Friday Coat of Arms (American Form)
This
coat of arms came from the Halbert Company of Ohio during the 1970’s, which
claims documentation of the Friday Coat of Arms design can be found in the
Riestap Armorial General. The unique language to describe the individual coat of
arms is as follows:
Translation
of the Arms description to: “D’arg. a _egro annelets de sa.”
= “Silver: with three
black rings.”
Translation
of above the shield and helmet to: Un chapeau conique d’arg., ch. de trios
annelets de sa., ranges en pal; entre deux pl. d’aut. de sa.”
= “A silver
pointed hat, charged with three black rings positioned upright, between two
black ostrich plumes.”
It
is most likely an English, Irish or German Shield of Ancestral heritage. There
has been no Crest found for the Frydig’s/Fridig’s of Switzerland which are
documented in the Swiss Federal Archives to have their (Heimatort)
“Town of Origin” or commune
d'origine, of
that being from Frutigen,
Kandergrund, and Oberwil, Switzerland.
Freytag Coat of Arms (German)
Origin
Displayed: German
Spelling variations include: Freitag, Freytag, Friedag, Frieday, Friedag and
others.
First
found in Westphalia, where the name Freytag emerged in mediaeval times as one of
the notable families of the region.
Some
of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Johan Martin
Freitag, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1751 and Johann Georg Freytag, who
arrived there 15 years later, in 1766.
(Above
is a small excerpt from "Houseofnames" 1800 word history)
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Friday
Coat of Arms (English)
Origin
Displayed: English
Spelling variations include: Friday, Fridaye, Freeday, Freyday, Feraday, Fareday,
Fryeday, Farraday, Farady, Fridey, Faraday, Frieday, Fryday and many more.
First
found in Norfolk where they were anciently seated as Lords of the Manor.
Some
of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: the name
represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great
migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from
Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.
(Above
is a small excerpt from "Houseofnames" 1800 word history)
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© 2000 - 2004 Swyrich Corporation, all rights reserved
Freitag Coat of Arms (Swiss)
Canton: Luzern, Switzerland
Note: No other variation can be found for Fridig,Fridy, or Frydig
Source: http://www.staluzern.ch/cgi-bin/wappen.pl?06/0660.jpg
Fridingen Coat of Arms (German)
Origin Displayed:
Zurich,
Switzerland
Spelling variations include: Fridingen, Friedingen, Friedingen, Fryding, Fridang
and maybe others.
Description: Azure (Blue), a bend argent and in chief a lion rampant or.
Zurich Roll of Arms - 1996
Source: http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ZurichRoll/
Image Source: http://www.silverdragon.org/HERALDRY/ZurichRolls/zroadt2v_files/ZROA07.GIF
http://www.silverdragon.org/HERALDRY/ZurichRolls/zroadt2v.htm
Note: Gwer Fridig (1564) list his name on a Mannlehen, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland land record as Gwer Fryding in 1586. It is believed his father Gwer (~1535) may have been born a Fridingen, Germany or upper Switzerland and dropped the “en” and “n” from the name to become Fridig/Frydig. Fridingen, Germany is 68 miles from Zurich, Switzerland. Conrad Fridang is mentioned many times in Schaffhausen, Switzerland records as Fridang/Friding/Fridingen. Fridang was naturalized in 1392.
Fridingen Coat of Arms (German) ~1459
Origin Displayed:
Fridingen,
Germany (dating 1450-1480)
Spelling variations include: Fridingen, Friedingen, Friedingen, Fryding, Fridang
and maybe others.
Description: Azure, a bend argent and in chief a lion rampant and crown of feathers.
Scheibler Armorial - 1696
Source:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:XIngeram_Codex_101a-Fridingen.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fridingen_Scheibler82ps.jpg
Note: Gwer Fridig (1564) list his name on a Mannlehen, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland land record as Gwer Fryding in 1586. It is believed his father Gwer (~1535) may have been born a Fridingen, Germany and dropped the “en” and “n” from the name to become Fridig/Frydig. Fridingen, Germany is 68 miles from Zurich, Switzerland. Conrad Fridang is mentioned many times in Schaffhausen, Switzerland records as Fridang/Friding/Fridingen. Fridang was naturalized in 1392.
Rudolf von Fridingen Coat of Arms (German) ~1530
Description: Brown Crosses over White Background diagonally left to right. Fridingen Shield in upper right corner has the yellow Lion standing on the White Stripe between Blue background. Left Corner is Brown and Orange. Helmet is Orange.
Bl. 76v (69v) herr rudolf von fridingen, Landescomentur der ballei in elses und burgundi (Rudolf von Friedingen, Landkomtur der Ballei Elsaß-Burgund des Deutschen Ordens) und weitere 8 Komture.
Translation: Bl 76v (69v) Mr rudolf of Fridingen, Landescomentur elses in the Bailiwick and Burgundian (Rudolf von Friedingen, Alsace and Burgundy Komtur the Bailiwick of the Teutonic Knights) and a further 8 commanders.
Coat of arms of the Swabian League united religious and secular estates.
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Source: http://codicon.digitale-sammlungen.de/inventiconCod.icon.%20391.html
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