The Dummer Family Crest

The direct ancestor of the Dummers, of New England, is Richard Pyldren, alias Dummer, who died in 1540, at Owslebury, Hampshire, England. The family estate was that of Swathling, in the same county. The greatgrandsons of Richard, Prichard and Stephen, both of Bishopstoke, came over in 1638, the latter returning to England in 1647. The descendants of both settled in New England. Governor William Dummer, and Chief Justice John Dummer, both of Massachusetts, descended from Richard. We give, in colors, the original Dummer coat of arms, although it is believed that the Richard first named was really a Pyldren, who had married a Matilda Dummer, an heiress, and assumed her name. According to Gores Roll of Arms, Governor William Dummer bore, in 1723, the arms which we give in the text, and which are properly Pyldren arms, borne (in 1711), according to Burke, by a Co. Hants family of Dummer. The same crest used for both shields.

Family

Dummer

Blazon

A Demi-Lion, Azure, Holding In His Dexter Paw A Like Fleur-De-Lis.

Source

America Hereldica