The Schieffelin Family Crest

Jacob Scheüffelin, the first colonist of the name, and the ancestor of all the American Schieffelins, came over in 1746, from southern Germany. It is believed that the family was of Swiss extraction, as, in 1518, Conrad Scheüffelin, the ancestor of Jacob, emigrated from Norlingen, in Bavaria, to Switzerland, where he owned several ""fiefs"" [boble estates], and died in Geneva, leaving descendants who became prominent in cantonal affairs. It is believed, by competent genealogists, that the Scheüffelins, in settling in Switzerland, simply returned to the land of their ancestors. The family Bible of the Schieffelins, dated 1650, and in the possession of an American member of the family, shows that the name was altered from Scheüffelin to Schieffelin sometime during the XVIII. century. Jacob Schieffelin, of Philadelphia, the son of the emigrant, married a Lawrence, of New York, and remained loyal to the English crown.

Family

Schieffelin

Motto

Per fidem et constantiam.By faith and firmness.

Blazon

A Holy Lamb, Passant, Crowned With Glory, And Bearing Cross, Staff, And Pennon: Proper.

Source

America Hereldica