The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-23
HERALDRY IN NEW YORK.
The Crested and Noticed Aristocracy Among
the Merchants of the Metropolis,
may York Htar.l

There IS IN old signboard In William street,
near Frankfort, containing the curious an
nonncement, arms found and engraved
May | inquire tho meaning OF your sign.
board?' asked u reporter of The Star, as .he
entered the store.
THE meaning I anu q professor of herald
ry-hunting up family crests for ~people-and
| also do the engraving on carriage and silver
plate @
"But have you not found the wrong con
tinent for n business of that sort?'
Oh. 70; my trade Is quite lucrative here
in Now YORK. ! began III England, studying
competitors there. but not Il solitary one
here. You SEQ There spraug up u craze
among American families some timo ago fol
MlstocIatic distinction III the way of old fam
lily arms and cresta, dating from their Euro
pean ancestors. took advantage OF that
event, and have had my hands full to satisfy
my neW-found aristocrats ever since"
Have you found many New Workers. enti,
tied to wear arns2'
"A surprising number. There are gentle
men III this city entitled to wear ducal cOrO-
nets. The oldest child in II knighted family
Is just rs much entitled to wear the arms
abroad as at honn. The younger children
cannot legally DO SO. Hero are some heraldiG
emblems that do credit to any family Ia the
wearing
AshoWCa5ef full OF queer designs was thrown
open by the proprietor for inspection. 1t con-
tanned metallic duplicates Of the crests Of sew
eral royal families. including those OF Guelph
ttt22tieef NieteEtaA, Stuart, and Rnnapnrta-- Ihe
designs are fashioned from wood, silk, gold.
silver and bronze. Those of high degree are
ornamented by supporters, or male figures
on either eide Of the grouping. Next In i'm
portanea come arms of patronage, OF success
sion, and Of adoption. Tho three last date
back to conquests OF the crusaders in the
Holy Land and wars among the clans OF Scot
land.
How do you go to work to establish a per-
Ia,,fy i.rht ixM A,.jf I-,,kt, Dtf ,,,rr ,,Ar-f
asked.
First, by getting out the genealogical
tree, Then | sent orders to my agent In
London, Paris VI Vienna to search parish
registers for aristocratic traciug. You know
q nobleman IN 'ye Oldon time always dis
played bis arms. provided they were honor
able, oa hls houses, coaches aud even pewS
and church books. In cases where illegitt-
maCys ever stained noble family u bar had
to be worn diagonally across every shield
and crest. As this frequently happened, and
1t became policy for the heirs to conceal the
family emblems, we sometimes get baftled IL
our search. But sometimes a stray letter, a
teaspoon hidden away In q closet, or a piece
Of buried armor will fill up the gap AMI guide
me to @ correct dellneatIon OF a New York
gentleman'a arms
Can you name any one who has thus been
disttnguished2'
There IS Charles Walter Ogden, the iron
merchant, Of NO. 81 Elm street. He Is q full
tledged herald, thanks to our efforts In look
Ing up his pedigree. He didn't know his fam.
lily had baronial arms until it was 80 proved
by reference TO history and to a two-line para
graph in an old edition OF .Burke's Peerage.'
The arms consist Of q shield of blue and
white triangular spaces, surrounded by a
lion supporting an oak tree. There is the fol-
lowing Inscription op the transverse: 'Etsi
ostendo con jacto' Then there are the Par
FISHES, of Murray Hill. The eldest son will
liam, who married Miss Delatield in July,
was knight by right OF descent. When he
married he engaged me to consolidate his
wife's and bis own crests. So by
heraldic usage | constructed a shield-shaped
badge, divided into two parts by a perpen-
dicular line. TIL right or dexter side be-
Mr.. Parrish's; the left or sinister the
lady's. On the dexter half / emblazoned
three lions heads across a blue surface. The
devices of the lady's contribution to the
badge are very ancient, dating back to 1893.
DR.. Delatield, her father, Is particularly
proud Of some old claret jugs and bits Of
silver plate with his family arms engraved
thereon"
to their privileges r.
"Indeed, | do; this Is a very Democratic
place, as ! have dissolved many times. Why.
there are two sons of the Duke of Argyll actu-
ally working for q living In this city. They
wouldn't give a fig for what they call this
aristocratic nonsense. The Walters, who have
q brilliant family history, with a title or two.
and Lor' knows how many acres of land
1nrow ,ha II, b w9ulhh '1 nn 10y over oth 2 1hln " u 20
occasionally meet men like Rev. Bishop John
III di hnnsI H. 4 !, a n.%ta.raip uaa,,. ~ 80 ia mh WIPES aa -
t ~ o. = 1 !, Iaon 1 W tha gta ~ L ag9 NV mI tbn h oun,
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: n T ! = h = h :, snes Vin b p,,app viii III V thn "A idssa
+hot ihais m1 tpaI -. ~ ~ " W, ~ lusa
4 raat - m oho - We dira ~ i,t CIV tn tho
records in nv Dnssessiou. with moor s1ccess
at first. Through the aid OF an agent in
England L found the correct arms OF the
original falco1eT, or Falkner. Iney consist
Z 81 alsaha sliuil' slosaeu ~ ,hlue ,hit III
. fnnra nf WIN 10 a . araao u ,rnn Nv
portinp n miniature h1ntsman's shield The
indicates heroic deeds by the bishops
in the forests bordering Scotland.
Z aulhnti Was u1ligHIeu. 10 aiErWaIu as-
j, NV ~ lnas iouI1 - pa w = ~ VIII glh =, y ~
son,e land in orthrmharIan IL N
In further conversation with the old pro-
lessor it was ascertained that Gov. Van
Landt, OF Rhode ISland, Is an unconscious