. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . John Lisle, one of the Regicides, belongingto the ancient family of Lisle of Wodyton andMoyles Court, Co. Hants, England, took refugein New England, reaching Boston, Mass., in1640. Of the English family was Alice, widow ofJohn Lisle, Esq., of Moyles Court, who wasbeheaded, at the age of eighty, by order ofJudge Jeffries (1685). Arms: Or, on a chief, ar-gent, three lions, rampant, ofthe Crest : A stag, trippant:proper—attired, or. New England Hist
. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . John Lisle, one of the Regicides, belongingto the ancient family of Lisle of Wodyton andMoyles Court, Co. Hants, England, took refugein New England, reaching Boston, Mass., in1640. Of the English family was Alice, widow ofJohn Lisle, Esq., of Moyles Court, who wasbeheaded, at the age of eighty, by order ofJudge Jeffries (1685). Arms: Or, on a chief, ar-gent, three lions, rampant, ofthe Crest : A stag, trippant:proper—attired, or. New England Historical and Genealogical Regis-ter, XXXIX., 63. Berrys Co. Genealogies, of Co. Hants. Sir Bernard Burke : The General Armory of England,etc., 1884. Papworth and Mo RANT: An Ordinary of British Ar-morials, 18/4. The Book of Family Crests, II., 290. 126 AMERICA HERALDICA /Ilba^ John May, the colonist, came from Mayfield,Co. Waterford, and belonged to the ancientfamily of May of Faunt, Co. Sussex, England,and \vas master of the James a vessel which,as early as 1635, sailed between London andNew England. He finally settled at Roxbury in 1640. The Mays of Haunt, Sussex, are said tohave been originally of Portuguese origin, butto have settled for centuries in Sussex, wherethey occupied several times the office of HighSheriff. The arms of this family are mentionedin the Visitations. Arms : Gules, a fess be-tween eight billets, four inchief and four in base, or.
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