Shaderick Fountain
From: [email protected] 
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 09:02:01 EST
Subject: Shaderick Fountain
Stephen:
I have a branch of my Fountain's that went north from the Eastern Shore of MD
to NJ.  I do not have a record of Shaderick but he might be tied into the
following and I'm not aware of it.  If you think he is let me know and I'll
send the rest of the Ancestors.
Jane
Ref: This Old Monmouth (county in NJ) of Ours, by William S. Hornor (I don't
have any date on this book, I only have a copy of the cover and 1 page)
The Huguenot Fountains
There are said to have been two families of the name of Fountain who came to
this country at an early date and who are connected, if at all, very
distantly.  The immigrant ancestor of one of these families is said to have
reached New York as early as 1650 and to have died there at the age of 100,
leaving a son Moses, who is said to have reached the age of 104.  The other
family, whose name in the early records is spelled de la Fontaine, is said to
have settled in Virginia as early as 1716. The immigrant ancestor is said to
have left two sons -- the Reverend Peter, who died without issue, and the
Reverend Francis, who left descendants, some of whom made their way into
Maryland and New Jersey.
The writer has available no details concerning the direct ancestry of the
Reverend John Fountain, of Freneau, but believes him to have come from this
last branch. 
Note: As researchers we know the above to be inaccurate..Also the family of
Rev. John is actually descendant of Nicholas Fountaine branch from Somerset
Co., MD in 1663.
(Back to quoting from the book) Reverend John Fountain
(1), lived at the present Freneau, and is noted for the number of marriages
that he performed.  He died in 1835, at the age of seventy-five.  His wife,
Elizabeth, died in 1836.  Both are buried in Rose-Hill cemetery, at Matawan.
He had children: Asbury (2), born 1800; Wesley; Augustus; Theodore; Eliza; and
Phoebe.
Asbury Fountain (2) (actually named John Asbury Fountain), son of Rev. John
(1) was three times married, the first two wives being sisters, of the family
Frost, and the third, Catherine, daughter of Major David Provoost and widow of
"Squire" William Herbert.  The children were: Charles W., James, William A.
and Luther.
William A. Fountain, son of Asbury, married Annie Fielder.  Their Children
were: Eleanor, Robert, a Banker of South River, who married Ella Tully, and
has son Robert; and Emma Fielder, who married William A. Cose, and lives at
Matawan.

 

prevpg.gif (2259 bytes)

Web Site owner is Pauline Drury 
This site Designed & Maintained by Hummingbird  Design Studio 
Web-Design �copyright 1995
 - 2002