Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,684, Jellis A Fonda, New York
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SERVICE New York
Fonda, Jellis A
NUMBER S.10684
carded
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332
New York

Jellis A. Fonda decd. of [blank] in the State of [blank] who was a Lieut  Adjt. & Capt of the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the line for [blank] Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 475 Dollars 24 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending 27 Aug 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of July 1853 and sent to - A. Ray, Present

Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]
Incd from $457.89

[Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by R. McRae
Book E2 [?] Vol. 4 Page [cut off]
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled ""an act supplementary to the act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution" approved June 7th 1832, I, Jellis A. Fonda now residing in the City of Schenectady, in the County of Schenectady and State of New York, aged about Seventy-three years, do hereby declare that I served in the war of the revolution as an Adjutant for the term of three years and as a Captain for the term of about Eleven months making in all a period of nearly four years which I served at the dates and in the Regiments & Brigades following:
In the year One Thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, I served for four months as adjutant in General Glover's Brigade. In the spring of the next year I was attached to General Frederick Fisher's Brigade, and served therein about four months being the whole of the period during which said Brigade was out on duty that year. In the spring of the year then next, to wit, in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy-nine I was attached to the Regiment of Colonel Thomas Butler, being denominated the fourth Pennsylvania Regiment. I served in said Regiment last named during the campaign of that year for about the term of four months  In the spring of the next year; towit One
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thousand seven hundred and Eighty, I was attached to the Regiment of State troops or levies under the command of Colonel Morris Graham and served under said Graham during his campaign of the year last named for the term of four months. In the spring of the ensuing year One thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-one I was attached to Colonel Willett's Regiment of State Troops, and served in the same as Adjutant until the first day of November One thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty-two, when I received the appointment of Captain & continued to serve as such for the term of eleven months in the Regiment last aforesaid, to wit until the month of October One thousand seven Hundred & Eighty three when the war closed. 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension except the present, and am not entitled to any benefit under the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution passed the fifteenth day of May Eighteen hundred & Twenty Eight, not having served during the whole war on the Continental line [underlined] as required by that act  - and further that I
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Jellis A. Fonda
332
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have never received an annuity or pension under any law of the United States providing for revolutionary officers and soldiers.
[Signed] Jelles A Fonda 

County of Schenectady ss.   Jellis A. Fonda above named maketh oath and saith, that the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration by him signed are true according to the best of his knowledge recollection and belief 
[Signed] Jelles A Fonda
Subscribed & Sworn this 14th day of June 1832 before me}
Henry Fuller Commission of Deeds &c 

County of Schenectady ss.   Daniel Darrow of the town of Princetown in said County, maketh oath and saith, that he was during the war of the revolution well acquainted with Jellis A. Fonda whose name appears to the foregoing declaration and deposition, and that this Deponent served in the Regiments of Colonel Morris Graham & Colonel Willett and distinctly remembers that said Jellis A. Fonda served in said Regiments in the years One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty, and One Thousand
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Seven Hundred and Eighty one as set forth in said declaration and further this Deponent saith not.
[Signed]  Daniel Darrow
Subscribed & Sworn this 14th day of June 1832 before me} 
[Signed] Henry Fuller Commissioner of Deeds &c 

County of Schenectady ss.    John Wasson of the town of Princetown in said County, maketh oath and saith, that he was well acquainted with Jellis A. Fonda (who signed the foregoing declaration and deposition) during the revolutionary war has seen him perform military duty as adjutant and Captain as is set forth in said declaration, and further that this deponent served as a private in the Company commanded by said Jellis A. Fonda for the term of three months .
[SIGNED] John Wasson
Subscribed & Sworn this 14th day of June 1832, before me} 
[Signed] Henry Fuller Commissioner of Deeds &c 

County of Schenectady ss.    John Bonny
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of the City of Schenectady in said County, maketh oath and saith, that he served for nine months in the Regiment of Colonel Willett, and for about two months of that period in the Company commanded by Jellis A. Fonda referred to in the preceding documents. And this Deponent further saith that he on sundry occasions saw said Jellis A. Fonda perform military duty during said nine months as an Adjutant.
[Signed] John Bonny
Subscribed & Sworn this 14th day of June 1832 before me 
[SIgned] Henry Fuller Commissioner of Deeds &c
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I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schenectady in the State of New York do hereby Certify, that Henry Fuller before whom the foregoing affidavits were Sworn, was at the time a Commissioner duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, this nineteenth day of June One Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty-two.
[Signed] John S. Vrooman Clerk

