Witten Coat of Arms



This copy of the Coat of Arms comes from the book "Dad and His Folks ...... A History of the Witten and Graham Families", written by James W. Witten, 1932. The name "Witten", according to the book, came from Saxony into England. The Saxons were one of the Germanic people who dwelt in what is now Holstein. They, along with the Angles and Jutes, conquered and colonized most of England. Old Saxon, or the language of the original Saxon tribes, and Anglo-Saxon, the language of the Saxons of England, are Low German tongues. The language of modern Saxony in High German.

The original version was recorded in Siebmacher's Wappenburch, III 2, Class C. R. 1179, Book S. 5, in the Library of Congress.

Grandmother Ruey used the black and white image, scaled it, and free hand painted the Coat of Arms above. The authentic Coat of Arms for the Wittens has the "Drei Federn" (three feathers) which are Red, White, and Blue.