The Smith of Norwich Family Crest

The emigrant, the Reverend Nehemiah Smith, came over to Connecticut, with the Davenport and Eaton Company, in 1636. He settled later and died at Norwich, Ct., where his name figures amongst the thirty-five early proprietors of that city, inscribed on what is called the ""Uncas Monument."" One of his descendants visited England in 1751, and instituted heraldic researches concerning his family, and succeeded in tracing it back to William Smith, Bishop of Litchfield (1492). The arms are recognized by the Heralds' College as those of John Smyth, of New Castle under Lyme, county Stafford. Pedigrees inserted in the Visitation of 1614 confirms the above line of descent and the right to coat-armor.

Family

Smith of Norwich

Motto

A vise la fin.Think of the end.

Blazon

An Heraldic Tiger, Passant, Argent, Wounded On The Shoulder, Gules.

Source

America Hereldica