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Note: Family COA (Prior)
Origin: English
Coat of Arms: Red with three silver escallop.
Crest: A silver Escallop.
Motto: Speriamo.
Spelling variations include: Prior, Pryor and others.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Thomas Prior who settled in New England in 1630; John Prior settled in Boston in 1635; Margaret Prior settled in Virginia in 1637 with her husband; James, Lewis, Owen, Thomas and William Prior all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1870.
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Liston Family...
Coat of Arms: Red with two green gilly flowers arranged in pale.
Crest: Two hands clasped.
Motto: Poco a poca.
Motto Translated: By little and little.
Spelling variations include: Liston, Lyston, Listen and others.
First found in Midlothian where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: John and Elizabeth Liston arrived in New York in 1811; Michael Liston arrived in Philadelphia in 1856.
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