The Franklin Family Crest
Benjamin Franklin used this coat of arms as his seal. So did his brother John. We have seen an identical bookplate, having belonged to the latter. William Franklin, the Governor of New Jersey, used a similar seal. It is believed that the Franklin brothers obtained the grant of these arms on account of the high offices they held under the royal governors. Their ancestor, Josiah, the emigrant, was a yeoman, and came over from county Northampton in 1655. These arms are those of the Franklyns, of county Devon, England.
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- Family
- Franklin
- Motto
Exemplum adest ipse homo.
Conduct marks the man.- Blazon
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A Dolphin's Head In Pale, Argent, Erased, Gules, Finned, Or, Between Two Branches, Vert.
- Source
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America Hereldica