On Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 1:42:18 AM UTC-4, Edward wrote:

Joseph,

Helpful as always. Thank you. Presumably these arms are still borne
by members of the family. In understand that the windmill symbolizes
New York City/State, but do not know the exact reference. Was it
simply that windmills were/are common in The Netherlands and New York
was previously known as New Amsterdam or is there something more to
it?

Regards,

Edward

Hi Edward,
My understanding is that the windmill incorporated in the NYC emblem was adopted from the VC arms rather than the other way around.

Regards,
Joe

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