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Thomas Welch Fortune 1678–1759 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 July 1678

Birth Location: Maryland, Virginia, England or Wales

Death Date: 9 Mar 1759

Death Location: Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: John Fortune

Mother: Ann Gray

Spouse(s):

Children(s): John Fortune

Thomas Welch Fortune was born in 1678 in Maryland, Virginia, England or Wales, the child of John Fortune And Ann Gray. Thomas Welch Fortune had children including John Fletcher Fortune. Thomas Welch Fortune passed away in 1759 in Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Thomas Welch Fortune was born in 1678 in Maryland, Virginia, England or Wales, the child of John Fortune And Ann Gray.
  • Thomas Welch Fortune had children including John Fletcher Fortune.
  • Thomas Welch Fortune passed away in 1759 in Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Fortune
1659–1741
Birth Location: Wales
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Ann Gray
1660–1742
Birth Location: St James, Duke's Place, London, England
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Fortune
1711–1790
Birth Location: Caroline County, Virginia, USA
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Thomas Fortune's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Fortune
1678–1759
Birth Place: Maryland, Virginia, England or Wales
Parents
John Fortune
1659–1741
Wales
Ann Gray
1660–1742
St James, Duke's Place, London, England
Grandparents
Robert Fortune
1639–1701
St Mary, Staines, Surrey, Wales, Somerset, England
Alice Mills
1640–1700
John Gray
–1669
Great-Grandparents
Richard Fortune
1615–1642
DOROTHY Merrett
1619–1639
John (Fitzwilliams)
1580–1644
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Fortune
1593–1623
Joane Merret
1594–1650
George Gray
1557–1618
Jane Fitzwillyams
1559–1617

Thomas Fortune's Descendants

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Thomas (Welch) Fortune (7 July 1678–9 Mar 1759)
  1. 1. John (Fletcher) Fortune 1711–1790
    1. 1. Richard Fortune 1763–1832 m. Mary Lavender 1768–1850
      1. 1. Lavender (Leander Fortune (Slave Owner-5 Slaves - War of) 1812) 1792–1839 m. Millie (M.) Pittillo 1796–1886
        1. 1. Leander (Lavender Fortune) 1 1816–1892 m. Mary (JANE) Ownbey 1821–1865

Thomas Fortune's Timeline

2 Records

1678
7 July 1678
Birth of Thomas Welch Fortune in Maryland, Virginia, England or Wales
Maryland, Virginia, England or Wales
1759
9 Mar 1759
Age 81
Death of Thomas Welch Fortune in Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America
Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 July 1678
    Event Place: Maryland, Virginia, England or Wales

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Mar 1759
    Event Place: Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America
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