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The Fontaine/Maury Society the Newsletters Table of Contents The Fontaine/Maury Society The Newsletters Table of Contents Page Title / Topic Date 1 The Fontaine Family – Beaverdam Cemetery ca 1972 3 Organizational Meeting The Fontaine Society, Richmond 1975 June 4 Rump Meeting Fontaine Society; Albemarle Co., VA 1982 June 12 5 Newsletter Issue 1 1984 August 5 - Notice of Meeting at Scotchtown 6 Oct. 1984 5 - The 1983 Gathering at Scotchtown & Beaverdam Cem. Report 7 - Names & Addresses of 1983 Meeting Attendees 9 Newsletter Issue 2 1984 Nov. 9 - 1984 Gathering of the Society Report 13 Newsletter Issue 3 1985 Jan. 13 - Notice of 1985 Meeting at Scotchtown 15 June 1985 13 - Memoirs of a Huguenot Family 17 Newsletter Issue 4 1985 July 17 - 1985 Gathering of the Society Report 21 - Members Present at the Gathering 23 Newsletter Issue No. 5 1986 Feb. 23 - Announcing the 1986 Gathering, Scotchtown 14 June 1986 23 - Memoirs of a Huguenot Family, More of the Story 27 Newsletter Issue No. 6 1986 May 27 - Locating as Many Descendants as Possible 27 - List of 58 Names & Addresses of Known Descendants 31 Newsletter Issue No. 7 1986 July 31 - The 1986 Gathering Report 33 - Members Present at 1986 Gathering 35 Newsletter Issue No. 8 1987 April 35 - Plans Set for 1987 Gathering at Scotchtown 13 June 1987 35 - A Powerful Historical Novel Has Peter Fontaine as Minor Hero [Anya Seton’s Devil Water] 37 - Necrology 37 - Dr. John Boursiquot Fontaine 38 - Memoirs of a Huguenot Family Again Available 39 Newsletter Issue No. 9 1987 July 39 - Report on the 1987 Gathering 41 - Ministry of Ancestors Continued by Marian Osborne [i] Page Title / Topic Date 42 - John Boursiquot Fontaine, M.D., Researched & Re-Enacted by Ronald Waddell 45 - The Fontaine Crest 45 - Members and Guests Attending the 1987 Gathering 47 Newsletter Issue No. 10 1988 March 47 - 1988 Meeting Set for 18 June, Scotchtown 47 - Special for New Members Not Already Familiar with Society 49 - Editor’s Note to All Members 40 - Cousins Visit Fontaine Country in Western France 52 - Query for Photo of Matthew Maury Fontaine 1797-1879 53 Newsletter Issue No. 11 1988 July 52 - 1988 Gathering Best Attended & Most Varied to Date 56 - Attenders at 1988 Gathering 57 - A Modern Day Entrepreneur a la James Fontaine the Refuge 59 - King, Fontaine, Burns & Wallace Reunion in August 1988 59 - Good News from Baltimore – Genealogical Publishing Co. to Reprint Memoirs of a Huguenot Family 59 - Query for Books Formerly in Rev. Peter Fontaine Library 60 Newsletter Issue No. 12 1988 Sept. 60 - Special Called Meeting Oct. 28-29, 1988, Richmond, VA 62 - Book Review – Maury Family Tree by Sue West Crabtree Teague 62 - Query about the Georgia Fontaines 63 - Errors in the Fontaine Maury Chart re: Francis Fontaine (b. 1721) Descendants 64 Newsletter Issue No. 13 1989 January 64 - Report on Special Meeting Called 65 - Society funding 65 - Society Genealogical Research and Library 66 - Society Directory of Members 66 - Society Annual Meeting 66 - Proposal to Change Name of Society 66 - Birth Announcement – Elizabeth Falls Jones 66 - SOS – Need for Items to Create Library 68 Newsletter Issue No. 14 1989 Spring 68 - General Plan for Annual Meeting June 16-17, Ashland VA 68 - The Society at a Stage of Rapid Growth 69 - Annual Meeting Tentative Agenda 70 - The Origin of the Fontaine Society: