The Rawle Family Crest

Francis Rawle, who, with his son, Francis, landed at Philadelphia, in June, 1686, emigrated to escape the religious persecution, which, as Quakers, they had been suffering at home. He belonged to the Rawle family, Lords of the Manor of Tresparrett, a moiety of the Parish of St. Juliott, in Cornwall. That family was seated at Hennett in St. Juliott as early as the reign of Edward IV. (circa 1460). The arms we give are still affixed to the ancient manor house at Hennett, Cornwall. The colonist, Francis Rawle, was a ""First Purchaser,"" under William Penn, of two thousand five hundred acres of land in Pennsylvania, by deeds dated March, 168 5/6. He founded the colony, or community, of the ""Plymouth Friends,"" and died, an aged man, in 1697. Francis Rowle, Junior, held many important offices in the Colony, and wrote several pamphlets on leading questions of political economy.

Family

Rawle

Motto

Macte virtute.Increase in valor.

Blazon

An Arm In Armor Embowed: Proper-The Hand Gauntletted, Grasping A Sword, Argent, Hilt, Or.

Source

America Hereldica