The Pickering genealogy : being an account of the first three generations of the Pickering family of Salem, Mass., and of the descendants of John and Sarah (Burrill) Pickering, of the third generation . hi ^ f^ o s< [ ;-:-v: ?x-_ j- -V 1~: i^^ L. THE PICKERIXG COAT OF an Embroidkkv wrought bv Sarah Pickering [4S. V. 17.]. 1 5j ^l^^^ N THE POSStbSION OF JoHN PlCKERINci, ESQ , , MaSS. PICKERING COATS OF AHJIS. 11 In his reply of June 30,1797, the Eev. ]\rr. Pickering wrote us follows : — Your anus and mine arc exactly similar, and that circumstance I consider proofenough. Our
The Pickering genealogy : being an account of the first three generations of the Pickering family of Salem, Mass., and of the descendants of John and Sarah (Burrill) Pickering, of the third generation . hi ^ f^ o s< [ ;-:-v: ?x-_ j- -V 1~: i^^ L. THE PICKERIXG COAT OF an Embroidkkv wrought bv Sarah Pickering [4S. V. 17.]. 1 5j ^l^^^ N THE POSStbSION OF JoHN PlCKERINci, ESQ , , MaSS. PICKERING COATS OF AHJIS. 11 In his reply of June 30,1797, the Eev. ]\rr. Pickering wrote us follows : — Your anus and mine arc exactly similar, and that circumstance I consider proofenough. Our Crests are different, but that is not material, since crests, the heraldstell us, are mere matters of caprice and fancy and may bo varied at pleasure, andtherefore are never allowed to be of any weight in the tracing of pedigrees. ^ The Rev. Mr. Pickering was right in his remarks upon crests; but ColonelPickering fell into an error when he called the helmet on his shield a helmet is not a crest. Its use is entirely optional, and it should neverbe mentioned in a blazon of arms. Its place is between the shield and thecrest, resting upon the shield. In early times, before the general use ofcrests, the shield was usually surmounted
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