The journal of John Fontaine ; an Irish Huguenot son in Spain and Virginia, 1710-1719 /

John Fontaine was born in 1693 at Taunton, Somerset, England, the son of James Fontaine (1658-1728) and Anne Elizabeth Boursiquoit Fontaine, French Huguenots. His family migrated to Ireland in 1694, where they lived at Cork, Bear Haven, and Dublin. In 1715, John voyaged to Virginia, where he hoped t...

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Main Author:	Fontaine, John, 1693-
Other Authors:	Alexander, Edward P. (Edward Porter), 1907-2003
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Williamsburg, Va. : Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; distributed by the University Press of Virginia, [1972]
Series:	Williamsburg eyewitness to history series.
Subjects:	Fontaine family. Fontaine, John, > 1693- > Diaries. Fontaine, John, > 1693- > Family. Fontaine (Famille) Fontaine, John, > 1693- Fontaine. Travel. Virginia > Description and travel > Early works to 1800. Spain > Description and travel > Early works to 1800. Virginie > Descriptions et voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800. Espagne > Descriptions et voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800. Virginia. United States, Virginia > Description and travel. Diaries. Early works. Families.