The Dickenson Family Crest

An earnest effort has been made to connect various families of that name with a parent English stock, one and the same, for all these branches scattered through the country. So far it seems that conclusive proof has only been obtained in favor of the various descendants of Symon Dickenson of Bradley (1612), a direct descendant himself of Hugh De Kenson (1475), supposed to be issued from the Norman Lord Gautier de Caen (1066). The pedigree stands solid only from John Dickenson of Leeds (1525) down to the various colonists, grandsons of the above-mentioned Symon Dickenson of Bradley. Of these, Walter, Henry, and John (sons of Charles Dickenson of London) emigrated in Virginia in 1654, and found the families of Dickenson in that province, in Maryland, and in Pennsylvania. As we first indicated, it is claimed that Nathaniel Dickenson [in Boston in 1629] and Philemon Dickenson [in Salem, Mass., 1637] are also descendants of Hugh de Kenson, and fully entitled to bear his arms. We leave that

Family

Dickenson

Motto

Esse quam videri.Rather be than pretend.

Blazon

A Stag's Head, Erased [Sometimes Couped], Or.

Source

America Hereldica