VAUGHAN, ETC N EW S L E T T ER
November 1989
EDITOR; Verna Baker Banes
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VAUGHN BRYANT, Rt 19, Box 253. Hot Springs Nati Park, AR 71913 commissioned Ann
Bryant Swift to paint an "arms" for the name of Vaughn/Vaughan. Before producing her rendition
of a particular name, she does extensive research on the surname. She then has it notarized. Here
is her documentation for the painting she made for Vaughn.
FAMILY OF: VAUGHN. VAUHHAN
ARMS Per pale sable and azure strcwi with cross-crosslets counter changed of the field, over
all a tuo-headed eagle or, a border engrailed or.
CREST; An eagle's head erased or.
MOTTO: Non revertar InulCus. "I will not return unavenged"..
AUTHORITY: Burke's "General Armory" 1st edition, page 1050.
TINCTURES AS SHOWN BY DESCRIPTION:
The shield is divided in the center by a horizontal line (per pale), the right side black (sable) and the
left blue (azure), remembering that we read a shield as'If'standing behind It.
The crosses have each arm crossed (crossOcrosalet) and are black on the blue and blue on the
black (counterchanged)
The eagle Is gold (or)
The border is scalloped (engrailed),
The eagle's head as if torn from the body by force (erased) is gold (or).
The helmet is steel.
The wreath is six alternate strands of black and gold.
The mantling is black lined with sold, or blue with gold.
NOTES: Colors represent the personal characteristics of the original bearer and were usually granted
only upon merit. Black represents the fur lining of noble robes and signifies constancy, nobility, purity,
and is the perfect emblem of dignity; blue loyalty, truth and a Codly disposition; gold wisdom, justice,
riches, generosity and an intelligent mind. Black with blue a desire to appease strife; bruises; sea storms;
black with gold long life.
The Pale is the 3rd of the nine so-called Honourable Ordinaries, and a shield divided per pale carries the
same meaning. It denotes military strength anf fortitude and has been bestowed on those who have
impaled or otherwise defended cities or who had supported the government of the sovereigns.
Cross-crosslets as used by the Church of England' denotft the tour-fold mystery of the Cross. All crosses
denote Crusader ancestry.
The eagle Is emblematlcal of a man In action, evermore occupied In high and weighty affairs, one of lofty
spirit. Ingenious, speedy in apprehension and Judicious in matters
Burke records this arms for Vaughan of Co. Essex, England. There are 58 arms recorded Vaughan, many bearing the same or similar charges..
Lover's "Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom": VAUGHAN. Welsh Vychan, little in
stature; answering to Petit, Basset, Little, etc. A personal name of great Antiquity. In the more eminent
families, the Ap was disused in che XVI and XVII centuries. The Vaughans of Uurlcon Hall, co. Salop,
deduce themselves from the renowned Tudor Trevor, the common patriarch of so many noble and gentle
families in the principality. The Vaughans of Penmaen spring from Seissyllt, lord of Mathavarn, in the XIV
century, through Jenkin Vychan, Esquire of the body to King Henry VII, whose son John, adopted the
settled name of Vychan or Vaughan. The Vaughans of Court Field, co. Monmouth, were of good antiquity
before the adoption of the settled surname, in the XVIcentury.
D.A.R. Patriot Index lists A5 of the name as having served in the Revolutionary War; Almond; Benjamin
(3); Caleb; Daniel (2); David; Frederick; Jabez; Cist; James (3) Jesse; .John (9); Jonathan; Joseph(2);
Obadiah; Reuben, Sr.; Richard (2); Robert (2) Samuell; Shadrach; Tliomns (6); Wllllan (4). '
I the undersigned authority, do hereby take oath that the above described Insignia does appear in the afore-mencioncd published heraldic authority.
GIVE UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 24th day of July, 1972 A.D.
ALIEN NATURALIZATION RECORDS: The National Archives-Philadelphia Branch 9th and Market
Sts., Room 1350. Philadelphia, PA 19107 has indexes to naturalization petitions for aliens naturalized in
the Philadelphia (1795- 1963) and Pittsburg (1820-1953).
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