American Heraldry Society

ROLL OF EARLY AMERICAN ARMS - W

ARM NAME BLAZON COMMENTS SOURCE
Waddell, Capt John (Dover, Kent, 1714-New York, 1762)

Argent an escutcheon barry wavy of ten Or and Azure within an orle of fireballs proper

NEHGS #367
Wade, Ann (of Medford, Mass, 1721)

Azure a saltire between four escallops Or

Gore Roll of Arms, on a lozenge

Gore Roll
Wade, Jonathan (of Charlestown, Mass, 1632; later to Ipswich, Mass)

Gules on a saltire Argent between four escallops Or a hawk's lure with line and ring Gules

NEHGS #315
1. Wadsworth, Christopher (Yorkshire, 1609-Duxbury, Mass, ca 1680)
2. Wadsworth, William (d. Hartford, 1675)

Gules three fleurs-de-lis Argent

1. Old seal in the family, possibly his

1. Crozier 1, Matthews, Bolton
2. Crozier 1, Matthews
Wagenseil, John Andrew (Leutkirch, Swabia, 1718-Bethlehem, Pa, 1796)

Per fess Argent and Azure in chief a demi-man issuant vested Azure holding a coiled cord Or, in base three pallets Or

Crozier 1
Wainwright, Col Francis (Ipswich, Mass, 1664-1711)

Gules on a chevron Argent a lion rampant between two fleurs-de-lis Gules all within a bordure engrailed Sable, in chief a crescent for difference

On original tomb (stone since replaced)

Crozier 1, Bolton, Her. Jl. I:89, 110
Wait, John, (of Sudbury, Mass, 1650)

Argent a chevron Gules between three bugle horns Gules stringed Sable garnished Or.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Wakeman, John (Bewdley, Worcs, 1599-Hartford, 1661)

Vert a saltire wavy Ermine

Crozier 1
Walcott, Capt Jonathan (Salem, Mass, 1640-99)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent a chevron between three chess rooks Ermine; 2nd and 3rd Argent on a cross flory [tincture not given] five fleurs de lis Or

Crozier 1
Waldoe, Edward (d. Lancaster Co, Va, ca 1694)

Argent a chevron between three birds Sable beaked and membered Or

From seal on his will. Arms correspond to English arms of Waldoure.

Crozier 2, Bolton
Waldo, Rev Daniel (Windham, Conn, 1762-Syracuse, NY, 1864)

Azure on a bend sinister Or three leopards' faces palewise Gules each pierced by an arrow fesswise point to sinister [proper?], on a canton Argent a fleur-de-lis [Gules?]

Bookplate by Richard Brunton; the bend sinister and the direction of the arrows are probably errors in engraving.

Bolton, Bates, Early Connecticut Engraver
Waldron, Resolved (Amsterdam, 1610-New York, 1690)

Argent three bulls’ heads Sable armed Or

Crozier does not describe the bull's heads further; they might correctly be caboshed as in the arms of Richard Waldron next below.

Crozier 1|
Waldron, Richard (Dover, N.H., 1650-Portsmouth, N.H., 1730)

Argent a chevron ermine between three bulls’ heads Sable armed Gules

Matthews
Waldron, Richard (Dover, N.H., 1650-Portsmouth, N.H., 1730)

Argent three bulls' heads caboshed Sable armed Or

Seal on document dated 1791; Gore Roll of Arms, dated 1724. See alternative arms below.

Bolton
Walke, Thomas, (d. Norfolk Co, Va, 1723)

Gules a chevron between three cross crosslets, on a chief Argent a buck’s head cabossed Gules

Crozier 2
1. Wallace, John (Drumelzier, Scotland, 1718-Somerset Co, N.J., 1783)
2. Wallace, Michael (Galrigs, Ayrshire, 1719-King George Co, Va, 1767)

Gules a lion rampant Argent within a bordure compony Argent and Azure

1. Tombstone, St Peter's Churchyard, Philadelphia
Undifferenced Scottish arms of Wallace of Ellerslie

1. Crozier 1, Bolton
2. Crozier 1
Wallace, Rev James (Errol, Perthshire, ca 1667-Elizabeth City Co, Va, 1712)

Gules a lion rampant Argent

On his tombstone, St. John’s Churchyard, Hampton, Va, and that of his daughter Euphan (Mrs William Dandridge), King William Co, Va, impaled by Dandridge

Crozier 1 , Crozier 2, Bolton
Wallbridge, Henry, (d. Norwich, Conn, 1729)

Or a cross quarter-pierced Sable between four crescents Gules

Crozier 1
1. Waller, Col John (Newport-Pagnell, Bucks, 1673-Spotsylvania Co, Va, ca 1754)
2. Waller, Rev Benjamin (King William Co, Va, 1716-86)

Sable three walnut leaves Or between two bendlets Argent

2. See alternative arms below

Crozier 1 , Crozier 2,NEHGS #462
Waller, Rev Benjamin (King William Co, Va, 1716-86)

Sable on a bend cotised Argent three walnut leaves Vert

Bookplate. See alternative arms above.

Bolton
Walmsley, J[ohn?] (in North Carolina, 1792)

Gules on a chief Ermine two roundels Azure

Bookplate dated 1792

Bolton
Walter, Thomas (of Boston, 1679)

Azure a fess dancetty Or between three eagles displayed Argent

Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Walton, William (New York, 1731-96)
2. Walton, William, (Virginia, 1742-Bridgeton, Mo, 1826)

Argent a chevron Gules between three hawks' heads erased Sable

1. Bookplate

1. Bolton
2. Crozier 1
Walworth, William (London, ca 1666-Groton, Conn, 1703)

Gules a bend engrailed Argent between two garbs Or

Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Wanton, John (Scituate, Mass, 1672-Newport, 1740)
2. Wanton, George (Scituate, Mass, 1694-Newport, 1752)
3. Wanton, William (Scituate, Mass, 1696-1735)
4. Wanton, Gideon (Tiverton, R.I., 1693-Newport, 1767)

Argent a chevron Sable

1. Seal on official documents as governor of Rhode Island, 1734-40. See alternative arms below.
2. Tomb of his wife Abigail (d. 1726), North Burial Ground, Newport. Crozier mentions an annulet in dexter chief for difference; son of Gov William Wanton, entry below; nephew of John Wanton, #1.
3. On his tomb, Trinity Churchyard, Newport; brother of George Wanton, #2.
4. On his seal; nephew of John Wanton, #1, and William Wanton, entry below; governor of Rhode Island, 1745-46 and 1747-48.

