Pieter Jellise Fonda

b. Schenectady, Albany Co., NY; died between September 2, 1771 and September 25, 1775, the dates his will was written and probated; o. Tanner, Shoemaker; [NYG&B] Record 72:22,206; [R044] Innes Getty Collection: Jellis Douwse Fonda; [R099b] Centennial Address Relating to the Early History of Schenectady and Its First Settlers; [R099] Pearson's First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady; [R102] Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley; [R063] Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs; [R038a] The Fonda Family >> www.fonda.org <<

[Lived on southerly side of State St. and Mill Lane and had his vats in rear of his lot]; [his Will: In the name of God, Amen. I, Peter Fonda, of Schenectady, in Albany County. All debts to be paid, and my executors may sell as much real estate as necessary. I leave to my eldest son, Jellis Fonda, 12 shillings, NY money, for his birthright, "wherewith he is to be satisfied and contented." I leave to my daughter Angentie f50, with a set of household furniture, to the value of f30; "also my household furniture as now in my possession, except 1/2 of the clothes and household furniture, that is to come from her mother, Alida Fonda." The f50 is to be paid in two years after my wife's decease. "I leave to my stepdaughter, Janeca Truex, the other half of her mother's furniture and 1/2 of her mother's clothes, and one cow." All the rest of my estate I leave to my son, Jellis Fonda. It is my express will, and I do order that my wife Alida shall stay in full possession of my real estate, during her widowhood, and she is to make no waste. I make my two brothers, Abraham Fonda and Jacob Fonda, and my nephew, Christopher Yates, executors. Dated September 2, 1771. Witnesses, John Peck, wheelwright, John Mynderse, Isaac Roosa, blacksmith. Proved, September 25, 1775]