The Amonett Coat-of-Arms  is a blue (azure) shield charged with two silver (argent) plumes or feathers (panaches) crossed in saltire. In each of the four sections formed by the saltire is one gold star.

The five pointed star is called a "mullet". This is held to be a falling star - not supposed to be fallen from its high estate, but to denote some Divine quality bestowed from above, whereby men shine in virtue, learning and works of piety like bright stars on the earth.

The colors are representative of the personal characteristics of the original bearer and are granted only upon merit. Blue signifies loyalty and truth; silver, sincerity and peace; gold, generosity and elevation of mind; sable, the fur lining of royal robes, constancy and nobility; and red, courage and magnanimity.

The mantling was a large scarf of cloth or leather thrown over the helmet to protect the neck from the heat of the sun, the armor from rust, and to foil the enemy's sword.

  This is the family website of the descendents of John Alvis Amonett and Almira Octivia Irwin Amonett. Born near Byrdstown, Tennessee in 1873 and 1877, respectively, they married in 1894 and within a few years moved their family to Comanche County, Texas. We are their descendents.

The Amonett family roots in America are traced back to Jacob Amonett, a Huguenot refugee from the Protestant-Catholic Revolution in France. Born in France in about 1660-1665, Jacob emigrated to Henrico County, Virginia in about 1700 with his wife and four children, sailing on the ship "Nassau" from Kensington, England.

He was knighted by William of Orange, his Coat-of-Arms showing that he was not only an officer in the French Army, but also in the Holland Army, and he followed the Prince (William of Orange) into England and helped to secure the crown.