1. Bolton, Her Jl 2:46
2. Crozier 1, Bolton, Her Jl 3:64
3. Bolton, Her Jl 3:8
4. Bolton, Her Jl 2:46
1. Wanton, William, (Scituate, Mass, 1670-Newport, 1733)
2. Wanton, John (Scituate, Mass, 1672-Newport, 1740)

Azure a chevron Ermine between three griffins’ heads couped Gules [sic]

1. On a portrait painted late 1700s; governor of Rhode Island, 1732-33; brother of John Wanton, #2
2. On a portrait painted late 1700s; governor of Rhode Island, 1734-40; brother of William Wanton, #1. See alternative arms above.
Also on an old family seal.

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
1. Ward, Andrew (Essex, Eng, 1598-Fairfield, Conn, 1659)
2. Ward, William (in Sudbury, Mass, 1639)
3. Ward, John (in Newport, R.I., 1673)
4. Ward, Richard (Newport, R.I., 1689-1742)

Azure a cross flory Or

1. See previous entry for other attributed arms.
4. Tombstone, Thames Street Burying Ground, Newport; descendant of John Ward, #2

1. Vermont
2. Crozier 1, Vermont
3. Vermont, Crozier 1
4. Vermont, Zieber
, Bolton
Ward, Andrew (Essex, Eng, 1598-Fairfield, Conn, 1659)

Azure a cross between four eagles displayed Argent

Arms granted 1593 to Ward of Gorleson, Suffolk. See next entry for other attributed arms.

Crozier 1
Ward, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1800?)

Ermine two bars Azure the upper charged with two martlets and the lower with one martlet Or

Painting by John Coles
Ward, Nathaniel (in Ipswich, Mass, 1634-bef 1647; d. Shenfield, Essex, 1653)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th three quatrefoils; 2nd and 3rd three water-bougets [tinctures not given]

Seal on letter to Gov John Winthrop, with a crescent in fess point for difference

Bolton
Wardwell, William (Lincolnshire, Eng, 1607-Boston, 1670)

Argent on a bend between six martlets Gules three roundels Or

Crozier 1
Ware, ----- (Massachusetts, pre-1780)

[Or] two lions passant contourny on a bordure [Azure] eight escallops [Or]

On a silver teapot by Josiah Austin (d. 1780); tinctures speculative

Bolton, Met Mus of Art (N.Y.)
Warner, Andrew (Essex, Eng, 1600-Hadley, Mass, 1684)

Or a bend engrailed between six roses Gules.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Warner, Col Augustine (Norwich, Eng, 1610-Gloucester Co, Va, 1674)

Vert a cross engrailed Or

On old silver belonging to descendants

Bolton, Crozier 2
1. Warren, Arthur (Nottingham, Eng, 1616-Weymouth, Mass, ca. 1659)
2. Warren, Thomas (Poynton, Cheshire, 1604-Sanbach, Cheshire, 1677)

Checky Or and Azure on a canton Gules a lion rampant Argent

2. Thomas Warren patented 300 acres in Charles City Co, Va

1. Crozier 1, Matthews
2. Crozier 2
1. Warren, Richard (London, 1580-Plymouth, Mass, 1628)
2. Warren, John (England, ca. 1585-Watertown, Mass, 1667)
3. Warren, Dr John (Roxbury, Mass, 1753-Boston, 1815)
4. Warren, Dr John Collins (Boston, 1778-1856)

Gules a lion rampant Argent a chief checky Or and Azure

3. Seal, and on a silver cup by Revere; founder of Harvard Medical School
4. Bookplate; son of John Warren, #3

1. Crozier 1, Matthews
2. Crozier 1
3. Bolton
4. Bolton
Warren, Thomas (of Smith's Fort, Surry Co, Va, 1640)

Azure a cross between two martlets in the 1st and 4th quarters and two chaplets in the 2nd and 3rd all Or

From Ripple, Kent

NEHGS #479
Warren, William, (of Boston, 1715)

Gules a lion rampant crowned Sable [sic]

Crozier 1
Washbourne, John (from Wichenford, Worcs; to Duxbury, Mass, by 1632)

Argent on a fess between six martlets Gules three quatrefoils Argent

See similar arms (of same man?) below

NEHGS #311
Washburn, John (Evesham, Worcs, 1620-Duxbury, Mass, 1684)

Argent on a fess between six martlets Gules three cinquefoils Argent

See similar arms (of same man?) above

Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Washington, John (England, 1631-Bridges Creek, Va, 1677)
2. Washington, George (Westmoreland Co, Va, 1732-Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co, Va, 1799)
3. Washington, Bushrod (Westmoreland Co, Va, 1762-Philadelphia, 1829)
4. Washington, John (d. Virginia, 1785)

Argent two bars in chief three mullets Gules

1. On original tomb, since replaced
2. See [[President.Washington">George Washington
3. Bookplate
4. Seal

1. Crozier 1, Matthews, NEHGS #1
2. Bolton, Crozier 2
3. Bolton
4. Bolton
Waterman, Richard (in Salem, Mass, 1638)

Or a buck’s head caboshed Gules

Crozier 1, Matthews
Waterman, Thomas (in Marshfield, Mass, 1638)

Paly of six Argent and Gules three crescents counterchanged

Crozier 1, Matthews
1. Waters, William (Virginia, 1624-ca 1685)
2. Waters, Edward (in Elizabeth City Co, Va, 1610)

Sable on a fess wavy between three swans Argent two bars wavy Azure

1. Crozier 2
2. Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton, Matthews
Watkins, John W. (New York, 1790s)

Gyronny of eight Ermine and Sable a lion rampant Or

Bookplate by Rollinson

Bolton
Watmough, [James Horatio (Halifax, 1754-Philadelphia, 1812)?]

Sable a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis Or

Bookplate

Bolton
Watts, Robert (in New York, 1700)

Argent an oak tree [proper] growing out of a mount in base Vert overall on a bar Azure a crescent between two mullets Argent

Crozier 1
Wayne, Maj Gen Anthony (Easttown, Pa, 1745-Ft Presque Isle, Pa, 1796)

Gules a chevron Ermine between three gauntlets Or

Seal ring

Bolton, Zieber
Weaver, Henry (in Lancaster Co, Pa, 1680)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure a sinister arm Or holding in the hand the point of a lance Proper; 2nd and 3rd Or an oak tree Proper

Crozier 1
Weaver, Thomas (in New York, 1701)

Sable two bars Argent on a canton Sable [sic] a garb Argent

The garb is presumably "in canton" rather than "on a canton" of the same color as the field.

