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Peter Fontaine 1691–1759 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1691

Birth Location: Taunton, Somerset, England

Death Date: Aug 1759

Death Location: Westover, Charles City Co., VA

Father: Jacques Fontaine

Mother: Anne Boursiquot

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Wade, Sarah Wade, Elizabeth Fourreau

Children(s): Sarah Fontaine, Peter Fontaine, Mary Fontaine, Moses Fontaine, Elizabeth Fontaine, Abraham Fontaine, Aaron Fontaine, Joseph Fontaine

Peter Fontaine was born in 1691 in Taunton, Somerset, England, the child of Jacques James Fontaine And Anne Elizabeth Boursiquot. Peter Fontaine married Elizabeth Fourreau, Elizabeth Wade, Sarah Wade, and had children including Aaron Fontaine, Abraham Fontaine, Elizabeth Fontaine, Joseph Fontaine, Mary Anne Fontaine, Moses Fontaine, Peter Fontaine, Sarah Fontaine. Peter Fontaine passed away in 1759 in Westover, Charles City Co., VA.

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  • Peter Fontaine was born in 1691 in Taunton, Somerset, England, the child of Jacques James Fontaine And Anne Elizabeth Boursiquot.
  • Peter Fontaine married Elizabeth Fourreau, Elizabeth Wade, Sarah Wade, and had children including Aaron Fontaine, Abraham Fontaine, Elizabeth Fontaine, Joseph Fontaine, Mary Anne Fontaine, Moses Fontaine, Peter Fontaine, Sarah Fontaine.
  • Peter Fontaine passed away in 1759 in Westover, Charles City Co., VA.

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Peter Fontaine's Ancestors

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Peter Fontaine
1691–1759
Birth Place: Taunton, Somerset, England
Parents
Jacques (James) Fontaine
1658–1728
Jenouille an estate near the borough of Veaux, France
Anne (Elizabeth) Boursiquot
1686–1721
Barnstable, Devonshire, England
Grandparents
James ((Jacques)) Fontaine
1603–1666
Rochelle, Poitou Prov, France
Marie Chaillon
1615–1680
Rue au Roy near Pons, Saintonge, France
Great-Grandparents
Jacques Fontaine
1549–1633
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jean Fontaine
1500–1563
Guyonne Royer
1377–1409

