Fonda Family Genealogy

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Descendants of Jellis Douw Fonda (1614-1659)
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  • ID: ind04541
  • Name: Abraham Osterhout FONDA
  • Given Name: Abraham Osterhout
  • Surname: Fonda
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1743 1
  • Baptism: 18 JAN 1744 2
  • Death: 1834
  • Age: 91y 3
  • Event: Funeral 4
  • Burial: 5
  • Note: bp. First Dutch Reformed Church, Albany, Albany Co., NY; 1790 US Federal Census, Two Delaware Hundred, Baltimore Co., MD; 1800 US Federal Census, New York City, New York City, NY; 1820 US Federal Census, Union, Belmont Co., OH; d. Morganville, Morgan, OH; bur. Deerfield Presbyterian Church, Morgan Co., OH; m1. Christina Delameter, m2. Rachel VanValkenburg, m3. Margaret Grimes, of Baltimore, who had nursed him in sickness; while in Baltimore (1786-1790) he reportedly taught math to Jerome Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother. Teacher of Mathematics at Washington Seminary in Claverack (later Hudson River Institute) where he instructed Martin VanBuren, General VanNess and Robert Morris; names listed as Fondy in some places; DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition; Teacher of Mathematics at Washington Seminary in Claverack; o. 8th Albany Co. Militia (1st Claverack Batt'n), CPT; A translation of the title and preamble on the fly-leaf of this ancient book, reads-- "The Seminary of Washington in North America, founded in the first year after the Declaration of Independence in the year of the Lord 1777, and erected in the middle of the War 1779." "Most learned Master and Trustees, Richard Morris, Chief Justice; Hendricus J. Van Rensselaer, Petrus Weissmer, Jacobus Blattener, Jun, Stephanis Hoogheboom, Georgius Monel, Walterus Vroman Wemple, [page 37] Hendricus Wilhelmus Ludlow, and Johannes Gabriel Gebhard having erected this Washington Seminary with greatest difficulty and unwearied labor, have admitted Masters Dudley Baldwin and Abraham Fonda, the first as teacher in the Latin language, the last as teacher in the English language, preceptors under the supreme jurisdiction of Johannes Gabriel Gebhard."]; [NYG&B] Record 82:53; [R042] Fonda, A Family in the Hudson River Valley; [R002] Pearson's First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany; [R074a] The Mayflower Descendant; [R032] Early American Families; [R038a] The Fonda Family; [R044] Innes Getty Collection: Jellis Douwse Fonda; SAR Graves Registry >> www.fonda.org <<



    Father: Abraham Janse FONDA b: 1707
    Mother: Elbertje Muller VANALEN b: 1710

    Marriage 1 Christina DELAMETER b: 1729
    • Married: 18 MAY 1764 Religious Marriage
    • Note: m. Linlithgo Reformed Church, Livingston, Columbia Co., NY
    Children
    1. Has No Children London FONDA foster b: 1790

    Marriage 2 Rachel Delameter VANVALKENBURG b: 29 JUL 1748
    • Married: 19 NOV 1769 Religious Marriage 6
    • Note: license obtained on 13-Nov-1769
    • Note: m. Linlithgo Reformed Church, Livingston, Columbia Co., NY; [R073] New York Marriages, 1600-1784
    Children
    1. Has Children Abraham A. FONDA b: 1770
    2. Has No Children Christina VanValk. FONDA b: 1772
    3. Has No Children Cathrina VanValk. FONDA b: 1775
    4. Has Children John Osterhout FONDA b: 15 FEB 1781
    5. Has Children Stephen Abraham FONDA b: 26 OCT 1783
    6. Has No Children Rachel VanValk. FONDA b: 1785

    Marriage 3 Margaret GRIMES b: 1753
    • Married: 28 DEC 1785 Religious Marriage
    • Note: m. Baltimore, MD
    Children
    1. Has No Children Lawrence Abraham FONDA b: 1790
    2. Has No Children Elberta Grimes FONDA b: 22 APR 1795
    3. Has No Children Harriet Grimes FONDA b: 27 JUL 1796
    4. Has No Children Maria Grimes FONDA b: 20 APR 1798

    Sources:
    1. Title: Fonda, A Family in the Hudson River Valley
      Fonda Family
      Publication: New York, NY
      Publication Date: 1985
      Issue: F10
      Edition: 19 pgs.
      Author: Cadier, Richard D.
      Note:
      FondaHudson
    2. 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
    3. Title: The Mayflower Descendant
      Quarterly Publication
      Compendium
      Publication: Plymouth, MA
      Publisher: General Society of Mayflower Descendants
      Publication Date: 1897
      Issue: C14
      Edition: Vol. 1-46
      Note:
      CompMayflowerDesc
    4. Title: Early American Families
      the Williams, Moore, McKitrick, Fonda, VanAlen, Lanning, King, Justice, Cunningham, Longacre, Swanson and Cox families: with numerous related families embracing the ancestors of perhaps 100,000 or more, covering over 330 years, from 1580 to 1916
      Compendium
      Publication: Philadelphia, PA
      Publisher: W.A. Williams
      Publication Date: 1916
      Issue: C8
      Edition: 65 pgs.
      Author: Williams, Rev. W. A.
      Note:
      CompAmerEarlyFam
    5. 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
    6. Title: New York Marriages, 1600-1784
      Names of persons for whom Marriage Licenses were issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York, previous to 1784
      Vital Records
      Publication: Albany, NY
      Publisher: State of New York
      Publication Date: 1860
      Issue: V6
      Note:
      VitalMarriagesNewYork
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