Matthews
Webb, Capt John, (Gloucestershire, 1659-Henrico Co, Va, 1726)

Gules a cross between four falcons Or

On silver

Crozier 2
Webb, Richard (in Boston, 1632)

Or a cross per cross Gules and Sable

Crozier 1
Webster, Daniel (Salisbury, N.H., 1782-Marshfield, Mass, 1852)

Azure on a bend Argent between in chief a roundel struck by an arrow bend sinisterwise Or and in base a demi-lion Argent a rose Gules between two boars' heads couped Sable

Bookplate; see alternative arms below. Speaker of the House, Secretary of State. Bolton blazons the roundel as a plate and the demi-lion Ermine, but the bookplate shows the arms as blazoned here.

Bolton
Webster, Daniel (Salisbury, N.H., 1782-Marshfield, Mass, 1852)

Gules on a fess Or between three horses courant [Argent?] three roundels Vert

Arms on silver service owned (1927) by Somerset Club, Boston; the arms are those of Rush, used by Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence

Bolton
Webster, John (Cossington, Leics, 1590-Hadley, Mass, 1661)

Azure on a bend Argent cotised Or between two demi-lions rampant Ermine a rose Gules between two boars’ heads couped Sable

Matthews
Weed, Jonas (in Watertown, Mass, 1631)

Argent two bars Gules in chief three martlets Sable

Crozier 1, Matthews
Weir, Robert (in New Rochelle, NY, 1790)

Argent on a fess Azure three mullets Argent

Matthews
Welby, Olive (in Concord and Chelmsford, Mass, aft 1630)

Sable a fess between three fleurs-de-lys Argent

Daughter of Richard Welby, bapt. Moulton, Lincs; m. Henry Farwell, 1629, at Boston, Lincs.

NEHGS #585
1. Weld, Rev Thomas (in Roxbury, Mass, 1632; d. 1661)
2. Weld, Capt Joseph (b. 1595; d. Roxbury, Mass, 1646)
3. Weld, Daniel (in Roxbury, Mass, 1632)

Azure a fess dancetty between three crescents Ermine

Three brothers. See variant below.

NEHGS #64
1. Weld, Rev Thomas (in Roxbury, Mass, 1632; d. 1661)
2. Weld, Capt Joseph (b. 1595; d. Roxbury, Mass, 1646)

Azure a fess nebuly between three crescents Ermine

Brothers; arms enameled on brass at First Church in Roxbury. See variant above.

1. Bolton
2. [[ Books.Bibliography#croziergen">Crozier 1, Matthews
Welles, Gov Thomas (Stourton, Warwick, ca 1590-Wethersfield, Conn, 1660)

Or a lion rampant double-queued Sable on a chief Gules two annulets interlaced Or

Matthews
1. Welles, Gov Thomas (Stourton, Warwick, ca 1590-Wethersfield, Conn, 1660)
2. Wells, William (on Long Island, 1640)

Or a lion rampant double-queued Sable

1. See alternative arms below

1. Crozier 1
2. Crozier 1
Wells, Ebenezer, (in Brattleboro, Vt, 1750)

Or on a cross Sable a sun in splendor Or, in the first quarter a lion rampant Sable

Matthews
Wells, Noah (in East Windsor, Conn, 1790s)

Argent three hillocks [demi-roundels] Azure flamed proper

Bookplate by Richard Brunton

Bolton, Bates, Early Conn Engraver
Welsh, Samuel (d. Philadelphia, 1702)

Azure six mullets three, two, one Or

Arms on his tomb at Christ Church, Philadelphia

Bolton
Welsteed, Rev William (Boston, 1695-1753)

Azure a bend checky Argent and Gules

On a flagon left to the Second Church of Boston; Bolton says arms of Steer

Bolton
''Welton, John (in Waterbury, Conn, 1679)

''Argent a cinquefoil and on a chief Gules a demi-lion Argent

Crozier 1
1. Wenckum, Aeltje van (in Rensselaerwyck, New Netherlands, 1648)
2. Wenckum, Gerrit van (in Rensselaerwyck, New Netherlands, 1648)

Azure three crowns Or

1. Wife of Brant Aertz van Slichtenhorst
2. Nephew of Aeltje van Wenckum, #1
Quartered with van Rensselaer in window formerly at Old Dutch Church, Beverwyck (now at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, with azure field faded to clear).

1. NEHGS #417
2. NEHGS #417, NYG&BR 64:246
Wendell, Evert Jansen (Emden, Ger, 1615-Albany, N.Y., 1656)

Per fess, in chief Azure a ship under full sail proper, in base Argent two anchors in saltire crowns upward Sable

Arms on stained glass window formerly in Old Dutch Church, Albany, ca 1656

Crozier 1, Bolton, Matthews
Wendell, Jacob (Albany, N.Y., 1691-Boston, 1761)

Azure a ship under full sail proper on a base Or two stockless anchors in saltire Sable

Embroidery, impaling the arms of Oliver, "Argent a hand and arm issuing out of clouds in sinister flank fessways and grasping a dexter hand couped at the wrist all proper," his wife's family.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Wensley, John (in Boston, 1662)

Ermine on a bend Gules three escallops Or

"Ancient" water color

Crozier 1, Bolton
1. Wentworth, William (Alford, Lincs, 1615-Dover, N.H., 1696)
2. Wentworth, Samuel (of Portsmouth, N.H., 1757)
3. Wentworth, Benning (Portsmouth, N.H., 1696-1770)

Sable a chevron between three leopards’ faces Or.

2. Arms on seal, 1757
3. Arms on seal (1743), bookplate by Hurd; governor of New Hampshire, 1741-66.

1. Crozier 1, NEHGS #44
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
1. West, Anthony (d. Northumberland Co, Va, 1652)
2. West, Maj Charles (d. Accomack Co, Va, 1757)

Argent on a fess dancetty Sable three leopards’ faces jessant-de-lis Or

2. On tomb, Onancock, Va

1. Crozier 1, Crozier 2
2. Crozier 2, Bolton
Westcote, Stukeley (in Salem, Mass, 1636, and Providence, 1638)

Argent a chevron between three escallops Sable

Crozier 1
Westervelt, Lubbert Lubbertsen van (in Flatlands, Long Island, New Netherlands, 1662)

Vert three fleurs-de-lis Argent

Matthews
West, Robert (in Providence, R.I., 1645, and Monmouth, NJ, 1667)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent a fess dancetty Sable (West); 2nd and 3rd Gules three leopards’ faces reversed jessant-de-lis Or (Cantelupe?)

