Nancy Thompson Brewton

Birth: 1765, USA Death: Jul. 7, 1864 Tattnall County Georgia, USA

Daughter of Revolutionary War Soldier Francis Fontaine III and Jemina Johnson Fontaine

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Nancy Fontaine Brewton, wife of Nathan Brewton, was a daughter of Francis Fontaine III, a patriot who was murdered by Tories in South Carolina during the American Revolution. The Fontaines were of an ancient noble lineage. The founder of this line was Jean de la Fontaine, a Crusader knight who fought at Jerusalem in 1099 under Godfrey of Bouillon during the First Crusade.

The Fontaines, beginning with a later Jean de la Fontaine in the 1300s, were the lords of the territory of Sevilly for centuries, and members of family were close advisors to the French kings Francis I, Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry IV. The Fontaines were Huguenots; and, as a result, members of the family were heavily persecuted, and in one case murdered, by the Catholic Church. After the family voluntarily renounced its noble standing, Rev. Jacques Fontaine III moved the family to England in 1685 and Ireland in 1694, where they resided in a castle at Bear Haven. In 1721, his son, Rev. Francis Fontaine I, sailed to America and settled in Williamsburg, Virginia. Contributed by: Dylan Edward Mulligan

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Spouse:

 Nathan Brewton (1765 - 1855)

Children:

 Fontaine Brewton (1795 - 1807)*

 Elmire Brewton Hendricks (1795 - 1876)*

 Benjamin Brewton (1796 - 1875)*

 Nathan Brewton (1803 - 1878)*

 Samuel J. Brewton (1809 - 1887)*

 Martha Brewton Rogers (1813 - 1890)*

 Clarissa Brewton Smith (1815 - 1904)*

 Simon Johnson Brewton (1819 - 1865)*

Birth: 1765, USA Death: Jul. 7, 1864 Tattnall County Georgia, USA

Daughter of Revolutionary War Soldier Francis Fontaine III and Jemina Johnson Fontaine

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Nancy Fontaine Brewton, wife of Nathan Brewton, was a daughter of Francis Fontaine III, a patriot who was murdered by Tories in South Carolina during the American Revolution. The Fontaines were of an ancient noble lineage. The founder of this line was Jean de la Fontaine, a Crusader knight who fought at Jerusalem in 1099 under Godfrey of Bouillon during the First Crusade.

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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Nancy Fontaine Brewton, wife of Nathan Brewton, was a daughter of Francis Fontaine III, a patriot who was murdered by Tories in South Carolina during the American Revolution. The Fontaines were of an ancient noble lineage. The founder of this line was Jean de la Fontaine, a Crusader knight who fought at Jerusalem in 1099 under Godfrey of Bouillon during the First Crusade.

The Fontaines, beginning with a later Jean de la Fontaine in the 1300s, were the lords of the territory of Sevilly for centuries, and members of family were close advisors to the French kings Francis I, Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry IV. The Fontaines were Huguenots; and, as a result, members of the family were heavily persecuted, and in one case murdered, by the Catholic Church. After the family voluntarily renounced its noble standing, Rev. Jacques Fontaine III moved the family to England in 1685 and Ireland in 1694, where they resided in a castle at Bear Haven. In 1721, his son, Rev. Francis Fontaine I, sailed to America and settled in Williamsburg, Virginia. Contributed by: Dylan Edward Mulligan* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 28 2021, 18:48:22 UTC