Also found in The Phelps Family in America is a version of the coat of arms attested to by a heraldic expert from Boston, Massachusetts. From the paper on the back of the original "Phelps Coat of Arms."
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A modern rendering from "Designs of Wonder". |
"He Beareth Argent a Fess Azure Charged with three Mullets Sable, between four Lions Rampant Gules: by the Name of Phelps, being Granted to the Honl. Ralph Phelps, Esqe. of the County of Kent & from that Grant Descends to the Family."
Boston, Feb 2, 1796. A True Copy from Heraldery. Attest Jere Coles, H.A.P.
From The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors, (Save $200 by ordering through us.) By Oliver S. Phelps and Andrew T. Servin. (Get a free, updated index here.)Vol. I, p 204.
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