Aberdeen

Crest: a star issuing from a crescent, or

Motto: Lumen cæleste sequamur

Origin/Meaning:

Local: from the town of Aberdeen in Aber deenshire. Aber, the mouth of a stream , and Don, the name of the river on which the town is situated.

Citations:
Sanders, and J. Grant, British Crest: Containing The Crests and Mottos of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland; Together with those of the Principal Cities; and a Glossary of Heraldic Terms, Vol II, Edinburgh, Kirkwood & Sons, 1817
James Fairbairn, Fairbairn’s Book of Crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland, Edinburgh, Grange Publising Works, 1892
Clifford Stanley Sims, The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames with a Volcabulary of Christian Names, Albany, N.Y., J. Munsell, 1862
W & A. K. Johnston, The Tartans of the Clans and Septs of Scotland,  With the Arms of the Chiefs, London, W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, 1906