source: A Study of Ancestry and Posterity of Reverend Peter Fontaine Of Westover Parish, A Virginia Huguenot Colonist Of the Eighteen Century by Vida Leola Vance, pub. 1967.
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She was a daughter of Aaron and Jeann (Guillet) Boursiquot of Taillesbourg, Saintonge near Bordeaux.
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Anne is buried in the Huguenot Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland along side her husband.
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She became James' bride in the parish church in Barnstaple, England.
They moved to Taunton, the trade center of Somersetshire.
Disliking the Church of Englands' persecution of the Presbyterians and their unfriendly attitude toward the Huguenots, he ceased to worship in the Church and asked to be examined for the ministry by the Presbyterian Synod meeting at Taunton in 1688. On June 10th of that year his holy orders were received from them. He began his ministry by serving his fellow Huguenots.
Needing other financial means, James established a small cloth weaving business for himself and his fellow Huguenots. By devising a method of weaving a superior cloth, known as Calimanco, he became a competitor to the English weavers who soon forced him to close up shop and leave Taunton in 1694. He moved his family to Bear Haven on the Irish coast of Cork.
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A description of Anne Elizabeth Boursiquot Fontaine by her husband Rev. James Fontaine in pages 128-129 of his autobiography "Memoirs of the Huguenot Family"
"I now come to my dear wife, Ann Elizabeth Boursiquot. She was the sixth child of M. Aaron Boursiquot. She was rather small but her figure was marvelously well-formed. She was the only blonde in the family and a real beauty. Her skin was so fine a texture and so delicate a white and rose that there could be no painting so alive. A lady of distinction, visiting M. Boursiquots', and seeing her lovely coloring, said she could not believe that the child was not painted. Her mother, offended at this impertinence, took the child, about six or seven years old , upon her knee and uncovered her bottom, saying to the tactless lady, "Madame, her skin is all of one piece."
"Her face was rather square, her forehead somewhat broad, her lips the color of coral, her teeth beautiful, her bosom lovely enough to paint. She had a slightly disdainful air, which was not unbecoming to her beauty. She was always 'en bon point, but not too heavy. She had an open spirit and good judgment. She wrote a fine letter, had read a good deal in her youth, and had a reliable memory, which she knew how to put to good use when needed. She was a good and pious Christian, with an extremely delicate conscience, charitable and good at conversation. She was extremely sensitive to insult and disrespect. She had a noble heart and heroic courage which she displayed on all occasions as you have seen. She did not think honest labor was beneath her if it would help to support herself and her children. Her heart was never cast down nor her spirit discouraged by reverses of fortune. On the contrary she rejoiced in her poverty, because it was the result of her love of Jesus Christ.
"She was a tender mother, suckling all her children with a care and attention that would have been unbearable to anyone as delicate as she. But of what is a good mother not capable? It is true that she needed help in nursing her last two children as nature had weakened her. She also had pain in her breasts when nursing Peter, and had to give him to another nurse until he was weaned.
"She loved her children tenderly but was never to lenient or allowed them anything sinful. She accompanied her guidance with her example of virtue which she maintained throughout her life. She always punished her children when they were wrong and encouraged them when virtuous. She was not fond of amusements or society except as good manners and custom required. At home she constantly devoted herself to prayer or useful works. In conversation she was always delightful with me and the children, even to the last years of her life."
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Anne died in 1721, she is buried in the Cemetery located across from St. Stephens Green.
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They had at least 8 children:
1. James Fontaine (10 Oct 1686 in Barnstable, Engl., Married twice, first in 1711 with Lucretia Desjarrie in the Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland, and second ca. 1737-1738 with Elizabeth Harcum in Virginia.
2. Aaron Fontaine (1688 in Taunton - 1699 in Cork Ireland)
3. Mary Ann Fontaine (12th April 1690 in Taunton ¬ 30 Dec 1755 Charles City Co., Va. ) Married on October 20, 1715, with Matthew Maury in Dublin.
4. Peter Fontaine (1691 (?4) - July, 1757)
5. John Fontaine (born April 28, 1693, in Taunton. Married in 1728 with Mary Magdalen Sabatier in London. Died in November 1767 near Newchurch, Wales. and had issue http://www.stithvalley.com/fontaine/)
6. Moses Fontaine ( born October 15, 1694, in Taunton, died unmarried in February 1766 near Newchurch, Wales.)
7. Francis Fontaine (born September 16, 1697, in Cork, Ireland. Married twice, first on January 4, 1721, with Marie Glenisson in London and second around 1735 with Susanna Brush in Virginia. The Reverend Francis Fontaine died in 1749 in York County, Virginia.
