The Wetmore Family Crest

Thomas Whitmore, whose name has been corrupted by his descendants to Wetmore, came in this country in 1625, according to a genealogical record made in 1792; but the first notice found of him, this side of the ocean, is in 1639-40, at Wethersfield, Ct. He subsequently removed to Hartford and Middletown, in the same colony, and died in 1681 (œtet. 68). The coat of arms which we give has been used by the descendants of Thomas Whitmore for over a century and a half. In 1726 already, the Reverend J, Wetmore, of Rye, N. Y., made use of identical devices. This family is not to be confounded with the other Whitmores, or Whittemores, in America before 1700, as these families appear never to have claimed coat-armor.

Family

Wetmore

Motto

Virtus, libertas, patria.Courage, liberty, country.

Blazon

Upon The Stump Of An Oak Tree, Spouting To The Dexter, A Falcon, Close: All Proper.

Source

America Hereldica