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FONTAINE, Lt. Col. William

FONTAINE, Lt. Col. William

Male 1754 - 1810  (56 years)   Has 24 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name FONTAINE, William  [1, 2, 3
    Prefix Lt. Col. 
    Birth 22 Jan 1754  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 31270556 
    Death 6 Oct 1810  [2, 3
    Age 56 years 
    Burial Beaver Dam Cemetery, Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Address:
    Beaver Dam Cemetery
    VA Rt. 738
    Hanover County, Virginia
    USA 
    Person ID I2540  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2025 

    Father FONTAINE, Col. Peter,   b. Abt 1721   d. Abt 1775 (Age 54 years) 
    Mother WINSTON, Elizabeth Louise,   b. 17 Dec 1734   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F971  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family MORRIS, Ann,   b. 14 Apr 1766, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1852, Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 1789  Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 34 years and 11 months - She : ~ 22 years and 8 months. 
    Family ID F974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1789 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Beaver Dam Cemetery
    VA Rt. 738
    Hanover County, Virginia
    USA - - Beaver Dam Cemetery, Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, USA
    Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Elizabeth Louise Winston: p. 296.

    2. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 23 Aug 2013, accessed 23 Aug 2013<, William Fontaine, Memorial #31270556.
      William Fontaine
      William Fontaine


    3. [S616] Helen Kay Yates, Book - Graveyards in Hanover Co., VA, Vol I, (1995; reprint, Hanover, VA: Hanover County Historical Society, 2000.), 5 Apr 2015, p 4-6.

    4. [S1615] Internet - Dabney Family of Early Virginia, ((https://dabney-early-virginia.info/ : 24 October 2017)), 14 Oct 2025, accessed 14 October 2025), Ann Morris, Person ID 1365.


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