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BOUWMAN Coat of Arms

" BOUWMAN" means: "man who tills the land"  Or in Dutch: "man die het land bebouwt".
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Shield Layout	Description

The above illustrations have been copied from the "RIETSTAP'S ARMORIAL GENERAL"
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The word (Harlem) is "Haarlem" in Dutch which means the Coat of Arms above was
created for a Bouwman Family in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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D'or au chec. de gu., acc. de trois trefles de sin.
Translates to:

.. GOLD; A RED CHEVRON ACCOMPANIED BY THREE GREEN TREFOILS ..

Trefoil means "three leaves", usually a clover. Trefoils are used for many different coat of arms.

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As quite a number of Dutch people were farmers (in those days), many
people who had taken a name in 1820 might have used the name "Bouwman",
and certainly not all people having that name are blood related.
Some immigrants even used the word "bouwman" to
describe their profession when they went to other countries.
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Note: I have seen the above Coat of Arms modified to be used for the "BOWMAN" families
replacing the three trefoils with Bows and Arrows. The Coat of Arms shown on this site
is shown only for information.  Only blood relatives of that certain Bouwman Family
in Haarlem can make a claim that this Coat of Arms is theirs.
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REVISED SEPT. 14, 2000