Greenhaw
Coat of Arms ~ Family Crests
~ Family Surname Origin ~
Greenhaw Family Historiography
The Greenhaw
Coat of Arms is "Silver; on a black diagonal band, three silver buglehorns stringed gold." The Crest above the shield
and helmet is: "A black buglehorn stringed
gold."
It is a very
old and distinguished family name and is recorded in Burke's General Armoury, British authentic genealogist, according to Nancy Halbert of Halbert's Inc.,
genealogists of
Family mottos
are believed to have originated as battle cries in medieval times. Not all family names were recorded with a
Motto. A Motto was not recorded with the
Greenhaw Coat of Arms.
Surnames were
not in use until after 1100 A.D. The
surname Greenhaw, locational in origin and associated
with the English, means "dweller at the hedged enclosure."
Variations in
the spelling of Greehaw are Greenhalgh,
Greenhaugh, Greenhough, Greenhowe, Greenhow, Greenhaw.
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