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From The Dillingham Family of New England
by Winthrop Alexander
THE DILLINGHAM ARMS.
An examination of all available references to the family arms shows that various members and branches bore at least two and possibly three entirely different coats of arms. The writer has not a sufficient knowledge of heraldry nor the necessary time to study and account for the difference, but is of the op-inion that the first given below, - the fleur-de-lis device, is the proper one to assign to that branch of the family whose mem-bers came to New England.
Mrs. A.R.W. French, in “An American Ancestry”, page 18, says:- “One of the earliest comers to Lynn was Edward Dillingham, from Bitteswell, Leicestershire, gentleman, who bore arms.”
In “Historical Sketches of Plymouth and Barnstable Towns”, page 150, it is stated :- “Arms of Edward Dillingham of Sandwich and John Dillingham of Ipswich:- Arg. ten fleur-de-lis, 4,3,2,1: ppr".
Another authority says that John2 Dillingham (Edward) is said to have “sealed with an antelope’s head, couped at the neck”, and to have used the fleur—de—lis coat of arms.
Another one differs only in saying “Couped at the shoulder.”
From Nichols’ History of Leicestershire, vol. 1, page 615:- “Arms of Dillingham of Bedfordshire:- Argent, ten fleur-de—lis, 4 3 2 1 sable”.
From "The Genealogist”, vol., 8, new series, page 181:— “Arms of Rev. William Dillingham, rector of Woodhill, alias Odell, Bedfordshire, who
died 1689:- Argent, ten fleur-de-lis, 4,3, 2,1, sable”. The same reference is found
in the “Herald and Genealogist”, vol. 6, page 384.
In the “Caldwell Record”, page 9, John Dillingham of Ipswich, whose daughter
Sarah married John Caldwell, is said to have borne the fleur-de-lis arms.
The following authorities give another well authenticated coat of arms for the family:
-From Hill’s History of Langton, County Leicester:— “Arms of William Dillingham of Leicester:- Within a bordure gules, a fess argent, between three martlets, a crescent for diff”.
From Burke’s General Armoury :- “Monument of Thomas Dillingham, M.A., rector of Barnwell; son of William Dillingham, D.D. Master of Emanuel College, Cambridge. Obit l704, Arms:— “a fess between three martlets — within a bordure - a crescent for difference.”
From Bridges’ History of Northamp-tonshire:- arms of Rev. Thomas Dillingham, rector of Barnwell-all-Saints, Northampton-shire, who died. 1702:- Within a bordure, a fess between three martlets, a crescent for difference.
From “The Genealogist”, vol. 8; new series, page 74:- “A Roll of Arms re-lating to the County of Northumberland:-
Dillingham of Buteland,- Gules a fess between three martlets argent.
Still another coat of -arms, shown by the sketch, is used by some members of the fam-ily in America, and is found in the biography of Prof. John Hoag Dillingham (No. 8269 in the genealogy following), His daughter, Mrs. Lydia Beede Lawrence, writes:- “My father received the coat of arms from Dr. J. R. Dillingham (Joseph Rogers, No. 8263), 12 Winter St., Boston, Mass., and is the one mentioned on the first page of his biography”. The following is copied from that book:- “On the back of a representation of the Dillingham coat of arms made by an English genealogist
not very long since, I find the following information:- “The family of Dillingham is originally from word Dyllingham in the County of Nor-folk, England. The cross and the arms were given to those who were in the fourth crusade with Richard Coeur de Lion. The lion and the crest show second in command”. It seems strange that such a radically different device from those given by the best English authorities should have come to light in this way, and the writer is inclined to believe that it is the work of a certain enterprising gentleman who appeared in this country about the middle of the past century and invented coats of arms for any families that wanted them. It may be proven after deeper study, however, that it is authentic.
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