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Peter Fontaine Jr. (1724 - abt. 1770)

Col. Peter Fontaine Jr.
Born in Beaver Dam, Hanover County, Colony and Dominion of Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 1749 in Hanover County, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , and
Died about at about age 45 in Rock Castle, Goochland County, Colony and Dominion of Virginiamap
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Biography

Peter Fontaine was born on 15 September 1724 in Beaver Dam, Hanover County, Virginia, the second of eight known children and the first of five sons of Peter Fontaine and Elizabeth Fourreau.[1]
In 1749, when he was in his mid-twenties, he married Elizabeth Winston, (b 17 DEC 1734 Hanover Co VA d. ABT 1772 at Beaverdam, Hanover County) in Hanover County. She bore him eleven children, six sons and five daughters:
  1. John Fontaine
  2. John Smith Fontaine
  3. William Fontaine
  4. Edmund Fontaine
  5. Sarah Fontaine
  6. Mary Fontaine
  7. James Fontaine
  8. Judith Fontaine
  9. Susanna Fontaine
  10. Stephen Fountain
  11. Susan Fountain.
In 1770, when he was in his mid-forties, Peter died of unknown causes in Rock Castle, Goochland County, Virginia.

Family history

“Civil War Experiences of the Family of William Winston Fontaine, with Details of His Fontaine Ancestry Back to the Reverend Peter Fontaine.”

William Winston Fontaine mentions his father, William Spotswood Fontaine and his brother Charles Fontaine. He then provides many details on his line of ancestry, beginning with the Reverend Peter Fontaine, thru Peter’s son Colonel Peter Fontaine (1721-177?) of “Rock Castle” in Hanover County and his wife Elizabeth Winston, and his son Colonel John Fontaine (1750-1792) and his wife Martha Henry, daughter of Patrick Henry[2]

Marriage

Wife: Elizabeth Louise Winston

Father:William "Langloo" (Lt.) Winston
Mother:Sarah Dabney
Married: 1749 at: Hanover Co VA
Children of Peter and Elizabeth
  1. William Fontaine
  2. Edmund Fontaine
  3. Mary Ann Fontaine
  4. John Smith (Col.) Fontaine

Notes

Note: ref: Bob Juch's Kin (http://www.juch.org/fontaine/) (20 Feb 10)

Peter was born about 1720. He passed away about 1779.

Sources

  1. ↑ Stray Leaves: Peter Fontaine Sr.
  2. ↑ http://www.fontainemaurysociety.com/bibliography.html

Acknowledgments

  • Fontaine Wiatt imported the data for Peter Fontaine Jr. from Tribal Pages 0004.ged on 25 Mar 2011.




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Prickett-120 [Living Prickett]
Fontaine-1156 and Fontaine-86 appear to represent the same person because: virtually same name, same spouse, similar birth and death info. Please merge.
posted by [Living Prickett]
Roche-395 Patricia Roche
Fountaine-41 and Fontaine-86 appear to represent the same person because: Same person and family - problems with Fountaine-41 are getting corrected as he was linked as spouse of his mother and other problems. He needs to merge with Fountaine-86 and go away. His data is unreliable so just keep current data for Fontaine-6 and make Fountaine-41 disappear.

As for Susan Ring attached to #41 - will be dealing with her next so leave her attached till resolved if she belongs or is another error.

posted by Patricia Roche
Roche-395 Patricia Roche
Peter is listed on the db_errors report due to his marriage date being 10 years before his birth.
posted by Patricia Roche
Roche-395 Patricia Roche
Fountain-863 and Fontaine-86 appear to represent the same person because: They are the same person, even though there is an e on the end of one. Have thoroughly investigated and satisfied that they are one person.
posted by Patricia Roche

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