8. Elizabeth Fontaine (born August 3, 1701, in Bear Haven, Ireland. Married on October 31, 1729, Daniel Torin in London. She died around 1764.
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She was a daughter of Aaron and Jeann (Guillet) Boursiquot of Taillesbourg, Saintonge near Bordeaux.
===
Anne is buried in the Huguenot Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland along side her husband.
===
She became James' bride in the parish church in Barnstaple, England.
They moved to Taunton, the trade center of Somersetshire.
Disliking the Church of Englands' persecution of the Presbyterians and their unfriendly attitude toward the Huguenots, he ceased to worship in the Church and asked to be examined for the ministry by the Presbyterian Synod meeting at Taunton in 1688. On June 10th of that year his holy orders were received from them. He began his ministry by serving his fellow Huguenots.
Needing other financial means, James established a small cloth weaving business for himself and his fellow Huguenots. By devising a method of weaving a superior cloth, known as Calimanco, he became a competitor to the English weavers who soon forced him to close up shop and leave Taunton in 1694. He moved his family to Bear Haven on the Irish coast of Cork.
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A description of Anne Elizabeth Boursiquot Fontaine by her husband Rev. James Fontaine in pages 128-129 of his autobiography "Memoirs of the Huguenot Family"
"I now come to my dear wife, Ann Elizabeth Boursiquot. She was the sixth child of M. Aaron Boursiquot. She was rather small but her figure was marvelously well-formed. She was the only blonde in the family and a real beauty. Her skin was so fine a texture and so delicate a white and rose that there could be no painting so alive. A lady of distinction, visiting M. Boursiquots', and seeing her lovely coloring, said she could not believe that the child was not painted. Her mother, offended at this impertinence, took the child, about six or seven years old , upon her knee and uncovered her bottom, saying to the tactless lady, "Madame, her skin is all of one piece."
"Her face was rather square, her forehead somewhat broad, her lips the color of coral, her teeth beautiful, her bosom lovely enough to paint. She had a slightly disdainful air, which was not unbecoming to her beauty. She was always 'en bon point, but not too heavy. She had an open spirit and good judgment. She wrote a fine letter, had read a good deal in her youth, and had a reliable memory, which she knew how to put to good use when needed. She was a good and pious Christian, with an extremely delicate conscience, charitable and good at conversation. She was extremely sensitive to insult and disrespect. She had a noble heart and heroic courage which she displayed on all occasions as you have seen. She did not think honest labor was beneath her if it would help to support herself and her children. Her heart was never cast down nor her spirit discouraged by reverses of fortune. On the contrary she rejoiced in her poverty, because it was the result of her love of Jesus Christ.
"She was a tender mother, suckling all her children with a care and attention that would have been unbearable to anyone as delicate as she. But of what is a good mother not capable? It is true that she needed help in nursing her last two children as nature had weakened her. She also had pain in her breasts when nursing Peter, and had to give him to another nurse until he was weaned.
"She loved her children tenderly but was never to lenient or allowed them anything sinful. She accompanied her guidance with her example of virtue which she maintained throughout her life. She always punished her children when they were wrong and encouraged them when virtuous. She was not fond of amusements or society except as good manners and custom required. At home she constantly devoted herself to prayer or useful works. In conversation she was always delightful with me and the children, even to the last years of her life."
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Anne died in 1721, she is buried in the Cemetery located across from St. Stephens Green.
===
They had at least 8 children:
1. James Fontaine (10 Oct 1686 in Barnstable, Engl., Married twice, first in 1711 with Lucretia Desjarrie in the Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland, and second ca. 1737-1738 with Elizabeth Harcum in Virginia.
2. Aaron Fontaine (1688 in Taunton - 1699 in Cork Ireland)
3. Mary Ann Fontaine (12th April 1690 in Taunton ¬ 30 Dec 1755 Charles City Co., Va. ) Married on October 20, 1715, with Matthew Maury in Dublin.
4. Peter Fontaine (1691 (?4) - July, 1757)
5. John Fontaine (born April 28, 1693, in Taunton. Married in 1728 with Mary Magdalen Sabatier in London. Died in November 1767 near Newchurch, Wales. and had issue http://www.stithvalley.com/fontaine/)
6. Moses Fontaine ( born October 15, 1694, in Taunton, died unmarried in February 1766 near Newchurch, Wales.)
7. Francis Fontaine (born September 16, 1697, in Cork, Ireland. Married twice, first on January 4, 1721, with Marie Glenisson in London and second around 1735 with Susanna Brush in Virginia. The Reverend Francis Fontaine died in 1749 in York County, Virginia.
8. Elizabeth Fontaine (born August 3, 1701, in Bear Haven, Ireland. Married on October 31, 1729, Daniel Torin in London. She died around 1764.
