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John Fletcher FORTUNE 1720–1790 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jun 1720

Birth Location: Caroline, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 8 SEP 1790

Death Location: Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA

Father: Thomas FORTUNE

Mother: Lucy Fletcher

Spouse(s): Lucy Williamson

Children(s): William FORTUNE, Elizabeth Fortune, Williamson Fortune, Richard Fortune, Benjamin Fortune, Thomas Fortune, Nancy Fortune, Lucy Fortune, Sarah Fortune, Mary Fortune, Rebecca Fortune, John Fortune, Nickolas Fortune

The story of John Fletcher FORTUNE began in 1720 in Caroline, Virginia, USA. John Fletcher FORTUNE married Lucy Williamson, and had children including Alexander Fitzpatrick Fortune, Benjamin Fortune, Elizabeth Fortune, John Fortune, Lucy Fortune, Mary Fortune, Nancy Fortune, Nickolas Hamner Fortune, Rebecca Fortune, Richard Fortune, Sarah Fortune, Thomas Fortune, William Fortune, Williamson Fortune. John Fletcher FORTUNE passed away in 1790 in Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of John Fletcher FORTUNE began in 1720 in Caroline, Virginia, USA.
  • John Fletcher FORTUNE married Lucy Williamson, and had children including Alexander Fitzpatrick Fortune, Benjamin Fortune, Elizabeth Fortune, John Fortune, Lucy Fortune, Mary Fortune, Nancy Fortune, Nickolas Hamner Fortune, Rebecca Fortune, Richard Fortune, Sarah Fortune, Thomas Fortune, William Fortune, Williamson Fortune.
  • John Fletcher FORTUNE passed away in 1790 in Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas FORTUNE
1686–1758
Birth Location: Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland
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Lucy Fletcher
1690–1730
Birth Location: Caroline, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Lucy Williamson
1723–1789
Birth Location: Caroline, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

William FORTUNE
1758–1833
Birth Location: Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
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Elizabeth Fortune
1759–1783
Birth Location: Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle Cty., Virginia Colony
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Williamson Fortune
1758–1820
Birth Location: St Ann S Parish, Albemarle, VA
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Richard Fortune
1763–1832
Birth Location: Albemarle, Virginia, United States
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Benjamin Fortune
1742–1784
Birth Location: Albemarle, Virginia, United States
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Thomas Fortune
1740–1804
Birth Location: Keene, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
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Nancy Fortune
1769–1848
Birth Location: Albemarle, Virginia, United States
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Lucy Fortune
1749–1789
Birth Location: Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle Cty., Virginia Colony
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Sarah Fortune
1747–1789
Birth Location: Beaverdam Creek, Nelson, Virginia, United States
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Mary Fortune
1762–1849
Birth Location: Beaverdam Creek, Nelson, Virginia, United States
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Rebecca Fortune
1739–
Birth Location: Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle Cty., Virginia Colony
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John Fortune
1744–1772
Birth Location: Albemarle Cty., Virginia Colony
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Nickolas Fortune
1760–1844
Birth Location: Albemarle Cty., Virginia Colony
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John FORTUNE's Ancestors

Self
John FORTUNE
1720–1790
Birth Place: Caroline, Virginia, USA
Parents
Thomas FORTUNE
1686–1758
Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Lucy (Kate) Fletcher
1690–1730
Caroline, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas) Fortune
1655–1733
Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Catherine Purves
1660–1733
Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Fortone
1635–1655
MARGARET HAISTIE
1637–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John FORTUNE's Descendants

