. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . Crests: A. An escalop, gules \Gore^. B. A lion, rampant, ducally gorged[old seal]. C. A lions head, erased, ducallycrov/ned [Drake^. Saltonstall Among the best names inserted in the GoreRoll of Aftns, we find, under No. 24, that of AMERICA HERALDICA 43 Gordon Saltonstall, Governor of the colony ofConnecticut in 1742. The family has a clear pedigree to GilbertSaltonstall, or Saltonston, of Halifax, countyYork, England, and to his son, Richard, LordMayor o
. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . Crests: A. An escalop, gules \Gore^. B. A lion, rampant, ducally gorged[old seal]. C. A lions head, erased, ducallycrov/ned [Drake^. Saltonstall Among the best names inserted in the GoreRoll of Aftns, we find, under No. 24, that of AMERICA HERALDICA 43 Gordon Saltonstall, Governor of the colony ofConnecticut in 1742. The family has a clear pedigree to GilbertSaltonstall, or Saltonston, of Halifax, countyYork, England, and to his son, Richard, LordMayor of London in 1597. The eldest son of the Mayor, Samuel Salton-stall, came over to New England in 1630, butreturned to England, where he died. His son,Richard, settled in Ipswich, Mass. The seal of the Governor above named gavethe armorial devices we reproduce. The various bookplates of the family, whichwe have seen in the Rousseau, Erving, andLichtenstein collections, had no Crest : Issuing from a mar-quess coronet, or, a demi-eagle,displayed, azure. Motto : Gloria. A Genealogical Table of the Family of Chaun- CEY, Chauncey Fowler : Memorials of the Chazmceys, Journal, I., 187. W. H. WhitmorE: The American Genealogist, 187$.W. Berry : Encydopcedia Heraldica, G. Drake: The History and Antiquities of Boston, Collection of Book Plates.
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