Jellis Abraham Fonda

b. Schenectady, Albany Co., NY; bp. First Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady, Albany Co., NY; 1790 & 1800 US Federal Census, Schenectady, Albany Co., NY; 1810, 1820 & 1830 US Federal Census, Schenectady, Schenectady Co., NY; 1819 Albany NY City Directory (Fonda, Jellis A); d. Chittenango, Schenectady Co., NY; bur. Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, NY Inscription: Jelles A Fonda - Oct 15 {25th?}, 1759 - Aug 27, 1834); o. County Clerk, elected Member of Assembly for City and County of Albany (1791); [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; [R063] Hudson- Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs; [R077a] The Bloodied Mohawk; [R038a] The Fonda Family; [R044] Innes Getty Collection: Jellis Douwse Fonda; SAR Graves Registry >> www.fonda.org <<

2nd Albany Co. Militia (Schenectady District), CPT; served as an ENS in CPT Jesse VanSlyck's company in 1777; performed service at Fort Ann, Fort George and Fort Edward, and was in the Battle of Bemis Heights; enrolled in CPT John Mynderse's company in 1778 and attached to General Frederick Visscher's brigade, promoted to the rank of LT; Board of Directors (1792, company formation) - Western Inland Lock Navigation - Jellis A. Fonda and Douw Fonda; represented Albany County in the NY State Assembly from 1792 to 1794

[U.S. The Pension Roll of 1835 - Name: Jellis A. Fonda; Rank: Lt. and Capt; Age: 73; Birth Year: abt 1758; Pension Enrollment Date: 4 Mar 1831; Residence Place: Madison Co., New York; Service Description: New York militia]; [New York Wills and Probate Records - Name: Jellis A Fonda; Probate Date: 18 Sep 1834; Probate County: Schenectady; Adminstrator: Alexander G. Fonda]

[Jellis A. Fonda, RWPA #S10684: born in Schenectady on October 25, 1759. He died on August 27, 1834 and is buried in Schenectady's Vale Cemetery (HSDRW). In the spring of 1780, he was enrolled in COL Morris Graham's Regiment of Levies for four months. In the Mohawk Valley Partisans spring of 1781, he entered COL Marinus Willett's Regiment and served therein until November 1, 1781. While thus engaged he served at Fort Plain, Fort Paris, Fort Plank, Fort Herkimer, and other places. On the first of November 1781, he was promoted to the rank of captain in Lieutenant COL Willett's Regiment and thus served till the war's end. He fought in the Battles of Turlough and Johnstown. His file contains a deposition by Daniel Darrow. Fonda mentions his presence at Fort Plank in the files of John McIntosh, Simon J. Vrooman, and Garret S. Veeder]

[Died - At Chittenango, on the 27th ulr. Col. Jellis A. Fonda, formerly an inhabitant of Schenectady, in the 76th year of his age. Albany Argus (Albany, NY), Friday, September 5, 1834]; [At the residence of his daughter, at Chittenango, Madison County, on the 27th ult., Colonel Jellis A. Fonda of Schenectady, in the 75th year of his age. At an early age (16) Col. Fonda entered the Army of the Revolution with a Lieutenant's commission. Christian Intelligencer of the Reformed Dutch Church, Sep. 27, 1834]