. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . he best knownfamily of Gardiner, and that presenting, at thesame time, the clearest English pedigree, is thatdescending from Joseph Gardiner, of RhodeIsland. This gentleman came over by way ofHolland, in 1650-51. His father. Sir ThomasGardiner, Knight, had fought for Charles family coat of arms we give here as anextra engraving, having obtained it too late forinsertion in our regular plates. Here is the he-raldic description of both coat and crest:
. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . he best knownfamily of Gardiner, and that presenting, at thesame time, the clearest English pedigree, is thatdescending from Joseph Gardiner, of RhodeIsland. This gentleman came over by way ofHolland, in 1650-51. His father. Sir ThomasGardiner, Knight, had fought for Charles family coat of arms we give here as anextra engraving, having obtained it too late forinsertion in our regular plates. Here is the he-raldic description of both coat and crest: Arms : Or, on a chevron,gules, between three griffinsheads, erased, azure, twolions counterpassant of thefield, or. Crest: A Saracens headcouped at the shoulders:proper. On the head a cap,turned up, gules and azure,crined and bearded, sable. Motto : PrcBsto pro patria. [I stand for mycountr)^] Mrs. Martha J. Lamb : History of the City of New York, I., 570; II., B. HoLGATE : American Genealogy, Bernard Burke : The General Armory of England, etc., Book of Family Crests, II., 192, Journal, III., SSIeecker Jan Jansen Bleecker came over to New Am-sterdam, from Meppel, province of Overyssel,Netherlands, in 165S. He was mayor of Albany (1700), and mameda daughter of Rutger Jacobson. He seems to have been quite wealthy,—andthe arms have been in the family from thetime of the emiarration. Crest : A pheon, or. Bolton : History of Westchester Co., N. Y., II., ■: Genealogies of the First Settlers of Albany, i&
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