Crosswise at bottom:
Jellis A. Fonda
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State of New York }
County of Schenectady} 
Surrogate's Court}  
In re Jellis A. Fonda decd}
Be it known, that it appears from the records of this Court, that on the 18th day of September 1834, letters of administration on the estate of Jellis A. Fonda deceased, were in due form of law granted & committed unto Alexander G. Fonda a son of said deceased & that said Jellis A. Fonda died on the 27th (twenty-seventh) day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty four. 
It further appears from said records, that the affidavits of James J. Fonda and Giles F. Yates taken on the 19th day of April & 10th May 1847, that at the last named dates the following named children of said deceased survived, and that they were then all of them, over twenty one years of age, namely Susan Fonda widow of Jesse Fonda, Jane Helen Whiting wife of Nathan N. Whiting, Mary Austin Fonda, Alexander G. Fonda (the above named Administrator) and Ann Groot wife of John S. Groot. And further that said Jellis A. Fonda deceased was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. 
All of which is hereby accordingly certified. 
And it is further certified, that satisfactory evidence to wit, the affidavit of said Administrator Alexander G Fonda, has been adduced to this Court to prove, that the following named children of said deceased are his only children now surviving viz, said Alexander G. Fonda, Susan Fonda, Ann Groot, and Mary A. Fonda (the said Jane Helen Whiting having since 1847 departed this life) 
And it is further certified, that said letters of administration issued to said Alexander G. Fonda still remain in full force unrepealed and unrevoked. 
[SEAL] In testimony whereof the said County Judge hath hereto set his hand and affixed the seal of the Surrogate's Court of the County of Schenectady this 9th day of June 1853. 
[Signed] S.H. Johnson  County Judge of Schdy Co[?]
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10,684
RevWar
INVALID.
File No. 10,684
Jellis A Fonda
Capt &S Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. A., Page 130
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Jellis A. Fonda decd.
NY
Increased 
Admd. June 7 1832 

5 M & 11 D	Cap 	 $107.33 
17 " " 28 D	Adjt 	$338.66
	21 D         LT. 	              9.25 
[=] 			$475.24
per annum from 4 March 1831 to
27 Aug 1834 when he died

deduct former payments at $457.89, under act June 7 1832 

Pay to Alexander G. Fonda Adm for the benefit of himself & Susan Fonda, Ann Groot & Mary A Fonda, only children-

Cert to A Ray Esq 
Present
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Fonda. Page 87
vol 5

Capt. 5 Mo 11 days
Lieut. 19 Mo 19 days
act 7 June 1832

$369.10 per anm,

Schenectady NY
33 [?]
1 Aug 1832

Crosswise:
J.L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
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Addl evi. in case
of 
Jellis Fonda decd.

A Ray
Present

laid over by Ray's request

Crosswise: 
Jos. E. Heath Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington

Left side:
5   11
17 28
22 19

24
22  9
1. 21

Right side:
15  17
2.   11


5.  11
17. 28
3.   2
26.  11
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Jelles A. Fonda, NYork, or Albany Roll, act June 7 1832, at $369:10 per annum

Bepleased to say to what time the pension was last paid.

Pension Office}
June 30, 1843.}   

Died 27th Augt. 1834,
pd to day of his death.
[initials] BIB
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[No explanation- just a bunch of figures]

617.76
39.66 - 30 - 617.76
30
3966/1853280 (40)
15864.  7
26688
23796
28920
27762
1158

30/667 -
22 -
2

617.76
40
657.76
32
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Jellis A. Fonda - Capt & Lt.
probably NY Service

New York
No Record Ref or old Books
Invalid File No. 10684
OK

Not allowed act 1828.
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Payments to be made
at New York
by Pres U.S.B. Bk [bank?]
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of
New York

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol. 4,
Page 100 by Geo. C. Stiles
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jellis A. Fonda of the State of New York who was a Captain in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive One Hundred & Eighty dollars and Twenty Two cents per annum, during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi- annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. 
[SEAL] Given at the War Office of the United States, this 25 day of October 
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
[Signed] Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned. }
[Signed]  J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Washington Nov 30 /52 
Jas E. Heath Esq
Comr of Pensions
Sir
In 1847, in behalf of Giles F. Gates Esq. I presented certain documentary evidence in support of the application of Jellis A. Fonda decd late of New York for the benefit of act 7 June 1832. and very well remember that "Fonda" served as a Lieut [underlined] as Lieut and Adjt. [underlined] and as a Captain [underlined]. For the service shown a pension was allowed or $369.10 pr. annum,  I had supposed the office was correct in their calculation, and for that reason thought no further of the case. 
I am informed within the last six or eight months pass one or more agents have written from this city to the heirs that they could obtain a further increase on the present rate and solicited the agency. 
The Son and Admr thought best to renew the application thru. Mr Gates, the power to him, and myself is herewith enclosed. 
Now [?] I respectfully request a re-examination of the service filed in the case with the view to ascertain if the applicant is entitled to a greater amount of allowance than has been made on the proof filed. And for an examination of the records of your Office to see if any further proof can be found. 
Your most obt. [?]
Alex. Ray
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Washington 
June 11 /53

