[Schenectady County Historical Society Deed Listings:
/ D 1490 30 Mar 1830 Between Jellis A Fonda, now of village of Chittanango, MadisonCo. N Y and Mary Austin Fonda of same place Deed to parcel of land in Town of Rotterdam, island formed by the Mohawk River and bounded: N by Main Channel; S by a branch of Mohawk River; E by land of Jacob G Fonda Names William H. Fuller
/ D 1829 John Sanders to Ref Church Sander's Glenville Burial Ground Names: John S Vrooman, Jacob G Fonda
/ D 2146 g 21 June 1809 Nicholas A Van Patten and wife Nancy, Charlestown to Catharine Roseboom, Schdy House and lot on westernmost end of Union St Bounded: N house and lot of Jacob G Fonda; W branch of Mohawk River; S northernmost half of street lot on which the store stands now in possession of Francis and Peter F Veeder as by will of Michael Tyms, dec'd]

b. Schenectady, Albany Co., NY; bp. First Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady, Albany Co., NY; 1790 US Federal Census, Canajoharie, Montgomery Co., NY; 1800 US Federal Census, Schenectady, Albany Co., NY; 1810 US Federal Census, Schenectady, Schenectady Co., NY; 1820 US Federal Census, Glenville, Schenectady Co., NY; 1830 US Federal Census, Schenectady, Schenectady Co., NY; 1850 US Federal Census, Glenville, Schenectady Co., NY; d. West Glenville, Schenectady Co., NY; 1st Albany Co. Militia (Albany City), ENS under LT Abraham Ten Eyck regiment. He was admitted to practice law in the State Supreme Court as an attorney (practice established in Cooperstown, NY in 1791 with law partner Abraham Ten Broeck), but abandoned that profession soon after 1800, and removed to his farm in West Glenville. He was for many years employed as deputy clerk of Schenectady Co., and died on his farm, aged ninety-eight; o. Attorney, Farmer, Revolutionary War Service PVT; DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition; [R118c] A History of Schenectady During the Revolution; [R099b] Centennial Address Relating to the Early History of Schenectady and Its First Settlers; [R099] Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady from 1662 to 1800; [R077] Compendium of Early Mohawk Valley Families; [R077a] The Bloodied Mohawk; [R038a] The Fonda Family; SAR Graves Registry; SAR Graves Registry; [Jacob G. Fonda, Esq., of Glenville, Schenectady county, is the oldest lawyer now living in the State of New York. He is in the ninety-eighth year of his age, and is still in the full posession of his mental faculties. Clarksville Texas Standard 1858-07-17] >> www.fonda.org <<
[Jacob Glen Fonda, RWPA #R3632: born August 1761 in Schenectady, baptized August 29, 1761. Parents Abraham Fonda and Susanna Glen. He enlisted in Spring 1778 while living in Albany. During the war he served two weeks at the German Flatts, three weeks at Stone Arabia, one week at Fort Plain, six weeks at Fort Plank, two weeks at Fort Hunter, and ten days at Schenectady. Hermanus Peek states that he and Fonda, along with all the forces at Fort Hunter marched under General Van Rensselaer to Fort Plank 14 miles above Fort Hunter in August of 1779, and remained there for the whole of their six-week tour. He fought in the Battle of Klock's Field. Harmanus Wendell states he lived in the home of General John H. Wendell along with Fonda in 1780 or 81. Robert H. Wendell states that Fonda was a PVT in Captain Garret Groesbeck's Company of the Half Moon and Ballston District Regiment of Militia and that he and the said Fonda performed duties at Fort Plank, Fort Hunter, and Fort Plain together. After the war Jacob lived in Otsego and Montgomery Counties. In 1833 he was living in Schenectady Co., in 1839 in Broadalbin, Fulton Co., and in 1845 in Glenville, Schenectady Co]

• Married: 04 APR 1784 Religious Marriage
• Note: m. First Dutch Reformed Church, Albany, Albany Co., NY (another record: Jacob Fonda m. Alida VanNess on 26-Sep-1784, Dutch Reformed Church, Schaghticoke, NY per [NYG&B] Record 60:17 - does not match any other known couple)

1. Abraham Jacob FONDA b: 23 JAN 1785
2. Janetie Willet FONDA b: 28 OCT 1786
3. Polly Willet FONDA b: 01 JAN 1788
4. Susan Willet FONDA b: 24 SEP 1789
5. Eliza Willet FONDA b: 1790
6. Elbert Willet FONDA b: 04 MAR 1794
7. Susanna Willet FONDA b: 1796

1. Title: A History of Schenectady during the Revolution
   Military
   Publication: Brattleboro, VT
   Publisher: E.L. Hildreth & Co.
   Publication Date: 1916
   Issue: M15
   Author: Hanson, Willis T. Jr.
   Note:
   WarRevSchen
2. Title: Centennial Address Relating to the Early History of Schenectady and Its First Settlers
   Delivered at Schenectady, July 4th, 1876
   Geographic
   Publication: Albany, NY
   Publisher: VanBenthuysen Printing House
   Publication Date: 1879
   Issue: G36
   Author: Sanders, John
   Note:
   GeoNYCoSchenAddr
3. Title: Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady from 1662 to 1800
   Compendium
   Publication: Albany, NY
   Publisher: J. Munsell Co.
   Publication Date: 1873
   Issue: C22
   Author: Pearson, Jonathan
   Note:
   CompSchenFirstSett
4. Title: Compendium of Early Mohawk Valley Families
   Compendium
   Publication: Baltimore, MD
   Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Co.
   Publication Date: 1990
   Issue: C15
   Edition: Vol. I, p.263-265
   Author: Penrose, Maryly B.
   Note:
   CompMohawkValley
5. Title: The Bloodied Mohawk
   The American Revolution in the words of Fort Plank's Defenders and other Mohawk Valley Partisans
   Military
   Publication: Rockport, ME
   Publisher: Picton Press
   Publication Date: 2000
   Issue: M8
   Author: Johnson, Ken D.
   Note:
   WarBloodiedMohawk