The undifferenced Arms of Kenneth MacDonald, born Grand River, Colony of Prince Edward Island, Canada, circa 1850, died Perth-Andover, Province of New Brunswick, Canada, 1906
Posthumous Armorial Bearings of Harry Coleman MacDonald, differenced for the sixth son of Kenneth MacDonald, born 8 July 1891 in Perth-Andover, County of Victoria, Province of New Brunswick, Canada, died 10 July 1962 in Worcester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA.
Geoffrey Leith MacDonald, Castleton-on-Hudson, New York, USA, great-grandson of Kenneth MacDonald, grandson of Harry Coleman MacDonald, first son of Phillip Leith MacDonald, holds the right to inherit, rematriculate and exhibit these undifferenced cadet Arms.
Quarterly, first Argent, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure; second Or, a dexter arm vambraced and gauntleted fessways Proper holding a cross crosslet fitchée Gules; third Or, a lymphad sails furled oars in action Sable flagged Gules; fourth Azure, a plumbline between two garbs Or; all within a bordure Sable. Above the shield is placed an Helm befitting his degree with a mantling Gules doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest a double bitted axe Proper embedded bendways in an oak stump eradicated with a sprout fructed Proper and in an Escrol over the same this Motto “PER FIDEM PER SPEM”
Based on a cadet matriculation of Arms recorded on page 102 of Volume 89 of the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.
Adapted from rendering by Natalie Yegerov, American College of Heraldry
Armorial Bearings of Geoffrey Leith MacDonald, Jr. heir apparent, West Coxsackie, New York, USA. Great-great-grandson of Kenneth MacDonald, great-grandson of Harry Coleman MacDonald, grandson of Phillip Leith MacDonald, first son of Geoffrey Leith MacDonald. (Courtesy)
Arms are to be borne debruised of a label of three points Azure at the honour point during the lifetime of the Armiger’s father.
Adapted from rendering by Natalie Yegerov, American College of Heraldry
Armorial Bearings of Leith Eric MacDonald, Valatie, New York, USA, heir apparent. Great-great-great-grandson of Kenneth MacDonald, great-great-grandson of Harry Coleman MacDonald, great-grandson of Phillip Leith MacDonald, grandson of Geoffrey Leith MacDonald, first son of Geoffrey Leith MacDonald, Jr. (Courtesy)
Arms are to be borne debruised of a label of five points Azure at the honour point during the lifetimes of the Armiger’s father and grandfather.
Adapted from rendering by Natalie Yegerov, American College of Heraldry
Armorial Bearings of Kade Leith MacDonald, heir apparent. Great-great-great-great-grandson of Kenneth MacDonald, great-great-great-grandson of Harry Coleman MacDonald, great-great-grandson of Phillip Leith MacDonald, great-grandson of Geoffrey Leith MacDonald, grandson son of Geoffrey Leith MacDonald, Jr., first son of Leith Eric MacDonald. (Courtesy)
Arms are to be borne debruised of a label of seven points Azure at the honour point during the lifetimes of the Armiger’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Adapted from rendering by Natalie Yegerov, American College of Heraldry
Armorial Bearings of Bruce Coleman MacDonald, born Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, 29 March 1942, died Barnstable, Massachusetts, 11 August 2013. Differenced for the third son of the sixth son of of Kenneth MacDonald.
… all within a bordure Sable charged with three mullets Or.
Matriculated and recorded on page 102 of Volume 89 of the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.
Privately recorded as Registration No. 3618 in the Archives and Records of the American College of Heraldry, 11 July 2013.
Rendered by Natalie Yegerov, American College of Heraldry
Funerary hatchment of Carolyn Ann (Bohmann) MacDonald, widow of Bruce Coleman MacDonald, born Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, 17 May 1940, died Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, 18 December 2017. A hatchment is a memorial rendering of Arms on a lozenge-shaped frame with a black or black-and-white background, depending on marital status. The hatchment above breaks with convention, displaying a single woman’s lover’s knot, usually displayed by spinsters, rather than widows. The knot is often shown in blue.
