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John Fontaine 1750–1790 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1750

Birth Location: Beaverdam, Hanover Co., VA

Death Date: 17 Apr 1790

Death Location: VA

Father: Peter Fontaine

Mother: Elizabeth Winston

Spouse(s): Martha Henry

Children(s): John Fontaine, Charles Fontaine, Ann Fontaine, William Fontaine, Martha Fontaine, Patrick Fontaine

The story of John Fontaine began in 1750 in Beaverdam, Hanover Co., VA. John Fontaine married Martha Henry, and had children including Ann Henry Fontaine, Charles D Fontaine, John James Fontaine, Martha Henry Fontaine, Patrick Henry Fontaine, William Winston Fontaine. John Fontaine passed away in 1790 in VA.

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Biography

  • The story of John Fontaine began in 1750 in Beaverdam, Hanover Co., VA.
  • John Fontaine married Martha Henry, and had children including Ann Henry Fontaine, Charles D Fontaine, John James Fontaine, Martha Henry Fontaine, Patrick Henry Fontaine, William Winston Fontaine.
  • John Fontaine passed away in 1790 in VA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Peter Fontaine
1720–1721
Birth Location: Beaver Dam, Hanover Co., VA
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Elizabeth Winston
1734–
Birth Location: Hanover Co., VA
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Spouses(s)

Martha Henry
1755–1792
Birth Location: Fork, Hanover Co., VA
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Children(s)

John Fontaine
1787–1852
Birth Location: Lunenburg Co., VA
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Charles Fontaine
1778–1793
Birth Location: Rock Castle, Goochland Co., VA
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Ann Fontaine
1774–
Birth Location: Lunenburg Co., VA
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William Fontaine
1786–1816
Birth Location: Rock Castle, Goochland Co., VA
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Martha Fontaine
1781–1845
Birth Location: Henry Co., VA
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Patrick Fontaine
1775–1852
Birth Location: Rock Castle, Goochland Co., VA
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John Fontaine's Ancestors

Self
John Fontaine
1750–1790
Birth Place: Beaverdam, Hanover Co., VA
Parents
Peter Fontaine
1720–1721
Beaver Dam, Hanover Co., VA
Elizabeth (Louise) Winston
1734–
Hanover Co., VA
Grandparents
Peter Fontaine
1691–1759
Taunton, Somerset, England
Elizabeth Fourreau
1700–1723
<Dublin, Ireland>
Great-Grandparents
Jacques Fontaine
1658–1728
Anne Boursiquot
1686–1721
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Fontaine
1603–1666
Marie Chaillon
1615–1680

