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Our Logo and The Harvey Coat Of Arms

"The Coats of Arms depicted in The Harvey Genealogist Logo are not meant to be implied as the official Harvey Family Coats of Arm and are for speculation only. Heraldic Blazons are awarded to a specific individual and their direct descendents. The above-depicted Coats of Arms are often noted as belonging to individuals with the Harvey Surname and are included in this logo as merely symbolic of the universality of the Harvey Surname and inclusion of all Harvey lineages by this publication and the Harvey Surname Association."

The copyright is not for the crests, or actually, the Coat of Arms (COA), themselves, but rather for the CASCADE of COA...or, perhaps the arrangement of them, to form our logo. little logo In other words, it is the LOGO which is copywritten, not the components of which it is comprised. I re-created all the Coat of Arms for this logo, but I used the actual heraldic blazons (the official descriptions from the Heraldic society) to do so, using heraldic clipart and colorizing from the usual color pallet in programs like Microsoft Paint, WebImage and Paintshop Pro.

These really are all Harvey Coat of Arms:

William & Thomas' COA The first (in back) with the three Squirrels, was granted to brothers William and Thomas Harvey in 1636, the first recorded Harveys to homestead in America (originally of Somerset, England, they participated in the colonization of what is now Dorcester, Mass.). The heraldic blason for this Coat of Arms is: "Sable, a fesse or, between three squirrels sejant argent, cracking nuts of the second." It is to this line that most of the Northern Eastern USA Harveys seem to trace their descendency.
Bristol COA
The second, or middle Coat of Arms is the infamous one of the Harveys of Bristol. Most "trinkets" one can purchase off the internet, boasting "your official family coat of arms", in the case of Harvey bear this Coat of Arms. It is the oldest and most widely-associated COA for the Harvey Surname. The heraldic blason for this Coat of Arms is: "Guil, on a bend argent, three trefoils slipped vert."
Longbow's COA
The third, or foremost, Coat of Arms is that of Turner "Longbow" Harvey, presented to him by Henry VIII. The story of it's creation can be read about in "The Harvey Book" by Oscar Jewell Harvey, 1899, which is listed in The Harvey Genealogist Library. The heraldic blason for this Coat of Arms is, in effect: Sable, on a chevron between three longbows argent, 3 barbed arrowtips, as many pheons of the field. This particular COA was not, I believe, ever recorded in the College of Heralds, as it was awarded directly to Turner "Longbow" Harvey by Henry VIII. A large number of American Harveys in, particularly, the Southern part of the USA, trace their descendency to this Harvey Branch.
Another Harvey Coat of Arms is officially documented in Burke's General Amory. The original blazon is: "Or, on a chev. betw. three leopards' heads gu, a crescent of the field." Translated, "Gold; on a red chevron between three red leopards' heads, a gold crescent." Above the shield and helmet is the crest, which is described as: "A silver leopard walking, spotted black, ducally gorged gold and a gold chain placed over its back." I still have some research to do on this, and many other, Harvey Arms.

If you would like to use the individual COAs that I have created for this particular article, all I ask is that you link them back to The Harvey Genealogist. Please do NOT use The Harvey Genealogist Logo, or the COA Cascade image, though. These ARE copyrighted to me, and are exclusive to this site with the exception of my banner, award and icon. If you would like to have a banner or Icon to use as a link from your page to The Harvey Genealogist, please feel free to download any of those found on the Icon page.