Rendered by David Robert Wooten, American College of Heraldry
Armorial Bearings of The Rev. Gary Bruce MacDonald of Orange County, State of North Carolina, USA. Great-grandson of Kenneth MacDonald, grandson of Harry Coleman MacDonald, first son of Bruce Coleman MacDonald. Original petitioner to Scotland’s Court of the Lord Lyon for Arms in memory of an ancestor.
Arms are to be borne debruised of a label of three points Azure at the honour point during the lifetime of the Petitioner’s father (since removed). Above the shield is placed an ecclesiastical hat with one tassel on either side Sable, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto “PER FIDEM PER SPEM”; and for Pennon 120 centimetres or thereby in length with rounded end of these Liveries Argent and Gules with Azure, a saltire Argent in the hoist, bearing his Motto “PER FIDEM PER SPEM” in two lines counterchanged, the said Pennon being limited to the Petitioner and his successors in the said Armorial Bearings.
Matriculated and recorded on page 102 of Volume 89 of the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.
Privately recorded as Registration No. 3618 in the Archives and Records of the American College of Heraldry, 11 July 2013. Recorded as Registration No. 20150610K with the U.S. Heraldic Registry, 10 June 2015. Recorded as Registration No. 0350 in The Armorial Register – The International Register of Arms, 7 August 2015. Recorded at the New England Historic Genealogical Society 27 April 2021.
Art by David Allan, Court of the Lord Lyon.
Armorial Bearings of Jeffrey Bohmann MacDonald, heir apparent, of Dallas, Texas, USA. Great-great-grandson of Kenneth MacDonald, great-grandson of Harry Coleman MacDonald, grandson of Bruce Coleman MacDonald, son of Gary Bruce MacDonald. (Courtesy)
Arms are to be borne debruised of a label of three points Azure at the honour point during the lifetime of the Armiger’s father.
Privately recorded as Registration No. 20150610L with the U.S. Heraldic Registry, 10 June 2015
Rendered by Natalie Yegerov, American College of Heraldry
Armorial Bearings of Maxwell Paul MacDonald, heir apparent, Dallas, Texas, USA, Great-great-great grandson of Kenneth MacDonald, great-great-grandson of Harry Coleman MacDonald, great-grandson of Bruce Coleman MacDonald, grandson of Gary Bruce MacDonald, son of Jeffrey Bohmann MacDonald. (Courtesy)
Arms are to be borne debruised of a label of five points Azure at the honour point during the lifetimes of the Armiger’s father and grandfather.
Privately recorded as Registration No. 20150610M with the U.S. Heraldic Registry, 10 June 2015
Rendered by Natalie Yegerov, American College of Heraldry
Draft Armorial Bearings of Jonathan Reid MacDonald of Denver, Colorado, great-great grandson of Kenneth MacDonald, great-grandson of Harry Coleman MacDonald, grandson of Bruce Coleman MacDonald, son of Gary Bruce MacDonald. These Arms interpret the Stodart System of cadency to show that Jonathan is the second son of Gary, who inherited matriculated Arms from Bruce.
… all within a bordure parted by fess Sable charged with three mullets Or and chequy Sable and Or.
These Arms have not been assumed nor registered, and have neither been validated or granted by the Lyon Court, and are for illustrative purposes only.
Rendered by David Wooten, American College of Heraldry
Draft Armorial Bearings of Joshua Corbin MacDonald of Kenner, Louisiana, great-great grandson of Kenneth MacDonald, great-grandson of Harry Coleman MacDonald, grandson of Bruce Coleman MacDonald, son of Gary Bruce MacDonald. These Arms interpret the Stodart System of cadency to show that Joshua is the third son of Gary, who inherited matriculated Arms from Bruce.
… all within a bordure parted by fess Sable charged with three mullets Or and Argent.
These Arms have not been assumed nor registered, and have neither been validated or granted by the Lyon Court, and are for illustrative purposes only.
Rendered by David Wooten, American College of Heraldry
The Coleman Armorial 