{"id":25,"date":"2024-03-21T16:49:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T20:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.americanheraldry.org\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2024-07-31T13:57:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:57:17","slug":"roll-of-early-american-arms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.americanheraldry.org\/heraldry-in-the-united-states\/roll-of-early-american-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"A Roll of Early American Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Personal heraldry has been used in what is now the United States since the earliest European settlements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This roll of arms borne in the present-day United States before 1825, compiled by AHS members, is intended to document the vitality of the American heraldic tradition over the years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Arms are included in this roll based on use as attributed by the sources given. Where it has been possible to validate the user’s right to the arms or actual use of them, that information is provided. Names given in italics indicate that we are unaware of any contemporary evidence that the person to whom the sources attribute the arms actually used them, but this should not necessarily be interpreted as evidence of non-use of the arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arms are indexed by the first letter of the armiger’s last name. Names beginning with the particules “de,” “von,” “van,” and the like are generally found under the name of the principal word in the surname. Where a person bore multiple surnames, or a surname and title, the arms appear under the name by which he or she is best known in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compiled by Eric Hall, Arian Collins, and Joseph McMillan;
Illustrated by Eric Hall, Robert Tucker, Scott Denison, Joseph McMillan, and Chuck Glass<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please Note: This Roll is under review and is in the process of being updated. If you have questions regarding this process, would like to assist, or have any questions pertaining to the sources on a particular coat, please contact Joseph McMillan via our contact form.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Abbadie, Jean Vincent d' (of Penobscot, Me, 1687)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Or a tree eradicated Vert in base a greyhound Gules gorged and chained to the tree Argent, on a chief Azure a crescent Argent between two mullets Or<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
Baron de Saint-Castin<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
NEHGS #319<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Abbot, George (of Boston, 1728)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Argent a cross Sable fimbriated Or between four eagles displayed Sable<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
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Source<\/h2><\/div>
Crozier 1<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Abell, Robert (to Weymouth, Mass, 1630)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Argent on a saltire engrailed Azure nine fleurs-de-lis Or<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
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Source<\/h2><\/div>
NEHGS #168<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Abercrombie, James (of Philadelphia, 1750)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Argent a chevron engrailed Gules between three boars\u2019 heads erased Azure.<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
Arms on bookplate impaling arms of Bennet (Gules a bezant between three demi-lions Or). Bolton incorrectly blazons a fess and the boars' heads erased.<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
Crozier 1, Bolton<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Abercrombie, John Joseph (Scotland, 1736-Laurens Co, S.C., 1816)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Argent on a chevron Gules between three boar's heads erased Azure an antique crown Or<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
In Charleston by 1774. NEHGS blazons the boars' heads as langued Argent. Burke says the arms were granted to the Abercrombies of South Carolina, 1778, apparently a cadet line of Abercrombie of that Ilk, which bears the same arms without the crown.<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
Vermont, NEHGS #107<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Abrahall, Col. Robert (of New Kent County, Va, ca 1690)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Azure three hedgehogs Or.<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
Wax seal dated 1690.<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
Wm & Mary Qtly (Apr 1894), Crozier 1, Crozier 2, Bolton<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Achey, John Ludwig (of Tulpehocken, Pa, 1752)<\/div>

2. Achey, John Jacob (of Tulpehocken, Pa, 1752)
\n3. Achey, Herman (of Tulpehocken, Pa, 1752)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Azure a fess Argent between three escutcheons Or<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
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Source<\/h2><\/div>
Crozier 1<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Adams, Daniel (1773-1863, Pleasantville, N.J.)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Azure a crescent and on a chief Or three fleurs-de-lis Azure.<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
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Source<\/h2><\/div>
Bolton<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Adams, Ebenezer (of New Kent County, Va, 1714)<\/div>

2. Adams, Thomas (b. New Kent Co, Va., abt. 1730, d. Augusta County, Va., 1788)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Ermine three cats passant in pale Azure.<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
2. Arms on seal.<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
1. Crozier 1, 1. Crozier 2, 2. Bolton<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Adams, Henry (in Braintree, Mass.,1634; d. 1646)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Argent on a cross Gules five mullets Or.<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
It is doubtful whether these were actually the arms of Henry Adams of Braintree. See [[President.Adams#toc5\">our article on the arms of President John Adams for further discussion.<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
Crozier 1, Matthews<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Adams, John (Massachusetts, 1735-1826)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Gules six crosses-crosslet fitchy Argent, on a chief Or three pellets, the center one charged with a fleur-de-lys and the other two with lions passant guardant Argent.<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
Arms on seal and bookplate; modified from the arms of Adams's maternal grandfather, Peter Boylston, by adding charges on the roundels in chief. See [[President.Adams\">article on arms of President Adams.<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
Henry Adams, \"Seals and Book-Plates of the Adams Family\"<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Adams, John Quincy (Massachusetts, 1767-1848)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Quarterly: 1st, Argent upon a mound Vert a stag trippant toward a pine tree, in base a codfish naiant on a sea all proper, over all thirteen stars in annulet Azure (for Adams); 2nd, Sable a fess cotised between three martlets Or (for Smith); 3rd, Gules seven mascles conjoined 3, 3, and 1 Or (for Quincy); 4th, Gules six crosses-crosslet fitchy Argent, on a chief Or three pellets, the center one charged with a fleur-de-lys and the other two with lions passant guardant Argent (for Boylston).<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
Arms on bookplate; see [[President.Adams\">article on arms of John and John Quincy Adams.<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
Bolton, Zieber<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Addington, Isaac (in Boston, 1715)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Per pale Ermine and Ermines on a chevron counterchanged between three fleurs-de-lis four lozenges all Sable on Ermine and Argent on Ermines.<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
Gore Roll of Arms; engraved on a caudle cup made by John Coney of Boston (active ca. 1685-1722).<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
Bolton, Amer. Church Silver of the 17th & 18th Cents.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Addison, John (to Maryland, 1667; d. England, 1709)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Ermine on a bend Gules three annulets Or, on a chief Azure three leopards' faces Or<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
Reportedly on an old tankard, date unknown<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
Md Hist Mag 14:389-391<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Admiralty, Board of (est 1779)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Per chevron Azure and Argent a chevron paly of 13 Gules and Argent in base an anchor bendwise proper<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
Seal of the board as actually engraved and used<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
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Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Admiralty, Board of (est 1779)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Azure a chevron paly of 13 Gules and Argent in base an anchor bendwise proper<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
Design of seal of the board as adopted, 1780<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
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Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Agnew, James (of New York, 1790s)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Argent a chevron Gules between in chief two cinquefoils Gules and in base a saltire couped Azure all within a bordure engrailed Gules.<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
Bookplate, attributed to P. R. Maverick.<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
Bolton, Allen's Amer. Bookplates<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Agnew, John R. (of Philadelphia, 1783)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Argent a chevron between in chief two cinquefoils Gules and in base a saltire couped Azure.<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
Undifferenced Scottish arms of Agnew of Lochnaw.<\/div><\/div>

Source<\/h2><\/div>
Crozier 1<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Aiken, William (of Providence, R.I., 1799)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Gules a cross-crosslet cantoned by four roundels Or.<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
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Source<\/h2><\/div>
Crozier 1<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arms<\/h2><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Name<\/h2><\/div>
Aikman, John (of New York, 1783)<\/div>
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Blazon<\/h2><\/div>
Argent, a sinister hand in base, issuing out of a cloud fessways, holding an oaken baton paleways Proper, with a branch sprouting out of the tip, overall a bend engrailed Gules<\/div><\/div>

Comments<\/h2><\/div>
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Source<\/h2><\/div>
Matthews<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n