Born about in Beaverdam, Hanover County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Peter Fontaine Jr.
and Elizabeth (Winston) Fontaine
Sister of
John Smith Winston Fontaine, Edmund Fontaine, William Fontaine, Sarah Fontaine, Stephen Fountain, Susan (Fountain) Ring [half], James Fontaine, Judith Fontaine and Susanna Fontaine
Wife of
Bowles Armistead
— married
1775 [location unknown]
Wife of
John Lewis
— married
15 Dec 1785 (to 5 Apr 1799) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
William Armistead, Peter Fontaine Bowles Armistead, Elizabeth Armistead, Mary Bowles Armistead, Unknown Armistead, Frances (Lewis) Terrell, Robert Lewis, John Lewis, Sarah Katherine Lewis, John James Howell Lewis and Mary Ann (Lewis) Dillard
Died
at about age 44
in Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Mar 2011
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Biography
- When Mary Ann Fontaine was born in 1759 in Beaverdam, Virginia, her father, Peter, was 38, and her mother, Elizabeth, was 25. She married Bowles Armistead and they had six children together. She then married John Lewis and they had seven children together. She died on April 5, 1799, at the age of 40.
- Mary Fontaine was born in 1759 in Beaverdam, Hanover County, Virginia, the sixth or seventh of eleven children and the first or second of five daughters of Peter and Elizabeth Winston Fontaine.
- In 1775, when she was about twenty, She married Bowles Armistead . She bore him five children, two sons and three daughters:
- William Bowles Armistead
- Peter Armistead
- Elizabeth Armistead
- Mary Bowles Armistead
- Unknown Armistead.
- In April 1799, when she was about forty, she died in Fredericksburg, Virginia, of unknown causes.
Family
Bowles Armistead (husband)
Will of Bowles Armistead[1]
Dated: Undated
Proved: 16 May 1785
Culpepper County, Virginia
Legatees:
Sons: William and Peter (underage)
Daughters: Elizabeth and Mary (underage)
Wife: Mary Ann Armistead
Executors: Brother John Armistead, brother-in-law William Fontaine, wife Mary Ann Armistead and Captain John Spotswood
Witnesses: William Fontaine, Mary Thornton, Lawrence Brooks and George Hume Jr.
Sources
- ↑
Mixed probate records, 1749-1870; index, 1749-1930:
"Mixed probate records, 1749-1870; index, 1749-1930"
Catalog: Mixed probate records, 1749-1870; index, 1749-1930 Mixed records, Vol. C 1783-1791
Film number: 007644386 > image 79 of 249
FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89PC-MSX9 (accessed 14 October 2023)
See Also:
- Armistead, Tedford, comp., “Mary Ann Fontaine, b1759,” Armistead Family Tree, Ancestry.com. URL: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/110953434/person/200081845319/facts Accessed 9 Jan 2020.
- DAR Application of Anna Dora Trautman Fey - National# 283640
- Glenn, Justin. The Washingtons: A Family History: Volume 1: Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch (Kindle Location 2078). . Kindle Edition.
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Fontaine-1288 and Fontaine-144 appear to represent the same person because: same name, similar birth and death info, no doubt same spouses. Please merge
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[Living Zimmerman]
Fontaine-144 and Fontaine-148 appear to represent the same person because: 1755 is correct birth date, all other data is the same
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Rejected matches › Mary Fountain (1758-)
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