Some Foisy Coat of Arms
This was from a family living in Champagne, who may be related to our Pierre. It is possible that this family was involved in the breeding of swans, or had a lot of them near their home. My opinion is that this has more probability of being our coat of arms than the others, but since many families with the same surname often had their own coat of arms, it is only a slight chance. Reitstap's Armorial defines this as follows : Foissy D'azur, à un cygne d'argent, becqué de gueules, membré de sable.
This one was used by a Foisy family in Paris, and shows two hands clasped together in a handshake while holding a saw. This saw indicates that they were wood-cutters i.e Lumberjacks. My understanding is that the handshake represents their unity through their faith in God. "Foi" (pronounced 'fwaw') is the french word for faith, and "scie" (sea) is saw. "Foi - scie" is how the french pronounce this name to this day, while the anglisized version is like "noisy." Reitstap's definition is Foissy D'azur, à une Foi d'argent, tenant une feuille de scie de sable, posée en pal.
This is known simply as Foi, and is described as "On appelle ansi deus mains dextres jointes enseblems et posées en fasce." The English version is simply "Two Hands Clasped" I have included it only to show the relation to the one above it.
The publishing company, or rather the fraud artists at Halberts promote this as being the Foisy Coat of Arms. Since their book on the family is nothing more than a collection of Foisy phone numbers probably collected from phone books, I strongly recommend avoiding anything they peddle. They don't even mention our first known Foisy, Pierre. It is interesting they too use the helmut and shield background very similar to the Swyrich one shown below. The sheild part comes from Reitstap's Armorial and is described as " D'argent, à la croix potencée de gueules, au chef d'or chargé de trois merlettes de sable. " Foisy des Urbains de Villeneuve.
This was obtained from the Hall of Names at Upper Canada Village in Ontario. It was provided by a distributor of Swyrich. Other than the brief history lesson the write-up provides, it's not worth the paper it was printed on.) They indicate the name has it's origins in Normandy, but I have yet to find record of any Foisy's having ever lived there.
There is another COA for which I have no picture but is described as:
Foisy de Bellancourt, Orleanais, Maine : D'Or au chevron de gueules accompagné en chef de deux trèfles et en point d'un fer de lance, la point en bas, soutenu par un croissant de (?). (Reference found Here)
From what I can tell, Fer-de-Lance is either a type of snake, or the tip of a spear. The flag is gold on he top third, with Red on the bottom. With one of those crosses (like a plus sign) that has either a spear head on the ends, or possibly a snake. It is crossed by, or crossing something. (If anyone can clarify, please let me know)
If anyone has Foisy Coat of Arms not shown here and would be willing to send me a copy, please contribute so I can include it.
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