Peter Fontaine's Descendants

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Peter Fontaine (1691–Aug 1759) m. Elizabeth Wade (ABT 1695–) m. Sarah Wade (1715–10 Aug 1784) m. Elizabeth Fourreau (1700–Bet. 1723–1788)
  1. 1. Sarah Fontaine 1744–1745
  2. 2. Peter Fontaine 1720–1721 m. Elizabeth (Louise) Winston 1734–
    1. 1. James Fontaine 1761–1790
    2. 2. Judith Fontaine 1763–
    3. 3. Susanna Fontaine 1765–
    4. 4. Edmund Fontaine 1754–1759
    5. 5. Sarah Fontaine 1755–
    6. 6. Mary (Ann) Fontaine 1759–1799 m. Bowles Armistead 1752–1785 m. John Lewis –1825
      1. 1. Peter (Fontaine) Armistead 1778–1866
      2. 2. Mary (Bowles) Armistead 1783–1864
      3. 3. Elizabeth Armistead 1780– m. Ludwell Lee 1761–1836
        1. 1. Eliza (A.) Lee 1807–
    7. 7. William Fontaine 1751–1810 m. Anne Morris 1756–1852
      1. 1. James Fontaine 1773–1875
        1. 1. John Fontaine 1794–1868 m. Mary (White) Dill 1804–1853
      2. 2. Edmund Fontaine 1801–1869
    8. 8. John Fontaine 1750–1790 m. Martha Henry 1755–1792
      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
        4. 4. Patrick (Henry) Fontaine 1813–1845 m. Sarah (Miller) Cole 1815–1892
      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
        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
        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–
        7. 7. Elizabeth (Louisa) Fontaine 1804–1892 m. Edmund Winston 1799–1875
        8. 8. Edward Fontaine 1814–1884 m. Nancy Swisher 1812–1855 m. Mrs. (Susan Catherine) Britton 1829–1908
        9. 9. Mary (Boursiquot) Fontaine 1808–1891 m. Jesse Perkins 1798–1872
  3. 3. Mary (Anne) Fontaine 1718–1719 m. Isaac Winston 1713–1766
    1. 1. William Winston 1740–
    2. 2. Peter Winston 1741–1784 m. Elizabeth Povall 1751–1782
      1. 1. Mary (Ann) Winston 1772–
    3. 3. Isaac Winston 1745– m. Susanna Smith 1746– m. Elizabeth Smith 1750–
  4. 4. Moses Fontaine 1742–1743 m. Elizabeth Ballard 1746–
    1. 1. Peter Fontaine 1768–
    2. 2. Ballard Fontaine 1770–
    3. 3. William Fontaine 1772–
    4. 4. Tabitha Fontaine 1774–
    5. 5. Eliza Fontaine 1776–
  5. 5. Elizabeth Fontaine 1747–1748 m. William Mills 1747–
    1. 1. William (Fontaine) Mills 1769–
    2. 2. Aaron Mills 1771–
    3. 3. Francis Mills 1773–
    4. 4. Sarah Mills 1775– m. George Dunn 1779–1865
      1. 1. Robert Dunn 1793–
      2. 2. John Dunn 1799–1851
      3. 3. Jacob Dunn 1803–1877
      4. 4. Moses Dunn 1805–
      5. 5. James Dunn 1807–
      6. 6. Elizabeth Dunn 1809–
      7. 7. Susanna Dunn 1811–
      8. 8. Maria Dunn 1812–
      9. 9. William Dunn 1811–1877 m. Sarah Poorman 1810–
        1. 1. Margaret (Jane) Dunn 1831–1920 m. Robert (Allen) Shaw 1831–1913
      10. 10. Peter Dunn 1814–
      11. 11. George Dunn 1815–
  6. 6. Abraham Fontaine 1756–1832
  7. 7. Aaron Fontaine 1753–1823 m. Elizabeth (Thruston) Whiting 1771–1822 m. Barbara (Overton) Terrell 1756–1798
    1. 1. Alexander (Madison) Fontaine 1806–
    2. 2. Mary (Anne) Fontaine 1778–1779 m. Fortunatus Cosby 1767–1846
      1. 1. Eliza (Sydnor) Cosby 1797–1841 m. Charles (Minn) Thruston 1793–1854
      2. 2. Fortunatus Cosby 1801–1871 m. Ellen Blake –1848
        1. 1. Robert Cosby –1853
        2. 2. Ellen (Blake) Cosby 1828–1901
