The Foxcroft Family Crest

The Foxcrofts came originally from Foxcroft, county Lancaster, England. Later, they are found in Halifax, Yorkshire; and the Harleian MSS., No. 4360, gives a full pedigree of this ancient house. Daniel Foxcroft, Mayor of Leeds, county York (1665), was the father of Francis Foxcroft, an ancestor of the New England Foxcrofts, who married in this country in 1682. Both his sons occupied honored positions in the community, the eldest one, Francis, as Judge of Probate, the second, Thomas, as Pastor of the First Church, Boston. His granddaughter married Lieutenant Governor Phillips, of Andover. The imprint of the seal used by these two brothers in witnessing a will, in 1730, confirms the heraldic connection between the Yorkshire and the New England Foxcrofts. No ancient crest is found to that name.

Family

Foxcroft

Blazon

Source

America Hereldica