. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . A. A sphere, and, inabove, the word Altius Crests :an escroU[Higher]. B. A tree shooting out a branchor branches. Sbeaffe The arms we give are found on a seal whichwas used in 1713 by Jacob Sheaffe, of find also a tricking of arms (1698), ofCurwin impaling Sheaffe, and it is different emigrants of the name all camefrom the Sheaffes of Cranbrook, Co. Kent,England. The Boston branch began with William(1685), whose greatgrandson, als
. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . A. A sphere, and, inabove, the word Altius Crests :an escroU[Higher]. B. A tree shooting out a branchor branches. Sbeaffe The arms we give are found on a seal whichwas used in 1713 by Jacob Sheaffe, of find also a tricking of arms (1698), ofCurwin impaling Sheaffe, and it is different emigrants of the name all camefrom the Sheaffes of Cranbrook, Co. Kent,England. The Boston branch began with William(1685), whose greatgrandson, also William, wasthe father of Sir Roger Hale-Sheaffe, Bart.,of the British Army, a noted loyalist, who mar-ried Margaret Coffin, cousin of that othernoted loyalist, Sir Isaac Coffin, R. N. Hedied in 1851, .f. /., and the baronetcy was ex-tinct. His arms, as given by Burke, are quitedifferent from that borne by our Jacob Sheaffe,and by his descendants, known as the NewHampshire branch. Arms : Ermine, on a chev-ron, gules, between three pel-lets, three garbs, Motto : Non deficit ] [Another is not Heraldic Journal, IV., American B. Wymans Charlestoum, Mass., Genealogies, //., 856. 132 AMERICA HERALDICA Brewsters Rambles Around Portsmouth, , England Historical and Genealogical Regis-ter, IV., 310. Mottoes : A. Luceo, non tiro. [I shine, I donot bum.]B. Quocunque jeceris, stabit. [Wher-ever you may cast it it willstand.] IRasav The founder of the family of Rasay, orRasey, in America, was Malcolm Macleod,youngest brother of John Macleod, Laird ofRasay, who came to this country in 1753, andpurchased land near Bennington, Vt., where hedied and was buried in 1777. On his tombstonewas engraved the inescutcheon we give, whichwas granted by the Young Pretender to theMacleods of Rasay, in recognition of the freeand courageous hospitality offered him by thefamous Malcolm, a cousin of the Clan Chief,and an intimate and devoted companion of
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