Descendants
of John Middleton of Onslow County, NC
Middleton Coat of Arms
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The Middleton coat of arms depicted on this website (see links above) has been in this Middleton family for generations. The family, as best I can tell, considers its Middleton surname to be English, implying English roots. However, this particular coat of arms is Scottish, not English. Thus, we have a dilemma. Which is right: The assumption that we are from English ancestry or the coat of arms as belonging to our distant ancestor? If our Middleton ancestor who came to the colonies from Europe was English, the coat of arms is incorrect. However, if the coat of arms is correct, then we have Scottish Middleton ancestry, not English.
It is interesting that, at a family reunion in 1994, family members were asked to bring the Middleton coat of arms that they had at home to the reunion for a discussion of heraldry. Every individual who brought one had this particular coat of arms. Does this uniformity reflect a remembered truth from the past (the coat of arms is correct for our ancestor) or just good communications and consistency among family members? There is no way to know.
The Middleton Coat of Arms:
Description: Per fess or & gu a lion ramp. & a border embattled all countercharged. Crest a boar’s head erect and erased az. Motto - Guard Yourself.
Source: The above description, which perfectly describes in heraldic style our coat of arms, is taken verbatim from the book titled Burk's General Armory.
Attributed to: In the above referenced book, this coat of arms is attributed to a Captain Robert Middleton (1672), a Scot from the family from which the Earls of Middleton came.
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