The de la Fontaine Family Crest

The Fontaine family, of Virginia, is issued from Jean de la Fontaine, a French gentilhomme of the Province of Maine, who was martyred in 1563, with his wife and his eldest son, on account of his protestant faith. His direct descendant, the Rev. Peter Fontaine, ordained a Priest of the Anglican Church by the Bishop of London, emigrated in Virginia in 1716. Died without issue. The name was, however, perpetuated in the colony by the de- scendants of his brother, the Reverend Francis Fontaine. The family intermarried with the best Virginia blood.

Family

de la Fontaine

Blazon

An Elephant's Head, Erased.

Source

America Hereldica