Earliest Record in America
I came across this record last year sometime, and the exercise to determine the voyage date spurred my memory. The first tangible record of Jellis (Gillis) in America has been established as that found in Fort…
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Voyage to America Update
The "Famous Frisians in America" book had a record for the burial of Abraham Fonda, youngest child of Jellis Douw, in Amsterdam on October 28, 1650. This new information has led me to revise the thinking…
Frisian DNA Profile
According to Wikipedia, the Frisian people are characterized by the R1b subclade U106 DNA profile: "Based on Y-DNA studies, it is believed the Frisian Y-DNA Haplogroup to be from the Haplogroup U106/S21 and its downstream subclades.…
Famous Frisians in America
The book, "Famous Frisians in America" is now available for purchase. There are 8 pages on the Fonda Family which detail the history of Jellis Douw Fonda, who emigrated from Amsterdam to New Amsterdam in about…
Cemetery Hopping
I was back east last month (September 2009) and I took three days to go cemetery hopping in Upstate New York, taking as many photos of Fonda gravestones as I could. I hit 11 cemeteries in…