Elizabeth (Fountayne) Wilson (1762 - 1786)

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Elizabeth Fountayne was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Elizabeth Fountayne (b. 01 Apr 1762 - d. 10 Jan 1786) is a daughter of:

• John Fountayne, DD, Dean of York (b. 1715 - d. 14 Feb 1802);
• and Ann (b. 1728/9 - d. 12 Sep 1786), only dau. of Charles Montagu, esq. of Papplewick. and Ann Colladen.[1]

Siblings

• Thomas Charles (d.v.p 01 Jan 1780)
• John "died young"
• Anne

Marriage

m. (05 Feb 1781) Richard Wilson, esq. of Rudding Hall, Yorkshire. Issue:

• Richard, heir of his grandfather ... assumed surname of "Fountayne Wilson"
• Thomas Charles (d. 1801, age 16).

Sources

• Agnew, D.C.A. (1886). Protestant Exiles from France Chiefly in the Reign of Louis XIV or the Hugenot Refugees and their Descendants in Great Britain and Ireland: Refugees Naturalized Before 1681, 3rd ed, I, pp. 262. Google Books. Pedigree.
• Burke, B. (1852). "Fountayne-Wilson of Melton," in A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852, pp. 436. Google Books.
• FOUNTAYNE WILSON, Richard (1783-1847), of Melton Hall, nr. Doncaster and Ingmanthorp, nr. Wetherby, Yorks. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832, ed. D.R. Fisher, 2009
• Lundy, D. The Peerage. Web.[2]