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~~~~~~~~Elmer Elmore Genealogy Crest Description~~~~~~
"Elmer (Risby, Co. Lincoln) ar. a cross sa. betw. four Cornish choughs ppr. Crest: On a chapeau az. turned up erm. two wings expanded out of a ducal coronet."
In a churchyard in Hertford Co., Eng., on an altar tomb appears the arms of Richard Elmer, Esq., who died July 5, 1732, as follows:
"A cross charged with five roundlets between four Cornish Choughs - Elmer - impaling - on a chief indented three lions rampant.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet an eagle's head, charged with a roundlet between a pair of wings displayed."
Another description of Elmer Arms is found in Burke as follows:
"Elmer: Per bend embattled ar. and gu. six martletts countercharged."
The early settlers were mostly engaged in farming and the various trades, and they had large families, but in the later generations educated and professional men and women appear, and their rank in that respect and in good citizenship, official position and military service, compares favorably with the descendants of the early settlers in general.