Proposal of Jacques Fontaine 1722, by Dianne W. Ressinger 72 - The Society of Fontaine and Maury Descendants in America Constitution 74 Newsletter Issue No. 15 – first as Fontaine Maury Society 1989 Summer 74 - 1989 Annual Meeting Best Attended & Most Productive Yet 76 - Attendees at 1989 Gathering [ii] Page Title / Topic Date 78 - The Fontaine Maury Society Membership Criteria & Form 80 Newsletter Issue No. 16 1989 Fall 80 - From Outgoing & Incoming Editors Chic Moran & Dee Dee Ressinger 80 - Jacques Fontaine to His Children 81 - The Murder of Jean de la Fontaine 81 - Idleness Is Imperfection 83 - Several Officers Already in Place 83 - Membership 84 Newsletter Issue No. 17 1990 Winter 84 - 1990 Annual Meeting to Go Back to Basics: Theme Will Be Story of the Jacques Fontaine Manuscripts 84 - This Is The Last Will of Me James 84 - And Especially Piety: Notes on Dublin in the 18th Century 85 - She Rejoiced in Her Poverty [Anne Elisabeth Boursiquot] 86 - Provenance of the Memoirs of Jacques Fontaine, 1722 88 Newsletter Issue No. 18 1990 Spring 88 - June Meeting to Break New Ground for the Society 88 - Summary of Opportunities & Tentative Events for Annual Meeting, June 15-16, Charlottesville, VA 89 - From Editor: Excerpt from 1723 Sermon by Peter Fontaine 89 - Boursiquot Family 90 - The Two Parsons Maury and their School 92 Newsletter Issue No. 19 1990 Summer - Enthusiasm & Interest High at 1990 Annual Meeting 93 - Confessions of a “Nouvelle Fontaine” by Dianne Ressinger 94 - A Drama at Château-Gaillard in 1670 96 - An Incomplete List of Attendees of 1990 Annual Meeting 97 Newsletter Issue No. 20 1990 Fall 97 - Aaron Fontaine: A Biographical Sketch by Dianne Ressinger 99 - Recipe for Huguenot Torte from Charleston Recipes 99 - Fall of the House of Maupin-Maury? by Nancy Kupersmith 101 Newsletter Issue No. 21 1991 Winter 101 - Letters, We Get Letters – about Aaron Fontaine 102 - Book Review: Quiet Conquest: The Huguenots 1685-1985 102 - The Huguenot Refugee, a Four-Part Song 103 - Annual Reunion June 14-16, 1991, Charlottesville VA 104 - From the Memoirs – Irish Robber with French Pirates 105 Newsletter Issue No. 22 1991 Spring 105 - Details for 1991 Annual Meeting, June 14-16, Charlottesville 105 - Election of Officers 106 - Library News 106 - Matthew Fontaine Maury, “Pathfinder of the Seas”, from Irish Times, by Brendan McWilliams, 1 February 1991 [iii] Page Title / Topic Date 106 - 1st Local Chapter of International Society Formed, by Chic Moran 107 - What I Did on My Summer Vacation [France visit] by Dianne Ressinger 109 Newsletter Issue No. 23 1991 Summer 109 - News from Ireland from Connie Murphy, Castletownbere 110 - Details of Annual Meeting June 1991 111 - I Preferred Poor Fare in her Company; Details on Sir Halswell Tynte named in the Memoirs 112 - Query re: Israel Fountain of S.C. ca 1795 112 - Library News 113 Newsletter Issue No. 24 1991 Fall 113 - Call For Help for Annual Meeting 113 - Reflections on Our Ancestor [Jacques Fontaine] 113 - Fontaine Heraldry, by Murray Rose 115 - Necrology – Lawrence Fontaine LeStourgeon 115 - Jacques Fontaine’s Old Stomping Grounds [in England] 117 Newsletter Issue No. 25 1992 Winter 117 - Letter from William Fontaine Scott and wife Harriet on Research Trip in search of Rev. Peter Fontaine 118 - Notes of Fontaine Silver and China 118 - Donations 118 - Query about Elizabeth Fontaine, b. ca 1717, m. Richard Tankersley 