ID: ind00918
Name: Eldert Janse FONDA
Given Name: Eldert Janse
Surname: Fonda
Sex: M
Birth: 08 APR 1751 1
Baptism: 28 APR 1751 2
Death: 25 JUL 1841
Age: 90y 3m 17d 3
Note: b. Niskayuna, Schenectady Co., NY; 1800 & 1810 US Federal Census, Hoosick, Rensselaer Co., NY; 1820 US Federal Census, Minden, Montgomery Co., NY; 1830 US Federal Census, Mayfield, Montgomery Co., NY (indexed as Alfred Fonda, age 70-79); 1840 US Federal Census, Broadalbin, Fulton Co., NY (household of John Holenbeck or Hallenbeck - Eldert Fonda, age 89); bur. Christie Cemetery, Christie Farm, Mayfield, Fulton Co. NY; 41 Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.2, Serial: Volume: 12; 14th Albany Co. Militia (Hoosick and Schaghticoke), LT; o. Revolutionary War Officer LT; purchased land in Lansingburgh (Troy), NY in 1771; [R002] Pearson's First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany; [R095b] History of Rensselaer Co., New York; [R038a] The Fonda Family; [NYG&B] Record 56:154; SAR Graves Registry >> www.fonda.org < [Eldert Fonda, RWPA #S28734: 20-Sep-1832 resident of Mayfield, Montgomery Co., NY; volunteered for two months of service in Hoosick, Albany Co., NY on 01-June-1777; went to Fort Edward, served under Lt-Col David Bradt and Nick Van Vechten; later served under Captain Thomas Brown and Colonel Peter Yates; served total of 1 year and 14 months, intermittently from 1777 to 1782; he was born 08-Apr-1751 in the Town of Niskayuna, Schenectady Co., NY]
Father: Jan Douw FONDA b: 1731
Mother: Elizabeth Knipping OUDERKERK b: 1726
Marriage 1
Margaret CONNER b: 1752
- Married:
22 MAY 1790
Religious Marriage
- Note: m. Reformed Dutch Church, Schaghticoke, Rensselaer Co., NY; [NYG&B] Record 60:19
Sources:
- Title: Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany from 1630 to 1800
Compendium Publication: Albany, NY Publisher: J. Munsell Co. Publication Date: 1872 Issue: C1a Author: Pearson, Jonathan Note: CompAlbanyFirstSett
- Title: History of Rensselaer Co., New York
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers Geographic Publication: Philadelphia, PA Publisher: Everts & Peck Publication Date: 1880 Issue: G33 Author: Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett Note: GeoNYTownRensselaer
- Title: The Fonda Family
Fonda Family Publication: Albany, NY Publisher: The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Yearbook Publication Date: 1981 Issue: F8 Edition: Vol. 48, p.17-20; Vol. 49, p.28-36 Author: McConville, Howard A. Note: FondaFamily
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