The Greenwood Name & Coat of Arms

The Greenwood Coat of Arms

This coat of arms was used by the descendants of Wymoarus Greenwode about 1154.

The coat of arms is describe thus: Sable, a chevron ermines between three saltiers argent.

Evidently this coat of arms has been found in most of the branches of the Greenwood family and in some churches near Heptonstall, England where Greenwood names have been recorded.

Heptonstall is also the town from which the Drapers of America hail. In that town exists today a Draper Lane. The Drapers were given land there after aiding William the Conquerer quell the rebellions. 700 plus years after the date above the Greenwoods and Drapers came together with the 1909 Marriage of my grandparents in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ona America Draper 1886-1979 and Heber Clyde Russell 1886-1946 (Heber Clyde Russell is the grandson of William Greenwood Russell who added Russell as a surname but was born a Greenwood, which was discussed in a prior posting.