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FAMILY ADKINS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Adkins.

Genealogy of family Adkins, origin of Adkins, provenance of the family name Adkins.

History and meaning for Adkins.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Adkins.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Adkins.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Adkins:

1) The origin of the family name Adkins.

2) The meaning of the family name Adkins.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Adkins.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Adkins.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Adkins have or have been established, among other places, in:

* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Adkins:

* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Adkins:

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The family Adkins appears in the "General The Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales" written by Sir Bernard Burke appeared for the first time in the year 1842. This book contains about 60,000 names as Adkins and are the most comprehensive Collection of Arms, including the Bearings Armorial of Noblemen and Gentlemen of the British Empire, and diverse coats that were seen in churches, familiar mansions, tombs, etc. This book is very valued by who investigate on its ancestors and want to conserve their memory, by means of the history of its well-known actions and the representation of its symbols. Therefore, the name Adkins is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

2) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

3) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* The family name Adkins appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Adkins as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Adkins

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Adkins:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter A index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Adjunta | Go to name Adl | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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