The Heraldic Journal: Recording the Armorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families, Volumes 1-4William Henry Whitmore, William Sumner Appleton J.K. Wiggin, Publisher., 1865 - Genealogy |
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... gold , three garbs ; crest a demi - lion rampant supporting a garb . Can any of our readers tell us of the present possessor of this piece of embroidery ? III . A very good article upon the terms used in Heraldry will be found in the ...
... gold , three garbs ; crest a demi - lion rampant supporting a garb . Can any of our readers tell us of the present possessor of this piece of embroidery ? III . A very good article upon the terms used in Heraldry will be found in the ...
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... of Cleveland . They are azure , three sinister gauntlets gold . The engraving in the His tory of Boston is different and probably erroneous . THE THORNDIKE FAMILY . From the works of Herbert Thorndike OFFICIAL SEALS . 51.
... of Cleveland . They are azure , three sinister gauntlets gold . The engraving in the His tory of Boston is different and probably erroneous . THE THORNDIKE FAMILY . From the works of Herbert Thorndike OFFICIAL SEALS . 51.
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... gold . The crest is a damask rose ppr . , with leaves and thorns vert , at the bottom of the stalk a beetle ppr . S. Lothrop Thorndike , Esq.12 of Beverly descends from John Thorndike through Herbert , Nicholas , 9 Nicholas Jr. , 10 and ...
... gold . The crest is a damask rose ppr . , with leaves and thorns vert , at the bottom of the stalk a beetle ppr . S. Lothrop Thorndike , Esq.12 of Beverly descends from John Thorndike through Herbert , Nicholas , 9 Nicholas Jr. , 10 and ...
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... gold , in chief three bezants . Crest , a lion's head erased . [ NOTE . William Whiting of Hartford , of another family , used a somewhat similar coat for his seal in 1687. Instead of being per saltire azure and ermine , it is azure two ...
... gold , in chief three bezants . Crest , a lion's head erased . [ NOTE . William Whiting of Hartford , of another family , used a somewhat similar coat for his seal in 1687. Instead of being per saltire azure and ermine , it is azure two ...
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... gold : impaling gold , a chevron between three bird's heads erased sable . The birds are evidently sea - fowl . 2d . A basket inscribed A. W. A. with the same arms . 3d . A small salver , hall - date 1737 , a lozenge bearing two ...
... gold : impaling gold , a chevron between three bird's heads erased sable . The birds are evidently sea - fowl . 2d . A basket inscribed A. W. A. with the same arms . 3d . A small salver , hall - date 1737 , a lozenge bearing two ...
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Adam Winthrop aged ancestor Anne argent azure baronet BEARINGS AND GENEALOGIES Benjamin born Boston Brington brother buried Capt Charles Charlestown chevron chevron between three Church Clarke coat of arms Colony copied cousin Crest Curwen dated daughter descended died Dudley Earl Edmund Edward eldest Elizabeth Ellery emigrant England engrailed engraved ermine Essex father fesse Francis George Gilbert McAdams gold Governor grandson gules Hannah head erased Henry HERALDIC JOURNAL Heraldry Hutchinson Impaling ington inscription Ipswich Isaac James John Washington John³ Joseph Joseph Dudley Lawrence Lawrence Washington Leverett lion rampant London Lord married Mary Mass mentioned merchant Nathaniel Northamptonshire Norton pedigree Peter Philip Curtis probably RECORDING THE ARMORIAL Richard Robert sable Salem saltire Samuel Sarah seal second wife shield Sir John Washington Sir William sister Suffolk Sulgrave Temple Thomas Thomas Dudley Thorndike three sons tomb widow Winthrop
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Page 67 - In the year 1657, or thereabouts, and during the usurpation of Oliver Cromwell, John and Lawrence Washington emigrated from the North of England and settled at Bridge's Creek, on the Potomac River, in the county of Westmoreland. But from whom they descended, the subscriber is possessed of no document to ascertain.
Page 159 - Mr. Washington was afterwards permitted to Have, and Continue upon a Living in these Parts, but it was such a Poor and Miserable one, that it was always with Difficulty that anyone was persuaded to Accept of it.
Page 108 - Deducted from an early period and continued down to the present time. Collected chiefly from original papers and records : with an appendix.
Page 62 - He was twice married. By his first wife, the vertuous daughter of parents therein resembled by her, he had six children. But his next wife was a young gentlewoman whom he chose from under the guardianship and with the countenance of Edward Hopkins, Esq., the excellent governour of Connecticut.
Page 167 - Poesie hath had a most eminent place and been in high esteem, not only at one time, and in one climate, but during all times and through those parts of the world where any ray of humanity and civility hath shined. So that she hath not unworthily deserved the name of...
Page 152 - England, he accepted of the government of the Massachusetts in which he continued to the time of his death ; and discharged his trust with that zeal for the interest of his country, and with so little regard to his own private advantage, that he justly gained the good esteem and affections of the greatest and best part of the inhabitants of that Colony.
Page 14 - ... imposed ; For which (to the ruin of his family) his goods were seized and his person imprisoned by the Star Chamber Court. He was chosen to represent the City of LONDON In two successive Parliaments which met Apr.
Page 169 - Poesy, which Homer, Virgil, Ovid, Petrarch, Bartas, Ronsard, Boscan, Garcilasso (if they were alive, and had that Language) could not understand, and reach the Sense of the Writer.
Page 67 - I have often heard others of the family, older than myself, say that our ancestor who first settled in this country came from one of the northern counties of England ; but whether from Lancashire, Yorkshire, or one still more northerly, I do not precisely remember.
Page 152 - Knight; who, in the year 1687, by his great industry, discovered among the rocks near the Banks of Bahama on the north side of Hispaniola, a Spanish plateship, which had been under water 44 years, out of which he took in gold and silver to the value of...