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Some Descendants of Jean de la Fontaine

Eleventh Generation

34. Elizabeth Fontaine (James Fontaine , James Fontaine , James Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur , Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born in 1717 in VA. She died in VA.

Elizabeth married (1) Richard Tankersley.

They had the following children:

  71 M i Rowland Tankersley.
        Rowland married Tabitha Bennett.
  72 M ii Richard Tankersley Jr..
        Richard married May Wood.
  73 M iii George Edward Tankersley.
        George married Elizabeth Boldin.
  74 M iv William Tankersley.
        William married Martha Nelson.

Elizabeth married (2) William Barret in VA. William was born in VA. He died in VA.

36. James Fontaine (James Fontaine , James Fontaine , James Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur , Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born in 1721 in VA. He died in VA.

James and his wife, Anne, were first cousins.

James married Anne Sabatiers Fontaine daughter of John Fontaine and Mary Magdalen Sabatier in 1752 in VA. Anne was born in 1729 in Wales. She died in 1753 in Carmarthen, Wales.

Died in childbirth though her son, John, lived.

Her husband, James, was her first cousin.

James and Anne had the following children:

  75 M i John Fontaine was born in 1753. He died in 1785.

43. Rev. James Maury 1 (Mary Anne Fontaine , James Fontaine , James Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur , Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 8 Apr 1718. He was christened on 19 Apr 1718 in Dublin, IRE. He died on 9 Jun 1769 in Glebe Farm, Albemarle Co., VA. He was buried in Walker's Church, Albemarle Co., VA.

He attended William and Mary College, and on July 31, 1742, was appointed usher of the grammar school. In February, 1742, he went to England and was ordained a minister. Returning to Virginia he became minister for one year of a parish in King William county and then went to Louisa to Fredericksville parish, which was afterwards in Albemarle county. As a minister he was highly regarded for his piety and learning. He opposed the two penny act of 1757 and brought suit against the collectors of the parish for the full amount of his salary in tobacco. This suit, involving the question of taxation, became historical. It was defended by Peter Lyons, afterwards president of the state supreme court, and opposed by Patrick Henry, who denounced the interference of the King in setting aside the law as treason to the people of Virginia. Mr. Maury lost his suit, but continued to hold the esteem of the people of Virginia. He was still minister of his parish when he died, June 9, 1769.

James married Mary Walker 1 daughter of James Walker and Ann Tunstall Hill on 11 Nov 1743 in Louisa Co., VA. Mary was born on 22 Nov 1724 in King and Queen Co., VA. She died on 20 Mar 1798 in Albemarle Co., VA.

They had the following children:

+ 76 M i Rev. Matthew Maury was born on 10 Sep 1744. He died on 16 May 1808.
+ 77 M ii James Maury Jr. was born on 3 Feb 1746. He died on 23 Feb 1840.
  78 M iii Leonard Hill Maury 1 was born on 3 Jun 1747 in Albemarle Co., VA. He died in 1747 in Albemarle Co., VA.
  79 F iv Anne Maury 1 was born on 16 Nov 1748 in Albemarle Co., VA. She died on 8 Jan 1816.