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions

Sir
In compliance with your letter in the case of Jellis A. Fonda decd act 1832 New York Agency, You will receive herewith enclosed, a certificate showing the date of said Fonda death, the names of the of the surviving children & the administration.
This case was originally admitted on my application , and afterward increased to upward of Four hundred [illegible]. Will you be pleased to inform me to whom the last increased Certificate was sent to. 
I remain Your
most obt Ser
[Signed] Alex. Ray
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5 Months & 11 days Capt   	$107.33
17 months & 28 days Adjt &. Lt.	  358.66
                       21 days Lt.		    9.25
				[=] 	 $475.24 
			 deduct  457.89
Increase	$17.35
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May 14, 1847.
Related to case
Jellis A. Fonda.

Crosswise:
J.L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
War Dept.
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Washington May 13.47 
Sir 
Your letter of the 10th in the case of Jellis A. Fonda deceased (act 1837 N. York) was duly recd.
I herewith enclose evidence of the death of the pensioner and the names of the surviving children. My corespondent [?] inform me  J.A. Fonda made application for the act 15 May 1828. He then presented certificate from Col Willett himself and various officer of his service as Cap from Nov 22 to the close of the war say till Nov 83. If that evidence is on file with his application under act 1832 you will be pleased to refer to them. I [illegible] they may be filed with the application under act 15 May 1828 there can be no question in my opinion to the right of an allowance to $457 pr ann.
If there is no paper on file under act 1828 then I hope the evidence filed by me, will be re-examined. If my calculation was correct, payment for two years were shewn by the compr. certificate equal to $40 per mo. 
I Remain Your most Obdnt
[Signed] Alex. Ray

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions (note, the act 1828 was rejected. not continental service)
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Brief in the case of Jellis A Fonda decd 
[blank] County and State of New York 
June 7 1832 

Claim, ("original"[stricken] or for increase.) 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Since this case was admitted under the act of June 7, 1832 at $457.89, additional Record evidence has been filed showing a larger amount of levies in the grade of Adjutant & Lieutenant then was before the Office at its admission. In accordance with that Record, i have increased the case at the rate of $17.35 per anum per 4 Mch 1831 to 17 Aug 1834, when Fonda died.

[Signed] Thornton Triplett, Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent
A Ray Esq
Present
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Proof in the case of Jellis A. Fonda
being exemplification of testimony
from the Treasury Department
presented by J.W. Taylor

January 7 1830
Addl. docts. filed

Farnon?

Taylor 8 Rev Claims
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Revolutionary Claims. 
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, " approved 15th May, 1828. 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
6 Jany 1830 

Sir:
In compliance with your request, I enclose a copy of Mr Jellis A Fonda's application and the evidence transmitted in support of it, under the above mentioned act.
I am, Sir, very respectfully, 
Your obedient Servant 
S.D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury

The Hon John W. Taylor.
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J.L. Edwards Esq 
Sir: 
As requested by your letter of the 2 ulto. I have in the enclosed papers given a detailed account of the terms of my service in the different grades of Ensign, Lieutenant and Captain. 
By the printed regulations accompanying your letter it seems that in cases like mine where application has been made to the War Department under the act of 15 May 1828, & when the evidence of service is in the Department, it is only necessary for the applicant to make a statement under oath of his present place of residence & of his place of residence when said application was made. I have however gone further, and complied with most of the requisitions necessary in cases where application is made for the first time. 
I thought first from the tenor of your letter that it would be necessary to have my witnesses sworn over again, but presume this cannot be intended, as it is in a measure impracticable, some of them are deceased, the place of residence of others I cannot ascertain, nor do I know certainly that they
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are living, & others reside at a distance from this place & could not be procured without much expense and inconvenience. By Col. Willett's testimony alone I have proved two years services, which is all that it seems is necessary under the late law.
You will please notice that one of my witnesses is James V.S. Ryley, the same individual whose name appears as Judge to the papers now enclosed. 
I could procure the testimony of John Bonny & some others who were in the same Regiment with me for portions of time, but presume their testimony would not strengthen that already furnished and admitted.
I am very respectfully
 your most Obt Sevt 
Jelles A Fonda 
Schenectady Augt 7. 1832 

Ps. Our County Court has five Judges only three of whom reside in the City, to wit Judges Bond, Ryley & Jones-The memorial to Congress & papers accompanying it are returned as you requested.
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N. York 
Revolutionary Claim 