Said to be a cadet of the West Barons de la Warr

Matthews
1. West, Thomas (Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire, 1577-at sea, 1618)
2. West, Francis (Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire, 1586-d. Elizabeth City Co, Va, 1634)
3. West, John (Testwood, Wilts, 1590-West Point, New Kent Co, Va, 1660)
4. West, Nathaniel (England, 1592-West and Shirley Hundred, Charles City Co, Va, 1623)

Argent a fess dancetty Sable

1. Governor of Virginia, 1610-18, 3rd Baron de la Warr
2. To Virginia 1608; governor-general of the Plymouth Council (New England), 1622-27; acting governor of Virginia, 1627-29; brother of Thomas West, #1
3. To Virginia 1618, acting governor 1635-37; brother of Thomas West, #1
4. Brother of Thomas West, #1

1. Crozier 2, NEHGS #201
2. Crozier 2, NEHGS #201
3. Crozier 2
4. Crozier 2
Wethered, Richard (in Massachusetts, 1720)

Gules a chevron between three flesh pots Or

Crozier 1
1. Wetmore, William (Salem, 1749-Boston, 1830)
2. Wetmore, Thomas (Salem, 1767-New Brunswick, 1828)
3. Wetmore, Rev Robert Griffeth (Rye, N.Y., 1774-Savannah, 1803)
4. Wetmore, Samuel (Middletown, Conn, 1775-1851)

Argent on a chief Azure three goshawks Or

1. Bookplate by Revere.
2. Bookplate by Callender; brother of William Wetmore, #1.
3. Bookplate.
4. Bookplate.

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
3. Allen, Amer Book-Plates
4. Bolton
Whaley, Theophilis (in Narragansett, R.I., 1680)

Argent three whales’ heads hauriant erased Sable, on a canton Sable a mascle Argent

Crozier 1
Whalley, Edward (England, 1607-Hadley, Mass, 1675)

Argent three whales' heads hauriant erased Sable

NEHGS #122
1. Wharton, Richard (Charlestown, Mass, 1659-1690)
2. Wharton, Thomas (in Philadelphia, 1688)

Sable a maunch Argent

1. Seal on document, 1686
2. Son of Richard Wharton, #1

1. Bolton, Matthews, Crozier 1, NEHGS #426
2. Matthews
1. Wharton, Walter (d. New Castle, Del, 1678)
2. Wharton, Thomas (Chester Co, Pa, 1735-Lancaster, Pa, 1778)

Sable a maunch Argent on a bordure Or eight pairs of lions’ gambs erased crossed in saltire Gules

1. Surveyor of the Three Lower Counties on Delaware.
2. On his bookplate; president (governor) of Pennsylvania, 1777-78.

1. Crozier 1
Whatley, Joseph (ca 1800?)

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

On his bookplate

Bolton
Wheeler, Isaac (in Boston, 1638)

Or a chevron between three leopards’ faces Sable

Crozier 1
Wheeler, ----- (Massachusetts?, ca 1800)

Or a chevron between three leopards’ faces Azure

Water color by John Coles
Wheelock, Rev Ralph (Shropshire, 1600-Medfield, Mass, 1683)

Argent a chevron between three catherine wheels Sable

Crozier 1
1. Wheelwright, Rev. John (Saleby, Lincs,1592-Salisbury, Mass, 1679)
2. Wheelwright, John (d. Boston, 1740)
3. Wheelwright, Nathaniel (Boston, 1721-65)

Ermines on a fess Or between three wolves’ heads erased three roundels [other tinctures not given]

2. On tomb, King’s Chapel graveyard, Boston
3. On silver candlesticks impaling Apthorp; on bookplate.

1. Matthews
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
Whelen, James S. (in New York 1694)

Argent four lozenges conjoined in bend between two cotises Azure, on a chief Gules three fleurs-de-lis Argent

Crozier 1
Whipple, ----- (New England, mid-1800s)

Sable on a chevron between three swans' heads erased Argent three crescents Sable

Engraved on a teapot by Hurd, ca 1750

Bolton
White, Amos (Chatham, Conn, 1745-Meriden, Conn, 1825)

Per fess Sable and Or a pale counterchanged, on each piece Sable a roundel Argent charged with three bars wavy Vert, on each piece Or a lion's head erased Gules

Bookplate by Richard Brunton

Bolton
Whitebread, William (New York, mid-1700s)

Azure on a chief Or a demi-lion issuant Gules

Bookplate by Dawkins

Bolton
White, Col Thomas (London, ca 1704-Harford Co, Md, 1779)

Argent on a chevron between three wolves' heads erased Sable a leopard's face Or

NEHGS #340
1. Whitehead, Richard (of King William Co, Va, 1673)
2. Whitehead, Philip (of King William Co, Va, 1701)

Azure on a chevron between three buglehorns Or three martlets Azure

1. Seal on a deed
2. Seal on a deed
Tinctures may be speculative.

Bolton, Crozier 2, NEGHS #558
White, Henry (New York, 1732-London, 1786)

Vert three roses Argent

Seal ring

Bolton
White, John (in Cambridge, Mass, 1632)

Argent a chevron Gules between three popinjays Vert beaked legged and collared Gules, on a bordure Azure eight roundels Or

Crozier 1, Matthews
White, John (London, c 1540-Co Cork, Ire (?), 1593)

Quarterly of eight, 1st Ermine on a canton Gules a fusil Argent (augmentation of honor); 2nd Argent a chevron between three goats' heads erased Sable (White); 3rd Argent on a bend cotised Azure three escutcheons Argent (Wymark); 4th Gules two bars gemels between three martlets Argent (Wyatt); 5th Or a chevron between two cinquefoils in chief and a mullet in base Sable (Kyllyowe); 6th Ermine on a bend Sable three phoenix heads erased Or (Saker); 7th Gules a chevron Argent between three cinquefoils Or (Buddyer); 8th Gules a fess counter-compony Argent and Sable between three crosses formy fitched at the foot Argent (Butler)

To Roanoke Island, Va (now N.C.), 1585; appointed governor of the colony 1587. Granted by Garter King of Arms along with arms for the proposed city of Raleigh, Virginia (in present North Carolina), and for White's assistants, 1587. Last visit to America 1590.

Oxford Guide to Heraldry
Whiteley, Arthur (in Massachusetts, 1676)

Argent on a chief Gules three garbs Or

Crozier 1, Matthews
White, Most Rev William (Philadelphia, 1748-1836)

Argent on a chevron between three wolves' heads erased Gules a leopard's face Argent

Memorial window, Christ Church, Philadelphia; 1st Bishop of Pennsylvania (1787-1836) and 1st Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. (1789, 1795-1836). Son of Col Thomas White, above.

Bolton
White, Samuel (in Boston, 1714)

Gules a chevron between three boars’ heads erased close Argent

Gore Roll of Arms

Gore Roll
White, William, (in Ipswich, Mass, 1635)

Per fess Azure and Or a pale counterchanged on each piece Azure a roundel Argent charged with two bars wavy Vert, on each piece Or a lion's head erased Gules

Crozier 1
Whitfield, Rev Henry (of Guilford, Conn, 1639)

Argent a bend cotised engrailed Sable

From Mortlake, Surrey.

