1650)

Per chevron Argent and Sable three griffins’ heads erased counterchanged

Matthews

1. Sturgis, Edward (of Charlestown, Mass, 1634)
2. Sturgis, John (Yarmouth, Mass, 1730s)

Azure a chevron between three cross-crosslets fitchy within a bordure engrailed Or

2. Impaled by the arms of Quincy on an embroidered "hatchment" owned by Josiah Quincy, whose married John Sturgis's daughter Hannah in 1733

Crozier 1, Bolton, Matthews

Stuyvesant, Peter Gerard (New York, 1778-1847)

Gules a stag salient contourny proper and on a chief Or a hound pursuing a hare both contourny proper

Bookplate. Great-grandson of Peter Stuyvesant, above.

Bolton

Stuyvesant, Peter (Peperga, Neth, ca 1612-New York, 1672)

Per fess the chief Or [sometimes blazoned Argent] a hound pursuing a hare proper, the base Gules a stag courant proper

On his seal on dcouments from his tenure as director-general of the colony of New Netherlands, 1647-64. NEHGS blazons all charges as contourny, but his original seal (at N.Y. Hist Soc) and wax impressions on documents all show them facing to dexter. See next entry.

Crozier 1, Matthews, Bolton, NEHGS #414

Sullivan, John (b. Limerick, Ire, 1690; to Berwick, Me, 1723)

Per pale Sable and Argent a fess between in chief a boar passant and in base another counter-passant all counterchanged armed, unguled and bristled Or

Irish arms of O'Sullivan Beare. See different arms used by his sons, below.

Crozier 1, Bolton

1. Sullivan, Maj Gen John (Berwick, Me, 1740-Durham, N.H., 1795)
2. Sullivan, James (Berwick, Me, 1744-Boston, 1808)

Per fess, the base per pale: in chief between two lions rampant combatant a dexter arm vambraced the hand grasping a sword entwined with a serpent; in dexter base a boar passant; in sinister base a stag trippant [tinctures not indicated]

1. Arms on his bookplate.
2. Arms on his bookplate by Callendar. Governor of Massachusetts
John and James were sons of John Sullivan above. See below for another version of these arms as used by Gov Sullivan's son.

Bolton

Sullivan, William (Boston, 1774-1839)

Per fess, the base per pale: chief Or between two lions rampant combatant a dexter hand couped at the wrist grasping a sword erect Gules the blade entwined with a serpent proper; dexter base Vert a stag trippant Or; sinister base per pale Argent and Sable a boar passant counterchanged

Son of Gov James Sullivan, #2 above. Memorial tablet in King's Chapel, Boston. Irish arms of O'Sullivan Mor.

Bolton

1. Sumner, William (Bicester, Oxon, to Dorchester, Mass., 1635)
2. Sumner, Gov Increase (Roxbury, Mass, 1746-Boston, 1799)
3. Sumner, William Hyslop (Roxbury, Mass, 1780-Boston, 1861)

Ermine two chevronels Gules

Arms of Sumners of Puttenham Priory, Surrey, Eng.
2. Bookplate; descendant of William Sumner, #1
3. Bookplate; son of Increase Sumner, #2.

1. Crozier 1, Vermont
2. Vermont, Bolton
3. Bolton

Suydam, Hendryck Rycken (in New Netherlands, 1663; d. 1701)

Argent a chevron Azure between two crescents in chief and a mullet in base Gules

Arms for Suydam as given by Rietstap. The immigrant was known as Rycken when he arrived; his sons took the name of Suydam in about 1710.

Crozier 1, Matthews

Swan, Col Thomas (d. Isle of Wight Co, Va, 1680)

Azure a chevron Ermine between three swans Argent

Tomb, Swan's Point, Isle of Wight Co

Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton

Swan, Jane (of Virginia?, 1758)

Quarterly, 1st [and 4th?] Azure a chevron Ermine between three swans Argent; 2nd Or on a bend Azure three martlets Argent, on a sinister canton Azure a rose Or between two fleurs-de-lis Argent (Harding); 3rd Sable a fess Or between three dogs' heads couped affronty proper (Jones)

Seal on letter dated 1758. Bolton's blazon does not include the fourth quarter; emblazonment assumes 4th same as 1st.

Bolton

Swartout, Tomys (in Long Island, 1652)

A stag rampant guardant [proper?] within a forest enclosure Sable

Son of Rolof Swartout of Groningen, Neth.

Matthews

Sweat, ----- (New England, pre-1800)

Azure a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis Gules [sic]

"Very old" water color

Bolton

Sweet, James (at Warwick, R.I., 1662)

Six lions' gambs erased palewise three, two, one [tinctures not given]

Seal

Bolton

Sweetser, Wigglesworth (Charlestown, Mass, 1677-Malden, Mass, 1745)

Argent on a fess Azure [?] three saltires couped Or

Gore Roll of Arms, dated 1710

Gore

Swett, Joseph (Marblehead, Mass, 1689-1745)

Gules two chevronels between in chief two mullets and in base a rose Argent seeded Or

On a silver flagon made for the First Church of Marblehead in 1759 using money left to the church in his will.

Bolton

Swift, Thomas (of Dorchester, Mass, 1634)

Or a chevron vair between three bucks in full course proper

Crozier 1

Sword, William (New York, late 1700s)

Sable a savage's face couped at the shoulders and filleted between three swords palewise proper

Bookplate by Henry Dawkins

Bolton

Sylvester, Nathaniel (of Shelter Island, N.Y., 1652)

Per pale dancetty Gules and Argent

First settler on Shelter Island. Arms marshalled with Pickering (without indication of tinctures) on tombs of Sir Henry Pickering, Bt, and his wife Grace at Whaddon Church, Cambs. Grace was Nathaniel Sylvester's niece. Matthews illustrates the arms correctly but erroneously blazons them "per fess" instead of "per pale."

Matthews

Symmes, Rev Zachariah (Charlestown, Mass, 1712-Salem, Mass (?), 1772)

Ermine three increscents Gules

On a mug given by his kinsman Edward Kinchen to Tabernacle Church, Salem. See also Sims, above.

Bolton

Symonds, Samuel (of Ipswich, Mass, 1630)

Azure a chevron engrailed between three trefoils slipped Or

Deputy Governor of Massachusetts. Arms granted to his father, Richard Symonds, in 1625.

Crozier 1, Bolton, NEHGS #271