America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 (1887)
Vermont, E. V. de, Rykers, Henry · New York : Brentano · leaf 20
on to discuss several of these descents still persisted in, in this century, and made moreconspicuous by the fact of some Americans of that name having reached prominent situations among us. At theend of this work will be found a list of over fifty American families having assumed the coats of arms… … ^E hear it constantly repeated in America, that every family surname, and,especially, every surname of a Britannic or of an Irish origin, is entitledto certain armorial devices; and that such a coat of arms does existsomewhere, at the disposal of the patient searcher. In other words, that,if, at…
Heraldry · Crests · Emblems · Mottoes
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