A record of documented arms, meaning and origin, researched for the Ferson family of Poland.
J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Blazon (the actual original written record)“d'or. C.: trois roses de gu., tigées et feuillées de sin.”
The Ferson arms were recorded in Poland, c. 1772.
Arms such as these were typically recorded in Mazovia.
Mazovia held Warsaw, the Polish court and the assemblies where the szlachta met. Poland's nobles were unusually numerous and every one of them bore arms, and Warsaw is where those arms were argued over and recorded.
This is where the arms were entered in the register. Families often moved to other parts of the country, so the same name can turn up in more than one region.
The body that granted and recorded arms in Poland in this period.
Reigning in Poland when the Ferson arms are first recorded.
Polish noble families shared a single coat of arms across many different surnames, creating large clans rather than individual designs. These symbols were held collectively by all members of the clan regardless of their specific family name. When a new family joined the nobility, they were adopted into an existing clan and began using that group's established shield.
The history of the Ferson family is deeply rooted in the historical region of Mazovia, where members were documented as residents by 1772. During this period, Mazovia was a central part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a landscape defined by shifting borders and complex social structures. Families living in this area often navigated the transition between rural life and the evolving administrative systems of the late eighteenth century. The name itself suggests a distinct lineage that maintained a presence in this region through generations of agricultural and community development. By settling in Mazovia, the early Ferson family became part of a resilient population that endured the significant political changes occurring in Central Europe during the late 1700s. Their presence in the historical records from this time serves as a testament to their long-standing connection to the Polish heartland.
A Germanic or Old Norse term related to a horse or stallion.
