Jean De La Fontaine Fountain

• General Notes
  • Descendants of Jean De La Fontaine
    
    Generation No. 1
    
    1. JEAN1 DE LA FONTAINE was born Abt. 1550 in Province of Maine, France, and died 1563
    in Martyred, along with his wife and oldest son..
    
    More About JEAN DE LA FONTAINE:
    Fact 1: 1535, With his father, embraced Protestantism.
    
    Child of JEAN DE LA FONTAINE is: 2.
    i. JACQUES2 DE LA FONTAINE, b. 1550; d. 1633, Prob. Rochelle, France..
    
    Generation No. 2
    
    2. JACQUES2 DE LA FONTAINE (JEAN1) was born 1550, and died 1633 in Prob. Rochelle, France..
    
    Child of JACQUES DE LA FONTAINE is: 3.
    i. JAMES3 FONTAINE, b. 1603; d. 1666.
    
    Generation No. 3
    
    3. JAMES3 FONTAINE (JACQUES2 DE LA FONTAINE, JEAN1) was born 1603, and died 1666.
    He married MARIE CHAILLON 1641.
    
    More About JAMES FONTAINE:
    Fact 1: Pastor of Vaux and Royan
    
    Child of JAMES FONTAINE and MARIE CHAILLON is: 4.
    i. JAMES4 FONTAINE, b.  , Jenouille, France; .
    
    Generation No. 4
    
    4. JAMES 4 FONTAINE (JAMES 3, JACQUES2 DE LA FONTAINE, JEAN1) was born  in Jenouille, France, and died  He married ANNE ELIZABETH BOURSIQUOT February 08, 1685/861.
    
    Children of JAMES FONTAINE and ANNE BOURSIQUOT are: 5.
    i. PETER5 FONTAINE,
    ii. JOHN FONTAINE,
    iii. MARY ANNE FONTAINE, b. 1690, Taunton, England1; d. 1755;
          m. MATTHEW MAURY, 1716, Dublin, Ireland.
    
    More About MARY ANNE FONTAINE:
    Fact 1: 1718, Settled in Virginia.
    
    Generation No. 5
    
    5. PETER5 FONTAINE (JAMES4, JAMES3, JACQUES2 DE LA FONTAINE, JEAN1)
           was born WFT Est. 1699-1728, and died WFT Est. 1753-1813.
    
    Child of PETER FONTAINE is: 6. i. JOHN6 FONTAINE, b. 1750, Hanover Co., Va.; d. 1792, Henry Co., Va..
    
    Generation No. 6
    
    6. JOHN6 FONTAINE (PETER5, JAMES4, JAMES3, JACQUES 2 DE LA FONTAINE, JEAN1)
    was born 1750 in Hanover Co., Va., and died 1792 in Henry Co., Va..
    He married MARTHA CATHERINE HENRY 1773 in Hanover Co., Va.,
    daughter of PATRICK HENRY and SARAH SHELTON.
    
    More About JOHN FONTAINE:
    Fact 1: Joined father-in-law in Leatherwood District, Henry Co.
    
    Children of JOHN FONTAINE and MARTHA HENRY are: 7.
    i. PATRICK HENRY7 FONTAINE, b.  d. Aft. September 1852.
    ii. CHARLES FONTAINE,
    8. iii. WILLIAM WINSTON FONTAINE,
    iv. JOHN I. FONTAINE, b.
    
    More About JOHN I. FONTAINE:
    Fact 1: Capt in American Revolution
    
    9. v. MARTHA H(ENRY?) FONTAINE, b. July 04, 1781, Henry Co., Va.; d. September 12, 1845, Pontotoc, Miss..
    
    Generation No. 7
    
    7. PATRICK HENRY7 FONTAINE (JOHN6, PETER5, JAMES4, JAMES3, JACQUES2 DE LA FONTAINE, JEAN1)  died Aft. September 1852.
    He married NANCY DABNEY MILLER
    
    More About PATRICK HENRY FONTAINE:
    Fact 1: Owned "Ridgeway", Pontotoc, Miss. Fact 2: September 18, 1852, Date of Will.
    Fact 10: Buried in Pontotoc town cemetery.
    
    Children of PATRICK FONTAINE and NANCY MILLER are:
    i. LOUISA8 FONTAINE,
    m. EDMOND WINSTON,
    
    More About LOUISA FONTAINE:
    Fact 1: Inherited "Ridgeway" from her Father.
    
    ii. NANCY FONTAINE,  m. UKN BROOKS, WFT Est. 1806-1860.
    iii. CHARLES D. FONTAINE,
    iv. MARTHA FONTAINE,
         m. WILLIAM PERKINS,
    v. MARY B. FONTAINE,
        m. JESSE PERKINS,
    
    More About JESSE PERKINS:
    Fact 1: September 1852, of Madison Co., Miss.
    
    vi. EDWARD FONTAINE, b. August 05, 1800, "on Leatherwood", Henry Co., Va.;
    
    8. WILLIAM WINSTON7 FONTAINE (JOHN6, PETER5, JAMES4, JAMES3, JACQUES2 DE LA FONTAINE, JEAN1) He married MARTHA HALE DANDRIDGE  in Goochland Co., Va., daughter of NATHANIEL DANDRIDGE and SARAH WATSON.
    