Hon: Louis McLane 
Secretary of the Treasury 
Washington DC 

suspended till papers are recd from the Clk. Ho.Rep. or Secy of Senate
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To the Hon Louis McLane 
Secretary of the Treasury 
Sir
The subscribed in presenting the enclosed application for a pension under the law of Congress approved on the Seventh day of June instant, begs leave most respectfully to state [?] your attention to the fact that he made application under the law of 1828, for a pension, but was unsuccessful for the reason that his services were not performed in the Continental line [underlined] as that law required. By reference to the documents then forwarded to your Department, it will be seen that he adduced the testimony of Colonel Willett & a few others who are now dead. Your petitioner therefore prays that the testimony he then furnished may be duly considered in connection with that which is now furnished under the present application. He has to request that all communications may be addressed to him to the care of Giles Fonda Yates Sche-[nectady]
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[Sche]nectady,
& has the honor to be
Your most Obt. Servant
[Signed] Jelles A. Fonda
Schenectady June 18 1832
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[Stricken:]
Tho. J. Rangloeph
Albermarle
[illegible]

July 7/47
Jellis A. Fonda, decd.
Addnl [illegible]

Crosswise:
James L. Edwards Esq.
Comr of Pensions
War Department
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Washington July 1. 47 

Sir
In the case of Capt. Jellis A. Fonda Decd. late a pensioner under act 1832. I herewith enclose you additional evidence of his service as a Captain; which I presume will be satisfactory to increase the pension to $480 pr anm. 
Please notice Mr. Yates memorandum of service the payment on the late increase has I understand been made.
I remain your
Most obt Ser
Alex. Ray

J. L. Edwards Eq 
Comr of  Pensions
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Case of
Jellis A. Fonda
act/32   N York

Alex. Ray
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Memoranda by Alex Ray, in the case of Jellis A. Fonda ded act 32 New York now in order for examination for anincrease
In a letter from the late Comr in the case Mar. 10. 1847 you will find, Jellis A. Fonda decd was allowed for service 
2 mo. a Capt
15 " 17 ds as Lieut. & Adjt.
6 mo. 13 Ds Lieu.
[=] 24 mo. 
and at the rate of $369.80 pr annum but it was Claimed he served longer than 2 mo as Captain. 
I now present. additional evidence in the case showing in 
1780 he served 3 mos. as Adjt., Col Graham regt.
1781   8 mo. 04 dys as Lieut. & Adjt. Col. Willet Regt 
1782   6 mo. 24 ds. as Lieut 	"        "        "
[illegible] 17 mo 28 ds to be  calculated at the rate of 60$
for mo. as Adjutants are allowed at $480 
Beside this there is an admitted allowance 
and this is an admitted allowance as Capt. for 2 mos. and as Lieut. 6 mo. 13 ds. 
making up 24 mo service 
Mr Yates informs me a case "Nick Van Alstyn"  act 37 was allowed for service a Adjt at $600 [?]. If such be the allowance to Adjt  shall expect the same in this case. 
Alex Ray 
Washington 9 May 53. 

Mr Triplet
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Washington Apr. 13. 1847 

Sir:
I have been requested by Giles F. Yates  Esq to present the enclosed evidence of pay, service, and grade, of the late Jellis A. Fonda for increase of his pension under act 1832. Albany Agency. this additional evidence clearly establishes the right to a pension at the rate of $480 pr anm 
The evidence of his death, and heirship will be presented in a day or so. 

I remain your 
most Obt Sr,
Alex. Ray

J L. Edwards Esq 
Comr. of Pensions
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I Certify that Jelles A Fonda was a Lieutenant and Adjutant in my the Regiment in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one and promoted to the rank of Captain on the first day of November one thousand seven hundred and Eighty two and as such continued to serve in said Regiment till the Close of the war dated at New York August 11th 1828 
[Signed] Marinus Willett
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June [?] 26 '43
Giles Fonda
NY [UA?]

Crosswise:
Lock Berlin
June 23

Addressed to:
Free
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Crosswise:
June [?] 26 '43
Giles Fonda
NY [UA?]


Lock Berlin [?]
June 23

Addressed to:
Free
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Lock Berlin June 20 1833 

J.L. Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Will you Please be kind enough to inform me whether Giles Fonda Recd as a Pensioner of the United States, full pay as an officer in the revolutionary war and How much he was Paid per month and when his pension Commenced & Terminated 
Catherine Fonda 

PS [illegible -Do send?] to Lock Berlin Wayne Co. N.Y.
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State of New York}
County of Schenectady} ss. 

