. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . AMERICA HERALDICA 149 New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, VI., I, 24; XVIIL, I, Notes of the Provoost Family, 18^ W. BairdS History of Rye, N. ¥., 4S8. ®tis Seymour The colonist, Richard Seymour, who settled atHartford, Ct., in 1639, was undoubtedly de-scended in the third generation from Sir Ed-ward Seymour, the brother of Lady Jane Sey-mour the third wife of Henry VHI. Hisfather was Lord Edzvard Seymour of BerryPorncroy, Co. D
. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . AMERICA HERALDICA 149 New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, VI., I, 24; XVIIL, I, Notes of the Provoost Family, 18^ W. BairdS History of Rye, N. ¥., 4S8. ®tis Seymour The colonist, Richard Seymour, who settled atHartford, Ct., in 1639, was undoubtedly de-scended in the third generation from Sir Ed-ward Seymour, the brother of Lady Jane Sey-mour the third wife of Henry VHI. Hisfather was Lord Edzvard Seymour of BerryPorncroy, Co. Devon, and his brother was SirEdzvard Seymour, Knight-Baronet. On the seal of the emigrant were reproducedthe arms we give, which are the original armsof the Seymours, not yet quartered with theroyal devices. Arms : Gules, two wingsconjoined in lure, or. : Out of a ducalcoronet, or, a phoenix ofthe last, issuing fromflames: ^-=r=-^ Motto : Foy pour devoir.[Fidelity my duty.] The colonist, Jo/ut Otis of Glastonbury, , came over to New England in 1635,and settled at Hingham, Mass. He was the an-cestor of the great patriot John Otis, and ofHarrison Gray Otis, third Mayor of arms we give were constantly borne by themembers of this numerous family, and are attri-buted by the English heraldic authorities to theOttys, Otes, or Ottetes family of Shipdon. Arms : Argent, a saltire,engrailed, between four crosscrosslets, fitch^e, azure. Crest : An arm embowed,vested, gules; the hand,proper, holding a branchof laurel. Horatio N. Otis : A Memoir of the Family of Otis, 1850. S. G. Drake: Tlie History and Atitiquities of Boston, l8§6. Freemans History of Cape Cod, Mass., I., 271; II., 88. Horatio N. Otis : A Memoir of the Otis Fa^nily of NezvHampshire, iS^i. Glovers Ordinary of Arms [British Museum MSS^. Papworth and Morant: A71 Ordi7iary of British Armo-rials, 1874.
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