118 - Matthew Fontaine Maury in Moby Dick 119 - Plans Proceed for Reunion, June 12-14, 1992, Williamsburg 121 Newsletter Issue No. 26 1992 Spring 121 - Huguenot Society of Great Britain & Ireland to Publish New Edition of Memoirs of a Huguenot Family by Dianne Ressinger 122 - Proposal from Charles J. Ragland for Documenting Lines of Society’s Membership 123 - Reminder about Reunion June 12-14, 1992, in Williamsburg 123 - Revocation of the Edict of Nantes 124 - Biography Available, Matthew Fontaine Maury Scientist of the Sea by Frances Leigh Williams, names Matthew Maury’s parents in France as Abraham Maury and Marie Fourquereau 125 Newsletter Issue No. 28 [sic – should be 27] 1992 Summer 125 - Spring Reunion A Great Success 126 - Letter from Our English Cousin, Kathleen Fontaine Busfield 127 - New Edition of Memoirs by Dianne Ressinger 127 - Commemorative Stamp Considered by Matthew Fontaine Maury 120 Newsletter Issue No. 29 1992 Fall 129 - Ancestors – Mary Fontaine married Lewis Kincheloe in KY [iv] Page Title / Topic Date 129 - Plaque to Honor Jaques & Anne Elisabeth? [in Huguenot Cemetery in Dublin] 130 - The Barnstaple Built Barque Lieutenant Maury 131 - History Repeats Itself? 1852 Letter from Ann Maury about new book Tale of the Huguenots published 14 years earlier 133 Newsletter Issue No. 30 1993 Winter 133 - Memoirs of the Reverend Jaques Fontaine Published by Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland 134 - Plaque in Dublin 135 - Announcement – Sue Teague updating Maury Family Tree 135 - 1993 Reunion in Charleston, June 11-12, with Agenda 137 Newsletter Issue No. 31 1993 Spring 137 - See You in Charleston? Details for Upcoming Reunion 137 - A New Publication – 1992 French Edition of Jaques Fontaine’s Memoirs 138 - Ex Libris – News from the Library 138 - In Memoriam – Fermine Moran 139 - News from London – Several Documents re: Rev. Peter Fontaine 141 Newsletter Issue No. 32A 1993 Fall 141 - A Gala in Charleston 141 - Query re: Elizabeth Lair b. 1770s NC 142 - Request for Family Sayings, Pictures 143 - Terrell Territory 145 Newsletter Issue No. 32B 1994 Winter 145 - From the Editor – Edith Wharton; New French Language Edition of the Memoirs 146 - Announcements – Dr. Bill Williams passing; James Maury Stillman birth 146 - Reminder about Charlottesville Reunion June 10-11 146 - A Sentimental Journey, A Visit to France, by Maury Kingman 149 Newsletter Issue No. 33 1994 Spring 149 - Details on 1994 Reunion in Charlottesville 149 - Announcements – Passing of Jessie Williams, Fred James Ritchie Watts 149 - Maury Cemetery, Williamson County, Tennessee 151 - A Checklist – Things to Bring to Charlottesville 152 Newsletter Issue No. 34 1994 Summer 152 - Annual Meeting Plans for Lexington VA June 9-10, 1995 152 - Announcements: The Quiet Conquest available for purchase; suggestions for logo for Society; new librarian starts 153 - Fountain Family on Staten Island by Harriet Fast Scott 156 Newsletter Issue No. 35 1994 Fall 156 - New Scenes & Continuations: Ann Maury Letters, and Old book The Story of Huguenot’s Sword [v] Page Title / Topic Date 159 - A Further Reflection on Winston Fontaine’s Book 160 Newsletter Issue No. 36 1995 Winter 160 - Extravagance of Intellect, about Mississippi Fontaines 162 - Details for Annual Meeting in Lexington VA June 9-10, 1995 164 Newsletter Issue No.
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