Anne remained unmarried and lived in Liverpool, England with her father who was consul for forty-five years. Anne conducted genealogical research on the Fontaine family and, with G. P. Putnam, published the English translation of the Rev. Jacques Fontaine's memoirs. She also compiled a genealogical chart of the Fontaine and Maury families.
  80 F v Mary Maury 1 was born on 17 Sep 1750 in King William Co., VA. She died on 5 Apr 1822.
        Mary married Thomas Strachen.
  81 M vi Walker Maury 1 was born on 21 Jul 1752 in Albemarle Co., VA. He died on 11 Oct 1788.
        Walker married S. Grymes.
  82 F vii Catherin Maury 1 was born on 15 Jul 1754 in Albemarle Co., VA. She died on 26 Jul 1786.
        Catherin married James Barrett in Albemarle Co., VA.
  83 F viii Elizabeth Maury 1 was born on 1 Apr 1756 in Albemarle Co., VA. She died on 1 Apr 1833.
        Elizabeth married (1) T. Lewis.
        Elizabeth married (2) Edward Herndon.
        Elizabeth married (3) James Lewis in Albemarle Co., VA.
  84 M ix Abraham Maury 1 was born on 28 Apr 1758 in Albemarle Co., VA. He died in 1833.
        Abraham married Mildred Thornton.
+ 85 M x Fontaine Maury was born on 3 Feb 1761. He died on 1 Jan 1814.
  86 M xi Benjamin Maury 1 was born on 15 Jan 1763 in Albemarle Co., VA. He died on 4 Mar 1814.
        Benjamin married E. Grant.
+ 87 M xii Richard Maury was born on 19 May 1766. He died on 31 Jan 1843.
  88 F xiii Matilda Hill Maury 1 was born on 28 Oct 1769 in Albemarle Co., VA. She died on 7 Nov 1821.
        Matilda married Eggleston.

44. Mary Anne Maury "Mollie" 1 (Mary Anne Fontaine , James Fontaine , James Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur , Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born in 1725 in VA. She died in 1790 in VA.

Mary married Daniel Claiburne in VA. Daniel was born in Dinwiddie Co., VA. He died in VA.

They had the following children:

  89 M i Matthew Claiburne.
  90 F ii Mary Claiborne.
  91 F iii Hannah Claiborne.
  92 F iv Dorothea Claiborne.
        Dorothea married Henry Tatum.

46. Mary Anne Fontaine 1 (Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur , Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born in 1718 in IRE or VA. She died in Henrico Co., VA.

Mary Ann was reared by her Aunt, Mary Ann Maury, after the death of her mother.

Mary married Isaac Winston IV 1 son of Isaac Winston III and Mary Dabney about 1740 in Hanover Co., VA. Isaac was born about 1713 in Hanover Co., VA. He died in 1766 in Henrico Co., VA.

They had the following children:

  93 F i Lucy Winston was born in Henrico Co., VA.
  94 F ii Mary Anne Winston was born in Henrico Co., VA.
  95 M iii Joseph Winston was born in Henrico Co., VA.
  96 M iv William Winston was born about 1740 in Henrico Co., VA.
+ 97 M v Peter Winston was born on 14 Nov 1741. He died on 24 Oct 1784.
+ 98 M vi Isaac Winston V was born in 1745.

47. Col. Peter Fontaine Jr. 1, 2 (Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur , Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born in 1720 in "Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA. He died in "Rock Castle", Hanover Co., VA. Peter resided in 1759 in "Rock Castle", Hanover Co., VA.

Peter married 2 Elizabeth Louise Winston 1 daughter of Col. William "Langloo" Winston and Sarah Dabney in 1749 in Hanover Co., VA. Elizabeth was born on 17 Dec 1734 in Hanover Co., VA. She died in "Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA.

They had the following children:

+ 99 M i Col. John Smith Fontaine was born on 6 Aug 1750. He died on 14 Apr 1792.
+ 100 M ii Col. William Fontaine was born on 22 Jan 1754. He died on 6 Oct 1810.
  101 M iii Edmund Fontaine 1 was born in 1754 in "Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA. He died in 1759 in Hanover Co., VA.

Obvious error here! He couldn't have died at age 5. Perhaps a second son was named Edmund too?
+ 102 F iv Sarah Fontaine was born in 1755.
+ 103 F v Mary Ann Fontaine was born about 1759. She died in Apr 1799.
  104 M vi Maj. James Fontaine 1 was born about 1761 in "Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA. He died on 29 Oct 1790 in KY.

James was a Major of a volunteer regiment of Cavalry in Kentucky and was mortally wounded in an engagement with the Indians there after the close of the Revolutionary War.
  105 F vii Judith Fontaine was born about 1763 in "Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA.
  106 F viii Susanna Fontaine was born about 1765 in "Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA.

