The Schermerhorn Family Crest

The ancestor of this New York family was Jacob Jacobsen Schermerhooren, born in 1622, in Waterland, Holland. His father was still living in 1656 at Amsterdam Jacob Jacobsen came over to Beverwyck (Albany), in 1636, and traded so successfully and extensively that he left a large estate for the time, amounting to 56,882 guilders. His descendants occupied, frequently, positions of trust in the government of the colony. It is said that the arms we give were granted in 1661 by Governor Stuyvesant to Petrus Sch ermerhorn, for valuable services rendered to the New Netherlands. The mount, or mole, are unquestionably the arms of the town of Schermerhorn, in North Holland, whence the family originated, and the arms of which [with augmentation] were later granted to one of its members. Another coat of arms, used by some descendants of that same colonist, is not sustained by any such strong proofs of authenticity, as its origin does not go further back than 1843.

Family

Schermerhorn

Motto

Industria semper crescam.By industry will I always increase.

Blazon

A Dutch Count's Coronet.

Source

America Hereldica