. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . 6, AMERICA HERALDICA 117 Sir Bernard Burke : The General Armory of England,etc., Papworth and MoranT: An Ordinary of British Ar-morials, i8j, J. Edmondson: Baronagicum Genealogicum, iy6 The Book of Family Crests, II., 128. XCbatcber Here is a clear pedigree from the Thacher, or Thatcher, born at Salis-bury, England, in 1620, and belonging withoutcontest to the Thatchers of Ringmer, Co. Sus-sex, originally of Co. Essex {Visitat
. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . 6, AMERICA HERALDICA 117 Sir Bernard Burke : The General Armory of England,etc., Papworth and MoranT: An Ordinary of British Ar-morials, i8j, J. Edmondson: Baronagicum Genealogicum, iy6 The Book of Family Crests, II., 128. XCbatcber Here is a clear pedigree from the Thacher, or Thatcher, born at Salis-bury, England, in 1620, and belonging withoutcontest to the Thatchers of Ringmer, Co. Sus-sex, originally of Co. Essex {Visitation of i6j^. The arms we give are found on the seal ofa letter written in 1676, by the first ThomasThatcher, of Boston, to his son, Peter, inLondon. Such a seal exists still. Arms : Gules, a cross, mo-line, argent, on a chief, or,three grasshoppers: Crests : A. A Saxonsword : proper. B. A grasshopper: proper. in Co. Stafford, England. The family traces itsdescent to the Foulques of the House of An-jou in France. This Gerard Fowke, who came over to Vir-ginia in Cromwells time, held the office of Gen-tleman of the Bedchamber to Charles I., anoffice hereditary in the family. The founder of the Virginia family settled inWestmoreland County. Crests : A. An Indian goats head,erased, argent. B. A dexter arm, embowed, habited,vert, cuffed, argent, holding in thehand an arrow, or, barbed andflighted of the second, point down-wards. Motto : Arma tuentur pacem. [Arms securepeace.] K. M. Rowland : The Virginia Cavaliers {Southern Biv-ouac for May, 1886]. Haydens Glassel Genealogy (in preparation), 1885. Bishop Meades Old Churches, Ministers and Families ofVirginia, II., Sir Bernard Burke : The General Armory of England,etc., 1884.
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