I, David Cady Smith Surrogate of said County, do hereby certify, that at a Surrogates Court, held in and for said County, before me, the said Surrogate at the City of Schenectady on the 19th day of April 1847 and on the tenth day of May 1847, it was proved by the addition of testimony satisfactory to said Court, that Jellis A. Fonda late of said City and County died on the twenty-seventh (27th) day of August eighteen hundred and thirty-four (1834) that at the time of his death he was a pensioner of the United States under the act of the 7th June 1832; that he left no widow him surviving but left the following named children him surviving and all of whom now survive him namely: Susan Widow of Jesse Fonda, and Alexander G. Fonda both of whom reside in the City and County of Schenectady, Jane Helen wife of Nathan N. Whiting and Mary Austin Fonda, who reside the Williamsburgh Kings County and Ann wife of John S. Groot who resides in the City of New York and all in the State of New York; that they are his only children him surviving and are severally over 21 years of age. 
In testimony whereof an [sic] Surrogate of said County hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his official seal this tenth day of May 1847
[SEAL]
David Cady Smith 
Surrogate

[In the left margin:]
1. Mary Austin}
2. Susan}             Fonda
3. Alexr. G.}
4. Jane Helen Whiting
5. Ann Groot
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332
New York
Jellis A. Fonda
of Schenectady in the State of New York
who was a Lieut & Capt in the Company commanded 
by Captain [blank] of the Regiment commanded 
by Colonel Butler in the New York
line for the term of 19 mos 19 Ds Lieutc 5 mos 11 Ds. Capt 
from Summer 1777 to [blank] 17 [blank]

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 369 10/100 Dollars per annum, to
commence on the 4th day of Mar 1831 
and [blank]

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st of August 1832 and Sent to Jellis A Fonda Schenectady N York

Amount due on the 4th of Mar 1832 	$369.10
Semi-annual allo. 4 Sept 1832		$184.55
[=] $553.65

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{ Acts 7 June 1832} [Acts "March 18, 1818 & May 1, 1820" stricken]
Recorded Book D Vol 5 Page 87.

Right side:
let to Pen. Agt. Oct 31, 1833
(suspension removed)
Let to Catharine Fonda June 30 '43
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Left side:
Repd. 
Let to A. Ray 
July 29 '47 
A Ray May 12 1853 

Right side:
New York 332 
Jellis A. Fonda, decd  of Schenecty. in the State of N. York 
who was a Cap. Lt & Ajt. in the Co commanded Captain [blank] 
of the Reg. commanded by Col Willet &c in the N. York line for 
5 mo. 11 ds as Capt.
15 "  17 "  as Lieut & Adjt 
3 "     2 " as Lieutenant 

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, N.Y. at the rate of 457 Dollars 89 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, to 27 Aug 1834, when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of May 1847 and Sent to Alex. Ray Esq. Present. 
Arrears to the 4th of [blank] 
Semiannl. allowance ending [blank] 
Incd from
$369 10/100

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded OH Wood Clerk, 
Book  E2 Vol. 4 Page 24.
Payable to Alex. G. Fonda Admr. for use [missing]ef, Susan Fonda, Mary [Austin Fonda] Jane H. Whiting & Ann [Groot] [missing- surviving?] children.
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Memorial
of 
Jellis A. Fonda
praying for a Pension

Dec 28 1829
Refd to Comer. Mil. Pensions
Mar. 30 1830
Comr. dischd - provided for in bill 248
Dec 14, 1830
Refd to Comr Mil. Pensions
Dec. 13 1831
Refd to the Committee on 
Revolutionary Pensions

