The origin of this coat-of-arms can be traced back to 1279, when the cattleman Hebda, brother of Jaranda, performed public deeds of merit to atone for the sins of his murdered brother. One of his brave acts was the killing of a mad ox that had been plaguing the village of Lubania. During the reign of Walter II, King of Poland, the ox head was placed on the shield and the arm with a sword was placed above the crown and was named Pomian. This is a communal coat-of-arms and is shared by other Great Polish Families. (Source, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomian_coat_of_arms)
The Bukaty family has used the bull head with a sword through it for as long as I can remember. Sometimes the bull has a ring in its nose.
The family name "Bukaty" comes from a root, "buk", which is the Polish name for a beech tree. (Source, http://en.bab.la/dictionary/polish-english/buk)
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