John Fontaine's Descendants

1.
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John Fontaine (1750–17 Apr 1790) m. Martha Henry (Jun 1755–Aft. 1792)
  1. 1. John (James) Fontaine 1787–1852 m. Mary (Carr) Redd 1794–1837
    1. 1. Madison (Redd) Fontaine 1824–1891 m. Elizabeth Gillespie 1836–
  2. 2. Charles (D.) Fontaine 1778–1793 m. Nancy Carrington 1773–1793
  3. 3. Ann (Henry) Fontaine 1774–
  4. 4. William (Winston) Fontaine 1786–1816 m. Martha (Hale) Dandridge 1795–1875
    1. 1. Sarah (Ann) Fontaine 1798–1815 m. Edmund (Burwell) Redd 1790–1815
    2. 2. Anne Fontaine 1810–1807
    3. 3. William (Spotswood) Fontaine 1810–1882 m. Sarah (Shelton) Aylett 1811–1875
      1. 1. Charles (de La Boulay) Fontaine 1838–1856
      2. 2. Philip (Aylett) Fontaine 1845–1862
      3. 3. Marian (Dandridge) Fontaine 1840–1913 m. John (H.) Redd 1801–1827
      4. 4. Alexander (Spotswood) Fontaine 1836–
      5. 5. Sarah (Spotswood) Fontaine 1848–1827 m. Henry Sampson 1847–1915
        1. 1. Corrie (Dandridge) Sampson 1874–1903
      6. 6. William (Winston) Fontaine 1834–1917 m. Mary (Adelaide) Burrows 1809–1830
      7. 7. Patrick (Henry) Fontaine 1841–1915 m. Annie (Elizabeth) Redd 1847–1857
        1. 1. James Fontaine 1888–
        2. 2. John (Winston) Fontaine 1887–
        3. 3. Celeste (Dandridge) Fontaine 1873– m. William (Thomas) Creath 1862–
        4. 4. William (Spotswood) Fontaine 1870–
        5. 5. Ella (Redd) Fontaine 1866–
        6. 6. Patrick (Henry) Fontaine 1877–
        7. 7. Philip (Aylett) Fontaine 1868–
        8. 8. Edmond (Redd) Fontaine 1879–
        9. 9. Matthew (Maury) Fontaine 1890–
    4. 4. Patrick (Henry) Fontaine 1813–1845 m. Sarah (Miller) Cole 1815–1892
      1. 1. Samuel (Cole) Fontaine 1835–1891 m. Mary (Morton) Anderson 1852–1904
        1. 1. William (Hale) Fontaine 1882–1883
        2. 2. Samuel (Cole) Fontaine 1883–1884
        3. 3. Justina (Cole) Fontaine 1887–1969 m. Arthur (B.) Richardson 1882–1903
        4. 4. Robert (Anderson) Fontaine 1879–1955 m. Genevieve Kearfott 1889–1987
  5. 5. Martha (Henry) Fontaine 1781–1845 m. Nathaniel (West) Dandridge 1771–1847
    1. 1. Henry ((Harry) Bolling) Dandridge 1823–1885 m. Adeline (Kenon) Wilbourn 1818–1865
      1. 1. Lightfoot Dandridge 1844–1849
      2. 2. Nannie Dandridge 1844–1849
      3. 3. Henry (Bolling) Dandridge 1844–1850
    2. 2. Rosalie (Spotswood) Dandridge 1794–1811 m. W. (D.) Bradford 1785–1811
    3. 3. Charles (Fontaine) Dandridge 1794–1815 m. McGehee 1794–1815
    4. 4. Anna Dandridge 1795–1813 m. W. Hereford 1787–1813
    5. 5. Martha (Lightfoot) Dandridge 1794–1850 m. Richard Bolton 1785–1811
    6. 6. Nathaniel (West) Dandridge 1794–1815 m. H. Wylie 1794–1815
    7. 7. William (Fontaine) Dandridge 1794–1831 m. Susan (C.) Stith 1781–1830
    8. 8. Elizabeth (Ann) Dandridge 1793–1823 m. William Herford 1765–1822
  6. 6. Patrick (Henry) Fontaine 1775–1852 m. Nancy (Dabney) Miller 1775–1862
    1. 1. Charles (de La Boulay) Fontaine 1817–1871 m. Sally (Ann) Dandridge 1822–1819
      1. 1. Benjamin (Dandridge) Fontaine 1850–
      2. 2. Charles (Dandridge) Fontaine 1846–
      3. 3. John (Dandridge) Fontaine 1842–
      4. 4. Mary (C.) Fontaine 1852–
      5. 5. Bettie (Dandridge) Fontaine 1854–
      6. 6. Patrick (Henry) Fontaine 1855–
      7. 7. Sally (M.) Fontaine 1857–
    2. 2. Nancy Fontaine 1803–1856 m. John Brooks 1790–1872
    3. 3. John (Dabney) Fontaine 1799–1822
    4. 4. Sally Fontaine 1801–1804
    5. 5. Charles Fontaine 1806–1807
    6. 6. Martha (Henry) Fontaine 1798–1881 m. William (H.) Perkins 1800–1871 m. N. (Overton) Redd 1788–
      1. 1. William (Fontaine) Perkins 1841–
      2. 2. Patrick (Henry) Perkins 1829–1910 m. Mary (Jane) Guthrie –1865 m. Martha (Ann Strother) Flood 1841–1914
        1. 1. Fannie (Fontaine) Perkins 1867–1908
        2. 2. William (Flood) Perkins 1872–1930
      3. 3. Cowan Perkins 1834–
      4. 4. Rosalie (Spottswood) Perkins 1837–
      5. 5. Louisa (Ann) Perkins 1825–1852