Mr. Lansing
18
["Taylor 22 Rev Clm" stricken] Pen
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To the Hon: the Senate & House of in Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. 
The memorial of the undersigned Jellis A. Fonda of the City of Schenectady in the County of Schenectady, and State of New York 
Humbly Sheweth 
That your memorialist entered the army of the Revolution as an Ensign in the year 1776 and was the next year raised to the office of Adjutant, and served as such (with the exception of one year when he served as a Captain) yearly and every year without intermission to the close of the war in 1783. That your memorialist has made application to the Treasury Department for a pension under the act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution" approved 15th May 1828, but that his claim was not admitted (as he is informed) because his services were rendered in the Regiments commanded by Colonel Morris Graham & Marinus Willett which Regiments were not considered as having been on the Continental line; said act providing only for those officers & soldiers who served in such line.
Your memorialist would respectfully beg leave to refer to the several affidavits & certificates on file in said Department, in which his services as aforesaid are fully set forth and proved. Your memorialist is aged and infirm, and in need of the assistance of his Country. He therefore prays that his case may be duly
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considered; and inasmuch as his claim does not come within the provisions of said act that if his services merit it, a pension may be awarded him - and as in duty bound he will ever pray &c 
[Signed] Jellis A Fonda 
Schenectady Nov. 20th 1829-
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State of New York} 
County of Schenectady} ss. 
I, Jellis A. Fonda at present residing in the City of Schenectady in said County for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of 7th June 1832, and in conformity with the regulations of the War Department established under said act, do make the following statement. 
I made application under the act of the 15th May 1828, on the 15th day of August in that year. I then resided in the City of Schenectady. I proved my services in the revolutionary war from the year 1777 to the close of the war by the Certificate of Colonel Marinus Willett and the affidavits of John Wasson, John McIntosh, Edward Hudson, John Ouderkirk, & John Christeyance - And on the twenty fifth day of May 1829 to meet a requirement from the war Department I procured additional affidavits to substantiate my claim, to wit those of Teunis Swart, Frederick Van Petten, & James V.S. Ryley - which certificate and all of which affidavits are on file in said Department. My aforesaid application was rejected, for the reason as alledged, that the Regiments to which I belonged were not on the "Continental establishment." 
I was born on the twenty-fifth day of October one thousand seven Hundred & fifty-nine at said City of Schenectady. My age was entered at the time of my baptism in the records of the Reformed Dutch Church in said City. At the time I entered the service of the United States I lived in said City and I continued to reside in said City until the year 1830, when I moved to the County of Sullivan in said State, but I at present reside in said City. 
I entered the service of the United States in the summer of the year One Thousand seven Hundred & seventy-seven as an Ensign in a Company commanded
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by Captain Jesse Van Slyck in General Glover's Brigade - the names of my other Company and field officers I do not recollect. While in said Company I was with the American Army at Fort Ann, Fort George, Bemis's heights, Fort Edward & other places - I was in the battle near Saratoga when General Burgoyne & his army were defeated and captured by the American forces under General Gates. My services as Ensign aforesaid were for the term of four months. In the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, I was Lieutenant & Adjutant in Captain John Mynderse's Company in General Frederick Fisher's Brigade, and served during the whole period that Brigade was out on duty, being between four & five months, performing during that period garrison duty at Fort Paris (Stone Arabia). In the spring of the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, I was attached to Colonel Thomas Butler's fourth Pennsylvania Regiment on the Continental line, and served as Lieutenant and Adjutant in said Regiment during the whole of the military campaign of that year which lasted about four months in the performance of garrison duty at the upper fort of Schoharie. In the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty, I served as Lieutenant and adjutant in Colonel Morris Graham's Regiment of New York State Levies or troops; and performed military duty in said Regiment in the year last named at West-Point & Harper's Ferry. While at West-point I acted for a few weeks as Brigade Major during the absence of Major Lansing. I was one of the 1200 men whom General Arnold (previous to his treachery) sent away to Fort Edward to weaken the garrison at Westpoint. These 1200 men belonged to the Brigade of General Malcolm, & Colonel Lewis Dubois & Colonel Morris Grahams Regiment of State of Troops. In the spring of the year one thousand seven Hundred & Eighty-one I was attached to Colonel Marinus Willett's Regiment in which I served as Lieutenant and Adjutant until the first day of November one thousand seven hundred and Eighty-two, when I received the appointment of Captain, and continued to serve as such Captain until the month of October
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one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three when I received my discharged - making the whole period of my service as Captain Eleven months, and as Lieutenant while on actual duty, at least three years & three months. 
During the years 1781 - 1782, I was at Fort Plain, German-flatts, Fort Stanwix & several other military posts - was with Colonel Willett's troops at the battle of Turlach in Schoharie County - was also in the battle of Johnstown, and on the occasion of the death of Walter Butler  - and last of all was with Colonel Willett in his expedition to Fort Oswego in February 1783. 
My Commission as Lieutenant was signed by George Clinton Governor of N. York & as Captain by also by the said George Clinton -  that said commissions have been mislaid and are now lost. I have no documentary evidence and I know of no persons whose testimony I can procure to prove my services other than those I have already procured, and whose depositions are on file in the war Department as aforesaid. 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 
[Signed] Jellis A Fonda
Subscribed & sworn to this seventh} 
day of August 1832, before me} 
James VS Ryley Judge Schenectady} 
County courts }

We the subscribers residing in the City of  Schenectady, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jellis A. Fonda who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, and that he is universally reputed & believed in this city where he has resided since the revolutionary war (except for a few years past,) to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Witness our hands, on the day and year last
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aforesaid - [Signed] Jacob Van Vechten, Pastor of Ref. D. Church, Schenectady
[Signed] John Degroff - Mayor of the City of Schenectady
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & }
year aforesaid before me }
James VS Ryley Judge &c 

And we the undersigned Judges of the County Court in & for said County do hereby declare our opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Jellis A. Fonda was an officer in the Revolution and served as he states- and we further Certify that Jacob Van Vechten & John J. De Graff who signed the preceding certificate are residents in said City and credible persons, and that said Jacob Van Vechter who signed the same is a clergyman -- and that their statements are entitled to credit. 
D. Boyd} First Judge 
S. W. Jones}. Judges &c
James VS Ryley}  

I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of the County of Schenectady aforesaid, do hereby Certify that David Boyd Samuel W. Jones & James V. S. Ryley before whom the preceding statements were sworn & by whom the foregoing certificate was given, [illegible], the said David Boyd First Judge, & Samuel W. Jones & James V. S. Ryley Judges of the County Courts of said County, and that their signatures to said certificates & affidavits are genuine signatures. 
Witness my hand & seal of office, this seventh day of August One thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty two.
[Signed] John S Vrooman  Clerk
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Revolutionary Claims. 

