Italian Roots
Genoa, Italy Extract from "Early American Families", Rev. W.A. Williams; Philadelphia, PA; 1916: "The Rensselaer-Bowier Papers say that Douw Fonda was a Frisian, and Tacitus says that the Frisians dwelt along the coast of the North…
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General References
References Used in Researching the Fonda Family Tree Key Sources: The American Genealogist Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston Cornell Library N.Y. State Historical Collection Daughters of the American Revolution The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Family History…
Merchants
This is a duplicate of the listing on the fonda.org website. Abraham Janse Fonda; Merchant, Ship Captain, Justice, Revolutionary War Soldier; born 18-Jan-1708, died 30-Jul-1762 at 54 years of age; b. Claverack, Albany Co., New York;…
Allied Family References
[R000] A Genealogical History of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants: also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897; Adams, Andrew N.; Adams; unknown; 1898; 1271 pgs [R001] Descendants of John Adsit of Lyme, Connecticut;…
Settlers & Revolution
Hester Janse Fonda (1615-1690); Douw Jellis Fonda (1700-1780); Jellis Douwe Fonda (1727-1791); John Peter Fonda (1735-); Adam Douw Fonda (1736-1808); Jellis Jacobse Fonda (1751-1839); John Isaac Fonda (1761-1814) Hester Janse Fonda (1615-1690) Sources: Early American FamiliesMuch…