I colorized our Westerfield Dutch Family Coat Of Arms according to the information below it here. Source: I colorized our ancient Dutch Family Coat of Arms on my home computer. Image source: GENEALOGY OF THE WESTERVELT FAMILY compiled by Walter Tallman Westervelt and edited by Wharton Dickinson 1905 which gave the colors as shown below the image. ... As found on the floor of the family tomb in the nave of the Old Church at Harderwijk (Harderwyk), Gelderland (Guelders, Gelre, Geldriae), Netherlands (Holland as written in the book). The extended family included hereditary burgomasters van Westervelt of Harderwijk who ruled from Kasteel De Essenburg (now spelled Essenburgh) and the closely related ruling family of Salland at Kasteel Westervelt (-veldt, -veld, -velde) in Overijssel north of Zwolle whose rulers called Drosts (appointed by the Prince of Orange William the Silent) included Gerard van Warmelo Lord of Westervelt who defeated the Spanish general Spinola at Berkumer Bridge in 1606. It was this place that our name came from ... Mark Edward Westerfield 2024. www.zazzle.com/markewesterfield 2024