The Butler Family Crest

Thomas Butler was one of three brothers, belonging to the ancient House of Ormonde, who came over about 1698, with ample means and a retinue of servants, and settled at South Berwick, Me., New England. Among his closest friends Thomas Butler counted Governor Wentworth, Sir William Pepperell, Hon. John Hill, Captain Ichabod Plaisted, and such famed colonists and royal governors. In various deeds, still in the possession of his descendants, the emigrant, his sons and grandsons, are always qualified gentlemen, the meaning of such a word being, at that time, conclusive of their right to coat-armor. The family dates back to the time of Henry IL, and to Theobald Walter, Chief Butler of Ireland.

Family

Butler

Motto

Comme je trouve.As I find.

Blazon

Out Of A Ducal Coronet, Or, A Plume Of Five Ostrich Feathers, Argent. Therefrom Issuant A Falcon, Rising, Of The Last.

Source

America Hereldica