        3. 3. Mary Cosby 1833–1881 m. Lucius Rich –1862
      3. 3. Fontaine Cosby 1803–
    3. 3. Sarah (F.) Fontaine 1787–1788 m. George (Rogers Clark) Floyd 1781–1821
      1. 1. John (G.) Floyd 1810–
      2. 2. Jane (Buchannan) Floyd 1811–
    4. 4. Ann (Overton) Fontaine 1790–1819 m. John (Jeremiah) Jacob 1778–
      1. 1. John (Jeremiah) Jacob 1819–
        1. 1. Anne (Overton) Jacob 1846–
        2. 2. Susan (Bullitt) Jacob 1849–1851
        3. 3. Matilda (Pope) Jacob 1854–
        4. 4. Evelyn ("Irina") Jacob 1852–
        5. 5. Jacob 1860–1860
        6. 6. Edward-Anne Jacob 1862–
      2. 2. Mary (Goodwin) Jacob 1817–
      3. 3. Matilda (Prather) Jacob 1815–
    5. 5. Henry (Whiting) Fontaine 1807–1839
    6. 6. Emmeline Fontaine 1809–
    7. 7. Matilda (Martha) Fontaine 1782–1850 m. Thomas Prather 1770–1823
      1. 1. James (Smiley) Prather 1801–1860 m. Louisa (Winifred) Martin 1804–1890
      2. 2. Mary (Jane) Prather 1809–1883 m. Charles (M.) Way 1800–1873 m. Worden (Pope) Churchill 1804–1830
        1. 1. Worden (P.) Churchill 1830–1916
        2. 2. W. (H.) Way 1838–1883
      3. 3. Matilda Prather 1811–1844 m. Samuel (Smith) Nicholas 1797–1869
      4. 4. Maria (Julia) Prather 1814–1840 m. Henry Clay 1811–1847
        1. 1. Henry Clay 1833–1862
        2. 2. Matilda Clay 1835–
        3. 3. Martha Clay 1836–
        4. 4. Anne Clay 1837–
        5. 5. Thomas (Julian) Clay 1840–1863
      5. 5. William Prather 1804–1876 m. Penelope Pope 1818–1848
        1. 1. Julia (Clay) Prather 1838–1866
        2. 2. Martha (Pope) Prather 1844–1850
        3. 3. Penelope ("Eppie") Prather 1849–1926
        4. 4. Margaret Prather 1849–1919
        5. 5. Maria Prather 1846–1847
      6. 6. Catherine (Cornelia) Prather 1816–1844 m. Edward (P.) Humphrey 1809–1887
        1. 1. Adies Humphrey 1842–1843
    8. 8. William (Maury) Fontaine 1793–1872 m. Elizabeth (Garnett) Pearson 1799–1864
      1. 1. Aaron (Terrell) Fontaine 1821–1902 m. Sarah Poole 1825–1902
      2. 2. James (Henry LaFayette) Fontaine 1826–1850
      3. 3. Martha (Matilda Prather) Fontaine 1834–1858 m. Charles Poole 1823–1857
      4. 4. John (Maury) Fontaine 1824–1882 m. Sarah (Cornella) Griffin 1846–1899
      5. 5. George (Peter Cosby) Fontaine 1836–1919 m. Martha ("Mattie" Duncan) Meyers 1855–1906 m. Margaret (A.) Dumas 1837–1876
      6. 6. Carolyn (Elizabeth) Fontaine 1828–1853 m. Lycurgus Poole 1821–1853
      7. 7. Walter (Fleming) Fontaine 1839–1898 m. Naomi Alston 1848–1904
      8. 8. William (Floyd) Fontaine 1818–1892 m. Catherine (Esther) Philen 1826–1894
        1. 1. Dory (F.) Fontaine 1842–
        2. 2. Mariah (Barbara) Fontaine 1844–
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Florence) Fontaine 1845–
        4. 4. Alma (A.) Fontaine 1860–
        5. 5. Matthew (Maury) Fontaine 1860–
        6. 6. Onie (Caroline) Fontaine 1851–
        7. 7. Peter Fontaine 1865–
        8. 8. Mary Fontaine 1862–
        9. 9. Mirabella Fontaine 1848–
        10. 10. LaFayette (Lysurgus) Fontaine 1858–1880
        11. 11. Kate Fontaine 1870–
        12. 12. Martha (Matilda) Fontaine 1854–
        13. 13. John (Floyd) Fontaine 1867–1901 m. Sally (Lucretia) Drinkard 1869–1940
      9. 9. Ann (America Vernon) Fontaine 1832–1877 m. Jessie (Jones) Hendrix 1825–1883
