ID: I82300
Name: Douw Jellis FONDA
Sex: M
Birth: 22 AUG 1700
Death: 22 MAY 1780
Note: Born in Schenectady, Albany Co., NY; bp. First Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady, Albany Co., NY; d. Fonda, Montgomery Co., NY; bur. Caughnawaga Cemetery, Fonda, Montgomery Co., NY; The village of Fonda was named for him; DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition; SAR Patriot Index Edition III; o. Schenectady Co. Militia, ENS; The original land patent (Collins tract) which now comprises the town of Mohawk and the village of Fonda was purchased by Douw Fonda, Myndert Wemple and Hendrick A. Vrooman about 1730-40; whose families settled this land for which the town is now noted; the tract consisted of two thousand acres on the north side of the Mohawk River above Tribes Hill, granted in 1714 by Gov. Hunter to John, Edward and Margaret Collins; Douw moved from Schenectady, Schenectady Co., NY to Caughnawaga (now Fonda) in 1751. He was an aged widower & he resided in a large stone dwelling which stood on the flats between the present turnpike and the Mohawk River. The cellar of this dwelling, which had wings on each side, can be seen at the present race track of the Montgomery Co. Agric. Assoc. in Fonda; Douw was killed by Sir John Johnson's Indians on 22 May 1780. His house was plundered & burned, sons John & Adam were made prisoners and taken to Canada and held for two years. Douw Fonda had been a close personal friend of Sir Wm. Johnson and had always been on good terms with the Indians, but his life was taken as "heartlessly" as though he were an active enemy. He was 79 yrs. old; at the time of Douw's death, another house, in the center of town, on Cayadutta Street, was being built; it was completed after his death (1781) and occupied by son John and family; Probate Abstract - "Fonda, Douw, (of Mohawk District), will dated 12/16/1770; probated 12/30/1791. Legatees: sons, Jelles, John, Adam, Peter (deceased); granddaughter, Mary Putman (wife of Francis & dau.[not named]; son, Peter); daus., Margaret (widow of Barent Wemple), Rachel (wife of Peter Hansen); nephew, Christopher Yates; brothers, Abraham & Jacob. Executors: brothers, Abraham and Jacob; nephew, Christopher Yates. Witnesses: Johannis Veeder, Simon Veeder, Thomas Romine. ([NYG&B] Record 56:146)"; [Landholders of Northeastern New York, 1739-1802 - 9/10/1774 - Warren County - Hyde Township Patent; town of Thurman: 40,000 acres - Principle grantee: Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah - other Grantees: Fonda, Adam - Fonda, Douw - Fonda, Jelles - Fonda, John - and 36 others.]; [R044] Innes Getty Collection: Jellis Douwse Fonda; [R048] A Historical Sketch of the Village of Fonda, NY; [R077] Compendium of Early Mohawk Valley Families; [R004b] American Ancestry; [R074a] The Mayflower Descendant; [R038a] The Fonda Family; SAR Graves Registry >> www.fonda.org <<
Change Date: 1 JAN 1996 at 00:46:18
Father: Jellis Adam FONDA b: 1670 c: 16 MAR 1684
Mother: Rachel Pieterse WINNE b: 1677
Marriage 1
Maritje Heemstraat VROOMAN b: 24 MAR 1698
Children
 Adam Douw FONDA b: 1736
Marriage 2
Debora Wemple VEEDER b: 28 JUL 1710 | |
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