Fowns History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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• England
• Ireland

Early Origins of the Fowns family

Early History of the Fowns family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fowns research. Another 136 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1142, 1149, 1162, 1172, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1538, 1560, 1600, 1610, 1625, 1673, 1697 and 1708 are included under the topic Early Fowns History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Fowns Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Fowns has been recorded under many different variations, including Fowns, Fownes, Vownes, Faun, Faunce, Vaunce, Vaun, Fones, Foynes, Voynes, Phones, Phowns and many more.

Early Notables of the Fowns family

Distinguished members of the family include

• Richard Fowns (1560?-1625), was an English divine, 'a minister's son and Worcestershire man born.' 1

Migration of the Fowns family to Ireland

Some of the Fowns family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 69 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Fowns family

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Fowns or a variant listed above: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..