48. Moses Fontaine 1 (Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur , Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born in 1742 in VA. He died in 1743/1832.

Moses married Elizabeth Ballard 1 in VA. Elizabeth was born about 1746 in VA. She died in VA.

They had the following children:

  107 M i Peter Fontaine 1 was born about 1768 in VA.
  108 M ii Ballard Fontaine 1 was born about 1770 in VA.
  109 M iii William Fontaine 1 was born about 1772 in VA.
  110 F iv Tabitha Fontaine 1 was born about 1774 in VA. She died in VA.
        Tabitha married Thompson in VA. Thompson was born in VA. He died in VA.
  111 F v Eliza Fontaine 1 was born about 1776 in VA. She died in VA.
        Eliza married Beavers in VA. Beavers was born in VA. He died in VA.

50. Elizabeth Fontaine 1 (Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur , Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born in 1747 in VA. She died in 1748/1841 in VA.

Elizabeth married William Mills 1 in VA. William was born about 1747 in MD. He died in VA.

They had the following children:

  112 M i William Fontaine Mills 1 was born about 1769 in , MD.
  113 M ii Aaron Mills 1 was born about 1771 in , MD.
  114 M iii Francis Mills 1 was born about 1773 in , MD.
+ 115 F iv Sarah Mills was born about 1775.

51. Joseph Fontaine 1, 2 (Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur , Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born in 1748 in Westover Parish, Charles City Co., VA. He died on 1 Sep 1813 in Christian Co., KY.

Joseph married Mary Pauline Goode "Polly" 1 daughter of Edward Goode and Judith Morton on 8 Feb 1773 in Mecklenburg Co., VA. Mary was born on 12 Feb 1756 in Lunenburg Co., VA. She died on 15 Aug 1812 in Christian Co., KY. She was buried in Wall Cemetery, Wallaria, Trigg Co., KY.

They had the following children:

+ 116 M i Joseph Fontaine was born on 2 Oct 1786. He died on 22 Jul 1849.
  117 M ii Peter Fontaine 1 was born in 1775 in Mecklenburg Co., VA. He died in 1852.
  118 F iii Sarah Fontaine 1 was born in 1778 in Mecklenburg Co., VA.
  119 M iv Aaron Fontaine 1 was born about 1780 in Mecklenburg Co., VA.
  120 M v James Fontaine 1 was born about 1782 in Mecklenburg Co., VA.
  121 M vi Edward Fontaine 1 was born about 1784 in Mecklenburg Co., VA.
  122 M vii Matthew Maury Fontaine 1 was born in 1787 in Mecklenburg Co., VA.
  123 F viii Agnes Fontaine 1 was born about 1789 in Mecklenburg Co., VA.
  124 F ix Mary Fontaine "Polly" 1 was born about 1791 in Mecklenburg Co., VA.
  125 F x Icyphene Fontaine 1 was born about 1793 in Mecklenburg Co., VA.

52. Capt. Aaron Fontaine [scrapbook] 1, 2 (Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur , Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born 3, 4 on 30 Nov 1753 in Westover Par., Charles City Co., VA. He died in Apr 1823 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. He was buried in Ferry Park, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. Aaron resided 5 about 1800 in Harrods Creek, Jefferson Co., KY.

Served as ensign from Louisa County, Virginia militia.

Spotsylvania Co., VA Land
Book and Page: J
Date Made: 8 Mar 1774
Property: 260 a. in Spts. Co.
Remarks:
Joseph Herndon and Betty, his wife; Charles Gordon and Mary, his wife, of Spts. Co. to Aaron Fontaine. Đ200 curr. 260 a. in Spts. Co. Wm. Smith, Edwd. Herndon, Peter Stubblefield. Augt. 18, 1774.
Name Title Description Residence
Fontaine, Aaron Grantee Spotsylvania Co., VA
Gordon, Charles Grantor Spotsylvania Co., VA
Gordon, Mary Grantor's wife Spotsylvania Co., VA
Herndon, Betty Grantor's wife Spotsylvania Co., VA
Herndon, Edwd. Witness Spotsylvania Co., VA
Herndon, Joseph Grantor Spotsylvania Co., VA
Smith, Wm. Witness Spotsylvania Co., VA
Stubblefield, Peter Witness Spotsylvania Co., VA

