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State: [[Rhode Island]] | |||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Sable a chevron ermine between three pistols or, on a chief gules a quill pen argent. On a black shield an ermine chevron between three golden pistols, with a silvery quill pen on a red strip at the top. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were designed in the 1930s. | |||
The town was named for Stephen Hopkins. The chief motive of the device is the ancient arms of the Hopkins family, but as there is no evidence that Stephen Hopkins himself used any coat of arms, a chief has been added for difference in accordance with heraldic usage, and this chief is charged with a quill pen, significant of the fact that Hopkins was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. | |||
The town nowadays uses the arms in different colours and with a scroll: | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:08, 11 August 2024
HOPKINTON
State: Rhode Island
Official blazon
Sable a chevron ermine between three pistols or, on a chief gules a quill pen argent. On a black shield an ermine chevron between three golden pistols, with a silvery quill pen on a red strip at the top.
Origin/meaning
The arms were designed in the 1930s.
The town was named for Stephen Hopkins. The chief motive of the device is the ancient arms of the Hopkins family, but as there is no evidence that Stephen Hopkins himself used any coat of arms, a chief has been added for difference in accordance with heraldic usage, and this chief is charged with a quill pen, significant of the fact that Hopkins was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
The town nowadays uses the arms in different colours and with a scroll:
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