Current genealogy record
Generated at build time from the current GEDCOM (July 10, 2026). The record is validated by name and birth date so the page does not depend solely on a changeable GEDCOM ID.
- Born
- 1759 — New York, USA
- Died
- 19 Nov 1806 — Albany, NY
Parents
- Isaac Douw Fonda (1728–30 Jan 1812)
- Susanna VanAlstyne DeFreest (26 Sep 1731–20 Jun 1798)
Marriages and children
Elizabeth White (1765–)
Married Nov 1788 — First Presbyterian Church, Ballston Center, Saratoga Co., NY
No children listed in the current GEDCOM.
m. First Presbyterian Church, Ballston Center, Saratoga Co., NY; LDS IGI Batch M511041 - Mariages 1783-1793 (Marriage: Nov 1788 - Dow F. Fonda - Elizabeth White)
Gertrude Hager Vrooman (19 Jan 1769–)
Children
- Isaac V. Fondy (1804–Jun 1852)
[R115] Vrooman Family of Schoharie County (p. 27 - Vrooman, Gertrude b. Jan. 19, 1769 m. Dow Isaac Fonda); [R114] The Vrooman Family in America: descendants of Hendrick Meese Vrooman who came from Holland to America in 1664 (p. 69 - Vrooman, Gertrude b. Jan. 19, 1769 m. Douw Isaac Fonda); Further evidence of this marriage is that Gertrude's brother, Hendrick, named a son Dow Fonda Vrooman in 1831, probably in honor of Douw Isaac Fonda, his Uncle who had passed away in 1806.
Genealogy notes
b. NY; bp. First Dutch Reformed Church, Albany, Albany Co., NY; 1790 US Federal Census, Stillwater, Albany Co., NY (Dow T Fonda); 1800 US Federal Census, Ballston, Saratoga Co., NY (Dowe J Fonda, household of 1 adult male, 1 adult female and 1 young boy); d. Albany, NY; o. Revolutionary War Officer; appointed Stillwater, NY Justice of the Peace (Feb. 17, 1791), Sheriff (1794) >> www.fonda.org <<
[R002] Pearson's First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany; [R099c] Our County and its People: A Descriptive and Biographical Record of Saratoga County, New York; [R038a] The Fonda Family; [R002] Pearson's First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany; [R117a] A Dictionary of All Officers Who Have Been Commissioned, Or Have Been Appointed and Served, in the Army of the United States, 1789-1853; [R118a] A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion; [R099] Pearson's First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady; [R086] Genealogical Notes of New York and New England Families; [R038a] The Fonda Family; [R044] Innes Getty Collection: Jellis Douwse Fonda; SAR Graves Registry; [10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834 - Fonda, Douw I., Esq., formerly sheriff of Saratoga Co., d "a short time since" in Albany (9-1/13/07)]
[Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection) - New York Evening Post - 1806, November - Friday, Nov. 28 - obituary in the NY Evening Post, dated Nov. 28th, 1806: "Died. At Albany, on the 19th Inst, Douw I. Fondey, aged 47 years - One of the Revolutionary Officers and Major in the late Provisional Army of the United States."]; [Fondey, Douw J., ENS 3d NY, 29th May, 1779; transferred to 1st NY, 1st January, 1781, and served to 3d June, 1783: (MAJ-Adjutant to Lt-Col Alexander Hamilton; muster rolls for Jan.-April, 1781, dated West Point; reported on command at Albany; regimental return dated West Point, April 28, 1781; reported on leave of absence at Albany; also, regimental return dated West Point, May 1, 1781; reported on command at Morristown; also, regimental return dated West Point, May 21, 1781; reported on leave of absence at Albany); CPT, 12th Infantry, 8th January, 1799; MAJ, 15th October, 1799; honorably discharged 15th June, 1800.] [Douw I. Fonda (or Fondey), RWPA #BLWT735-150: Ensign, Issued June 1, 1792, No Papers]; [Abraham Van Vechten Legal Papers, 1686-1867 includes a deed to Douw Fonda for army service bounty land when such is given; August 30, 1791. The land eventually granted was Lot 71 (600 acres) at Manlius, later released to Jeremiah Van Rensselaer.]; [Douw Fondy and John Fondey, Junior were each given 1150 acres of land in Onondaga County, New York as Land Bounty for their participation in the Revolutionary War.]