1.
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John (Fletcher) FORTUNE (Jun 1720–8 SEP 1790) m. Lucy Williamson (1723–1789)
  1. 1. William FORTUNE 1758–1833 m. Sarah EUBANK 1751–1833
    1. 1. Elizabeth ("Betsy" Eubank) FORTUNE 1799–1880
    2. 2. Richard (E) Fortune 1782–1865
    3. 3. Lindsey (Eubank) Fortune 1792–1875 m. Rebecca Bell 1794–1860
      1. 1. James (B) Fortune 1818–1880
      2. 2. Nancy Fortune 1825–
      3. 3. Minerva (Caroline) Fortune 1828–
      4. 4. John (W.) Fortune 1824–1910 m. Virginia (Jane) Parthiny 1830–1910
        1. 1. Jefferson (Davis) Fortune 1867–1896 m. Laura (Ann) Moncrief 1864–1950
    4. 4. William Fortune 1774–1822
    5. 5. Pleasant Fortune 1780–1840 m. Elizabeth Melton 1801–1876 m. Sultana (Pauliana (Polly)) Fortune 1783–1835
      1. 1. Williamson (G) Fortune 1804–1882 m. Mary (Nancy) Gilmer 1835–1893 m. Elizabeth Slaughter 1807–1838 m. Elizabeth Deck 1805–1847 m. Elizabeth ("Bettie") Chamblee 1818–1851
        1. 1. Mary (Emaline) Fortune 1836–1841
        2. 2. Pleasant (L) Fortune 1838–1882
        3. 3. Williamson (Deck) Fortune 1828–1908 m. Mary (Bernice) Long 1829–1864
        4. 4. Sarah (Ann) Fortune 1841–1926
      2. 2. William Fortune 1802–1868
      3. 3. Sarah Fortune 1805–1866
      4. 4. Martha Fortune 1812–
      5. 5. Harriet Fortune 1816–1869
      6. 6. Mary Fortune 1812–1886
      7. 7. Jane Fortune 1816–1890
      8. 8. Pleasant Fortune 1822–1896
      9. 9. Elizabeth Fortune 1818–
    6. 6. Judith Fortune 1793–
    7. 7. Martha (Patsy) Fortune 1792–1882 m. John (Wilkes) Jr. 1790–1857
      1. 1. William (Nelson "Buck") Wilkes 1816–1899 m. Almanza (Jane) Frey 1829–1909
        1. 1. Nancy (Emeline) Wilkes 1846–1884 m. Robert (Andrew Jackson) Green 1837–1909
        2. 2. James (Makon) Wilkes 1856–1915
        3. 3. Josephine (Daisy) Wilkes 1859–1948
        4. 4. Sarah (Jane "Sallie") Wilkes 1859–1944
        5. 5. John (William) Wilkes 1847–1889
        6. 6. Mary (Caledonia) Wilkes 1850–1866
        7. 7. Emily (C) Wilks 1853–1929
        8. 8. Benjamin (Franklin) Wilkes 1854–1865
        9. 9. Almaya Wilkes 1860–1870
        10. 10. Sarah (Jane) Wilkes 1860–
        11. 11. M. (Floyd) Wilkes 1864–1934
        12. 12. Walter (N.) Wilkes 1859–1862
      2. 2. Mariah (Garland) Wilkes 1820–1888
      3. 3. Cyrena (Teresa) Wilkes 1818–1883
      4. 4. Hilliard (Marshall) Wilkes 1827–1906
      5. 5. Margaret (E) Wilkes 1833–1861
      6. 6. John (B) Wilkes 1824–1883
      7. 7. Edmund (Henderson) Wilkes 1813–1888
      8. 8. Talitha (Annie Wilkes) (Evans) 1834–1915
      9. 9. Emily (V) Wilkes 1831–1852
      10. 10. Nancy (S Wilkes) (Moore) 1814–1905
      11. 11. Jane (A) Wilkes 1829–1889
      12. 12. Sarah (L) Wilkes 1811–1875
    8. 8. Nancy Fortune 1797–1872
    9. 9. Jesse Fortune 1796–1868
    10. 10. Thomas (Nelson) Fortune 1787–1835
    11. 11. John Fortune 1776–1834
    12. 12. Benjamin Fortune 1770–1862
    13. 13. Williamson (Eubank) Fortune 1780–
    14. 14. Mary Fortune 1782–1825
  2. 2. Elizabeth Fortune 1759–1783
  3. 3. Williamson Fortune 1758–1820
