American Heraldry Society

ROLL OF EARLY AMERICAN ARMS - U

ARM NAME BLAZON COMMENTS SOURCE
Underhill, Capt John (d. York Co, Va, 1673)

Sable two bars Argent on a chief Or a mound Vert

Arms on his tomb at Felgate's Creek, York Co (no longer extant) as described in 1893. From Worcester, Eng.

Bolton, Crozier 2
Underhill, Capt John (England, 1597-Oyster Bay, L.I., N.Y., 1672)

Argent on a chevron Sable between three trefoils slipped Vert three roundels Or

See alternative arms above.

Matthews
Underhill, Capt John (England, 1597-Oyster Bay, L.I., N.Y., 1672)

Argent three trefoils slipped [Vert?]

To Massachusetts 1630. See alternative arms below.

NEHGS #108
United States of America (independent 1776)

Paleways of thirteen pieces Argent and Gules a chief Azure

Adopted by Congress as the "armorial atchievement...for the United States of North America," 20 June 1782. See [[Main.Official">our article on the U.S. national arms.
Updike (Op Dyck), Gysbert (in New Amsterdam by 1638)

Two bars between six fleurs-de-lys [tinctures unknown]

From Wesel, Gelderland. Usually shown Azure with Argent charges.

[NEHGS #252
Urquhart, George (Scotland, ca 1737-West Florida, ca 1779)

Or three boars' heads erased Gules armed proper langued Azure

Scottish arms of Urquhart of that Ilk, chief of Clan Urquhart. George Urquhart was a younger son of Urquhart of Braelangwell and thus a cousin of the chief; his descendants eventually inherited the chiefship with the extinction of the senior line and were so recognized in 1959.

NEHGS #555
Usher, John (Boston, 1642-Medford, Mass, 1722)

Argent three lions’ gambs couped erect Sable armed Gules

Lieutenant-governor of New Hampshire, 1692-97 and 1702-15; arms on seal with a crescent for difference; on a hatchment formerly in the R.I. Hist Soc, reputedly made by his father Hezekiah; engraved on family silver.

Bolton, Matthews