. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . yCe-iyt&il^ i^ r/ f /f / I K,^2012T, EoiTor^, AMERICA HERALDICA 27 heraldry of the time, and the name of its owneris so honorably connected with the history of theleading southern colony that we give it a placein this work. Besides, through the descendants ofthe governors brother, Lawrence Dinwiddie, Pro-vost of Glassgow, Scotland, the family has stillrepresentatives in America. The Dinwiddie is an ancient Scottish the Ragmans Roll—the l
. America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800 . yCe-iyt&il^ i^ r/ f /f / I K,^2012T, EoiTor^, AMERICA HERALDICA 27 heraldry of the time, and the name of its owneris so honorably connected with the history of theleading southern colony that we give it a placein this work. Besides, through the descendants ofthe governors brother, Lawrence Dinwiddie, Pro-vost of Glassgow, Scotland, the family has stillrepresentatives in America. The Dinwiddie is an ancient Scottish the Ragmans Roll—the list of barons andmen of note who subscribed submission to EdwardI. in 12^96—appears the name of Alleyn Din-wiTHiE, the progenitor of the Dinwiddies, longseated on lands called after them, in county Dum-fries. Robert Dinwiddie—the governor—was born atGermiston, near Glasgow, Scotland, in 1693. Itis evident, that the family arms, as borne by thegovernor, had been submitted after his successfulterms of office, to some changes recalling hisperiod of statesmanship in Virginia. So with themotto, which happened to have been that o
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