Coats-of-Arms in Virginia; William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1893 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, Vol. 2, No. 1. (Jul., 1893), pp. 25-29. Page 25 25 Coats-of-Arms in Virginia. (Additions to the list given in the October, 1892, and January, 1893, Quarterlies.) BERNARD: drawing by the Clerk of the Seal to a deed of Richard [his descendants lived in Gloucester Co.] entered in York Co. record book, 1645-49, answering in Burke to Ber- nard of Abington, Co. Northants: Ar. a bear ramp. sa. muzzled or. BEALE: On tomb (1679) of Capt. Thos. Beale, (at "Chestnut Hill)," Westmoreland Co., son of Col. Thos. Beale of the Council, corresponding to the arms, in Burke, of Beale of London: Sa. on a chev. betw. three griffins' heads erased ar. three estoiles gu. Crest--A unicorn's head erased or, semee d' estoiles gu. GOODWIN: Tomb of Rachel, who died in 1666, wife of Col. James Goodwin of York County. The outlines of the shield and the decorations are perfectly distinct. The crest is worn away and the shield is divided into two equal parts, only the sinister side being decipherable. Quarterly 1st and 4th color or metal? a bend ditto; 3d and 4th color or mtal unknown. 2 bars, color or metal unknown. Dexter: de- faced, but a lozenge in one place recognized-- Crest: a helmet surmounted by something un- recognizable. CAY: Crest (a falcon) of Gabriel, one of the Justices of Elizabeth City Co., in 1767, in a book (Johnston's edition of Shakespeare) presented to Col. Cary of Cely's. Page 26 26 MARTIN: "Stolen, a silver pint cup of Col. John of Caroline Co.--his arms a chev. betw. 3 half moons, and a ring I. M. M. engraved on it. Va. Gazette 1738, 20 Nov. In Burke arms assigned to Martin are; gu. chev. betw. three crescents ar. PRENTIS: An old emblazoning, now in possession of Mrs. Eliza Prentis of Suffolk, widow of the late Judge, Peter B. Prentis. He received it from his father, Joseph of Suffolk, who was a memeber of the consitutional convention of 1830. The latter received it from his father, Joseph Prentis, who was Judge of the Admi- ralty Court in 1776, member of the House of Delegates of which he was a speaker in 1787, and Chairman of the Committee in 1785, which considered the resolutions affecting the Union of the Colonies; subsequently, for many years, Judge of the General Court of Virginia. (He was son of William Prentis, who was copart- ner with Hon. John Blair and William Cary, Esq., and whose will, pr. 19 Aug., 1765, men- tions sons, John, Joseph, Daniel and William; daughters, Sarah, wife of William Waters, and Elizabeth Prentis--York Co. records.) The arms correspond in Burke's "Gener- al Armory" with the arms of Prentys of Wy- genhall and Burston, Co., Norfolk: Per chev. or and sa., three greyhounds courant and counterchanged, collared gu. Crest. A demi- greyhound ramp. or, collared, ringed and lined sa., the line coiled in a knot at the end. WESTWOOD: An old emblazoning the property of W. J. Westwood of Richmond, which he is cited as saying came from his grandfather. It is as Page 27 27 follows: Sa. a lion rampant ar. crowned with mural crown or three crosses crosslet fitchee or. Crest: A stork's nest ppr. erased, gorged with a mural crown or. These arms are not in Burke's "General Armory."(1) MOSS: A drawing by the Clerk of the Court an- nexed to a deed signed by Edward Moss and El- eanor, his wife, and Edward Moss, jr., dated 12 April, 1658, ack. 24 April, 1658, representing a seal with a shield and armorial devices within it. The Mosses were for generations an influ- ential family in York Co. WITHAM: Foster's "Yorkshire Visitations" shows that Cuthbert 1 and Anne Witham had Gil- bert, William 2 Margaret, Mary. William, 3 baptized at Belfreys 13 April, 1591, marrried Anne, d. of John Flower of Methley and co- heiress to her brother had 1. John, M. D., aged 27, in 1665. 2. Cuthbert, 4 "a merchant in Virginia," m. Lucy, dau. of Francis Lascelles of Stank. 3. Thomas, m. Anne, dau. of Hen- ry Skelton, Mayor of Leeds. 4. William. Sev- eral daughter. Cuthbert 1 was son of Cuthbert Wytham, rector of the church of Garforth, in Co. Ebor Bachelor of Law, Chaplain to Lady Margaret Lennox; condidit testamentum 10 Aug., 1581: mar. Dorothy, dau. of ----- Walker and had Cuthbert 1 of Garforth, who m. 1st Anne, dau. of Thomas Heinsworth of Great Preston, near Swillington in York Co. 2d Catharine, ____________ (1). Mr. R. A. Brock writes: "I wrote you a postal card as to the Westwood arms. I should say that there are armingers in England not recorded by Burke, and many of those who authorizedly used arms in colonial Va. Burke seems not to have had cognizance of." Page 28 28 widow of William Walker, York Co., Eng. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire. 13th Sept. 1665. Arms: Quarterly--a crescent for difference I and 4, or 3 ravens sable, over all a bendlet gules, 2. Gules, a chief argent. 3. Argent on a fesse gules between 3 popinjays vert collared and mem- bered of the second, as many escallops of the field. BRISTOW: Robert of Ayot St. Lawrence House, Herts, was born in 1643, the fifth in descent from Nicholas. Emigrated to Virginia in 1660, on the restoration of Charles II, and settled in Gloucester Co. where he mar. Av- erilla, dau. Major Curtis, and was eventually a Colonel of Militia. He returned to England in 1680, and held numerous estates in the Col- ony and the northern country. Robert of Broxmore Park, his great-grandson, heired all the American estates but they were confiscated in 1776, during his childhood, on plea of his being a British subject. Arms:--Erm. on a fesse, cotised sa. three crescents or. Crest--Out of a crescent or. a demi-eagle displ. az. Motto--Vigilantibus non dormientibus. BALCHE: See Burke's "General Armory". Supple- ment. MOSELY: Edward Moseley to son, Hillery, deed made February 1st, 1703-4, mentions "my Seale ring wch was my father's with his coat- of-arms on it." (Norfolk Co., records.) Page 29 29 Wm Moseley, -- Mary Gookin, | | ---------- | | Edward -- Frances Stringer | | Hillery. BENNETT: "Gov. Richard Bennett died at his home, Greenbury Point, Md., where he was buried. His will was probated Jan. 17, 1676. The tomb of his grandson, Richard Bennett, is at Bennett's Point, Queen Anne's Co., MD. It bears the Bennett arms and a long inscription. He was born in 1663, and died in 1749. The daughter of Gov. Richard B., Anne married. Theoderick Bland of Virginia"--I. T. Tichen- or, Atlanta, Ga. in Richmond Dispatch April 16, 1893. __________ Mr. William W. Degge of Norfolk sends a copy of the Degge emblazoning: "The original is very old, and in some parts quite indistinct. The first name, Dudley, only the "-ey" can be seen and I have had to depend on the assertion of my aunt, who re- members it forty or fifty years back, who says the name was 'Dudley.' 'Anthony' is also family name. The date 1483--the 4 is very indistinct." Mr. Degge refers to the scroll underneath the shield which bears the name of "[Dudl]ey Degge--1483." The arms resemble in Burke Degge of Co. Derby and Callowhill, Co. Stafford: Or. on a bend az. three falcons, rising ar. jessed and belled of the first. The tinctures are not given to me and the crests do not correspond. In Burke--On a ducal coro- net or. a falcon close ar jessed and belled of the last. But in the drawing; a falcon rising on a helmet.