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source: A Study of Ancestry and Posterity of Reverend Peter Fontaine Of Westover Parish, A Virginia Huguenot Colonist Of the Eighteen Century by Vida Leola Vance, pub. 1967.
===
She was a daughter of Aaron and Jeann (Guillet) Boursiquot of Taillesbourg, Saintonge near Bordeaux.
===
Anne is buried in the Huguenot Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland along side her husband.
===
She became James' bride in the parish church in Barnstaple, England.
They moved to Taunton, the trade center of Somersetshire.
Disliking the Church of Englands' persecution of the Presbyterians and their unfriendly attitude toward the Huguenots, he ceased to worship in the Church and asked to be examined for the ministry by the Presbyterian Synod meeting at Taunton in 1688. On June 10th of that year his holy orders were received from them. He began his ministry by serving his fellow Huguenots.
Needing other financial means, James established a small cloth weaving business for himself and his fellow Huguenots. By devising a method of weaving a superior cloth, known as Calimanco, he became a competitor to the English weavers who soon forced him to close up shop and leave Taunton in 1694. He moved his family to Bear Haven on the Irish coast of Cork.
===
A description of Anne Elizabeth Boursiquot Fontaine by her husband Rev. James Fontaine in pages 128-129 of his autobiography "Memoirs of the Huguenot Family"
"I now come to my dear wife, Ann Elizabeth Boursiquot. She was the sixth child of M. Aaron Boursiquot. She was rather small but her figure was marvelously well-formed. She was the only blonde in the family and a real beauty. Her skin was so fine a texture and so delicate a white and rose that there could be no painting so alive. A lady of distinction, visiting M. Boursiquots', and seeing her lovely coloring, said she could not believe that the child was not painted. Her mother, offended at this impertinence, took the child, about six or seven years old , upon her knee and uncovered her bottom, saying to the tactless lady, "Madame, her skin is all of one piece."
"Her face was rather square, her forehead somewhat broad, her lips the color of coral, her teeth beautiful, her bosom lovely enough to paint. She had a slightly disdainful air, which was not unbecoming to her beauty. She was always 'en bon point, but not too heavy. She had an open spirit and good judgment. She wrote a fine letter, had read a good deal in her youth, and had a reliable memory, which she knew how to put to good use when needed. She was a good and pious Christian, with an extremely delicate conscience, charitable and good at conversation. She was extremely sensitive to insult and disrespect. She had a noble heart and heroic courage which she displayed on all occasions as you have seen. She did not think honest labor was beneath her if it would help to support herself and her children. Her heart was never cast down nor her spirit discouraged by reverses of fortune. On the contrary she rejoiced in her poverty, because it was the result of her love of Jesus Christ.
"She was a tender mother, suckling all her children with a care and attention that would have been unbearable to anyone as delicate as she. But of what is a good mother not capable? It is true that she needed help in nursing her last two children as nature had weakened her. She also had pain in her breasts when nursing Peter, and had to give him to another nurse until he was weaned.
"She loved her children tenderly but was never to lenient or allowed them anything sinful. She accompanied her guidance with her example of virtue which she maintained throughout her life. She always punished her children when they were wrong and encouraged them when virtuous. She was not fond of amusements or society except as good manners and custom required. At home she constantly devoted herself to prayer or useful works. In conversation she was always delightful with me and the children, even to the last years of her life."
===
Anne died in 1721, she is buried in the Cemetery located across from St. Stephens Green.
===
They had at least 8 children:
1. James Fontaine (10 Oct 1686 in Barnstable, Engl., Married twice, first in 1711 with Lucretia Desjarrie in the Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland, and second ca. 1737-1738 with Elizabeth Harcum in Virginia.
2. Aaron Fontaine (1688 in Taunton - 1699 in Cork Ireland)
3. Mary Ann Fontaine (12th April 1690 in Taunton ¬ 30 Dec 1755 Charles City Co., Va. ) Married on October 20, 1715, with Matthew Maury in Dublin.
4. Peter Fontaine (1691 (?4) - July, 1757)
5. John Fontaine (born April 28, 1693, in Taunton. Married in 1728 with Mary Magdalen Sabatier in London. Died in November 1767 near Newchurch, Wales. and had issue http://www.stithvalley.com/fontaine/)
6. Moses Fontaine ( born October 15, 1694, in Taunton, died unmarried in February 1766 near Newchurch, Wales.)
7. Francis Fontaine (born September 16, 1697, in Cork, Ireland. Married twice, first on January 4, 1721, with Marie Glenisson in London and second around 1735 with Susanna Brush in Virginia. The Reverend Francis Fontaine died in 1749 in York County, Virginia.
