The Forbush Coat of
Arms illustrated above was drawn by an heraldic artist from information
officially recorded in ancient heraldic archives. Documentation for the
Forbush Coat of Arms design can be found in Siebmacher's Wappenbuch, Vol.
91, pg. 26 under the variant Forbus. Heraldic artists of old developed
their own unique language to describe an individual Coat of Arms. In their
language, the Arms (shield) is as follows:
"Quadrirt
mit g. Mittelschilde, worin zwischen drei zu 2. 1 gestellten # Eberkopfen
ein ungebildeter halbmond querliegend: 1, R. mit springendem w. Einhorn,
2. u 3. B. mit w. einwarts gekenhrten gebildeten Halbmonde, uber der
Schulter und in der Rechten eine Flitengabel haltend."
When
translated, the Arms description is:
"Quartered with a gold inner
shield, in it, between three black boars' heads, two over one, a crescent
without a face placed horizontally: 1, red; with a white unicorn rampant;
2 and 3, blue; with a white crescent with a face, facing inwards; 4. a
warrior in armor, facing left, with a musket over his shoulder and in his right
hand holding a musket rest."
Above the shield and helmet is
the Crest which is described as:
"Der Krieger wachsend."
A translation of the crest description is:
"The Warrior issuing".
Family
mottos are believed to have originated as battle cries in medieval times.
A Motto was not recorded with the Forbush Coat of Arms.
Individual
surnames originated for the purpose of more specific identification. The
four primary sources for second names were: occupation, location, father's
name and personal characteristics. Based on our extensive research and our
years of study, into onomastic sciences, we believe the surname Forbush is
locational in origin. Our scholars agree that the name was associated with
the English, Swedes, Germans and Poles and meant, "one who came from
Forbes."
Information
available to us indicates that in 1972, there were approximately 325 heads of
households in the United States with the old and distinguished Forbush
name. The United States Census Bureau in 1970 estimated that there were
approximately 3.1 persons per household in America which means that nearly 1,007
people in the United States bear the Forbush name. In comparison,
some of the most common family names are shared by over two million
people.
