Gajewski family with Ostoja coat of arms

The Gajewski family - a Polish noble family with the coat of arms of Ostoja, belonging to the heraldic Clan Ostoja (Moscics),[1][2][3][4] derived from the Błociszewski family, Ostoja coat of arms from Błociszewo in the former of Kościan district of Poznań voivodeship.

[5][6][1] The Gajewski family took their surname from the village of Gaj, located, like Błociszewo, in the former of Kościan district of the Poznań voivodeship, which they had owned since 1475.

[7][1] Listed below are selected source certificates concerning the Gajewski family of the Ostoja coat of arms and the nest villages of Błociszewo and Gaj until the mid-16th century.

Listed below are the most important lands belonging to the Gajewski family with Ostoja CoA.

Błociszewo,[1][5] Brodnica,[1][5] Grabianowo,[11] Gaj,[7] Czacz,[12] Gorzyce, Gorzyczki,[13] Przysieka Polska,[14] Głuchowo,[15] Luciny,[16] Zadory, Roszkowo,[17] Nietrzanowo,[18] Witkówki, Słonin,[19] Śląskowo,[20] Rydzyna,[1] Góra,[21] Wolsztyn,[22] Berzyna, Komorowo,[23] Tłoki,[24] Turzno,[25] Piątkowo,[26] Wałycz[27][28].

Polish medieval CoA Ostoja
Adam Norbert Gajewski, heir of Wolsztyn , father of Col. Franciszek Gajewski
Eleonora Gajewska née Garczyńska, mother of Col. Franciszek Gajewski
Col. Franciszek Gajewski , in an older age
Rtm. Józef Gajewski, decorated with the Order of Virtuti Militari and three times with the Cross of Valor