Spotsylvania Co., VA Land
Book and Page: K
Date Made: 15 May 1782
Property: 260 a. in Spts. Co.
Remarks:
Aaron Fontaine and Barbara, his wife, to David Sandidge of Spots. co. Đ222 curr. 260 a. in Spots. Co. No witnesses. June 20, 1782. Name Title Description Residence
Fontaine, Aaron Grantor Spotsylvania Co., VA
Fontaine, Barbara Grantor's wife Spotsylvania Co., VA
Sandidge, David Grantee Spotsylvania Co., VA

From http://jscott.tierranet.com/ancestry/fontaine/aaronfon.asp

This is transcribed from a copy of a newspaper article "Century of Old Fontaine Estate" by Mary Lytle Byers (maybe from Courier Journal?) from 1914 (this date based on wording in text) The copy was in poor condition. Unreadable text is shown as ..... in the transcription below. It could be more than one article, as the pieces were fragmentary and hard to read. J. Scott, April 1999

"Little of all we value here
Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year
Without both looking and feeling queer -- "

Hardly can be held to apply to Fontaine Ferry park which under the management of Col. Harry A. Bilger, soon will open for the summer season of 1914. It is probable that few persons recall that this is the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the famous fountain that gave the celebrated amusement resort its name and prestige. An article prepared by Charles Thurston who is one of the descendants of the Fontaines, tells some interesting incidents in connection with the origin of the place.

Mr. Thurston says:
"Col. Aaron Fontaine came from Virginia in 1798 with a family of twelve children and his son-in-law, Judge Fortunatus Cosby, and settled on Harrods Creek in Jefferson county, of this State. He afterward removed, on January 17, 1814, to the banks of the Ohio river west of Louisville and established his family on a large estate which was purchased by him from Mr. William Lytle, of Cincinnati, O. This estate was part of 3,000 acres purchased by his son-in-law, Judge Fortunatus Cosby, from Sarah Beard, July 7, 1806, the property being known as part of the Connolly and De Warnsdorff tracts.

"The estate purchased by Col. Aaron Fontaine from William Lytle embraced ... acres and at the time of its purchase the property was called "Carter's ferry". It was afterward named "Fontaine Ferry" by Col. Fontaine in 1814 and the place was laid out in orchards lawns and grass lands. The house, of substantial construction, faced the Ohio River, where a boat was kept for pleasure and service. A fine cypress avenue opened on what is now Main and the old "Fountaine Ferry Road" was a famous drive leading into the country retreat. Here Col. Fontaine lived the life of a country squire in the good old days in peace, plenty and hospitality, 100 years ago.

"Col. Fontaine was a gentleman of the old school whose type almost has passed away. He was of French descent and a member of a noble Huguenot family in France. Among the number of the ancestors of this Huguenot was the noted Peverence Peter Fontaine, rector of Westover parish, Charles City County, Va., in 1716. It is said of Col. Fontaine that he was particularly courteous and polite to everyone with whom he came in contact and particularly so to his wife to whom he always doffed his hat before taking his morning toddy and insisted that she taste the toddy first.

"Col. Fontaine, previous to his emigration to Kentucky in 1798, married Barbara Terril, of Virginia, who traced her lineage to the royal house of Stuart and was the granddaughter of Col. William Overton, of "Glencairn," Hanover county, Va. Twelve children were born of this marriage as follows: Mary Ann, the wife of Judge Fortunatus Cosby; Mathilda, the wife of Thomas Prather; Martha, the wife of Aexander Pope; America, the wife of William S. Vernon; Sallie, the wife of Gov. George Floyd; Deborah, the wife of Judge Edmund Bullock; Maria the wife of Sterling Grimes; Barbara, the wife of John Sanders, Ann Overton, the wife of John I. Jacob, and Peter, John and Maury Fontaine, sons.

