Fontein, a Dutch Mennonite family, which according to a family tradition (which is probably erroneous), had emigrated about 1520 from French Flanders to Friesland (see Blaupot ten Cate, Friesland, 178, note) and lived at Harlingen in Friesland; here Jurjen Scheltes Fontein and his son Schelte Jurjens were both burgomaster. It could not be decided whether these two men belonged to the Mennonite Church, but probably they did. Claes Jurjens Fontein, born 1616 at Harlingen, died there 1670, a deacon in the church and the son of Schelte, was a sheriff of the city of Harlingen and later its tax collector and steward.
(Het is waarschijnlijker, dat Schelte Jurjens Fontein en Claes Jurjens Fontein zonen waren van Jurjen Scheltes Fontein.)
"Anno 1670 den 2 nov is in den Heere gerust den eersame Claes Jurjens Fontein, oud 55 jaren, en is hier begraven."
Hij is getrouwd met Antje Reijners Jeddema.
Ze zijn in de kerk getrouwd op 30 maart 1646 te Harlingen, hij was toen 30 jaar oud.Bron 1
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Antje Reijners Jeddema |