        1. 1. Martha (Henry) Crawley 1847–
        2. 2. Henry (Wayne) Crawley 1852–
      6. 6. John (Dabney) Perkins 1831–1917 m. Julia (F.) Brown 1843–1928
        1. 1. Elbert (West) Perkins 1867–1938 m. Jessie (Elizabeth) Muir 1872–1955
        2. 2. J. (W.) Perkins 1859–1870
        3. 3. Martha (Warren) Perkins 1861–1944 m. Alfred (Edwin) Smith 1857–1939
      7. 7. Edward (Fontaine) Perkins 1833–1906 m. Catherine McNeally 1843– m. Jennie (F.) Garrett 1838–1874
        1. 1. Thomas (Ira) Perkins 1870–1876
        2. 2. W. (Clyde) Perkins 1867–1869
        3. 3. Edward (Fontaine) Perkins 1873–1873
        4. 4. Lillard Perkins 1860–
        5. 5. Edna (May) Perkins 1864–
        6. 6. Flossa (L.) Perkins 1862–
      8. 8. Charles (Archelaus) Perkins 1827–1904 m. Eusebia (M.) Strange 1825–1915
        1. 1. Mary (Fontaine) Perkins 1850–
        2. 2. William Perkins 1851–
      9. 9. Mary (Lightfoot) Perkins 1836–1904 m. David (I.) Stephenson 1829–1901 m. John (McNaught) Home 1830–1865
        1. 1. Lewis (Olean) Home 1856– m. Eliza (Jane) Moore 1859–
    7. 7. Elizabeth (Louisa) Fontaine 1804–1892 m. Edmund Winston 1799–1875
      1. 1. Patrick (Henry) Winston 1821–1830
      2. 2. Nancy (Miller) Winston 1825–1830
      3. 3. John (Dabney) Winston 1822–
      4. 4. Dorothea (Spotswood) Winston 1831–1852
      5. 5. George (Dabney) Winston 1833–
      6. 6. Patrick (Fontaine) Winston 1845–1906
      7. 7. William Winston 1828–1878 m. Emma (Eloise) Furr 1842–1892
        1. 1. Edmund (Tobias) Winston 1871–1944 m. Florence (Theresa) Seale 1876–1959
        2. 2. Galen Winston 1873–1928
        3. 3. Masina Winston 1874–1928
    8. 8. Edward Fontaine 1814–1884 m. Nancy Swisher 1812–1855 m. Mrs. (Susan Catherine) Britton 1829–1908
      1. 1. Edward Fontaine 1849–
      2. 2. John (Eaton) Fontaine 1860–1898
        1. 1. John (Eaton) Fontaine –1962
      3. 3. Patrick (Henry) Fontaine 1869–1959
      4. 4. Lamar Fontaine –1921 m. Llemuella (Smith) Brickell 1843–1922
        1. 1. Edward (Lamar) Fontaine 1871–
        2. 2. Mary (Agnes) Fontaine 1874–
        3. 3. Jeanie (Wilson) Fontaine 1869–
        4. 4. James (Francis) Fontaine 1875–
        5. 5. Annie (Gale) Fontaine 1877–1907
        6. 6. Henry (Boursuoine Brickell) Fontaine 1868– m. Idonda Hate 1873–1898
        7. 7. Llemuella (Moore) Fontaine 1879–
        8. 8. Lamar Fontaine 1882–1934
    9. 9. Mary (Boursiquot) Fontaine 1808–1891 m. Jesse Perkins 1798–1872
      1. 1. Nancy Perkins 1835–1835
      2. 2. James (Lawrence) Perkins 1841–1914 m. Mathilda (Jane) Sillers 1856–1888
        1. 1. James (Lawrence) Perkins 1882–
        2. 2. Arthur Perkins 1880–1882
        3. 3. Ione Perkins 1891–
        4. 4. Mary (Belle) Perkins 1884–1969 m. Wallace (Bruce) Colbert 1877–1936
        5. 5. Anna ((Anita) Mathilda) Perkins 1887–1987
      3. 3. Jessie Perkins 1848–1902 m. James (Brownlee) Yellowly 1848–1914
        1. 1. Maury Yellowly 1889–1975 m. Joanna Willcoxen 1895–1981
      4. 4. Arthur Perkins 1844–
        1. 1. Ellen (Fontaine) Perkins 1875–
        2. 2. Annie (Shotwell) Perkins 1882–
        3. 3. Laura Perkins 1871–
        4. 4. Jessie (C.) Perkins 1888–
      5. 5. Virginia Perkins 1831– m. Frisby (Augustin) Freeland –1857
        1. 1. Mary (Fontaine) Freeland 1854–
        2. 2. Thomas Freeland 1856–1910
      6. 6. Mary Perkins 1832–1892
        1. 1. Jessie Gale 1859–
        2. 2. Thomas Gale 1857–1934

John Fontaine's Timeline

2 Records

1750
1750
Birth of John Fontaine in Beaverdam, Hanover Co., VA
Beaverdam, Hanover Co., VA
1790
17 Apr 1790
Age 40
Death of John Fontaine in VA
VA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1750
    Event Place: Beaverdam, Hanover Co., VA
    Record Source: fontaine.FTW

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 11 Dec 1999
    Record Source: fontaine.FTW

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1790
    Event Place: VA
    Record Source: fontaine.FTW
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