. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . ry, 1852. Evelyn Philip Shirley : The Noble and Gentle Men ofEngland, 1866. Sir Bernard Burke : The Landed Gentry of Great Brit-ain and Irelatid, 1874. Sir Bernard Burke ; The General Armory of England,etc., 1884. /Iftountfort The MouNTFORTS, of Boston and of Portland,spring from Edmtind Mountfort, who was aLondon merchant, who settled in Boston in1656. His brother, Henry, accompanied him;and a third brother, Benjamin, joined them in AMERICA HERALDICA 10
. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . ry, 1852. Evelyn Philip Shirley : The Noble and Gentle Men ofEngland, 1866. Sir Bernard Burke : The Landed Gentry of Great Brit-ain and Irelatid, 1874. Sir Bernard Burke ; The General Armory of England,etc., 1884. /Iftountfort The MouNTFORTS, of Boston and of Portland,spring from Edmtind Mountfort, who was aLondon merchant, who settled in Boston in1656. His brother, Henry, accompanied him;and a third brother, Benjamin, joined them in AMERICA HERALDICA 107 1675, but died without issue. The only son ofHenry, Ebenezer, died also without issue (1716),so that the Mountforts of New England alldescend from the above-mentioned Edmund. The tombstone of his son, John, is found inthe Copps Hill churchyard, Boston (1724), bear-ing the arms we give, which belong to thefamous English house of Mountfort of Beam-hurst Hall, county Stafford, claiming descentfrom Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester. A pedigree exists tracing descent to anotherSimon Mountfort (1633), who was the fatherof the Charles W. Baird :Charles W. Baird : Arms : Argent, a vine stock,sable, laden with grapes, gules. History of Rye, N. V., History of the Huguenot Emigration, Bolton : History of Westchester Co., N. Y., //., jj^..dHozier: Armorial Ghiiral de France, MSS., i6g6-ij20.
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