Foster

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FOSTER

State : Rhode Island

Official blazon

Argent a chevron vert between three hunting horns sable, with a border of the second. On a silver shield a green chevron between three blackhunting horns all within a green border.

Origin/meaning

Foster was named for Senator Theodore Foster, and the arms are the ancient Foster coat with a border for difference, on account of the fact that there is no evidence that Theodore Foster himself used arms.

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