B50816-Smith

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Name of the family:

Smith

Blason:

Gu. betw. two falcons' wings conjoined and displ. ar. a pile erm. charged with a chief indented az.

Crest(s):

A dove close bearing an olive branch both ppr. gorged with a bar gemel or, beaked and legged gu.

Info about the family:

Damagh, co. Kilkenny; granted by Preston, Ulster, 1638, to William Smith, Esq., of Pnmngh, Secretary to James, h'cirl nf Ormonde, and allowed to William Smith's grandson, Valentine Smith, also of Damngh, 6 August, 1691. The original Patent recites that the Earl of Ormonde was " well pleased that William Smito, of Damagh, co. Kilkenny, should bear some parcell of his arms for a perpetual memory of ye worthy, faithful, and diligent sorvicc done by him to the said earle," and the subsequent confirmation by Carney, Ulster, 6 Aug. 1691, is founded on the foregoing patent, and on the following attestation of the Duke of Ormonde: "I, James, Duke, Marquies, and Earle of Ormond, 4c, at ye request of my servant Valentine Smith, doe hereby certific yt William Smith, late of Damagh, in ye county of Killkeny, somtime my secretary, was brought out of England to my service, and yt his eldest son, Lawrence Smith, was slaine in his Mattes. King Charles his service, in ye seige of Droghedah, being there Capt. of a foote company in Coll. Varneyes Bigament. I further certifie yt ye sd. William Smith, the sd. Lawrence Smith, and his son Valentine Smith aforesd., dureing their service to rae above threescore yeares past hove constantly demeaned themselves with grate integrity, trust, and ffldelity to my service and interest, of which I have had sufficient experience, and therefore I doe recommend ye sd Valentine to my successor as a ffaithfull person to be im-ployed as occation shall require that ye said Valentine and his ffamily having deserved my flavor in this behalfe. Witness my hand and seale at Dublin, ye 12th of March, 1684 "

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