James Fontaine, born 1686 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died October 1745 in Northumberland Co., Virginia; married (1) Lucretia Desjarrie 1711 in Cork, Ireland; married (2) Elizabeth Harcum 1738 in Virginia.
James sailed to Virginia in April, 1717 with his wife and infant daughter Elizabeth.
"In the words of his father, Jacques de la Fountaine: James was the next who went to Virginia, he sailed with his wife and child, his mother-in-law, and thirteen servants in April 1717, and had a long and most disastrous voyage. The vessel sprung a leak, and they were obliged to pump twenty-six days and nights without ceasing. They arrived in safety at last, and John met them, and conducted them to a house he had provided, and he had been so considerate as to lay up grain ready for their use. for them on his plantation, met them at York Town. John left the plantation in James' hands when he fell ill and went to live with his brother- in- law, Matthew Maury.
Emmett W Fontaine, "The Descendants of Jean de la Fontaine"
Letter from Mary Ann Maury to her brother Moses, 2 September 1745...Memoirs of a Huguenot Family.
As I believe you wish to know the state of all our families here, I shall begin with my brother James. His first wife is dead, and left four daughters and two sons. The youngest daughter, named Ann, has lived several years with my niece Mary Anne Winston, and I hope will turn out well. My brother is married again, but to who or what sort of a woman I cannot say. They live so far from us that we receive more intelligence from you than from him.
James sailed to Virginia in April, 1717 with his wife and infant daughter Elizabeth.
"In the words of his father, Jacques de la Fountaine: James was the next who went to Virginia, he sailed with his wife and child, his mother-in-law, and thirteen servants in April 1717, and had a long and most disastrous voyage. The vessel sprung a leak, and they were obliged to pump twenty-six days and nights without ceasing. They arrived in safety at last, and John met them, and conducted them to a house he had provided, and he had been so considerate as to lay up grain ready for their use. for them on his plantation, met them at York Town. John left the plantation in James' hands when he fell ill and went to live with his brother- in- law, Matthew Maury.
Emmett W Fontaine, "The Descendants of Jean de la Fontaine"
Letter from Mary Ann Maury to her brother Moses, 2 September 1745...Memoirs of a Huguenot Family.
As I believe you wish to know the state of all our families here, I shall begin with my brother James. His first wife is dead, and left four daughters and two sons. The youngest daughter, named Ann, has lived several years with my niece Mary Anne Winston, and I hope will turn out well. My brother is married again, but to who or what sort of a woman I cannot say. They live so far from us that we receive more intelligence from you than from him.
James Fontaine, born 1686 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died October 1745 in Northumberland Co., Virginia; married (1) Lucretia Desjarrie 1711 in Cork, Ireland; married (2) Elizabeth Harcum 1738 in Virginia.
James sailed to Virginia in April, 1717 with his wife and infant daughter Elizabeth.
"In the words of his father, Jacques de la Fountaine: James was the next who went to Virginia, he sailed with his wife and child, his mother-in-law, and thirteen servants in April 1717, and had a long and most disastrous voyage. The vessel sprung a leak, and they were obliged to pump twenty-six days and nights without ceasing. They arrived in safety at last, and John met them, and conducted them to a house he had provided, and he had been so considerate as to lay up grain ready for their use. for them on his plantation, met them at York Town. John left the plantation in James' hands when he fell ill and went to live with his brother- in- law, Matthew Maury.
Emmett W Fontaine, "The Descendants of Jean de la Fontaine"
Letter from Mary Ann Maury to her brother Moses, 2 September 1745...Memoirs of a Huguenot Family.
As I believe you wish to know the state of all our families here, I shall begin with my brother James. His first wife is dead, and left four daughters and two sons. The youngest daughter, named Ann, has lived several years with my niece Mary Anne Winston, and I hope will turn out well. My brother is married again, but to who or what sort of a woman I cannot say. They live so far from us that we receive more intelligence from you than from him.
James sailed to Virginia in April, 1717 with his wife and infant daughter Elizabeth.
"In the words of his father, Jacques de la Fountaine: James was the next who went to Virginia, he sailed with his wife and child, his mother-in-law, and thirteen servants in April 1717, and had a long and most disastrous voyage. The vessel sprung a leak, and they were obliged to pump twenty-six days and nights without ceasing. They arrived in safety at last, and John met them, and conducted them to a house he had provided, and he had been so considerate as to lay up grain ready for their use. for them on his plantation, met them at York Town. John left the plantation in James' hands when he fell ill and went to live with his brother- in- law, Matthew Maury.
Emmett W Fontaine, "The Descendants of Jean de la Fontaine"
Letter from Mary Ann Maury to her brother Moses, 2 September 1745...Memoirs of a Huguenot Family.
As I believe you wish to know the state of all our families here, I shall begin with my brother James. His first wife is dead, and left four daughters and two sons. The youngest daughter, named Ann, has lived several years with my niece Mary Anne Winston, and I hope will turn out well. My brother is married again, but to who or what sort of a woman I cannot say. They live so far from us that we receive more intelligence from you than from him.
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