When Mary Ann Fontaine was born in 1759 in Beaverdam, Virginia, her father, Peter, was 38, and her mother, Elizabeth, was 25. She married Bowles Armistead and they had six children together. She then married John Lewis and they had seven children together. She died on April 5, 1799, at the age of 40.
In April 1799, when she was about forty, she died in Fredericksburg, Virginia, of unknown causes.
Family
Bowles Armistead (husband)
Will of Bowles Armistead[1]
Dated: Undated
Proved: 16 May 1785
Culpepper County, Virginia
Legatees:
Sons: William and Peter (underage)
Daughters: Elizabeth and Mary (underage)
Wife: Mary Ann Armistead
Executors: Brother John Armistead, brother-in-law William Fontaine, wife Mary Ann Armistead and Captain John Spotswood
Witnesses: William Fontaine, Mary Thornton, Lawrence Brooks and George Hume Jr.
Sources
↑Mixed probate records, 1749-1870; index, 1749-1930:
"Mixed probate records, 1749-1870; index, 1749-1930"
Catalog: Mixed probate records, 1749-1870; index, 1749-1930 Mixed records, Vol. C 1783-1791
Film number: 007644386 > image 79 of 249
FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89PC-MSX9 (accessed 14 October 2023)
DAR Application of Anna Dora Trautman Fey - National# 283640
Glenn, Justin. The Washingtons: A Family History: Volume 1: Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch (Kindle Location 2078). . Kindle Edition.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary Ann by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary Ann:
Fontaine-1288 and Fontaine-144 appear to represent the same person because: same name, similar birth and death info, no doubt same spouses. Please merge