COATS OF ARMS AND CRESTS

Here are the origin, the coat of arms and the crest (the most common but not the only) for some family names.

FAMILY NAME and DESCRIPTION

COAT OF ARMS CREST
BESSEM: The very first record of the family name Bessem was found in Gorinchem, which is located in Netherlands.


COAT OF ARMS: Gules (red) with two sticks loaders of canyon bullets on chief in saltire position, and one canyon on their gun carriage on base.

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BRANCH: The very first record of the family name Branch was found in Westmoreland, which is located in the English and Scotttish Border Ridings.

COAT OF ARMS: Argent (silver) with a azur (blue) chevron between three gules (red) pears pendant.

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BREWSTER: The Brewster family name was originated in Lanarkshire, located in the Scottish English Border Ridings, where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at the Forest of Paisley in that shire.

COAT OF ARMS: Sable a chevron between three stars argent.
Crest: A beaver's head erased sable. Motto: Verité soyez ma garde.
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BURNHAM: The Burnham family name was originated in Herefordshire, located in England, where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at Westington Court where they held a manor and estates in that shire.

COAT OF ARMS: Gules a chevron between three lions' heads erased or.
Crest: A leopard's head erased propper.
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CHESHIRE: The Cheshire family name was originated in Essex , located in England. Spelling variations include: Chessire, Cheeshire, Cheshyre, Cheshire and Chesser. First found in Essex where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at Little Easton with manor and estates in that shire, where the family is thought to have branched from their original base in the county of Cheshire just south of Manchester.
COAT OF ARMS: Red with two lions' gambs chevronways betwen three hawks' lures of gold. CREST: A hawk's lure purpure feathered of gold.
Bibliography: The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms, page 190.
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COLLINS: Betterton, co. Berks.

COAT OF ARMS: Vert, a griffin passant or, a chief ermine.
Crest: A griffin's head erased vert, crowned or. Motto: Per callem collem.

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DAVIS: The Davis family first appears in the records of Flint, located in Wales.

COAT OF ARMS: Red with a chevron ermined, in chief two mounds of gold, in base a talbot passant of gold.
CREST: Two arms embowed, habited ermined with blue cuffs and hands proper, supporting a mound of gold.

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DEES: The Dees family name was originated in Angus, located in Scotland. Spelling variations include: Deas, Dease, Deasey, Deasy, Dais, Daes and Deasson.


COAT OF ARMS: Ermine a pale green.
CREST: A bee feeding on a daisy all proper.

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EVANS: The Evans family name was originated in Herefordshire, located in Wales where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at Eyton with manor and estates in that shire.

COAT OF ARMS: On blue, a gold lion rampant guardant.
Crest: A stag trippant propper horned and hoofed of gold.

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FEGAN: The Fegan family name was originated in Tyrone, located in Ireland. Spelling variations include: Fagan, Faggan, Fagin, Feagan, Fegan, Feighan, Fieghan and many more. They were descended from Pattrick O’Hagan (alias Fagan), Baron of Tullachor who led the forces of Tyrone to the assistance of O’Melaghin, Prince of Meath.
COAT OF ARMS: Per chevron of gules and ermine; in chief three covered cups of gold.
CREST: A griffin of silver winged of gold, supporting an olive branch vert, fructed of gold.
MOTTO: Deo Patriaeque Fidelis.
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FREGEAU: The very first record of the family name Fregeau was found in Provence, which is located in France.

COAT OF ARMS: Azur (blue field) with a silver fess between three gold grape bunches.

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GOULD: The Gould family name was originated in Suffolk, located in England.

COAT OF ARMS: Per saltire of gold and blue, a lion rampant counterchanged. Crest: An arm embowed, vested of red cuffed of gold, holding in the hand a banner paly of six blue and gold, on a canton of silver, a cross of the first, the staff also gold. Motto: Non nobis esti.

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HARBIN: The Harbin family name was originated in Lancashire, located in England.


COAT OF ARMS: On blue a saltire voided between four cronels of gold. Crest: A gauntleted hand, couped above the wrist of blue holding a spur of gold.

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HEDGES: The Hedges family name was originated in Kent, located in England, where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at Hegge with manor and estates in that shire, and they extended for London, Alderton, Romney and Finchley.
COAT OF ARMS: Azure with three swans' heads erased argent.
CREST: A swan's head erased, proper.
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LUND: The Lund family name was originated in Sweden.
COAT OF ARMS: On red, a horse-shoe of black, with hobnails on silver and whith its extrems towards under. Border of gold.
CREST: two lances of public festival of knights arranged in cross, armed of silver.
LAMBREQUINS: Gold and red.
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MACGOWAN: The MacGowan family name was originated in County Cavan, located in Ireland, where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity.


COAT OF ARMS: On silver, two arms holding one torch, in the point one arm holding a sword.

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PEASE: The Pease family name was originated in Orkneys, located in Scotland. Castle Head of Pease was Hutton Hall, in Yokshire. In Hesslewood House, co. York there is this coat of arms:
COAT OF ARMS: Vert a chevron between three stags trippant or, in the centre chief point a bezant, on a chief per fesse gules and silver, an eagle displayed counterchanged.
Crest: An eagle`s head erased of silver holding in the beak of gold, a peascod green.
Motto: Confide recte agens.
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REGAN or O'REGAN: The very first record of the family name Regan was found in Meath, which is located in Ireland.
COAT OF ARMS: Or, a chevron ermine, with three fishes of azur.
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RISCH: The Risch family name was originated in Germany and expanded for: Baden, Gadernheim, Thuringen, Preussen, Russia, Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, and U.S.A. (Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri and New York).
COAT OF ARMS: On blue one shaft with four lengthened leaves which three are curved toward the left and the fourth that is to the height of the second leaf of the sinister is curved to dexter, everything of vert, over a tetre of the same color.
Crest: The same of the shield.
Lambrequins: Silver and vert.
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SMART: The Smart family name was originated in Suffolk, located in England, where they were recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.
COAT OF ARMS: Silver with a black chevron between three black pheons.
CREST: An gold eagle’s head between two gold wings, holding in the beak a thistle slipped and leaved proper.
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TAYLOR: The Taylor family name was originated in Kent, located in Scotland. Spelling variations include: Taylor, Taylour, Taylur, Tailler, Taillor, Taillefer, Tellier and many more. First found in a record in the "Archaeologia Cantiana" of Walter Taylur in circa 1180. Brice le Taillor was a Scottish Commander who was taken prisoner by the English in Dunbar Castle in 1296. Castle County Head of Family was Underley Hall, in Westmoreland (Earl of Bective).
COAT OF ARMS: On blue a silver lion rampant depressed by a red bend charged with three escallops of the second.
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TOTTEN: The Totten family name was originated in Middlesex, located in England.
COAT OF ARMS: On red, four bars dancetée of silver.
Crest: A red lion rampant charged on the shoulder with a bar dancetée of silver.
Motto: Ad Astra Sequor.
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WHITING: The whiting family name was originated in Devonshire, located in England.
COAT OF ARMS: On blue a leopard’s face of gold, betwen two flaunches ermined, in chief three plates.
CREST: A demi eagle displayed with two heads, proper.
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