Saturday, July 15, 2017

Surname Saturday -- FONDA (Holland to colonial New York)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm  up to Ancestor #1929, who is Sara Jillise FONDA  (1645-1682) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through  one generations of this FONDA family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver (1943-????)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)


6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

14.  Charles Auble (1849-1916)
15.  Georgianna Kemp (1862-1952)

30.  James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902)
31.  Mary Jane Sovereen (1840-1874)

60.  Abraham Kemp (1795-1881)
61.  Sarah Fletcher (1802-1861)

120.  John Kemp (1768-1861)
121.  Mary Dafoe (1776-1832)

240.  John Kemp (1723-1795)
241.  Anna Van Vorst (1732-1789)

482.  Jacobus Van Vorst (1703-1790)
483.  Anna Beck (1704-1749)

964.  Jillis Jacobse Van Vorst (1670-1735)
965.  Elisabeth Janse Van Eps (1670-1735)

1928.  Jacobus Gerritse Van Vorst, born before 03 July 1642 in New York, New York, United States; died Abt. 1689 in Albany, Albany, New York, United States.  He was the son of 3856. Gerrit Janszen Van Vorst and 3857. Geertruyd Jacobse.  He married  1662 in Albany, Albany, New York, United States.
1929.  Sara Jillise Fonda, born 18 January 1645 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died 1682 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States.

Children of Jacobus Van Vorst and Sara Fonda are:
*  Jannetje Jacobse Van Vorst (1662-????), married (1) 1693 Anthony Swartout (1664-1700); (2) 1701 Hermanus Barentse Van Nimvegen (1670-????).
*  Maeke Jocobse Van Vorst (1664-????), married 1686 Thomas Cadmus (1662-????).
*  Aaltje Jacobse Van Vorst (1667-????), married 1688 Johannes Joris (1660-????).
*  Geertruy Jacobse Van Vorst (1670-????), married 1688 Arent Slingerland (1662-1713).
*  Jillis Jacobse Van Vorst (1670-1735), married 1699 Elisabeth Janse Van Eps (1670-1735)

3858.  Jillis Douw Fonda, born 1614 in Aegum, Friesland, Netherlands; died 1659 in Beverwyck, Albany, New York, United States.  He married  before 1641 in probably Netherlands.
3859.  Hester Douw Janse Van Arentsvelt, born 1615 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died 1690 in Albany, New York, United States.

Children of Jillis Fonda and Hester Van Arentsvelt are:
*  Douw Jillse Fonda (1641-1700), married 1666 Rebecca Jans (1646-1727).
*  Geertje Jellise Fonda (1643-????), married (1) 1662 Jan Jurianse Becker (1632-1683); (2) 1684 Teunis Cornelise Slingerlandt (1617-1703); (3) 1706 Nicholas Devoe (1642-1711).
*  Sara Jillise Fonda (1645-1682), married 1662 Jacobus Gerritse Van Vorst (1642-1689)
*  Abraham Jellise Fonda (1647-1650).

Information about this Fonda family was obtained from:

*  Albert Mark Fonda, "Descendants of Jellis Douw Fonda (1614-1659)," website, Fonda Family in America (www.fonda.org/files/Fonda-Apr11.pdf), 2011


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