        1. 1. Leonce (Fontain) Hendrix 1860–1945 m. Martha ("Tiny" Catherine) Oates 1866–1942
        2. 2. Walter (Bolin) Hendrix 1867–1950
        3. 3. Jessie Hendrix 1862–1943 m. Joel ("Scrap" Phillip) Thompson 1850–1940
        4. 4. Martha ("Mamie") Hendrix 1855–1856
        5. 5. Harvey (Dwight) Hendrix 1875–1949 m. Renna (C) Gibson 1894–1925
        6. 6. Alexander (Floyd) Hendrix 1870–1951 m. Ossie (Annie) Thompson 1877–1941
    9. 9. Elizabeth Fontaine 1780–1807 m. Edmund Bullock –1852
      1. 1. Edmund Bullock 1800–
      2. 2. Mary (Fontaine) Bullock 1806–
      3. 3. William (Fontaine) Bullock 1807–
      4. 4. Edward Bullock 1803–
      5. 5. Mary (Anne) Bullock 1800–1836
    10. 10. America Fontaine 1791–1844 m. William (Sidney) Vernon 1779–1873
      1. 1. George (Talbot) Vernon 1810–
      2. 2. Harriett (King) Vernon 1812–1815
      3. 3. W. (Sidney) Vernon 1814–1814
      4. 4. W. (Sidney) Vernon 1816–1816
      5. 5. Charles (F.) Vernon 1818–1851
      6. 6. Mary (Ann) Vernon 1819– m. Nathaniel Wolf 1810–1865
        1. 1. Ella (Vernon) Wolf 1839–1908 m. Frank (Hagan) Ross –1909
        2. 2. William (Vernon) Wolf 1841–
        3. 3. Sophia Wolf 1842–
        4. 4. Charles (King) Wolf 1846–
        5. 5. Benjamin Wolf 1848–1848
        6. 6. Vernon Wolf 1849–
        7. 7. Preston Wolf 1852–
        8. 8. Mary (Vernon) Wolf 1855–
        9. 9. Lewis (Rogers) Wolf 1859–
        10. 10. Nathaniel Wolf 1844–
      7. 7. Ann (Maria) Vernon 1822–1898
      8. 8. Daniel (Smith) Vernon 1822–1891
      9. 9. William (Sidney) Vernon 1823–
      10. 10. Harriet (King) Vernon 1828–1901
      11. 11. Edward (Harwood) Vernon 1833–
      12. 12. Grace Vernon 1835– m. Frank (L. B.) Noad –1915
        1. 1. William (Vernon) Noad –1925
      13. 13. David (Olyphant) Vernon 1832–1833
    11. 11. Maria (Merwin) Fontaine 1789–1822 m. Sterling Grimes 1782–1826
      1. 1. Sterling (Fontaine) Grimes 1813–1856
        1. 1. Clifford (Bowdre) Grimes 1842–1915
        2. 2. Espey (Maria) Grimes –1930
        3. 3. Charles (T.) Grimes –1850
        4. 4. Ann (America) Grimes 1844–1925
        5. 5. Alberta (Bowdre) Grimes 1848–1923
        6. 6. Fontaine (Sterling) Grimes 1850–1909
    12. 12. Martha (Minor) Fontaine 1785–1863 m. Alexander Pope 1784–1826
      1. 1. Martha (Ann) Pope 1820–1886 m. Edward (P.) Humphrey 1809–1887
      2. 2. Penelope Pope 1818–1848 m. William Prather 1804–1876
    13. 13. Barbara (Carr) Fontaine 1794–1829 m. John (Winall) Sanders 1789–1849
    14. 14. Peter Fontaine 1774–1813 m. Catherine Taylor –1813
    15. 15. James (Terrell) Fontaine 1776–1840 m. Deborah Hobbs 1778–1867
      1. 1. Ann (Maynard Nancy) Fontaine 1801–
      2. 2. Mary (Ann Pope) Fontaine 1807–
      3. 3. Peter Fontaine 1814–1884
        1. 1. Ella Fontaine 1842–
        2. 2. Massena Fontaine 1849–
      4. 4. Maria (Grimes) Fontaine 1822–
      5. 5. James (Terrell) Fontaine 1819–1898
      6. 6. Ann (Maynard) Fontaine 1817–
      7. 7. Mary (Elizabeth Grimes) Fontaine 1819–
      8. 8. Alexander (Ralston) Fontaine 1805–
      9. 9. Massena Fontaine 1800–1849 m. Emily (Pendleton) Buckner 1806–1834 m. Malitta Pomeroy 1814–1887
        1. 1. Martha (Ann) Fontaine 1833–1915 m. Albert (Edward) Jones 1833–1857
