John Smith Fontaine

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• Residence: Between 1774 and 1775, Scotchtown, Hanover, Virginia, USA
• Residence: Between 1779 and 1786, Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia, USA
• Residence: Between 1786 and 1791, Locust Grove, Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA

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They are second cousins.

Died:
malaria

John married Martha "Patsy" Henry on 2 Oct 1773 in Scotchtown, Hanover, Virginia, USA. Martha (daughter of Patrick Henry and Sarah Shelton) was born in Jun 1755 in Fork, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died in Oct 1818 in Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia, USA; was buried in Martinsville, Martinsville City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Charles de la Boulay Fontaine was born on 30 Jan 1779 in Richmond City, Virginia, USA; died in Jan 1818 in Halifax County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Centerville, Halifax, Virginia, USA.
2. Patrick Henry Fontaine was born on 22 Feb 1775 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died on 2 Oct 1852 in Ridgeway, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA; was buried in Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA.
3. William Winston Fontaine was born on 25 Nov 1786; died in 1816 in Martinsville, Virginia, USA.
4. Martha Henry Fontaine was born on 4 Jul 1781 in Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Sep 1845; was buried in City Cemetery, Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, MA.
5. John James Fontaine was born in 1788 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Jan 1852; was buried in Fontaine, Henry, Virginia, USA.
6. Edward Winston Fontaine was born on 12 Feb 1776 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Feb 1792 in Hampden-Sydney College, Prince Edward County, VA.
7. Dorothea Spotswood Fontaine was born in 1791 in Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia, USA; died in 1793 in Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia, USA.

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• Residence: 1759; "Rock Castle", Hanover, Virginia, United States

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Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover County.Virginia, USA

Died:
"Rock Castle", Hanove County, Virginia, USA

Peter married Elizabeth Louise Winston on 20 Apr 1749 in Hanove County, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of William "Langloo" Winston and Sarah Dabney) was born on 17 Dec 1734 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died about 1772; was buried in Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
"Beaverdam", Hanover County, Virginia, USA

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• Immigration: 30 Mar 1716, Virginia, USA
• Death: Aug 1759, Westover, Charles City, Virginia, USA

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Entered Trinity College, Dublin, in June 1711 at the age of twenty and received his degree in 1715. Ordained by the Bishop of London and licensed as a minister to Virginia on March 12, 1715.

Arrived in Virginia on December 11, 1716 and, in 1720, became Rector of Westover Parish. Established himself on a plantation in Charles City County, Virginia, on the James River, and served as Rector of King William Parish until his death in July 1757.

Peter was born in 1691 in England and was ordained by the Bishop of London. He married Elizabeth "Lizzy" Fourreau on March 29, 1714 in Dublin, Ireland. On December 11, 1716, he arrived in Hampton, Virginia from Ireland and was a chaplain to the Virginia commission in 1728 and 1729. After Lizzy died, Peter married Joseph's mother Elizabeth Sarah Wade. In "Old Church Ministers and Families of Virginia" by Bishop William Meade, Meade records that Peter was the minister for Colonel William Byrd. Colonel Byrd often spoke of the reverend preaching to the heathen in North Carolina and baptizing their children. Reverend Fontaine's main mission in life was to preach the gospel. Peter was the son of two pious and valiant Huguenots who fled from France to England. Peter, in his annual Thanksgiving sermon, commemorated the Fontaines' religious persecution in France and the remarkable preservation when attacked by French privateers in Northern Ireland. From that sermon, I will repeat his words.

"Several months was our parent obliged to shift among forests and deserts for his safety, because he had preached the Word of God to a congregation of innocent and sincere persons, who desired to be instructed in their duty and confirmed their faith. The woods afforded him a shelter and the rocks a resting place; but his enemies gave him no quiet until, of his own accord, he delivered himself up to their custody. They loaded his hands with chains, his feet stuck fast in the mire, a dungeon was his abode, and murderers and thieves were his companions, until God by means of a pious gentlewoman, whose kindness ought to be remembered by us even to latent posterity, withdrew him from thence, and was the occasion that his confinement was more tolerable."

He exhorted to his congregation at the close of his sermon never to forsake their annual meetings which were to remember their parent's virtues and sufferings and the wonderful deliverance of God. He said, "Would to God, that you would make it your business to teach them to your children, that they may be qualified to perpetuate them to infinite generations to come, and thereby engage the protection and draw the blessing of the Almighty above them. He hath millions of millions to bestow on those who love and fear Him."

Peter married Elizabeth Ward Fourreau on 29 Mar 1714 in Dublin, Ireland. Elizabeth (daughter of Fourreau and Boulay) was born in 1700 in Portarlington, Ireland; died in Sep 1724 in Westover, Charles City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lt. William "Langloo Billy" was named in the will of his father, Capt. Isaac Winston, in his will of 1760. He fought in the French and Indian War. He was the Uncle of Patrick Henry. (See more in the Winstons of Hanover Co. and Related Families by Alfred Winston Sumner III.)

William married Sarah Dabney about 1730 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of George Dabney and Elizabeth Anderson) was born on 16 May 1695 in King William County, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Apr 1767 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Received degree of Master of Arts at the college of Guienne, finishing second in a class of fourteen.

Escaped to England with his fiancee, Anne Boursiquot, arriving on Decemmber 1, 1685, after eleven days at sea, Landed at Appledore, at the mouth of the Taw River, and proceeded to Barnstaple. Family moved from England to Cork, Ireland, arriving December 24, 1694. Moved to Bear Haven, Ireland, after death of son, Aaron, in 1699. Later, prior to 1710, moved to Dublin, Ireland. Is buried beside his wife in St. Stephens Green, Dublin.

married Boulay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: Abt 1681, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
• Birth: 1682, Hanover, VA
• Death: Abt Feb 1760, Hanover County, Virginia, USA; Age: 80
• Will: 6 Feb 1760, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
• Probate: 6 Mar 1760, Hanover County, Virginia, USA

Isaac married Mary Ann Dabney about 1706 in Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of John Dabney) was born on 1 Feb 1680 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died on 6 Mar 1760 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Dabney
• Birth: 1685, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
• Death: 6 Mar 1760, Hanover County, Virginia, USA

George married Elizabeth Anderson about 1696 in St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born on 7 Aug 1665 in King William County, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Sep 1739 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Putneys Mill, New Kent, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Saint Peters Episcopal Church