Dear List, This is a first for me. I never knew that The Blackledge surname had a coat of arms. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenda Nothnagle" <gnothnag@rochester.rr.com> To: <LHODGE@NYCAP.RR.COM> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 8:33 AM Subject: PML Search Result matching "Blackledge" > ===================================================================== > A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this > search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > ===================================================================== > Source: BLAKELEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BLAKELEY] Origin/coat of arms > > > I was researching Coat of Arms for a school assignment with my > granddaughter and found the following: > > BLAKELEY > Origin: English > Coat of Arms: A red shield with a blue chevron. > Crest: A dragon's head emerging from a crown. > Spelling variations include: BLACKLEY, BLAKELY, BLACKELY, BLACKLEDGE, > BLACKLEGE and many more. > > First found in Lancashire where they were seated from very ancient > times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066. > > Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: > Thomas BLACKLEY who settled in Boston, Ma. in 1635; Samuel BLACKLEY who > settled in New Haven, CT and married Hannah PORTER in 1650. He also > lived at Guildford. He had three sons and two daughters. David BLACKELY > settled in Charles Town, SC in 1767; followed by Mary and Elizabeth; > Joseph BLAKELY settled in Boston, MA in 1822; John BLACKLEDGE settled in > Boston, MA in 1630; James BLACKLEDGE settled in Philadelphia, PA in 1873 > and others. > > Also the surname was in Scotland. > -- > > ...Greetings from New York, > > Glenda Nothnagle > GN Design Studio > > gnothnag@rochester.rr.com