Born ‎7 Apr 1658 Jenouille, France, died ‎1728 Dublin, Ireland‎, 69 or 70 years, bur. ‎ St Stephens Green Cemetery, Dublin, IRE
Born April 7, at Jenouille, of which estate, and that of Jaffe', he became possessed; received degree of M.A. from College of Guienne; imprisoned, 1658; m. Feb 8, 1686, Anne Elizabeth Boursiquot; escaped, after the Revocation of the Edict of Natz, to England, with his sister Elizabeth, and niece, Janette Fountaine; landed December 6, 1685; admitted to Holy Orders by the Protestant Synod, at Taunton, June 10, 1688. His life, as further set forth in his Memoir, which has quite the intrest of a romance, was one exhibiting marked mental fertility, courage, and determination of charactor.

Jacques IV adopting the anglification of his name, became known as James Fontaine. On the 8th of February 1686, Anne Elizabeth Boursiquot, daugther of Aaron and Jeann (Guillet) Boursiquot of Taillesbourg, Saintonge near Bor-deau, became his bride in the parish church in Barnstaple, England. They moved to Taunton, the trade center of Som-ersethire. Disliking the Church of England's persecution of the Presbyterians and their unfriendly attitude toward the Huguenots, he ceased to worship in the Church and asked to be examined for the ministry by the Presbyterian Synod meeting at Taunton in 1688. On June 10th of that year his holy orders were received from them. He began his minis-try by serving his fellow Huguenots. Needing other financial means, Jean or James established a small cloth-weaving business for himself and fellow Huguenots. Just by devising a method of weaving a superior cloth, known as Cali-manco, he became a competitor to the English weavers who soon forced him to close up shop and leave Tauton in 1694. He moved his family to Bear Haven on the Irish coast of Cork. (additional data in the addenda which I do not have).

Never lacking in ingenuity, James established a fishing business that soon became a profitable enterprise. Alas, mis-fortune struck again, French privateers, who considered Huguenots fair prey, decided to destroy the business. The Fountaines were ready for them as one of their members had been warned in a dream. Even Ann Elizabeth aided in warding off the attack; at the same time acting as surgeon and nurse for the wounded. The privateers, an envious and presistent group, returned with a larger and well-armed crew; quickly drove away the Fountaines and thoroughly de-stroyed all the fishing gear, ships, nets and shacks.

Realizing that further efforts there would be useless James moved his family to Dublin. He rented a house on St. Stephen Green and started a preparatory school. Here he was able to give his children an excellent preparatory education. Besides, he earned enough extra money with which he sent his sons to Trinty College north of Dublin. Peter received a BA degree in 1715, Francis a BA in 1716 and a MA in 1719 and Moses a MA in 1717.

Born ‎± 1660, died ‎29 Jan 1721 Dublin, Ireland‎, approximately 61 years
Birth also reported 1666

James Fontaine described his wife: "She was very beautiful, her skin was delicately fair. She had a brilliant color in her cheeks, a high forehead, a remarkably intellectual expressive countenance....and she had a very dignified carriage which some persons condemmed as haughty, but I always thought it peculiarly becoming to one of her beauty. The charms of her mind and disposition were in no way inferior to those of her person, so that altogether she seemed formed to captivate the most indifferent".