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Fortune Family Crest
Fortune Family Crest
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Where did the French Fortune family come from? What is the French Fortune family crest and coat of arms? When did the Fortune family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Fortune family history?

Noble surnames, such as Fortune, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the French people. The original bearer of the name Fortune, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful Guyenne region of France. In France, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Fortune family originally lived in Guyenne.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Lafortune, Fortune, Fortuné, Fortunat, Fortunade and many more.

First found in Guyenne.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fortune research. Another 155 words(11 lines of text) covering the years 1822, 1859, 1860, 1871, and 1875 are included under the topic Early Fortune History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 61 words(4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Fortune Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fortune Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Eleanor Fortune, who arrived in Maryland in 1662
  • john Fortune, who landed in Maryland in 1662
  • Robert Fortune, who arrived in Maryland in 1669

Fortune Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Anthony Fortune who purchased land in Louisiana in 1721 and by the mid-1800's the Fortunes occupied territories in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and San Francisco
  • Henry Fortune, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1730
  • Frantz Fortune, aged 26, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1737
  • Michael Fortune, aged 22, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1737
  • Malachi Fortune, aged 19, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1737


Fortune Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Patrick Fortune, who landed in New York, NY in 1816
  • Martin Fortune, who landed in New York, NY in 1817
  • James Fortune, who landed in St Clair County in 1857
  • Thomas Fortune, who landed in St Clair County, Ill in 1857

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  • Peter Fortune, American educator and historian
  • Jesse Fortune (1930-2009), American Chicago blues singer
  • Jimmy Fortune (b. 1955), American country music singer
  • Rose Fortune (1774-1864), African-American Black Loyalist and businesswoman, first female police officer in Canada
  • Scott Thomas Fortune (b. 1966), American Olympic gold medalist volleyball player
  • Sonny Fortune (b. 1939), American jazz musician
  • Timothy Thomas Fortune (1856-1928), one of the most prominent black journalists involved in the flourishing black press of the post-Civil War era
  • Lorraine Fortune, Canadian management consultant and partner in Donald M. Fortune & Ass. Ltd who lives in Ontario, Canada
  • Reo Franklin Fortune (1903-1979), New Zealand social anthropologist
  • Dion Fortune (1890-1946), born Violet Mary Firth, British occultist and author

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  1. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
  2. Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
  3. Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.
  4. Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
  5. Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  6. Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
  7. Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
  8. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  9. de la Porte, A. Tresor Heraldique. Paris: F. Casterman, 1864. Print.
  10. D'Hozier Charles. Armorial Général de France. Paris: Dillon, 1875. Print.
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The Fortune Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Fortune Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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