The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
A. ,ost go arc enabled by the courtesy

At last we arc enabled, by the co''rtcs,
OF direct descendant Of Moore Fanntle'
4 roy, the emgrant to present the true
I coat Of arms of that most d,st,heu,sn ~,
family among the chevnlers of coioh'a
Virginia whose patriotism and deeds
should ever be preserved ~,
In order to show their llndoubtcd CAIN
by the family to these arms, the ioiloW-
ing, as taken from the certificate OF mo
q 11erad's College in England. when IS
81 now held In the Virginia family; IL is
I. here given as follows
..ro all and singular TO whom these
,,resents shall come. Sr. John Boronghs,
+ lit,. Garter. principal Kings OF Arms OF
1,nglishmen. senieth greeting: know yee
that Moore Tauntlcroy. Gent, some or
John Fauntlcroy, OF Craundall, III the
County Of southampton, Gent, VINO pear
for his Coatc- Armour, Gulcs, three IN
4fants' heads, couped, Argent; coined Or
(which arms they and their ancestors nave
tborne tyne out Of mind, and now pe'he
desired by tho said Moore FnuntleroE
Gent. to emblazon and sett forth his
said Coat Armes, with the Crest there
unto belonging Chat Is to say on
p wreath OF his colours. q Flowcr-de-Lz
Is nr. between two Angels wings displayed,
Azure. Mantlcd Gules, doubled Argent,
us are more plainly depicted In the Mar
giant here of !, Sr. John Borough, 40 by
these p'scnts, declare. assigne. conhrm
and grant unto the aforesaid Moore faun-
.leroy. and to his issue and posterity,
TO be BY them and ever Of them borne
with their due differences. according 10
.he Lave OF .Armos forever. IN witness
whereof have unto these presents al
L fixed the scale of myne office, ana SUD
scribe my name. Dated the Eighth Day
OF December and In the year OF our LORD
God 1853
"sR. JOHN BOROUGH, Carter
The name F'auntleroy Is from the
French. the family being Hugucnot, ana
mas been spelt in many ways, being writ
Ton ,Fount- lie Roy" 'Faunt-le lie Rois,
..Fount-rRoy'' and "Fount-Leroy. Hen
ing. in his Statutes, gives the present
spelling. but without the u, as 'Fantie-
row" which Bishop Meade follows in his
extended notice OF the family. The origin
of the name is supposed to have been
derived from the family having lived near
one of the fountains of the Kings palace
hence we find the name n-de-la- Font
flu-Rois, ;, meaning John who lived at the
& Kings fountain, or John Of the Foun-
tain and subsequently it became the
surname of the family, as "Fount-le-
Roy" Yet 1t would seem by the motto
given, "Enfans- du-Roy'' ('chldren Of
the King'O that this may have been the
NJ true French meaning OF the name
All accounts agree that Major Moore
Taunt-Le-Roy was the first of tho fam
tly in Virginia.; hc settled in Rappahan-
mock. county on the Northern Neck in
1861, having purchased there from the
Indians a large body of slnd, as Is
shown by n curious contract with the
chief Of the tribe. who calls him lowing
friend and brother Moor Tautleroy;" (sec
bishop Meade Old Churches, second
volume, page 47S.) The records also state
that this Major Moors Flntleroy was
OF the House of Burgesses, and, "a man
Of high and fearless temper The name
Of his wife Is not given. hut he had
several children; one son, William, bori7
1854, married Apphia Bushrod he diet
1757, leaving three sons. William, Moore
and John.
William, born 17ls and died 1893 he
was the Colonel William Fauntleroy OF
the Revolutions he was twice married;
n daughter. Elizabeth, by his first wife
married u William Adams, after having
Il refused her hand to General Washington.
BY his second wife "a Miss Murdock), he
had seven sons and three daughters One
OF his daughters married Colonel Tur-
4 1ler I.eedstown: another married VIII
liam Carter. of Amherst county. TIL.
two eldest sons OF Colonel William. Will
liam and Moore. graduated at Edinburs,
Scotland, in medicine. DR.. Moore Fnun-
1leroy returned to Essex county. Va, and
then moved to Charleston. S. c.. where
/. he died, 1902. Robert, the youngest son
OF Colonel William, born 1885, married
Sarah Ball daughter of Colonel James
Ball, of Lancaster county, Va. I1e died
4 1892
Moore Fauntlcroy. second son of Col
onel William and .Apphia Fauntleroy.
! born 1915 He MOVED to"King and Queen
county. and married Margaret Mcon,
daughter of Paul Nticon, the Huguenoi,
who died 1885, aged rs years This Colonel
4 Moore Faunteroy was a great patriot,
and one Of the first to sign the West
moreland resolutions In 1865. He was 4
Justice Of the Peace for the county ana
also active In the church He had 4
CON- Dr. Moore 1'auntleroy. from whom
descended the late John Moore Fauntc-
Ecy, of King and Queen county, whose
son is the present Mr.. George Latan
I'auntleroy, OF Richmond. Va, this
branch of the Faunteroy's having inter-
married with another celebrated huguc-
not family, Of Latam, john the youngest,
born TIA, IL mentioned as living in Es-
Sex county county 1857; and his brother
Griffin also, both being vestrymen in
North 1'arnham Parish
Most OF the Fauntleroy family settled
IN Richmond county as early AS l603 to
i4-, Ill INC OiU lHllllg seal, 'NdSlor s
Hole" whore Colonel William Fuuutlc-
roy Chc sccond) lived, ono Of whose
daughters married Thomas Turner. 1867
md whose son, DR. Henry Faunteroy.
lived there afterwards whose daughter
married Colonel William Dangerhcld II
Is handed down by tradition that tho
inoat -of-arms Of the family were brough,
over by Captain Charles Faunleroy OF
the English Navy, near relative of the
immigrant, Moore Fauntleroy From the
FIRST OF the Revolutionary War they be-
came noted fighters One of the sons Of
Colonel William Faunteroy Bushrot
1'auntleroy gent Of Srotsylvana county
was commissioned captain Of II company
of foot July 81. l755. The emlgrant him
self must have entered the service al
once for he is spoken of as "Colonc
Moore Fauntleroy, Of RappahannocI
county, 1856, being commissioned by tn