The Nicholson Family Crest

The Sir Francis Nicholson, mentioned, page 63, as having received a grant of coat-armor as a reward for his meritorious services as a Royal Governor in Virginia, Maryland, Nova Scotia, South Carolina, died in 1728, and had never been married. The original coat of arms of the family, which we give, Plate XVII., has been preserved and used, in this country, by the descendants of his nephew, John Nicholson, whose two sons, James and Samuel, both took service in the Revolutionary Navy. Samuel Nicholson died a senior officer in 1813. He had married a niece of Sir John Temple. His brother, James, resigned after the war, and settled in New York, where he married a daughter of Albert Gallatin.

Family

Nicholson

Motto

Generositate.By generosity.

Blazon

A Demi-Lion, Issuing From A Triple-Tur-Reted Castle: All Proper.

Source

America Hereldica