The Munsell Family Crest

The origin of the English family of Maunsell goes back to Sir Philip de Maunsell, who came over with the Conqueror. The barony of Mansel is found in Burke's Extinct Peerages, with the same arms; and we remark, in Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men of England, the existence of the gentle family of Maunsell, of Thorpe Malsor, county Northampton. Another branch—always with the same arms—settled in county Limerick, Ireland. Jacob Munsell, who settled, in the last century, at Windsor, Ct., was the emigrant-ancestor of the Albany publisher. The connection is probable, but not absolutely proved with the English family. We find a Robert Mansell, gentleman, in Virginia, in 1621.

Family

Munsell

Motto

Quod vull, valdé vult.A will of his own.

Blazon

A Cap Of Maintenance, In Flames At The Top: Proper.

Source

America Hereldica