The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-03

Tho autobiography narratcs the muir.
der OF John de la Fontatnc, Jamoss
great-grandfathcr, in 1868, in France.
on account OF his staunch support OF
the Protestant Church.
The wife and a valet OF John de la
Fontainc, who was born in 1909.
were murdered at tho sa1nc time. In
1886, the yoar OF tho revocation of tho
Edict or Nantes, the Rev. James Fon.
tame and some of his near relations
left France and took refuge In Eng
land. Subsequently, some Of tho Sons
and daughters cmlgrated from Eng
land to Virginia.
His sons John and Moses remained
In England. One of his daugh ters,
Mary Anne, married the Row. James
Maury. of Louisa county. virginia.
author of The Physical Geogra-
ply OF tho Sea, Is l!neally descend
IN his autobiography, the Rev,
cratic prefix of pe la to the Fontaine
name was dropped by his father and
his descendants.
Tho autobiography OF the Rev.
James E'ontine was written In 1722
when he was sixty-four years Of age
( who had then settled in Virginia and
in England. 1t was written. in dupli-
cate; one copy was given to his sons
John and Moses in England the other
| copy TO his sons and daughters In
| Virginia. This fact is stated on page
3i4 of Memoirs OF a Huguenot FAM
ily prepared by Miss Maury The
original manuscript which the Vir-
down through successive generations
to James Fontaine of Rock Castle,
in Hanover county. During the Civil
Wa~the Federal soldiers were several
Il ~ H.. .s,tA ~
Hanover county. On one occasion
| they took from the residence of Mr..
James F'ontaine this original manu-
script and mutilated and partly de-
stroyed 1t.
In this condition 1T was recovered
ended and was placed some yeara
ago in the keeping of Colonel Richard
l. Maury, of Richmond Va, by Pro-
lessor William M. Fontaine, of tho
est son OF the late James Fontaine, OF
Rock Castle Hanover county. Va.
The treatise on Huguenot settle
J ments In England and ireland, by
Blood In America" by Lucien j. Fos-
dick. and the publications by the vir-
j GINA Historical Society on .Huguenot
Settlements in Virginia" contain much
valuable information respecting thu
Rev. James Fontaine and his descen.
dants.
The name of James FontaineI
residence and plantation was .'Rocl;:
Castle" The name of Colonel Edmund
Fontaine's residence and plantation
was Beaver Dam" For many years
prior to and also during the Civil
War, Colonel Fohtaine was the abba
n Central Railroad Company, and con-
o tinucd in that office until 1867, when
r tho Virginia. Central Railroad Com
r pany and tho Covington and Ohio
dat IL
into one company and designated tina
: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com
Il pany, OF which Colonel Fontaine was
r elected the FIRST president Two of his
& Civil War-Edmund Fontaine, at tho
first Manassas battle on the list of
= July 1851, and pr. John 3. Fontaine.
chief OF the medical staff of General
g j. f. 3. Stuart's army, near Peters
! burg. Va, on the Sd of October. 1854.
n Tho Fontalne and Maury families
. ana their numerous relatives and con-
. nections are scattered over Il large
J. portion of the United States. Many
II of them have filled. and many do now
: fill prominent positions as clergymen.
army officers, naval officers. lawyers
- physicians, bankers, merchants, men
- of science, of education, ana IN other
- vocations of life.
- Note.-Another edition of the THE
y Memoirs of n Hugnenot Family wa,
published lately In Now York. by g
4 L.
!. additions not contained in former edi
:, tions. The original manuscript is nov
!" in the keeping OF the Virginia His
>, tortoal society Of Richmond H., Va s,
~ Charleston, w Va. March 2. 1910.
ID Danville Va. March "a. 1910.
4 Editor Genealogical Column
Sir,-I have heen watching you
:. genealogical column for some time.
70 am Interested in Robert Morris, signe
- of the Declaration of independence.
u learn he had two hrothers--one cam
d to Virginia or Richmond and one Wen
: 20 New Orleans. Robert remained Il
Z, New York. noticed in Your pape
II OF November z, 1908. an item take,
C. from a paper of Troy, ". Y, STATING
that Robert Norris loaned the govern
lnent Sl.iOo,000. none of which hal
f Troy were looking after il. | hav
r had three letters from them askin.
n for any information I could give them
/. I have a cousin. Miss Maria Morris
: living In your city. who has spen
:, some time in trying to get up a
family tree. I learn my grandfather
= without pay; livod In Richmond. Va,
IS have been told I was in direct line
10 from Robert Morris, and thought your
IN enterprising paper might stir up some
10 thina, that would throw light on the
"a search. There arc a good many people
or that name living In your city
Thanklng you IN advance.
L Yours very respectfully,
10 MRS. KATE r. MOORE,
l. Pc. o. Box COS.
S. Can any OF our readers assist Mrs
,f Moore?
- Wanted-Information concerning TIL
Nail family, Swiss emigrants, who II
y 1871 settled with pnsy on the lowe
IS Savannah River. Caspar Nail. a de
e. scendant OF this family, married Re
N becca Howell, of Caroline county. Va
l. Address A AIS, care this paper.
y, y Mrs. b. S. McCraw. OF Nathalie. Hall
- fax county, Va, desires a record o
~ the Ross family If any of our read
" ers VIII supply us with data we vii
n be glad to publish ii.
"a Mrs, McCraw has sent these notes
70 Lawrence Ross was born in Dublin
mi ireland. and came to Virginia. Hi
, ) Oldest son was Shapleigh born In Nir
ginla. but moved to Kennedy, and die,
D. on Beargrass Creek, six miles from
y, Louisville. shapleigh Ross .probabl,
g married Mary Prince, of Virginia. Fl
In afterwards removed to Missouri. an,
IN died In Lincoln county, 1t is fainil,
tradition that both served in the Revo
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