        2. 2. Massena Fontaine 1824–1824
        3. 3. Louisa (Jane) Fontaine 1824–1824
        4. 4. Harriet (Vernon) Fontaine 1825–1828
        5. 5. James (Terrell Thomas) Fontaine 1827–1828
        6. 6. Robert (Buckner) Fontaine 1829–1829
        7. 7. Emily (Elizabeth) Fontaine 1837–1860
        8. 8. Julia Fontaine 1841–1917
        9. 9. Amelia (Clayton) Fontaine 1847–1923 m. William (Edward) Ryon 1842–1887 m. Theodore Walters –1912
        10. 10. Massena Fontaine 1839–1889
        11. 11. Mary (Adelaide) Fontaine 1845–1890
        12. 12. Thomas (Anderson) Fontaine 1843–1908
      10. 10. Matilda (Jane Prather) Fontaine 1803–1876 m. William (Bailey Clarke) Brown 1799–1879
        1. 1. James (Terrell) Brown 1827–1887 m. Susan Biggerstaff 1835–1887
      11. 11. Martha (Elizabeth) Fontaine 1824–1912 m. John (Woolfolk) Foushee 1825–1870
        1. 1. Alphonse (Bell) Foushee 1847–1887
        2. 2. Fontaine (Lewis) Foushee 1849–
        3. 3. Deborah (Bennett) Foushee 1851–1891 m. Joseph (Jefferson) Walker 1843–1899
        4. 4. Franklin (Pierce) Foushee 1853–
        5. 5. Barbary (Barbara) Foushee 1855–1859
        6. 6. John (Robert) Foushee 1858–
        7. 7. Charles (Lee) Foushee 1863–1937 m. Fannie (Bell) Anderson 1873–1932
        8. 8. Martha ("Mattie" Pope) Foushee 1861–1934 m. William (H.) Heard 1840–1902
      12. 12. William (Maury) Fontaine 1813–1864 m. Martha (Elizabeth) Foushee 1830–1887
        1. 1. Thomas (Hobbs) Fontaine 1859– m. Mary (E.) Moore 1859–
        2. 2. Mildred (Ann) Fontaine 1849–
        3. 3. Kate Fontaine 1853–1873
        4. 4. Anne (M.) Fontaine 1855–1856
        5. 5. Charles (Beauregard) Fontaine 1859–1924 m. Irene (Buckner) Stith 1867–
        6. 6. Jefferson (Davis) Fontaine 1861–
        7. 7. Morgan (H.) Fontaine 1865–
        8. 8. James (William) Fontaine 1845–1936 m. Louisa (Elizabeth) Foushee 1844–
        9. 9. Anna (Lee) Fontaine 1863–
      13. 13. Barbara (Cosby) Fontaine 1818–1875
    16. 16. Aaron (Benjamin) Fontaine 1811–1880 m. Mary Elliott 1817–1904
      1. 1. Edward (Elliott) Fontaine 1838–
      2. 2. Ogden Fontaine 1838–1898
      3. 3. Mary Fontaine 1849–1889
      4. 4. Emeline (Dillon) Fontaine 1835–1905
      5. 5. Noland Fontaine 1840–1912 m. Virginia Eanes 1845–1928
        1. 1. Edward Fontaine 1876–1933
        2. 2. Elliott (Hill) Fontaine 1880–1918
        3. 3. Emma Fontaine 1870–1951
        4. 4. Mollie Fontaine 1866–1939
        5. 5. Noland Fontaine 1874–1957
        6. 6. Seward Fontaine 1882–
        7. 7. Virginia Fontaine 1872–1968
        8. 8. Williamson Fontaine 1868–1884
        9. 9. Martha Fontaine 1878–1967
  8. 8. Joseph Fontaine 1748–1813

Peter Fontaine's Timeline

2 Records

1691
1691
Birth of Peter Fontaine in Taunton, Somerset, England
Taunton, Somerset, England
1759
Aug 1759
Age 68
Death of Peter Fontaine in Westover, Charles City Co., VA
Westover, Charles City Co., VA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1691
    Event Place: Taunton, Somerset, England
    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: Aug 1759
    Event Place: Westover, Charles City Co., VA
    Record Source: fontaine.FTW

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