"Soon after the death of his first wife, Barbara Terrill Fontaine, Col. Fontaine married Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting Thruston, the widow of Col. John Thruston, of "Sans Souel," of Jefferson county, who was with Gen. George Rogers Clark in the campaigns against the British and the Indians at Kaskaskia and Vincennes. Mrs. Thruston had ten children when she married Col. Fontaine and four children were the result of this marriage.

"Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting Thruston's children were Charles M. Thruston, Sr., lawyer in Louisville from 1800 to 1856; Alfred Thruston, cashier of the Bank of Louisville in 1833; Algernon Thruston, Attourney General of Texas, killed at the side of Davy Crockett in "The Alamo:" Lucius Thruston, Louisville; Mrs. Kitty Luckett, Louisville; Mrs. Worden Pope, Louisville; Mrs, Mollie January, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Fanny Rector, of Arkansas; Mary Thruston, of Louisville, and John Thruston, II, Louisville. The children of the marriage of Col. Fontaine and Mrs. Thruston were Aaron B. Fontaine, Alexander Fontaine, Henry W. Fontaine and Emmeline Dillon Fontaine.

.... have twenty six children .... ets of children in this ... family and the writer has ... distinction of being the ...grandson of Col. Aaron Fontaine and his two wives as well as Judge Fortunatus Cosby and his wife Mary Ann, and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Thruston, Sr., the latter being a granddaughter of Col. Fontaine and the daughter of Judge Cosby. It is unusual that a grandson should be related on both sides to all the heads of the three families by direct blood descent.

"There may be several omissions in this genealogy which the writer is not able to supply from his notes, but the data given is of sufficient scope to interest the large number of descendants of this extensive connection now living in Louisville.

"In conclusion it may not be amiss to mention some of the members of this family who have achieved something more than a local reputation. Among the number whose names are recalled are Gen. George Cosby, C.S.A., of California; Admiral Frank Coast, U.S. Navy; Gen. Gates Thruston, U.S.A., Nashville, Tenn.; Admiral Levin Powell, U.S.N., Washington D.C., Algernon Thruston, ex - Attourney General, of Texas; Henry Rector, formerly Governor of Arkansas; Alfred Thruston, first cashier of the Bank of Louisville; Judge Buckner Thruston, United States Senator from Kentucky from 1805 to 1809; Patrick ... (Fontaine?), member of Congress from the ... district of Kentucky, and Charles .... Thruston, eminent as a lawyer in Louisville from 1800 to 1856.

The son of this Jean de la Fontaine became a minister of the Protestant churches of Royan and Vaux -- he was called the "prophet of the persecution," as by his untiring labor and exhortations he prepared his people for the great persecution of the Huguenots that followed the revocation of the edict of Nantes. This devoted pastor, though of simple tastes and abstemious habits, was a man of commanding figure and dignified presence. By his second marriage to a beautiful French girl -- Marie de Chaillon -- an heiress and much his, junior, he became the owner of the estate of Jenouille and the Manor of Jaffe. It was here that his youngest son -- and a man destined to make the name renowned in history as "the fighting Huguenot" -- was born in 1653.

"The Fighting Huguenot."

Jacques Fontaine -- for the title had been dropped -- the most famous of the name, gives a personal account in his "Memoirs of a Huguenot" of his trial and persecution for the faith, his daring escape with his betrothed wife from France, and their subsequent life and adventures in England. After teaching school, inventing and manufacturing a new weave of cloth, he finally went to Ireland, taking charge of a French congregation in Cork. Here M. Fontaine was held in such esteem that he was presented with the freedom of the city. It was in an engagement with a French privateer, manned by Frenchmen and carrying eighty men and ten guns, off the coast of Ireland, that M. Fontaine defended his household and himself so bravely that through the influence of his friend, the Duke of Ormonde and Governor General of Ireland, he was granted a pension from Queen Anne in 1705, in recognition of his bravery and service.

