Bryant Coat of arms

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The Foster Family by W.T. Foster

The American flag decorations indicate that the coat of arms is for the American Bryants. The badge of the Daughters of the American Revolution is used because Mrs. Nan Bryant Foster is a descendant of John Bryant, the Revolutionary soldier. The badge of the Grand Army of the Republic is used because her father was a Union soldier in the American Civil war. The star, crescent, moon and chevron belong to all the Bryants as honorary mementos of great achievements in the Crusade wars. The oxhorn war bugle indicates that they belonged to that great nation of Wends who conquered the Roman Empire. The bird, a hawk, called a falcon, meaning the hunter's bird, used instead of hounds. This indicates that the Bryants were among the first families, who were admitted to the hunting sports of the ruling class. Plymouth rock, marked 1620 indicates that a descendant of one of the Mayflower immigrants was an ancestor of the Bryants, a Bryant having married one of those descendants. The lower left corner is a complete old coat of arms of the Bryants. The lion and English flag was an old crest on a Bryant coat of arms for meritorious deeds in the Orange war in defense of the Protestants. The motto:-"Boldly and Faithfully" relates to military services. The lion near the top holding the fleur delys, or lilly is a memento of the defense of the Huguenots in the French wars.
Every descendant of the Bryants has a right to use this coat of arms & it is honorable for them to do so. It should be used on their letter heads & envelopes. The Bryants whose ancestors were not in the Civil war can leave that crest out and may put any other crest in its place to which they are entitled. This may also be said of many other coat of arms which they are entitled. This may also be said of any other coat of arms contained in this booklet. Above explanations apply to the same charges that are contained in the Flint, Foster, Selby, & Terry coats of arms.
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