Paton Crest

Coat of Arms: Blue with a gold fleur de lis between three silver crescents

Motto: Virtus laudando Virtue is praiseworthy

Crest: a sparrowhawk

Paton: associated with Clans MacDonald and MacLean

Believed to come from Paton the son of the 14th century Scots nobleman Sir Patrick Herring. Various forms of the name PATON deriving from the Gaelic form of PATON, which is Macphaiden meaning son of Patrick. The Mac was dropped over the years and the spelling was changed but PATON remained the closest to the original.