BETHUNE

(origin: Local) From the town of Bethune, a fortified town, and capital of a county in Artois, Netherlands.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

BETHUNE. Tills Illustrious name Is traceable, beyond question, to Robert, surnamed Faisseus, seigneur of the town of Bethune, in Artois, in the year 1000, and there is good reason to suppose that he was a descendant of the ancient Counts of Artois. His descendants, Avho were ennobled in every grade and in various countries, reckon among theirnumbermany princes of Hainault in Flanders, Cardinal Beaton in Scotland, and the great Due de Sully in France. See L'Histoire Genealogique de la maison De Bethune par Andre du Chcsne, Paris, 1G39. (See Beaton).

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.