[C.] Form of a Power of Attorney. 

Know all men by these presents, that I, Jellis A. Fonda of the City of Schenectady in the County of Schenectady in the State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Col. Joseph Watson of the City of Washington, my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled ""An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828, as a Captain in the regiment ["of the ---- line of the army of the Revolution" stricken] commanded by Col. Marinus Willett in the army of the revolution. Witness my hand and seal, this nineteenth day of September in the year 1828. 
[Signed] Jellis A Fonda
Sealed and delivered in the presence of } 
[Signed] G.F. Yates.

Before me, Eliud L. Davis a Justice of the Peace in the county of Schenectady in the State of New York personally appeared, this day, Jellis A. Fonda whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment , levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit. 
Witness my hand this nineteenth day of September in the year 1828. 
[Signed] Eliud L. Davis Justice of the Peace

I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of the county of Schenectady, in the State of New York, do hereby certify that Eliud L. Davis before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths &c. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the [L. S.] said Court, this nineteenth day of September in the year 1828. 
[Signed] John T. Vrooman Clerk 

[D.] Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys. [form not utilized]
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Jellis Fonda decd 
NY 
Act 7 June 32 
increased 
5mo. 11ds Capt
15" 17" Lt. & Adjt.
3" 2" Lt.
[=] 457.89 to 
Aug 1834 the day of his death deducting former payments - 
To Admr. A.G. Fonda for use of [?]  Susan & Alexander G. Fonda, Mary Austin Jane H. Whiting & Ann Groot only sur'ving children 
A. Ray Esq. 
Present
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In the matter of
Jellis A. Fonda
for an increase of stipend
under the act of Congress
passed 7th June 1832.

40
130 -
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In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
Nov. 25 1779	Jeles Fonda	Lt. L[pounds sterling] 9.16.6 1/3
July 31 1780 Jellis Fonda	Lt. 11.18.4
Aug 31 "	Ditto		Lt 11.18.4
Octr 30 "	Ditto		Adjt. 15.12.0
"      31 "   	Ditto		Lt. 23.16.8
Nov. 30 1781	Jellis A. Fonda	Lt & Adjt 122.1.11
Dec 31 "	Ditto		do " do 17.2.4
{Dec 31 1782	Jellis Fonda	Captain 32.0.0	}
{"    "     "	Abner French   Do 108.16.0		}
{"    "     "	Victor Putnam. Lt. 93.17.4		}
Nov 1st  "	Jellis A. Fonda. Lt. & Adjt. 107.17.10  

STATE OF NEW YORK}
Comptrollers Office, Albany, April 9th 1847.}
I hereby certify the above to be the true extracts from Books No. 1,2,3 & 5 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
First - under Capt. 	John Mynderse	in Col. Abm Wemple's Regt.
Second "        "      	Ditto			 "    "         Do		      "
Third.   "         "     	John Hermance	"     "  Morris Graham's  "
Fourth  "         "     	Ditto			"     "         Do                 "
Fifth      "        " 	Ditto			"     "         Do.                "
Sixth	  "        "	John Mynderse	"     "  Abm. Wemple	      "
Seventh "       "	[blank]		in Lt. Col. Marinus Willet "
Eighth	  "        "         [blank]                      "     "         Do.                  "
Ninth	  "        "         [blank]                      "     "         Do.                  "
Tenth	  "        "         [blank]                      "     "         Do.                  "
Eleventh "        "         [blank]                      "     "         Do.                  "
[Signed] Philip Phelps
Dep Compt
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State of New York} 
Schenectady County ss.} 
I John Wasson late a private in the Revolutionary Army, do certify that Jelles A Fonda served as Adjutant in the Revolutionary war, belonging to Col. Graham Regiment in the year 1780 and continued until the close of the war & further saith not.
[Signed] John Wasson

Sworn before me this 21 day of June 1828}  
[Signed] John S. Vrooman Justice of the Peace
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832 
J.A. Fonda 
recd. Aug. 21 1848 

[Willett's Regt] 

AWJ [?]
#10,684
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County of Schenectady   I John McIntosh late a Serjeant in the army of the revolutionary war, do Certify that I served as Serjeant in Col. Grahams Regiment in the year 1780 in Captain Lansings Company of which Jellis A Fonda was Leutenant and afterwards served under the said Jellis A Fonda as Captain in Col Willet Regment also as a Serjeant, for more than one year untill the close of the War.
[Signed] John McIntosh

