" Fant Faunt Font " Surname group- Background

Background

Everyone with the surname "Fant" or "Faunt" has wondered at one time or another where their family came from.

While traditional genealogy efforts, such as the fine book produced by Alfred Fant, have provided a number of useful insights and a fairly well-developed family tree for many of the Fants in the USA, genetic genealogy offers a new opportunity to answer these age-old questions.

By joining this project, you will add to the growing store of knowledge about the Fant and Faunt families and their deep origins. The best information available suggests that the origin of the name is the Norman French nickname "L'enfant," first documented in the late 13th century.
Sir Walter L'Enfant was an Irish knight in Edward I's household, justiciar, and "Fidelis of Ireland."He is deceased in 1309 leaving Johanna Butler widow in Limerick.
 Walter's son Sr. John L'Enfant was still in France at that point..The Carew Manuscripts say this" 6 On October 5, 1312, John Lenfant, knight, was appointed seneschal of. Ponthieu and Monstreuil (Calendar of the Patent Rolls, 1307-1313".
Much can be found regarding the family in the document "Who Was Who in Medieval Limerick"