  4. 4. Richard Fortune 1763–1832
  5. 5. Benjamin Fortune 1742–1784
  6. 6. Thomas Fortune 1740–1804
  7. 7. Nancy Fortune 1769–1848
  8. 8. Lucy Fortune 1749–1789
  9. 9. Sarah Fortune 1747–1789
  10. 10. Mary Fortune 1762–1849 m. Andrew (J. Brown (Revolutionary War) soldier) 1750–1804
    1. 1. James (F) Brown 1783–1850 m. Emily Cloe 1798–1855 m. Emily (Caroline) Waters 1795–1815 m. Anna Clark 1793–1842
      1. 1. Lucinda Brown 1801–1870 m. James (William) Jones 1801–1870
        1. 1. Mary (Ann) Jones 1823–1904 m. Isaac (C) Conlee 1819–1891
      2. 2. Delilah ((Mary) Jane) Brown 1832–1903 m. Samuel (H Smedley) Jr. 1833–1901
        1. 1. William (Edward) Smedley 1865–1942 m. Myrtle Smedley 1891– m. Frances Foreman 1865–1884 m. Elisabeth Morris 1866–1933
        2. 2. Aaron (Bud) Smedley 1852–1886
        3. 3. David (L) Smedley 1856–1875
        4. 4. Daniel (Boone) Smedley 1858–1947
        5. 5. John (Jackson) Smedley 1868–1940
        6. 6. Fannie (Frances Ann) Smedley 1860–1947
        7. 7. Jackson (B) Smedley 1861–1870
      3. 3. Emily (Ellen) Brown 1834–1895
      4. 4. Sally BROWN 1816–1882
      5. 5. Susan Brown 1823–1881
      6. 6. John (Coly) Brown 1824–1911
      7. 7. Sesa (E.) Brown 1826–1896
      8. 8. Martha (Jane) Brown 1829–1899
      9. 9. Henry BROWN 1836–1836
      10. 10. Coleman Brown 1818–1911
      11. 11. William (W) Brown 1813–1855
      12. 12. Polly (Ann) Brown 1803–
      13. 13. Nancy Brown 1811–1870
      14. 14. Matilda Brown 1839–1915
      15. 15. Stephen Brown 1818–1818
      16. 16. Elizabeth Brown 1803–
      17. 17. Jacob Hall 1811–1870
      18. 18. Travis (?) Brown 1830–
      19. 19. Mahala Brown 1817–1864
      20. 20. JAMES (BROWN) * 1820–1837
    2. 2. Williamson Brown 1798–
    3. 3. Maurice Brown 1800–
    4. 4. Damaris Brown 1802–
    5. 5. Elizabeth Brown 1781–1880
    6. 6. John (W) Brown 1782–1846
    7. 7. Anderson Brown 1784–1851
    8. 8. Margeret Brown 1785–
    9. 9. Nancy Brown 1786–
    10. 10. Lucy Brown 1788–
    11. 11. Sarah Brown 1790–
    12. 12. Mary Brown 1794–1880
    13. 13. Margaret Brown 1796–
    14. 14. Nelson Brown 1792–1851
    15. 15. John (W) BROWN 1785–1846
  11. 11. Rebecca Fortune 1739–
  12. 12. John Fortune 1744–1772
  13. 13. Nickolas (Hamner) Fortune 1760–1844

John FORTUNE's Timeline

4 Records

1720
Jun 1720
Birth of John Fletcher FORTUNE in Caroline, Virginia, USA
Caroline, Virginia, USA
1738
1738
Age 18
John Fletcher FORTUNE was married in Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
1758
December 1758
Age 38
John Fletcher FORTUNE was married
None
1790
8 SEP 1790
Age 70
Death of John Fletcher FORTUNE in Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA
Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jun 1720
    Event Place: Caroline, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1738
    Event Place: Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: December 1758

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 SEP 1790
    Event Place: Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA
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