Stevens Genealogy

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Excerpt from Stevens Genealogy: Some Descendants of the Fitz Stephen Family in England and New EnglandThe coat-of - arms of this house, as recorded by the College of Heralds, and continuously in use in the English and American branches, is settled as being: Per chevron, azure and argent, in chief two falcons volant or. In ordinary English, this designates a shield divided by an inverted V, the upper half blue and the lower half silver. In the upper half are two falcons of gold in the attitude of opening their wings to begin flying. In some old descrip tions the word volant, which designates this attitude, is given as rising in chief two falcons rising or. Either description is correct, one being equivalent to the other. The crest is a demi-eagle displayed or - in other words, an eagle of gold showing in front down to, but excluding the legs, and with wings outstretched. It has been sug gested that this eagle may have been intended for a falcon, or the falcons in the shield may Originally have been eagles. And a certain color is given to this suggestion by the fact that in some instances the falcons have been called eagles.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.