American Heraldry Society

ROLL OF EARLY AMERICAN ARMS - Y

ARM NAME BLAZON COMMENTS SOURCE
Yale College (New Haven, f. 1701)

[Azure] an open book inscribed in Hebrew characters with the words Urim v thummim proper

On the seal adopted by the college sometime between 1722 and 1736. The original seal had no indication of tinctures; the emblazonment shows those adopted subsequently.
1. Yale, David (to Boston bef 1649)
2. Yale, Thomas (to Boston bef 1649)

Ermine a saltire engrailed Gules

Brothers; later to New Haven

NEHGS #146
Yates, Charles (Philadelphia, late 1700s?)

Or a chevron between three gates Sable

Bookplate by H. Dawkins

Bolton
1. Yates, James Samuel (Philadelphia, 18th century?)
2. Yates, Peter Waldron (Albany, N.Y., 1747-Caughnawaga, N.Y., 1826)

Argent a fess between three gates Sable

1. Bookplate by H. Dawkins
2. Bookplate by H. Dawkins; member of the Continental Congress

1. Bolton
2. Bolton
Yeamans, Shute Shrimpton (London, 1721-69; owned property in Massachusetts)

Gules a chevron between three spearheads Argent

Engraved on a silver cream jug; grandson of Sir John Yeamans above

Bolton
Yeamans, Sir John, Bt (Bristol, Eng, ca 1605-Barbados, ca 1676)

Sable a chevron between three spear cronels Argent

Governor of Carolina, 1671-74. As a baronet, Sir John would have entitled added a small escutcheon Argent charged with a sinister hand Gules, probably in honor point.

Crozier 1,NEHGS #542
Yeamans, Sir John, Bt (Bristol, Eng, ca 1605-Barbados, ca 1676)

Sable a chevron between three spear points Argent

Gore Roll of Arms, entry for his daughter-in-law Elizabeth, wife of John Yeamans, Esq, of Antigua, 1721 (impaling arms of Shrimpton). Governor of Carolina, 1671-74.

Gore Roll
Yeardley, Sir George (Surrey, Eng, 1587-Northampton Co, Va, 1627)

Argent on a chevron Azure three garbs Or, on a canton Gules a fret Or

Governor of Virginia, 1616-17

Crozier 2
Yonge, Col John

'See "Youngs" below'
1. Young, Bridget (of Hartford, 1640)
2. Young, Archibald (d. Providence, R.I., 1786)

Or three roses Gules

1. Daughter of William Young, of Kenton, Warwickshire

1. Matthews
2. Crozier 1
Young, Robert (Guilford, Pa, 1768-Washington [?], 1821)

Argent on a chevron Azure three roundels Or, on a chief Gules two cinquefoils Or

Matthews
Youngs, Rev. John (Southwold, Suffolk, 1598-Southold, Long Island, N.Y., 1672)

Per bend Ermine and Ermines a lion rampant Or

Crozier 1
Youngs (Yonge), Col John (Southwold, Suffolk, 1623-Southold, Long Island, N.Y., 1698)

Ermine a lion rampant [tincture not given]

Seal on his will; as the seal is missing tinctures, these could be the same arms as those shown for his father, Rev John Youngs, above

Bolton
Yuille, John (Darleith, Scot, 1719-Williamsburg, Va, 1746)

Argent on a fess between three crescents Sable a garb Or banded Gules.

Arms on tomb, Bruton Churchyard, Williamsburg; son of Thomas Yuille of Darleith, Scotland.

Crozier 2,Bolton