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The meaning of Pruyn is not known,
nor is there any reference to the
Fruit in the family arms, witch are : Or, three (Dutch) martlets .
sable . Crest, a
(Dutch) martlet sable in a vol-à-l'antique d'or. The martlet of French
and Dutch
heraldry differs in shape from that used in English heraldry. Pruym is
not a form of
Pruyn, and moreover is the name of a Dutch family in no way related to
Pruyn, and
witch never writes its name Pruyn. The occasional occurrences in the
early records
of Pruym or Pruim for Pruyn is therefore misleading and an error.
Pruym is also the name of a district and city of
Rhenish Prussia now called Prüm
In ancient geography it also occurs as the name of Bay or Gulf in India.
Pruyn has the various forms of Proen,
Preun, Pruen, Pruin and even Pryn, con-
tracted from Proenen , Pruenen , Preunen , Pruynen , Prunen etc.The
earliest form,
Proenen appears before 1350 in Limbourg , Holland |
