Below is a photograph of a shield of the coat of arms of the Poultney family
as recorded in Burkes General Armory
Formal description of the blazon of arms in the language of heraldry
ARMS : Argent a fess dancettée gules in chief three leopards' faces sable.
CREST : A leopard's head guardant erased at the neck sable gorged with a ducal coronet or.
MOTTO : Melior annus proximus erit - Next year will be better