America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 (1889)
Leroy, Auguste · New York, NY : America Heraldica Publishing · leaf 193
. He made useof the arms we give. Arms : Argent, a chevron,ermines, between three jarsor flasks [or fish-wheels] :proper. Crest : A griffins head,erased, or. Mottoes : A. Gaudet patientia duris. [Patiencerejoices through hardships.]B. Ubi libertas, ibi patria. [Whereis liberty there is my country.]… … The arms we give were those borne by theVenerable and Right Reverend Samuel Provoost,First Protestant Episcopal Bishop of New York.He descended in the fifth degree from theoriginal colonist, David Provoost, a Huguenot,who came over in 1638 to New Amsterdam byway of Holland, where his family had…
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