    Children of WILLIAM FONTAINE and MARTHA DANDRIDGE are: 10.
    i. WILLIAM SPOTSWOOD8 FONTAINE,
    ii. PATRICK HENRY FONTAINE,
    iii. ANNE FONTAINE,
    
    9. MARTHA H(ENRY?)7 FONTAINE (JOHN 6, PETER 5, JAMES 4, JAMES 3, JACQUES2 DE LA FONTAINE, JEAN1) was born July 04, 1781 in Henry Co., Va.2, and died September 12, 1845 in Pontotoc, Miss.3.
    She married NATHANIEL WEST DANDRIDGE III July 13, 1797 in Henry Co., Va.4,
    son of WILLIAM DANDRIDGE and ANNE BOLLING.
    
    More About MARTHA H(ENRY?) FONTAINE:
    Fact 1: Grandaughter of Patrick Henry.
    Fact 10: Buried Ridgeway, her bro. P.H. Fontaine's Seat, Pontotoc, Miss.
    Fact 11: West/Buckingham Co. pub. P.29: Correct NWD was b:1771
    Fact 12: CK CHILDREN - MOTHERS CORRECT? SEE WEST CHART!
    Fact 13: Another ref. lists her as niece, vs. grandaughter, of Patrick Henry.
    
    Notes for NATHANIEL WEST DANDRIDGE III: "Dandridge's of Virginia" by Wilson Miles Cary (p 91) lists NWD,Jr. as the husband of Martha Fontaine (m. 13 Jul 1797). Same ref. has him dying in 1810. Cary's source is George N. Mackenzi's Colonial Families of the US, vol. 1, p. 117-118.
    
    Mark Wilborne's paper "From Virginia with Love" lists (p. 19) NWD,Jr.'s only wife as Sally Watson.
    
    "Colonial Families in Virginia" p.118, lists NWD[Jr.], b. 26 Oct 1762; d. 26 Jul 1847; m. 13 Jul 1797,
      Martha Fontaine, b. 4 Jul 1781; d. 12 Sep 1845.
    
    More About NATHANIEL WEST DANDRIDGE III: Fact 2: Moved family [from Henry Co., Va.]
    to Pontotoc, Miss.
    Fact 10: Buried beside his wife at Ridgeway, Pontotoc, Miss.
    
    Children of MARTHA FONTAINE and NATHANIEL DANDRIDGE are:
    i. CHARLES FONTAINE8 DANDRIDGE,  m. UNK (MCGHEE?) MCGEE, WFT Est. 1815-1860.
    
    More About CHARLES FONTAINE DANDRIDGE:
    Fact 1: 1870, Prob. living in Henry Co.5
    
    ii. ELIZABETH ANN DANDRIDGE,  m. WILLIAM HERFORD, April 23, 1817, Henry Co., Va..
    iii. MARTHA LIGHTFOOT DANDRIDGE,  m. R. BOLTON, .
    iv. NATHANIEL WEST DANDRIDGE IV,  m. H. WYLIE,
    v. ROSALIE SPOTSWOOD DANDRIDGE,  m. W. D. BRADFORD,
    vi. WILLIAM FONTAINE DANDRIDGE, m. SUSAN C. STITH, November 20, 1825, Brunswick Co., Va..
    
    More About WILLIAM FONTAINE DANDRIDGE:
    Fact 1: 1826, Purchased land in Henry Co. from Wm. L. Sanders.5
    
    11. vii. HENRY (HARRY?) BOLLING DANDRIDGE, b. 1823, Martinsville, Va.; d. Aft. 1885.
    
    Generation No. 8
    
    10. WILLIAM SPOTSWOOD8 FONTAINE (WILLIAM WINSTON7, JOHN6, PETER5, JAMES4, JAMES3, JACQUES2 DE LA FONTAINE, JEAN1) He married SARAH AYLETT
    
    Child of WILLIAM FONTAINE and SARAH AYLETT is:
    i. PATRICK HENRY9 FONTAINE, b. 1841; d. 1915; m. ANN ELIZABETH REDD,
    
    11. HENRY (HARRY?) BOLLING8 DANDRIDGE (MARTHA H(ENRY?)7 FONTAINE, JOHN6, PETER5, JAMES4, JAMES3, JACQUES2 DE LA FONTAINE, JEAN1) was born 1823 in Martinsville, Va., and died Aft. 1885. He married ADELINE KENON WILBOURN May 1860, daughter of SANFORD WILBOURN.
    
    Notes for HENRY (HARRY?) BOLLING DANDRIDGE: After he died sometime around 1885-86, Adeline and Lightie returned to Sardis, Miss. to live with her sister Kate Jenkins. Nannie was placed in a Catholic orpahage and Henry Jr. lived with different relatives.
    
    More About HENRY (HARRY?) BOLLING DANDRIDGE:
    Fact 1: Finished Medical School and practiced in Carroll Co., Miss.
    Fact 2: Abt. 1850, Left Miss. for California "Gold Rush".
    Fact 3: Abt. 1854, Returned to Sardis, Miss. Fact 4: Abt. 1880, Moved to Looahoma, Miss.
    
    Children of HENRY DANDRIDGE and ADELINE WILBOURN are:
    i. LIGHTFOOT9 DANDRIDGE,
    ii. NANNIE DANDRIDGE,
    iii. HENRY BOLLING DANDRIDGE, JR.,
    
    Endnotes
    
    1. Old King William Homes & Families; p. 54, Peyton Neale Clarke; 1964 2. William & Mary Quarterly, 1896, p.82; "The Dandridge's of Virginia" by Wilson Miles Cary 3. Pocahontas' Descendants, p.79; Stuart E. Brown, Jnr.; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1994 4. William & Mary Quarterly, 1896, p.82; "The Dandridge's of Virginia" by Wilson Miles Cary 5. General Index to Deeds, Trust Deeds, & Misc.Liens, from Jan. 1777; Henry Co., Va.