Various Ensor Family Crest

VARIOUS CRESTS USED BY THE FAMILY OF ENSOR

Endsore, Staffordshire, a cubit arm, (vested), gules, in hand a sword, ar., hilt and pommel, or (gold).

Ensor, Co. Norfolk, a unicorn's head, arg., horned and maned, or (gold).
This is the crest contained in the coat of arms used by the Ensors of Rollesby Hall. (See Burkes The Landed Gentry, 189 5 pp. 587 and 588; and Burkes Dictionary of Landed Gentry, 1846, p. 379.)

Ensor, England, a lion, rampant, per fess, or and sable (gold and black)
in dexter a fleur-de-lis, gules (red or blood?). The per fess is the type of lines used on the shield. Ram-pant is-the position of the lion as shown above; i.e., standing on one leg, with the front two legs outstretched and the right paw holding a fleur-de-lis

Source: Fairbairn's Crests of the Leading Families in Great Britain and Ireland (and their kindred in other lands), pp. 170 and 171, compiled by James Fairbairn, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co., 1963 Baltimore, Maryland.

The above Crests are Courtesy of Ron Cofiell. Ron is doing extensive research on the Ensor surname. You can contact Ron Cofiell at this email address: Cofiellra@aol.com

Spelling variations include: Endesore, Endasour, Endsour, Endasore, Endsaw, Endesaw, Endasaw, Endshaw, Endshore, Enshore, Enshaw, Ensor, Enser and many more.

First found in Staffordshire where they were anciently seated as Lords of the Manor.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.

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