[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.]
Father: Isaac Douw FONDA b: 1728 in New York
Mother: Susanna VanAlstyne DEFREEST b: 26 SEP 1731 in New York
Marriage 1 Elizabeth WHITE b: 1765 in Connecticut
- Married: NOV 1788 Religious Marriage in First Presbyterian Church, Ballston Center, Saratoga Co., NY
- Note: m. First Presbyterian Church, Ballston Center, Saratoga Co., NY; LDS IGI Batch M511041 - Mariages 1783-1793 (Marriage: Nov 1788 - Dow F. Fonda - Elizabeth White)
Marriage 2 Gertrude Hager VROOMAN b: 19 JAN 1769 in Vroomansland, Schoharie Co., NY
- Married: Religious Marriage
- Note: [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.
Isaac V. FONDY b: 1804 in Albany, NY
Sources:
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Compendium
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Publisher: J. Munsell Co.
Publication Date: 1872
Issue: C1a
Author: Pearson, Jonathan
Note:
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Military
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Publication Date: 1959
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Edition: Vol. I
Author: Dyer, Frederick H.
Note:
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Compendium
Publication: Albany, NY
Publisher: J. Munsell Co.
Publication Date: 1873
Issue: C22
Author: Pearson, Jonathan
Note:
CompSchenFirstSett - Title: Genealogical Notes of New York and New England Families
Compendium
Publication: Albany, NY
Publisher: Talcott, Weed, Parsons and Co.
Publication Date: 1883
Issue: C17
Author: Visscher, Sebastian
Note:
CompNewYorkFam - Title: A Dictionary of All Officers Who Have Been Commissioned, or Have Been Appointed and Served, in the Army of the United States, 1789-1853
Volunteers and Militia of the States, Navy and Marine Corps
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Publisher: G.P. Putnam and Co.
Publication Date: 1853
Issue: M12
Author: Gardner, Charles K.
Note:
War1812Officers
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