8. Elizabeth Fontaine (born August 3, 1701, in Bear Haven, Ireland. Married on October 31, 1729, Daniel Torin in London. She died around 1764.
===
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She was a daughter of Aaron and Jeann (Guillet) Boursiquot of Taillesbourg, Saintonge near Bordeaux.
===
Anne is buried in the Huguenot Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland along side her husband.
===
She became James' bride in the parish church in Barnstaple, England.
They moved to Taunton, the trade center of Somersetshire.
Disliking the Church of Englands' persecution of the Presbyterians and their unfriendly attitude toward the Huguenots, he ceased to worship in the Church and asked to be examined for the ministry by the Presbyterian Synod meeting at Taunton in 1688. On June 10th of that year his holy orders were received from them. He began his ministry by serving his fellow Huguenots.
Needing other financial means, James established a small cloth weaving business for himself and his fellow Huguenots. By devising a method of weaving a superior cloth, known as Calimanco, he became a competitor to the English weavers who soon forced him to close up shop and leave Taunton in 1694. He moved his family to Bear Haven on the Irish coast of Cork.
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A description of Anne Elizabeth Boursiquot Fontaine by her husband Rev. James Fontaine in pages 128-129 of his autobiography "Memoirs of the Huguenot Family"
"I now come to my dear wife, Ann Elizabeth Boursiquot. She was the sixth child of M. Aaron Boursiquot. She was rather small but her figure was marvelously well-formed. She was the only blonde in the family and a real beauty. Her skin was so fine a texture and so delicate a white and rose that there could be no painting so alive. A lady of distinction, visiting M. Boursiquots', and seeing her lovely coloring, said she could not believe that the child was not painted. Her mother, offended at this impertinence, took the child, about six or seven years old , upon her knee and uncovered her bottom, saying to the tactless lady, "Madame, her skin is all of one piece."
"Her face was rather square, her forehead somewhat broad, her lips the color of coral, her teeth beautiful, her bosom lovely enough to paint. She had a slightly disdainful air, which was not unbecoming to her beauty. She was always 'en bon point, but not too heavy. She had an open spirit and good judgment. She wrote a fine letter, had read a good deal in her youth, and had a reliable memory, which she knew how to put to good use when needed. She was a good and pious Christian, with an extremely delicate conscience, charitable and good at conversation. She was extremely sensitive to insult and disrespect. She had a noble heart and heroic courage which she displayed on all occasions as you have seen. She did not think honest labor was beneath her if it would help to support herself and her children. Her heart was never cast down nor her spirit discouraged by reverses of fortune. On the contrary she rejoiced in her poverty, because it was the result of her love of Jesus Christ.
"She was a tender mother, suckling all her children with a care and attention that would have been unbearable to anyone as delicate as she. But of what is a good mother not capable? It is true that she needed help in nursing her last two children as nature had weakened her. She also had pain in her breasts when nursing Peter, and had to give him to another nurse until he was weaned.
"She loved her children tenderly but was never to lenient or allowed them anything sinful. She accompanied her guidance with her example of virtue which she maintained throughout her life. She always punished her children when they were wrong and encouraged them when virtuous. She was not fond of amusements or society except as good manners and custom required. At home she constantly devoted herself to prayer or useful works. In conversation she was always delightful with me and the children, even to the last years of her life."
===
Anne died in 1721, she is buried in the Cemetery located across from St. Stephens Green.
===
They had at least 8 children:
1. James Fontaine (10 Oct 1686 in Barnstable, Engl., Married twice, first in 1711 with Lucretia Desjarrie in the Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland, and second ca. 1737-1738 with Elizabeth Harcum in Virginia.
2. Aaron Fontaine (1688 in Taunton - 1699 in Cork Ireland)
3. Mary Ann Fontaine (12th April 1690 in Taunton ¬ 30 Dec 1755 Charles City Co., Va. ) Married on October 20, 1715, with Matthew Maury in Dublin.
4. Peter Fontaine (1691 (?4) - July, 1757)
5. John Fontaine (born April 28, 1693, in Taunton. Married in 1728 with Mary Magdalen Sabatier in London. Died in November 1767 near Newchurch, Wales. and had issue http://www.stithvalley.com/fontaine/)
6. Moses Fontaine ( born October 15, 1694, in Taunton, died unmarried in February 1766 near Newchurch, Wales.)
7. Francis Fontaine (born September 16, 1697, in Cork, Ireland. Married twice, first on January 4, 1721, with Marie Glenisson in London and second around 1735 with Susanna Brush in Virginia. The Reverend Francis Fontaine died in 1749 in York County, Virginia.
8. Elizabeth Fontaine (born August 3, 1701, in Bear Haven, Ireland. Married on October 31, 1729, Daniel Torin in London. She died around 1764.
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