describes the original colors of the Osterhout arms: "Silver, 3 black crescents; a narrow red band place diagonally over all." Above the shield and helmet is the crest, which is described as: "A plume of black rooster feathers issuing from a silver pipe; above the crest is the war cry "Duivenvoorde". U.S. pilgrimage There are many branches of the Oosterhout family, with the first having started with Jan Jansen Van Oosterhout who immigrated to Kingston, New York in the 1650s. His descendants initially settled in the states of New England with later branches eventually appearing in most U. S. States and Canada. Another branch of the Osterhout family is believed to have immigrated to the United States in the early 20th century. A branch of the Oosterhout family from Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands immigrated to Texas in 1922. Some possible variations of the name include Oosterhout, Osterhaus, Oosterhoudt, Oosterhouse, Osterhouse, Osterhaut, Osterhoudt, etc. As surname Anna Maria Osterhout, wife of Theodore Miller Edison, daughter-in-law of Thomas Edison Charlie Osterhout (1856–1933), American baseball player David Osterhout, American actor George Everett Osterhout (1858–1937), American botanist Marian Irwin Osterhout (1888–1973), American botanist Mildred Osterhout Fahrni (1900–1992), Canadian peace activist Ralph Osterhout (born 1946), American inventor Winthrop John Van Leuven Osterhout (1871–1964), American botanist As place name Pennsylvania Osterhout, Pennsylvania, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Osterhout Creek, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Osterhout Mountain, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Osterhout Road, Pennsylvania Route 92, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania Osterhout Free Library, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Other places Doane College Osterhout Arboretum, Crete, Nebraska Osterhout Concert Theater, in Binghamton University's Anderson Center for the Performing Arts, Binghamton, New York Osterhout Cottage, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring, New York , Allegan County, Michigan Osterhout Log Cabin, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Osterhout Mound Park, Hannibal, Missouri Osterhout Reservoir, Windsor, Colorado As taxonomy "Osterhout's Milkvetch",Astragalus osterhoutii "Osterhout's Thistle",Cirsium clavatum var. osterhoutii "Osterhout's catseye",Cryptantha osterhoutii "Osterhout's beardtongue", Penstemon osterhoutii "pointtip twinpod",Physaria floribunda ssp. osterhoutii Notes "Van Oosterhout", literally means "of Oosterhout" (see Dutch van and Oosterhout) References See also Ousterhout Surnames