The Coming to Virginia

It remained for three sons and one daughter of "the fighting Huguenot" to perpetuate the name and qualities of their ancestors in the new world. Capt. John Fontaine, and English officer; Pierre and Francis, both clergymen of the Church of England, and Mary Anne Fontaine, their sister, who had married Matthiew Maury, of Castle Mauron, Gascony, landed in Virginia, and were given a cordial welcome by Gov. Spotteswoode. Mary Anne Maury became the ancestress of the many noted men and women of that name. Pierre Fontaine had the good fortune to become the rector of Westover parish and chaplain to that "prince of the lordly manor of Westover," the distinguished Col. William Evelyn Byrd. In a novel by Marian Harland, called "His Great Self," founded on the Westover manuscripts of Col. Byrd, Pierre Fontaine is shown to be a familiar member of the household, and an intimate friend of the beautiful Evelyn. He is described as "a polished scholar and courtly gentleman of winning manners, with an olive complexion, clearly chiseled features, soft, dark brilliant eyes, 'a true descendant of the handsomest man in Navarre.'"

Romance says he was in love with the ill-fated Evelyn Byrd, but realizing the hopelessness of his own suit aided her by every means in his power in her unfortunate love affair with her English lover, Lord Peterborough.

Both Pierre Fontaine and his brother, Capt., John Fontaine, were members of Gov. Spottesswoode's famous expedition across the blue Ridge in 1716, which ended on their return in the institution of the "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe," Gov. Spotteswoode presenting to each member a miniature gold horseshoe inscribed with the motto "Sic Juvat transcendere Montes." The journal of Capt. John Fontaine had been preserved, in which he gives an account of the party reaching the top of the range of mountains, and drinking a health to King George and the royal family.

Some Noted descendants.

A grandson of the Rev. Pierre Fontaine, of Westover, Col. William Fontaine, was an officer in the Revolution, being present with his regiment at the surrender of Yorktown by Lord Cornwallis. A letter written to his relatives, soon after the glorious event, gives the personal description of an eye- witness.

Other noted representatives of the family were Charles D. Fontaine, of New Orleans, a great- grandson of Patric Henry, and a celebrated statesman; Dr. Clement Rush Fontaine, an eminent physician of Virginia; Col. Walter Lloyd Fontaine and Lamar Fontaine, known as a "raconteur" and daring Confederate soldier.

Various descendants of the Fontaine family have distinguished themselves in the service of the army and navy while others in the church and the professions have reflected credit on the name.

The Kentucky Fontaines.

The Fontaines of Kentucky, brought to the Commonwealth the heritage of an honored ... and ancestry, were descended from Aaron Fontaine, son of the Rev. Peter Fontaine, of Westover, and born -- it is said -- in his father's seventieth year, 1753.

In his youth young Aaron Fontaine lived with his sister, Mrs. Isaac Winston

Aaron married 4, 5, 6 (1) Barbara Overton Terrell 1, 2, 3 daughter of Richmond Terrell Jr. and Ann Overton on 19 May 1773 in Louisa Co., VA. Barbara was born 7 on 3 Sep 1756 in St Martins, Louisa Co., VA. She died 8 on 10 Jul 1798 in en route to Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.

They had the following children:

  126 M i Peter Fontaine 1, 2 was born on 15 Dec 1774 in Louisa Co., VA. He was christened in Bapt by Mr, Barrett. He died on 8 Apr 1813 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. The cause of death was Dropsy.

