The McVickar Family Crest

It is stated, with some authority, that a younger son of the well-known Scotch family of Boyle, having emigrated to Germany in the XIV. century, was entrusted with special powers by the then reigning Emperor of Germany, and sent to rule over a far-off portion of his vast domains, with the title of ""Vicarius,"" then often used by provincial governors throughout the socalled Holy Roman Empire. His posterity, having returned to Scotland, adopted as its distinctive appellation the name of Mac-Vickar (son of the Vicar), under which the descendants of the original Boyle, Imperial ""Vicarius,"" are known, in the present days. Later, at the time of the great Scotch emigration to Northern Ireland, the family of McVickar took root in Belfast, whence came over, in 1780, the colonist, John McVickar, one of the leading and wealthiest merchants of New York during the Revolutionary period and at the time of the War of 1812. His name is found associated with the principal commercial and philanthropic

Family

McVickar

Motto

Dominus Providebit.The Lord will provide.

Blazon

An Eagle Displayed, With Two Heads, Per Pale, Embattled, Argent And Gules.

Source

America Hereldica