The Ely Family Crest

There were three distinct settlements of Elys in this country in the XVII. century. Nathaniel (1635), near the present city of Springfield Mass.; Richard (1660), on the banks of the Connecticut River; Joshua (1685), at Trenton, N. J. There is an unsubstantiated tradition that these three, or, at least, the two first named were brothers. One fact, however, is constant, that is, that all three brought over very similar coats of arms, the number of fleurs-de-lis only differing. Richard Ely brought over a ring given him by the King of France, and engraved with his arms. And old tankard of Nathaniel Ely bears the same arms; but only three fleurs-de-lis. We find in English heraldic authorities that the only coat of arms registered to a family of Elly, or Ely, is the one we give here, with the crest, taken from Burke.

Family

Ely

Blazon

An Arm, Erect, Couped Below The Elbow, Habited, Argent, Grasping In The Hand, Proper, A Fleur-De-Lis, Sable.

Source

America Hereldica