NEGHS #241
Whiting, Henry (Gloucester Co, Va, ca 1660-1720)

On a chevron between three leopards' (or wolves') heads three trefoils [tinctures not given]

Tomb of his daughter Catherine Whiting Washington, Highgate, Gloucester Co, Va (d. 1743). Bolton says these are the arms of Markham.

Bolton
Whiting, Maj William (in Hartford, 1639)

Azure a leopard's face Or between two flaunches Ermine, in chief three roundels Or

NEHGS #210
Whiting, ----- (New England, ca 1800?)

Per saltire Azure and Argent in fess point a leopard's face and in chief three roundels Or

"Very old" painting, apparently in style of Coles, "by the name of Whiting." Arms confirmed to Nathaniel Whiting of Desford at the 1619 visitation of Leicestershire.

Bolton
Whiting, Rev Samuel (in Massachusetts, 1636)

Per saltire Azure and Ermine a lion’s head erased and in chief three roundels Or

On a bookplate of (apparently) a descendant

Crozier 1, Matthews, Bolton
Whiting, William (Hartford, 1659-Newport, 1724)

Azure a lion's head erased Or between two flaunches Ermine in chief three roundels Or

Seal on document of 1687

Crozier 1, Bolton
Whitmore, Thomas (in Wethersfield, Conn, 1639)

Argent on a chief Azure three martlets Or

See 'Wetmore' above.

Crozier 1
Whitney, Henry (in Connecticut, 1649)

Azure a cross compony Or and Gules

Crozier 1
Whitney, John, (in Watertown, Mass, 1635)

Paly of six Or and Gules a chief Vert.

Crozier 1
Whiton, Thomas (in Hingham, Mass, 1635)

Gyronny of four [i.e., per saltire] Azure and Ermine a leopard’s head in chief three roundels Or

Compare various arms of Whiting, above.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Whittingham, ----- (New England, early 1700s?)

Argent a fess Vert over all a lion rampant Gules

Filigree (rolled paper) emblazonment

Bolton
Whittlesey, John (in Saybrook, Conn, 1635)

Azure a fess Ermine between three escallop shells Or

Crozier 1
Whitwell, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1725)

Gules a fess checky Argent and Sable double cotised Or

Tricked in Gore Roll of Arms

Gore Roll
Whitwell, RAdm Sir Matthew (in Virginia, 1749?)

Azure three griffins' heads erased Or

Engraved on an alms dish, Christ Church, Norfolk, Va

Bolton
Wight, Thomas (in Dedham, Mass, 1637)

Gules a chevron Ermine between three bears’ heads couped Argent muzzled Sable

Crozier 1
Wijckersloot, Sophia van (b. Utrecht, 1630; to New Netherland by 1656)

Three chess rooks [tinctures not given]

On an 18th century drawing. Wife of Dirck van Hamel.

NYG&BR 65:213
Wilbur, Samuel (in Boston, 1633)

Sable on a fess between two boars passant [Argent?] a javelin head Sable

Matthews
Wilder, Thomas (in Charlestown, Mass, 1638)

Gules issuant from a fess Or charged with two barrulets Azure a demi-lion Or

Crozier 1
Wilgus, Samuel (in Monmouth, N.J., 1755)

Or on a chevron between three lions’ heads erased Sable three quatrefoils Or

Matthews
Wilkes, Israel (London, 1722-New York, 1805)

Or a chevron between three griffins' heads erased in chief a crescent Sable (for difference)

NEHGS #522
Wilkes, RAdm Charles (New York, 1798-Washington, 1877)

Or a chevron between three ravens' heads erased in chief a crescent Sable

Bookplate. Leader of the U.S. Exploring Expedition to Antarctica and the South Pacific, 1838-42. Possibly the grandson of Israel Wilkes, above.

Bolton
Wilkinson, Laurence (in Providence, 1652)

Azure a fess Erminois between three unicorns passant Argent

Arms purportedly granted 1615.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Wilkinson, ----- (RI, 1600s?)

Or three goats rampant within a bordure Sable

Confirmation in R.I. Hist Soc

Bolton
Wilkins, Robert (in Chiqnes Creek, Pa, 1701)

Per pale Or and Argent a wyvern Vert

Crozier 1
Willard, Joseph (Boston [?], 1738-Cambridge, Mass,1804)

Argent three leopards' heads Or [sic]

Embroidered "hatchment" by his daughter Mary

Bolton
Willard, Maj Simon (Horsmonden, Kent 1605-Charlestown, Mass, 1676)

Argent a chevron Ermines between three flasks proper

A heraldic flask is a type of basket for catching fish.

Crozier 1, Matthews
Willcutt, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1800?)

Argent a chevron Azure between three lozenges Gules

Painting by John Coles
1. Willett, Capt Thomas (England, 1611-New York, 1674)
2. Willett, John (in Boston, 1660)

Argent three bars gemels in chief three lions rampant Sable

1. First mayor of New York, 1665-67

Crozier 1, Matthews
William and Mary, College of (Williamsburg, Va, f. 1693)

Vert a college or edifice masoned Argent in chief the sun rising Or the hemisphere proper

Granted by the English kings of arms, 1694, to the trustees of the college.
Williams, Azarias, (England, 1765-Concord, Vt, 1849)

Azure three eagles displayed one and two Or, on a canton Argent a sinister hand ruffled erect [proper?]

On bookplate by Rollinson dated 1795

Bolton
Williams, Brig Gen Otho Holland (Prince George’s Co, Md, 1749-Woodstock, Va, 1794)

Argent, a chevron between three boars’ heads couped Gules.

Matthews
Williams, Elizabeth (d. Charles City Co, Va, aft 1677)

Azure a saltire between four garbs Or

Impaled with the arms of Hill (“Per pale Or and Gules a lion passant Argent”) on the hatchment of her husband Edward Hill III and quartered on that of her son Edward Hill IV at Shirley Plantation, Charles City Co.

Bolton
Williams, Henry Howell (Roxbury, Mass, 1736-1802)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Or a lion rampant Gules on a chief Azure two doves rising Argent; 2nd and 3rd Azure a fess Ermine between three bells Or (Bell)

Embroidered “hatchment” by his daughter, ca 1770s

Bolton
1. Williams, John, (Boston, 1722-82)
2. Williams, Jonathan (in Salem, Mass, bef 1700)
3. Williams, Isaac (d. Salem, Mass, 1696)
4. Williams, Henry I. (Philadelphia, early 1800s)

Or a lion rampant Gules on a chief Azure two doves rising Argent

1. Granted by the English kings of arms,1767,with extended destination to the descendants of his father Jonathan Williams, #2, and uncle Isaac Williams, #3. Engraved on a coffee pot made 1767-68; bookplate by Callender
2. Father of John Williams, #1.
3. Brother of Jonathan Williams, #2
4. Bookplate.

