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238 Virginia, from 1720-1722, professor of Oriental languages in William and Mary College in 1729, rector of Yorkhampton parish, 1722-1749. Died the latter year. He married (first) Mary Glaneson; (second) Susanna Brush. He left issue.

Fontaine, James Maury, son of Rev. Francis Fontaine, by Susanna Brush, his wife, was born in 1738, educated at William and Mary College, where he was described as "knowing more than any other boy in the country of his age"; was ordained in England in 1763; on his return was rector of Petsworth and Ware parishes in Gloucester county. Fontaine, John, brother of Rev. Francis Fontaine (q.v.), was born in 1693, ensign in the British army and served in Spain, visited Virginia in 1714 and went with Governor Spotswood on the "Ultra Montane Expedition" of which he kept a diary. He returned to England. Fontaine, Peter, brother of Francis Fontaine {q.v.), was born in 1691; ordained a minister by the Bishop of London, came to Virginia in 1716, rector of Manakintown and Westover parishes, chaplain to the Virginia commission which ran the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina in 1728-1729. He died July, 1757. He married (first) Elizabeth Fourreau; (second) Elizabeth Wade. Foote, Richard, was the emigrant ancestor of the Foote family in Virginia and the south. He was son of John Foote, gentleman, and was born at Cardenham, county Cornwall. England, August 10, 1632. The Footes were an old family in Cornwall. He married Hester, daughter of Nicholas Hayward, of London, merchant, who dealt extensively with Virginia. He came to Virginia about 1655, and was carrying on the business of a merchant in London in 1689. He left a son Richard Foote, born June 31, 1666, who came to Virginia about the end of the seventeenth century, settled in Stafford county, where he died March 21, 1719. He was ancestor of Hon. H.S. Foote. of Mississippi. Ford, Richard, was a burgess from James City in the assembly of 1659-1660.

Fossaker, Captain Richard, was a burgess for Stafford county in 1702, 1704, 1705. He married the daughter and executrix of Captain John Withers, and had a grandson, John Fossaker, living in Stafford in 1756.

Foster, Joseph, nephew of Captain William Bassett, first of that name in Virginia, came from Newport, Southampton county, England, and was a justice of New Kent county, and burgess in 1688, 1696, and 1700-1702; vestryman of St. Peter's parish. New Kent, and lieutenant-colonel of the militia, he died about 1715. leaving issue.

Foster, Captain Richard, a burgess from Lower Norfolk county in 1656.

'Fouace, Stephen, came to Virginia in 1688, was minister of Hampton parish, York county, one of the original trustees of William and Mary College, 1693. He returned to England in 1702, when he resided in Chelsea, Middlesex county. In 1729 he joined with Dr. James Blair, as the only other surviving trustee under the college charter, in executing a deed of transfer to the faculty.

Fowke (Foulke), Gerard, a royalist, son