. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . ntil hisdeath (1714), and Treasurer of the Province ofPennsylvania from 1685 to 1711. He was namedby William Penn, in his will, as the Trustee ofhis property in America. It is proved that the colonist came fromHorsham, Co. Sussex, England; also that thearms we give were constantly used by his earlydescendants, if himself, as a Quaker of thestrictest kind, objected to such toys of humanvanity. One of the greatgrandsons of the emigrant,settled in Jamaica,
. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . ntil hisdeath (1714), and Treasurer of the Province ofPennsylvania from 1685 to 1711. He was namedby William Penn, in his will, as the Trustee ofhis property in America. It is proved that the colonist came fromHorsham, Co. Sussex, England; also that thearms we give were constantly used by his earlydescendants, if himself, as a Quaker of thestrictest kind, objected to such toys of humanvanity. One of the greatgrandsons of the emigrant,settled in Jamaica, W. I., brought back fromEngland a certified copy of the family arms,procured from the London Heralds College. jfit3=t)ugb This very ancient family, settled in Cos. Ox-ford and York, England, from the time of Ed-ward III., sent one of its members. ColonelWilliam Fitz-Hugh [born 1651] to Virginia,where he colonized a portion of King GeorgeCounty, calling his seat Bedford. He was law-yer, planter, merchant, and shipper, and foundeda family worthy of his abilities. Arms: Azure, three chev-ronels in base, interlaced, or,a chief of the Crest : A griffin, s6j,e4nt, Motto : Pro patria sem-per. [Always for my coun-try!] Bishop Meades Old Churches, Ministers and Families of , //., A. Brock : The Hugicenot Emigration in Virginia, 44. 144 AMERICA HERALDICA Turners History of the Phelps and Gorham Ptirchase, Bernard Burke : The General Armory of England,etc., 1884. ©gben S^monbs Here we are in presence of a clear pedigree,the family of Samuel Symonds, who settled atIpswich, Mass. (circa 1630), having been estab-lished for twenty generations back, at Croft, inLancashire, and Stratton, in Staffordshire. The arms we give were exemplified in 1625to Richard Symonds, a brother of Samuel Sy-monds, as being the ancient arms of the Sy-monds of Great Yeldam, Co. Essex, and ofNewport, Co. Salop, Gentlemen. The Church of Great Yeldam, Co. Essex,contains a fine brass in me
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