The Saltonstall Family Crest
Among the best names inserted in the Gore Roll of Arms, we find, under No. 24, that of Gordon Saltonstall, Governor of the colony of Connecticut in 1742. The family has a clear pedigree to Gilbert Saltonstall, or Saltonston, of Halifax, county York, England, and to his son, Richard, Lord Mayor of London in 1597. The eldest son of the Mayor, Samuel Saltonstall, came over to New England in 1630, but returned to England, where he died. His son, Richard, settled in Ipswich, Mass. The seal of the Governor above named gave the armorial devices we reproduce. The various bookplates of the family, which we have seen in the Rousseau, Erving, and Lichtenstein collections, had no motto.
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- Family
- Saltonstall
- Blazon
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Out Of A Ducal Coronet, Or, A Pelican's Head, Azure, Vulning Itself, Gules.
- Source
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America Hereldica