1. Bolton, Crozier 1, Vermont, Oxford Guide to Heraldry
2. NEHGS #51
3. NEHGS #51
4. Bolton
Williams, John C. (Massachusetts, mid-1700s)

Azure a lion rampant [Argent?]

Bookplate by Hurd

Bolton
Williams, John, (Wethersfield, Conn, 1762-1840)

Sable a lion rampant contourny Argent.

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

Bolton
Williams, ----- (Massachusetts, ca 1800)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent a dragon’s head erased Vert holding in the mouth a sinister hand couped Gules; 2nd and 3rd Gules three towers Argent; over all in fess point an escutcheon Argent a sinister hand couped Gules

Painting by John Coles
Williamson, Dr Hugh (Chester Co, Pa, 1735-New York, 1819)

Sable a cross potent Or

Painting in Hist Soc of Pa; signer of the Declaration of Independence
Williamson, ----- (Massachusetts, late 1700s?)

Argent a chevron Gules between three trefoils slipped Sable

Embroidered "hatchment"

Bolton
Williams, Rev Roger (London, 1603-Providence, 1683)

A lion rampant within an orle of nine pheons [tinctures not given]

Seal on letter. Founder of Rhode Island.

Bolton
1. Williams, Robert (England, 1608-Roxbury, Mass, 1693)
2. Williams, Deacon Jonathan (Boston,1673-1737)
3. Williams, Rev William (Newton, Mass, 1666-Hatfield, Mass, 1741)
4. Williams, Dr Thomas (Roxbury, Mass, 1736-Quincy, Mass, 1815)
5. Williams, Jonathan (Boston, 1751-Philadelphia, 1815)
6. Williams, Rev John (in Massachusetts, 1705)
7. Williams, ----- (Hartford, ca 1800-10)

Sable a lion rampant Argent

2. On two “bellied” mugs Jonathan gave to First Church, Boston, 1737
3. Engraved on silver; grandson of Robert Williams, #1
4. On a silver seal ring
5. Seal
6. Seal on petition to General Court, 1705
7. Embroidered on silk probably by a student at the Misses Pattens’ School, Hartford

1. Crozier 1, Matthews
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
4. Bolton
5. Bolton
6. Bolton
Williams, Thomas (in Philadelphia, 1733)

Argent a greyhound courant Sable between three Cornish choughs proper all within a bordure engrailed Sable charged with eight crosses formy and eight roundels alternately Or

Crozier 1
Williams, William (in Culpeper Co, Va, 1650)

Gules on a mount Vert a demi-wolf issuing from a rock on the sinister side Argent

Crozier 1
Williams, William (in Taunton, Mass, 1637)

Sable a chevron between three spearheads Argent points embrued Gules

Crozier 1
Willis, Francis (Gloucester Co, Va, 1690-1769)

Argent three griffins passant Sable within a bordure engrailed Gules bezanty

On tomb of his wife Anne Rich (1696-1727), impaled with Rich (Gules a chevron between three crosses bottony Or.

Bolton, Crozier 1
Willis, Henry, (in New York, 1675)

Per fess Gules and Argent three lions rampant counterchanged within a bordure Ermine

Crozier 1
Willis [Wyllys], George (d. Hartford, 1645)

Argent a chevron between three mullets Gules

Governor of Connecticut, 1642-43. See alternative blazon above.

Crozier 1
1. Willis (Wyllys), George (d. Hartford, 1645)
2. Willis, Samuel (d. Hartford, 1709)
3. Willis, George (Connecticut, 1735-1796)
4. Willis, John (in Middlesex Co, Va, 1688)

Argent a chevron Sable between three mullets Gules

1. Governor of Connecticut, 1642-43. See alternative blazon below.
2. On seal.
3. On his portrait
4. On seal.

1. NEHGS #47
2. Bolton
3. Bolton
4. Bolton
Willoughby, Capt. Thomas (d. Lower Norfolk Co, Va, 1691)

Or on two bars Gules three water bougets Argent

The same person as Capt Thomas Willoughby above?

Crozier 2
1. Willoughby, Francis (in Massachusetts, 1628)
2. Willoughby, Capt Thomas, (in Elizabeth City Co, Va, 1658)

Or fretty Azure

1. On his seal.

1. Crozier 1, Bolton,NEHGS #49
2. Crozier 1
1. Wilson, Col William (d. Elizabeth City Co, Va, 1713)
2. Wilson, Willis (York Co, Va, ca 1673-1701)

Sable on a cross engrailed between four cherubim Or a human heart Sable wounded on the left side Gules and crowned with a crown of thistles Vert

1. On his tomb at St. John’s churchyard, Hampton, Va, destroyed during Civil War
2. On his tomb, St. John's churchyard, Hampton, Va.

1. Crozier 2, Matthews
2. Bolton
Wilson, Dr. Robert (Fifeshire, Scot, 1736-Charleston, 1815)

Gules a chevron embattled counterembattled between three mullets Argent

Crozier 1, Matthews
Wilson, John Custis (Somerset Co, Md, 1784-1832)

Sable a wolf salient, on a chief [Or?] three estoilles of six points [Sable?]

On a gold watch charm

Bolton
Wilson, Rev John (d. Boston, 1667)

Per pale Argent and Azure three lions’ gambs erased fesswise in pale counterchanged

On a seal; arms granted to his grandfather William Wilson.

Bolton, Crozier 1, Matthews, NEHGS #25
Wilson, William (in Clermont, N.Y., 1784)

Sable a wolf salient Or ducally gorged and chained Gules in chief a mullet Or between two mullets Argent

Crozier 1
Wingfield, Edward Maria (1550-1631; in Jamestown, Va, 1607-08)

Argent on a bend Gules cotised Sable three pairs of wings conjoined in lure Argent

Arms confirmed to his father Thomas Maria Wingfield, M.P., at the 1619 visitation of Norfolk. President of the Council of Virginia, 1607-08

NEHGS #446
1. Winslow, Edward (Droitwich, Worcs, 1595-at sea near Jamaica, 1655)
2. Winslow, Josiah (Plymouth, Mass, 1628-Marshfield, Mass, 1680)
3. Winslow, Joshua (Boston, 1695-1769)

Argent on a bend Gules seven lozenges conjoined Or

1. Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1633-34, 1636-37, 1644-45; on an engraved portrait. See alternative arms above.
2. On slate slab in Pilgrim Hall, formerly his tombstone. Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1673-80; son of Edward Winslow, #1
3. In Gore Roll of Arms; distant cousin of Josiah Winslow, #2.

