I thought the Northamptonshire coat of arms story was invented by Heck instead of Heyden??? From: Craig Kilby <persisto1@gmail.com> To: va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2012 7:33 AM Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] William Ball (died Nov. 1680) & Hannah Atherold Jim, Indeed. I think these "coats of arms" were part of the Joseph Ball estate scam in the late 1870s. Horace Heyden apparently fell for it. I have yet to see ANY of these reported coats of arms, either in Virginia or in New England.  Craig