Hi Pam, I did mean the New Netherland Connections and 2009, thanks. I always hesitate to use the term ALL is simply because as soon as I do, some unknown someone creeps out of the past. Thanks Judy Aug 27, 2010 12:22:53 PM, [email protected] wrote: =========================================== Dear Judy and Glee, > >Judy wrote: > >> Antoine alias Anthony Fountain was of >> Staten Island, Richmond County New York. I briefly mention this on the >first page >> in my article Which Charles Fountyn? appearing in the 2990-2010 publication >of the >> New Netherland Connection. > > > >Don't you mean New Netherland Connections, edited by Dorothy Koenig? The > >article "Which Charles Fontyn?" began in the November _2009_ issue >of >that publication, and your statement (above) appears on Page 87 of >Volume 14 [and was footnoted to a conversation with Harry Macy, Jr.]. > > >> All of Anthony's male descendants apparently remained on >> Staten Island during the Fonteyn family years in New Jersey. I suggest >that would >> be the place to check. > >The above should read: "All of Anthony *Fountain's* male descendants > >apparently remained on Staten Island..." > >Glee, > >> I have found in the Archives Abstract of wills for the above >> families. These were here in the1600s. >> Anthony Fountain& Wife Sarah Hance Vincent their son >> Vincent and his wife Anna Hannah Martinse >> their son Vincent and his wife Martha Poillion >> Vincent sister Anne Fountain who married Henry Perrine. >> I know little to nothing about these families. Also which Henry >> Perrine did Anne marry? I descend out of her. Their daughter married >> Peter Stryker. One of the will abstracts says the Anne Fountain >> married Henry Perrine. This also mentioned in the William Norman >> Stryker book. The will of Anne's father meant I was on the right >> tract but need more info. I have tried to find info on them on the >> web but not much out there. Maybe I just do not know where to look. I >> have poor eyesight so cannot drive and cannot go running all over the >> states looking for original documents. I can look on the web and buy >> books. So please point me in the right direction. Thank you, >> Glee > > >I have very little on the Fountain family of Staten Island, but the >following may be of some help. > >From: > >Leng, Charles W. Staten Island and its people : a history, 1609-1929 >New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1930, page 897 > >"Fountain, Anthony or Antoine Fontaine, who appears in court records of > >1681 as thirty or thirty-five years of age, was the first of the name on >Staten Island. He had a grant at the present Richmond Valley in 1685. He >bought land in 1686. John Fountain and Vincent Fountain, were land >owners in 1695 and 1696. Vincent, who will names Sarah Dye as his >honored mother, had his cattle mark recorded in 1701, gave his age in >1706 for the census as thirty-six, served in the militia in 1715, and >made his will in 1732. His sons were Anthony and Vincent; his daughter >Anne, married Henry Perine. Vincent Fountain, Jr, died in 1740, leaving >three sons, Anthony, John and Vincent, to continue the name until now. >The Fountain House on the Richmond Road, and one of the same name in >West New Brighton, are reminiscenses of this family." > >The line of descent you refer to is as follows: > >Anthony Fountain & Sarah Vincent >Vincent Fountain & Ann Martineau (aka Martinse) >Anne Fountain & Henry Perrine > >The above Henry Perrine was the son of Pieter Perrine and Anna Holmes, >but they had no daughter named Anne who married Pieter Stryker. Rather, >the wife of Pieter Stryker was Anne Perrine, a daughter of Pieter >Perrine and Anna Holmes, and therefore the sister of Henry Perrine (who >married Anne Fountain). > >Following is the will abstract of Henry Perrine of Cranbury, Middlesex, NJ: > >Calendar of New Jersey Wills. Vol III 1751-1760 p 250 (Vol 32 of the >Series) >22 Sep 1752. Henry Perrine, of Cranberry, Middlesex Co., yeoman; will >of. Wife, Martha. Children -- Henry, Anthony, Nancey, John, William, >Joseph, Martha, and James. Real and personal estate. Executors -- the >wife, John Perrine and Peter Perrine. Witnesses -- John Davison, George >Eggers, James Farrill. Proved March 6, 1753. Lib. F, p. 92 >Inv. made 3 Mar 1753 by Luycas Schanck, Petrick Vance and John Davison. >Incl. an 80 acre farm in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., an 80 acre farm >in the City of Amboy, Middlesex, Co., and another farm in Amboy >amounting to 96 acres. > >Therefore, your line of descent should be: > >Daniel Perrine & Maria Thorel >Pieter Perrine & Anna Holmes >Anne Perrine married Pieter Stryker > > >Following is the will abstract of Pieter Stryker of Millstone, Somerset >Co, NJ: > >New Jersey Calendar of Wills 1771-1780, Vol V [Vol 34 of the Series] pg 511 > >Will dated 27 Oct 1773; proved 27 Jan 1775 (NJA 34:511) Peter Stryker >of Millstone, Somerset County; yeoman; will of. Wife, Cathrina, all she >brought with her. Son John, my plantation, and he is to pay John Brokaw, >the heir of my daughter Magdalena, deceased, £250, when my grandson is > >21; also, to children of my daughter Sarah, deceased, namely Peter >Strycker Harlengen, £155, and Mary Van Harlinge, £50. Son Peter, >plantation where he lives. Daughter Anne, wife of Court Williamson, >£229; daughter Greetje, wife of Jores Brokaw, £229; daughter Maria, >wife >of Hendrick Banta Jr., £25; daughter Elizabeth, wife of Aaron Auten, >£204. Executors -- sons John and Peter, and my brother Johannis Stryker. >Witnesses -- Hendrick Willson, Andrew Voorhees, Peter Stryker. Proved >Jan 27, 1775. > >1774, Dec. 23. Inventory, L1,053.17.0, made by Daniel Perrine and John >Van Dorn. Lib. L, p. 405. > > >For further information on the Perrine family, I suggest you access the >following source, although I cannot vouch for its accuracy: > >Perrine, Howland Delano. Daniel Perrin "The Huguenot" South Orange, >New >Jersey: Privately Printed, 1910. > > >Regards, >Pam Sears > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >body of the message