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
3. Gore Roll
Winslow, Edward (Droitwich, Worcs, 1595-at sea near Jamaica, 1655)

Or a bend lozengy Gules and Argent

See alternative arms below.

NEHGS #185
Winslow, John (d. Boston, 1674)

Per pale Argent and Gules a fess counterchanged

Seal (possibly not his) on his will; see arms on his tomb, immediately above.

Bolton
Winslow, John (d. Boston, 1674)

Argent on a bend Gules five lozenges conjoined Or

On side of his table tomb, King's Chapel graveyard, Boston.

Bolton
Winslow, Kenelm, (Droitwich, Worcs, 1599-Salem, Mass, 1672)

Argent on a bend Gules eight lozenges conjoined Or

Brother of Edward Winslow above.

Crozier 1
1. Winthrop, John (Edwardstone, Suff, 1588-Boston, 1649)
2. Winthrop, Dean (d. Suffolk Co, Mass, 1704)
3. Winthrop, Wait Still (Boston, 1643-1717)
4. Winthrop, Adam (d. Boston, aft 1700)
5. Winthrop, Adam (in Boston 1706)

Argent three chevronels Gules over all a lion rampant Sable.

1. On his seal, with a label for difference, 1620-48. Governor of Massachusetts Bay 1630-34, 1637-40, 1642-44, and 1646-49.
2. Gore Roll of Arms dated 1701 and seal on his will, 1704; son of John Winthrop, #1
3. Gore Roll of Arms dated 1717; grandson of John Winthrop, #1
4. Seal on will, 1700; grandson of John Winthrop, #1
5. Baptismal basin given to Second Church Boston, 1706; son of Adam Winthrop, #4

1. Bolton, NEHGS #7
2. Gore, Her Jl 2:177
3. Gore
4. Her Jl 2:6
5. Bolton
Winthrop, John (Edwardstone, Suffolk, 1588-Boston, 1649)

Argent two chevrons Gules over all a lion rampant Sable

On his original tombstone, King's Chapel graveyard, Boston; same man as John Wintrop above. The arms are sometimes shown with two instead of three chevronels in the English records.

Zieber
Winthrop, John (Edwardstone, Suffolk, 1588-Boston, 1649)

Argent three chevronels crenelly Gules over all a lion rampant Sable armed and langued Azure

As blazoned in confirmation of the arms to his uncle John Winthrop by Garter Dethick, 1592. So emblazoned on a posthumous portrait of Governor Winthrop, but all contemporary sources show chevronels plain, as they are drawn (but not blazoned) in the visitation records.

Crozier 1, Vermont
Winthuysen y Garrasi, Tomás Felipe (b. El Puerto de Sta Maria, Spain, 1705)

Azure a cross gringoly Or, on a quarter Argent three leaves Vert

Spanish governor of Texas, 1741-43. Arms on portraits and published emblazonments of the arm of his cousins.
Wise, Maj John, (Accomac Co, Va, 1763-1812)

Sable three chevronels Ermine

Crozier 1,Crozier 2
Wiseman, Joseph (Pennsylvania, ca 1810)

Sable a chevron Ermine between three cronels Argent

Bookplate by Vallance. A cronel is the head of a jousting lance.

Bolton
Witherby, John (in Sudbury, Mass, 1630)

Vert a chevron Ermine between three rams passant Argent attired Or.

Crozier gives an alternative surname spelling Weatherbee.

Crozier 1
Withers, Reuben, (b. Frederick Co, Va, 1789

Argent a chevron Gules between three crescents Sable

An old painting in the family of his grandson

Crozier 2
Wolcott, Henry (in Windsor, Conn, 1630)

Argent a chevron between three chess rooks Sable

Crozier 1
1. Wolcott, Roger (Windsor, Conn, 1679-1767)
2. Wolcott, Oliver (Windsor, Conn, 1726-Farmington, Conn, 1797)

Argent a chevron Ermine [sic; correctly Ermines?] between three chess rooks Sable

1. Engraved on a silver tankard and cup, 1756. Governor of Connecticut 1751-54.
2. Engraving from a painting of 1782; signer of the Declaration of Independence, governor of Connecticut 1796-97; son of Roger Wolcott, #1.

2. Bolton
Wolcott, Thomas (in Philadelphia, 1781)

Per pale Azure and Gules on a cross flory Or five martlets Sable

Crozier 1
Wolfe, Reece (in Lewes, Del, 1706)

Argent a fess between three martlets Gules, on a chief Sable three wolves’ heads erased Argent

Crozier 1
Wolseley, Anne (to Maryland, 1687)

Argent a talbot passant Gules

Visitation of Staffordshire, 1614, 1663-64

NEHGS #651
Wolverton, Charles (in New Jersey, 1780)

Sable a fess wavy Or between three wolves’ heads erased Argent

Matthews
Woodbridge, Dr Dudley (Poquonock, Conn, 1705-Mystic, Conn, 1790)

Argent on a bend Gules three chaplets proper

Bookplate of "Dudleius Woodbridge"

Bolton
Woodbury, Andrew (in Manchester, Mass, 1731)

Or a fess checky Sable and Gules a chief dancetty Azure

Crozier 1, Matthews
Wood, Col Joseph (Pennsylvania, 1712-Liberty Co, Ga, 1791)

Or on a mound Vert a wolf statant Sable under an oak tree Vert

From his bookplate

Bolton
1. Woodford, Thomas (in Plymouth, Mass, 1632)
2. Woodford, Gen William (Rockingham Co, Va, 1734-New York, 1780)

Sable three leopards’ faces jessant-de-lis Or

2. On his seal

1. Crozier 1, Matthews
2. Crozier 2, Bolton
Woodhouse, Henry (Winterton, Norfolk, 1607-Norfolk, Va, 1655)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Ermine plain; 2nd and 3rd Azure a leopard’s face Or

Visitation of Norfolk, 1563

Crozier 2, NEHGS #649
Woodhull, Richard (from Thenford, Northants; in Setauket, Long Island, NY, c. 1648)

Or three crescents Gules.

Crozier 1,NEHGS #235
Woodman, Edward (in Boston, 1694)

A man holding a club [tinctures not given]

Seal

Bolton
Woodman, Edward (in Newbury, Mass, 1635)

Argent a chevron Sable between three escallops Gules

Crozier 1
Woodward, Abraham (in Annapolis, 1700)

Argent two bars Azure over all three bucks’ heads cabossed Or

Crozier 1, Matthews
Woodward, Charles (in Philadelphia, 1800)

Barry of six Or and Sable a canton Gules.

