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Note: N1840 [jwlaters62[1].ged.FTW]
Notes for HESTER FONDA:
Hester was considered the first business woman in North America.
There are 3 records for Hester:
b. 1672, Rensselaer, Troy, NY
b. 1677, Albany, NY
b. 1678, Schenectady, NY
Through her line, there is a painter, Gerard Douw/Dow, who had his paintings shown at the Smithsonian Institute. He was a student of Rembrandt.
Kester: "Early American Families" 1580-1926 by Rev. W.A. Williams, and “Hudson Mohawk Genealogical & Family Memoirs" by Cuyler Reynolds, 1911, state that Hester is a brother of Jellis Adam Fonda, who is American motion picture actor Henry Jaynes Fonda's direct ancestor.
Through her line (her grand uncle), there is a painter, Gerard Douw*,who had his paintings shown at the Smithsonian Institute and the GettyMuseum of Fine Art. He was a student of Rembrandt van Rijn.
*Dutch genre and portrait painter of Leiden. The son of a glass painter, he was apprenticed to an engraver and worked from 1628 to 1631 in the studio of the young Rembrandt. Although he occasionally borrowed Rembrandt's themes, he was more detailed and meticulous in his execution. His scenes of domestic, middle-class life were tremendously popular and often imitated. Among his most famous works are Evening Light (Rijks Museum), Young Man (The Hague), The Cook(Louvre), and a self-portrait (Metropolitan Museum).
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DRC record: 1696 Oct. 14. Jan Jansz Van Aarnem, y.m., and Hester Fonda, y.d., both l. here
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On April 6, 1694, were accepted as members:
Hester Fonda as, wife of Jan Dirckse. [??? Hester m. Jan Janse]
Part 1, 1683?1700; Holland Society of New York (1904); Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683-1809
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/part1.html
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Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 09:53:58 -0600
From: "j. gonigam" <gonigam@@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] VanArnhem Family + Fonda
To: <dutch-colonies@@rootsweb.com>
Dear Pam--
The marriage of Jan (Janszen) Van Aernhem and Hester Fonda is, indeed,
recorded at the Albany DRC but I suspect they didn't actually live in or
even very near Albany. The Van Arnams are notable in their absence from
all of the censuses for Albany, Rennselaerwyck and the upper Hudson in
general that I can find prior to the Revolution. Bits and pieces lead me to
believe the family was centered somewhere around Hoosick by about 1740
but that conclusion is shaky.
Jan (Janszen) Van Aernhem died between roughly January and October, 1708,
since he is described as deceased at the baptism of son, Jan Dirck, Oct. 3
of that year. Hester Fonda appears as witness at various baptisms for many
years thereafter, the last time in 1746. Records of the Albany DRC
church yard show a Hester Van Arnem interred there 23 Feb., 1753.
It's conceivable that this could be Hester Van Arnem, daughter of Isaac
Van Arnhem and Jannetje Salisbury. However, since there
is no record of that Hester after her baptism and since Hester Fonda clearly
survived to an advanced age it seems likely to me that this "Hester Van
Arnem" is Hester Fonda.
--pete
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Mary Ann VAN ORNUM - 63 (1810-1902) & Eri KNOX - 62 (1809-1874)
Mary(Ellen) KNOX - 17 (1850-1933) & Edson Alvinza CONANT * - 16(1848-1932)
Eva Eliza CONANT * - 9 (1880-1949) & Thomas Singleton BATES * - 8(1884-1969)
Edson Conant BATES * - 6 (1916-) & Alice Elizabeth HALKYARD * - 7(1913-1975)
Theodore Halkyard BATES * - 2 (1946-) & Alice Ann GOSNELL - 3 (1947-)
The Fonda line connects with the marriage of Douw Jellise Fonda(1640-1700) and Rebecca Conyn, my 7th g grandparents. Their son Jellis Fonda b. 1670 produced the Henry Fonda line, and Douw and Rebecca's daughter Hester Fonda were our Van Ornum line when Hester married Jan Janse Van Ornum in 1696 in Rensselaerwick,NY. Henry Fonda's line from Jellis is as follows:
Jellis FONDA - 860 (1670-) & Rachel WINNE - 861
Douw FONDA - 862 (1700-1780) & Maritje (Mary) VROOMAN - 863(1699-1756)
Adam FONDA - 864 (1734-) & Neeltje BRIESE - 865 (1735-1820)
Douw Adam FONDA - 866 (1775-1855) & Lavina BRIESE - 867 (-1857)
Gerrit Tunis B. FONDA - 868 (1808-1879) & Rachel POLHEMUS - 869
Ten Eyck Hilton FONDA - 870 (1839-1913) & Harriet Mc NEIL - 871
William Brace FONDA - 872 (1879-) & Herbertja JAYNES - 873
Henry Jaynes FONDA - 874 (1905-1982) & Frances Ford SEYMOUR - 875
Jane Seymour FONDA - 876 (1939-)
Please E-mail me for more info on our Van Ornums Tedbytes@@aol.com Thanks, Ted
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