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FAMILY CREST:

AKARYS (1), AKASTER (2), ANTRAM (3), ASPINALL (4), ASPINWALL(5), AUNGER (6), BALLANTYNE (7), BALLARD (8), BANNATYNE (10), BLACKMAN (10), BLACKMANE (11), BLACKMORE (12), BOYER (13), BRADFOOT (14), BRAIDFOOT (15), BRADFUTE (16), BROWNE (17), CANNING (18), CATER (19), CHADBORN (20), CHATTERTON (21), CHESTER (22), COCKSHUTT (23), COLLINS (24), CUFF (25), DIDDIER (26), DIDEAR( 27), DODSON (28), DOLBY (29), DOLSEBY (30), DUGDALE (31), DUPUY (32), EVELEIGH (33), FOLLET (34), FORSYTH (35), GARDE (36), GARDINER (37), GARVAGH (38), GILLAM (39), GODFREY (40), GRANTHAM (41), GRIMSHAW (42), HALL (43), HANCOCKE (44), HOLMES (45), HOLROYD (46), KING (47), LANE (48), LEATHES (49), LESLIE (50), LESTER (51), LEWIS (52), LOWE (53), M'GEORGE (54), M'HAFFIE (55), MAJOREBANKS (56), MAJORIBANKS (57), MARJORIBANKS (58), MEVERELL (59), MORRALL (60), MORWELL (61), MOUNTSTEPHEN (62), MOUNTSTEVEN (63), NEAGLE (64), NEWCOURT (65), NEWMARCH (66), PAGE (67), PARES (68), PATESHALL (69), PEERS (70), PIGEON (71), RANDALL (72), REEVES (73), REGAN (74), RIX (75), ROSSON (76), RUSSELL (77), SCOT (78), SCOTT (79), SHADWELL (80), STEADMAN (81), SWAYNE (82), THOMPSON (83), TWISS (84), WALLER (85)

A crest of slightly different shape used by many families.
(1) Eng. (2) Eng. (3) Dors. (4) Preston, Lanc. (5) Manchester. (6) Lond. (7) Sco. (8) Unknown (9) Sco. (10) East Indies and London (11) East Indies and London (12) Eng. (13) unknown (14) Sco. (15) Sco. (16) Sco. (17) unknown (18) Viscount (Canning) (19) Berk. Hunts. and Leic.(20) Glouc. (21) Cambs. (22) Bush Hall, Herts. (23) Lanc. and Salop. (24) unknown. (25) Eng. (26) unknown (27) unknown (28) unknown (29) Ess. and Leic. (30) unknown (31) Eng. (32) unknown (33) Devons. (34) Devons. (35) Sco. (36) unknown (37) unknown (38) Baron, Iri. (39) unknown (40) Eng. (41) unknown (42) High Bank, Lanc. (43) Sco. (44) Devons. (45) Derby (46) unknown (47) unknown (48) Middx. (49) unknown (50) Sco. (51) unknown (52) Salop. (53) Staff. (54) Sco. (55) Sco. (56) Sco. (57) Sco. (58) Sco. (59) Staff. (60) Salop. (61) unknown (62) Northamp. (63) Devons. and Northamp. (64) unknown (65)Devons. (66) Northumb. (67) Somers. (68) Derbs. and Leic. (69) Heref. (70) Oxon. (71) Lond. (72) Iri. (73) Eng. (74) Iri. (75) Eng. (76) Eng. (77) Bucks. (78) Kent, Hunts. and Suss. (79) Salop. and Wel. (80) Eng. (81) Eng. (82) Dors. (83) unknown (84) unknown (85) unknown


The crest is described as "a griffin's head".

The crest was found on a silver fork, hallmarked Exeter, 1867, silversmith maker Josiah Williams & Co (James & Josiah Williams): MORE at JOSIAH WILLIAMS & CO page

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family crest: AKARYS, AKASTER  and many other families of England, Scotland and Ireland silver fork  bearing family crest of AKARYS, AKASTER  and many other families of England, Scotland and Ireland







mark on silver fork  bearing family crest of AKARYS, AKASTER  and many other families of England, Scotland and Ireland




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