Matthews
Woodward, Peter (in Dedham, Mass, 1640)

Or on a bend cotised Sable three martlets Argent within a bordure engrailed Azure

Crozier 1
Wood, William (in Lynn, Mass, 1631)

Azure three naked savages proper each holding in the dexter hand a shield Argent charged with a cross Gules and in the sinister a club resting on the shoulder likewise proper

Crozier 1
1. Wormeley, Ralph (Middlesex Co, Va, 1650-1703)
2. Wormeley, Ralph (Rosegill, Middlesex Co, Va, 1744-1806)

Gules on a chief indented Argent three lions rampant Sable.

2. On his bookplate and engraved on silver

1. Crozier 1, Crozier 2
2. Bolton
Worthington, Erastus (Colchester, Conn, 1761-Brooklyn, NY, 1831)

Gules three leopards’ faces 1 and 2 Or

Bookplate by Richard Brunton.

Bolton, Bates, Early Connecticut Engraver
1. Worthington, Nicholas (d. Hatfield, Mass, 1683)
2. Worthington, William (Hartford, 1670-Colchester, Conn, 1753)

Argent three dung forks palewise Sable

On silver plate in possession of descendants. Arms of Worthington of Yorkshire.

1. Bolton, Crozier 1, Matthews
2. Crozier 1, Matthews
Wrangel, Capt Baron Ferdinand von (Pskov, Russia, 1796-Dorpat, Livonia, 1870)

Argent a fess couped embattled of three merlons and two embrasures Sable masoned proper

Russian naval officer of Baltic German origin; chief manager of Russian North America (Alaska), 1830-35
Wray, Capt George (Middleham, Eng, 1687-York Co, Va, 1758)

Azure on a chief Or three martlets Gules

On tomb, St. John's churchyard, Hampton, Va

Crozier 1, Crozier 2,Bolton
1. Wright, Nicholas (in Lynn, Mass, 1636)
2. Wright, Edmund (in Long Island, NY, 1670)''

Sable a chevron engrailed Argent between three fleurs-de-lis, on a chief Or three spears’ heads Azure

Crozier 1
1. Wright, Robert (to Charleston, ca 1723)
2. Wright, Sir James, Bt (London, 1716-85)

Sable a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis on a chief Or three spearheads proper all within bordure wavy Ermine, a mullet for difference

2. Son of Robert Wright, #1; to South Carolina, 1730; royal governor of Georgia, 1760-76/82. See variants above and below.

NEHGS #257
Wright, Sir James, Bt (London, 1716-85)

Sable a chevron Argent between three fleurs-de-lis on a chief Or three spearheads proper all within a bordure wavy Ermine, a mullet for difference.

Bookplate; to South Carolina, 1730; royal governor of Georgia, 1760-76/82. See variants.

Bolton
Wright, Sir James, Bt (London, 1716-85)

Sable on a chevron Argent between three fleurs-de-lis Or a mullet, on a chief Argent three spearheads proper, in honor point an escutcheon Argent a sinister hand couped Gules (for a baronet of the United Kingdom).

On a bookplate; to South Carolina, 1730; royal governor of Georgia, 1760-76/82. Created baronet 1772. See variants above.

Bolton
Wright, Sir James, Bt (London, 1716-85)

Sable a chevron engrailed Argent between three fleurs-de-lis, on a chief Or three spearheads proper, a mullet for difference.

Arms on bookplate; to South Carolina, 1730; royal governor of Georgia, 1760-76/82. See variants.

1. Bolton
Wright, Sir James, Bt (London, 1716-85)

Sable a chevron engrailed between three fleurs-de-lis on a chief Or three spearheads proper all within a bordure wavy Ermine, a mullet for difference

To South Carolina, 1730; royal governor of Georgia, 1760-76/82. Arms as given in Debrett's Baronetage, 1833. See variants below.
1. Wright, Thomas (in Wethersfield, Conn, 1639)
2. Wright, Deacon Samuel (in Springfield, Mass, 1641)
3. Wright, Edward (in Somerset County, Md, 1660)

Azure two bars Argent in chief three leopards’ faces Or

1. Crozier 1
2. Matthews
3. Crozier 1
Wyatt, James (Bristol, Eng, 1748-Baltimore, 1826)

Sable a fess dancetty Argent between three eagles displayed, a chief Or.

Matthews
Wyatt, Margaret (of Cambridge, Mass, and Windsor, Conn, mid-1600s)

Per fess Gules and Azure a pair of horse barnacles Argent

Mrs Matthew Alleyn

NEHGS #192
1. Wyatt, Rev. Hawte (Kent, Eng, ca. 1594-1638)
2. Wyatt, Sir Francis (Kent, Eng, 1588-Boxley, Kent, 1644)

Per fess Azure and Gules a horse barnacle Argent within an annulet Or

Brothers; both appear on the pedigree in which the arms are confirmed to their father George Wyatt of Boxley at the 1619 visitation of Kent. Crozier and Bolton blazon the horse barnacle as "ringed."
1. In Virginia, 1621-?.
2. To Virginia, 1621; governor of Virginia, 1621-25 and 1639-41

Crozier 1, Crozier 2, NEHGS #515
Wyche, Henry (England, 1647-Surrey Co, Va, 1714)

Azure a pile Ermine

Descended from Wyche of Davenham, Cheshire

Crozier 2
Wyck, Cornelius Barentse van (in Long Island, New Netherlands, 1660)

Sable a cross Or between eight thistles two in each quarter Argent

Crozier 1, Matthews
Wyllys (Willis), George (Fenny Compton, Warwick, 1590-Hartford, 1645)

'See Willis, above.'
1. Wynkoop, Peter (Kingston, N.Y., 1755-New York, 1835)
2. Wynkoop, Augustus (New York, 1777-Kinderhook, N.Y., 1836)

In a landscape, upon a terrace a boy brandishing a musket and a man holding up a wine cup, both in their dexter hands, between a wine-cask upon a rack in dexter and a grapevine fructed in sinister all proper

1. Bookplate
2. Bookplate

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
Wynne, Dr. Thomas, (in Philadelphia, 1682)

Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules three boars’ heads couped at the neck in pale Argent; 2nd and 3rd Gules a Saracen’s head couped at the neck proper wreathed around the temples Argent and Sable

Crozier 1
Wythe, George (Elizabeth City Co, Va, 1726-Richmond, 1806)

Azure three griffins passant two and one Or

Bookplate; signer of the Declaration of Independence

Bolton