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James Fontaine

James Fontaine

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Fontaine (son of John Maury Fontaine and Mary Ann Stewart).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Maury Fontaine (son of Thomas Fontaine and Clarissa Bruton).

    Notes:

    On January 2, 1836, John was elected Mayor of Columbus, GA. February 26, 1840, John was elected President of the St. Joseph and Iola Railroad. John, Mary Ann, and several of their children and in-laws are buried in the Fontaine family plot in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, GA.

    John married Mary Ann Stewart. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Ann Stewart
    Children:
    1. II Benjamin Bruton Fontaine
    2. John Fontaine died in 1867.
    3. Mary Elizabeth Fontaine
    4. Alfred Spalding Fontaine
    5. Clarissa Fontaine
    6. Theophilus S. Fontaine
    7. Francis Fontaine
    8. 1. James Fontaine
    9. George Hargraves Fontaine
    10. Charles Stewart Fontaine
    11. Thomas Fontaine
    12. Henrietta Hargraves Fontaine


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Fontaine was born about 1752 in New Bern, Craven County, NC (son of Jr. Francis Fontaine, Jr and Ann Jasper); died in 1808.

    Notes:

    It appears that all of the children of Thomas and Clarissa, except Benjamin, were born in South Carolina. The 1850 census of Mobile, Alabama, gives Benjamin's place of birth as Georgia.

    Thomas married Clarissa Bruton. Clarissa was born about 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Clarissa Bruton was born about 1770.
    Children:
    1. Benjamin Bruton Fontaine was born on 30 Dec 1795 in Georgia; died on 30 Oct 1851 in Mobile, Mobile County, AL.
    2. Mary Fontaine
    3. 2. John Maury Fontaine
    4. Fontaine


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jr. Francis Fontaine, Jr was born in 1721 in St Margaret's Par, King William, King William, Virginia, USA (son of Francis Fontaine and Mary Glannison); died in Sep 1783 in New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA.

    Notes:

    Was apprenticed to a carpenter about 1736. Completed his apprenticeship in 1743 and moved to New Bern, North Carolina, with his brother, John, where they became house joiners. Later moved to Dobbs County, North Carolina sometime before 1769 and remained there until at least January, 1773. Subsequently moved to Charleston Precinct, and Edistoe, S.C.,

    Francis married Ann Jasper about 1745 in New Bern, Craven County, NC. Ann was born in 1712/1734 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1756/1821 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ann Jasper was born in 1712/1734 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1756/1821 in South Carolina.
    Children:
    1. John Fontaine was born in 1750 in New Bern, Craven County, NC.
    2. 4. Thomas Fontaine was born about 1752 in New Bern, Craven County, NC; died in 1808.
    3. Peter Benjamin Fontaine was born in 1754 in New Bern, Craven County, NC.
    4. Lucy Fontaine was born in 1755 in New Bern, Craven County, NC; died in 1814.
    5. Sally Fontaine was born in 1757 in New Bern, Craven County, NC; died in 1819.
    6. III Francis Fontaine was born in 1746 in New Bern, Craven County, NC; died in 1783 in South Carolina.
    7. Mary Fontaine was born on 24 Dec 1753 in New Bern, Craven County, NC; died on 16 Jun 1812 in Williams, Colleton County, SC; was buried in Williams, Colleton County, SC.