Peter and Catherine had three children.
        Peter married 2 Catherine Taylor 1 on 30 Mar 1797 in Jefferson Co., KY. Catherine was born in VA. She died in Apr 1813 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. She was buried in Cave Hill with Jacob family; no marker.
+ 127 M ii James Terrell Fontaine was born on 19 Nov 1776. He died on 4 Jan 1840.
+ 128 F iii Mary Anne Fontaine was born on 14 Oct 1778. She died in 1779/1872.
+ 129 F iv Elizabeth Fontaine was born on 5 Sep 1780. She died on 16 Jan 1807.
+ 130 F v Matilda Martha Fontaine was born on 18 Sep 1782. She died on 28 Nov 1850.
+ 131 F vi Martha Minor Fontaine was born on 14 Mar 1785. She died on 22 Dec 1863.
+ 132 F vii Sarah F. Fontaine was born on 17 Mar 1787. She died in 1788/1881.
+ 133 F viii Maria Merwin Fontaine was born on 16 Feb 1789. She died on 18 Jul 1822.
+ 134 F ix Ann Overton Fontaine was born on 19 Apr 1790. She died on 13 Aug 1819.
+ 135 F x America Fontaine was born on 10 Mar 1791. She died on 7 Mar 1844.
+ 136 M xi Col. William Maury Fontaine was born on 16 Jan 1793. He died on 27 Jan 1872.
  137 F xii Barbara Carr Fontaine 1 was born on 25 Dec 1794 in Louisa Co., VA. She died on 15 Jan 1829 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.

Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County.
        Barbara married (1) Charles Snyder Cosby on 1 May 1819 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. Charles was born in Louisa Co., VA. He died in Baton Rouge, LA.


Charle was from Baton Rouge, LA. Barbara had two children.
        Barbara married (2) John Wynal Sanders on 22 Oct 1827 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. John was born on 28 Feb 1789. He died on 3 Jun 1849 in LA.

Aaron married 3, 4 (2) Elizabeth Thruston Whiting "Eliza" 1, 2 on 18 Jun 1805 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. Elizabeth was born about 1771 in VA. She died in Jul 1822 in KY.

Mrs. Elizabeth T. Thruston already had ten children when she and Aaron married.

They had the following children:

  138 M xiii Alexander Madison Fontaine 1, 2 was born 3 on 19 Mar 1806 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.

Went to TX
        Alexander married (1) Delahurst.
        Alexander married (2) Marion Nevin 1 on 18 Mar 1835.
+ 139 M xiv Henry Whiting Fontaine was born on 13 Nov 1807. He died on 21 Nov 1839.
  140 F xv Emmeline Fontaine 1 was born on 5 Sep 1809 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.
        Emmeline married Patrick Henry Dillon 1 on 1 Jul 1830 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. Patrick was born in VA. He died in VA.
+ 141 M xvi Aaron Benjamin Fontaine was born on 4 Sep 1811. He died on 29 Aug 1880.

53. Abraham Fontaine 1 (Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur , Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 9 Apr 1756 in VA. He died in 1832 in Goochland Co., VA.

Abraham married Sarah Ballard in VA. Sarah was born in VA. She died in VA.

They had the following children:

  142 M i Clement Fontaine was born in VA. He died in VA.
        Clement married E. Evans in VA. E. Evans was born in VA. She died in VA.
  143 M ii Edmund Fontaine was born in VA. He died in VA.
        Edmund married M. Dickenson in VA. M. Dickenson was born in VA. She died in VA.
  144 M iii James Fontaine was born in VA.
+ 145 M iv Walter Lloyd Fontaine.
  146 F v Catherine Maury Fontaine was born in VA.
  147 F vi Maria Fontaine was born in VA.
  148 F vii Eliza Fontaine was born in VA. She died in VA.
        Eliza married John G. Patrick in VA. John was born in VA. He died in VA.

56. Anne Sabatiers Fontaine (John Fontaine , James Fontaine , James Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur , Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born in 1729 in Wales. She died in 1753 in Carmarthen, Wales.

Died in childbirth though her son, John, lived.

Her husband, James, was her first cousin.

Anne married James Fontaine son of James Fontaine and Lucretia Desjarrie in 1752 in VA. James was born in 1721 in VA. He died in VA.

James and his wife, Anne, were first cousins.

James and Anne had the following children:

  149 M i John Fontaine is printed as #75.

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