Sworn before me this 31 day of May 1828} 
[Signed]  John S.  Vrooman 
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York} 
Schenectady County} ss. 
Edward Hudson a Serjeant in Col Willetts Regiment in the Revolutionary War being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he knew Jellis A Fonda a Lieutenant adjutant in the Continental Establishment in the years 1781 - 1782 - & 1783 until the close of said War further Saith not 
Edward (X. his mark) Hudson
Sworn before me this 6th day of August 1828} 
[Signed] John S. Vrooman Justice of the Peace
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State of New York } 
Schenectady County ss.} 
John Ourderkerk a soldier in the Revolutionary war being duly sworn, deposeth & saith that he knew Jelles A Fonda Lieutenant & adjutant in Col. Willetts Regiment in the Revolutionary war in in the years 1781 1782 & 1783 until the close of the said War & further saith not
John (X. his mark) Ouderkerk 
Sworn before me this 2nd day of June 1828 } 
[SIgned] John S. Vrooman Justice of the Peace
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State of New York} 
County of Schenectady} ss. 
John Christianse of the Town of Northumberland County of Saratoga and State of New York being duly sworn saith that he knew Jellis A. Fonda now of the City of Schenectady to have been an officer in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Willett during the Revolutionary War, and that said Jellis A. Fonda was such officer in said Regiment during said war for than nine months to this deponents knowledge. 
John (X. his mark) Christianse 
Sworn this 13th day of}
August 1828 before}
S.W. Jones, Judge of
Schenectady County Court of Common Pleas.

State of New York}
Schenectady County} 
Clerk's Office} ss.  I John S Vrooman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County Do Certify that S.W. Jones Esquire whose name appears to the affidavits of John Christianse & Jellis A. Fonda was a Judge of the County Court of Common pleas of the County aforesaid, Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by law to the proof and acknowledgements of Deeds & affidavits &c. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge & truly believe that
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the signature of 'SW Jones' subscribed to the said affidavits is the proper hand writing of the said Judge. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court this 16th day of August AD 1828.
[Signed] John S. Vrooman
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22d Congress
1st Session. 	[Rep. No. 35.]   	Ho. of Reps.

JELLIS A. FONDA. 
DECEMBER 22, 1831.

Mr. PENDLETON, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following REPORT: 
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jellis A. Fonda, for a pension, report: 
That the papers laid before the committee, are copies of the originals furnished to the Treasury Department by the petitioner, and they are certified to be true copies by Mr. Ingham, under the seal of the Treasury. 
That from these papers, it is satisfactorily shown that the petitioner served in the revolutionary war as an officer, from 1777 to the end of the war in 1783; and that the reason why his claim for a pension, under the act of 1828, has not been admitted at the Treasury, is, that the regiments in which he served were not upon the continental establishment. 
It further appears to the committee, that, at the last session of Congress, the petitioner's claim was laid before the committee, and that it was not reported upon because the law which had then passed the House of Representatives, included in its provisions the case of the petitioner. The committee have not thought it right to subject the petitioner, who is very indigent and aged, to the delay of the bill alluded to; and report a bill in his favor from the 1st of January, 1830.
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Jellis A Fonda
Reported in favour of
VAP
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(Copy)	[Page] 1 
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the revolution," approved on the 15th May 1828, I Jellis A. Fonda of the City of Schenectady in the County of Schenectady, in the State of New York, do hereby declare that at the commencement of the revolutionary war, I was an officer, and performed duty as Ensign under Glover, who officiated as commanding officer of the regiment to which I belonged in the year 1777 - that in the years 1778, 1779 & 1780, I was Lieutenant and & Adjutant in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Graham, from the year 1781. I was a Lieutenant and Adjutant until the year 1782 in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Marinus Willett and on the first day of November 1782 I was promoted to the rank of Captain in said Regiment, and served therein as such until the close of the revolutionary war - that all my commissions are lost, and the only witnesses by whom I could have proved my services as aforesaid previous to the year 1780, resided a few years ago in the State of New Jersey, but said witnesses are now deceased. I further declare that I have never received any thing from the United States as a pensioner.
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[Page] 2. 
Witness my hand this thirteenth day of August Anno Domini 1828. 
(Signed) Jellis A Fonda 

On the day and year last above written appeared before me the above named Jellis A. Fonda, whose signature appears to the above declaration and made oath that the facts therein set forth are true according to the best of his knowledge 
(Signed) S. W. Jones Judge of the Schenectady County Court of Common Pleas,
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[Page] 3.

I certify that Jellis A. Fonda was a Lieutenant and Adjutant in my Regiment in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty one and promoted to the rank of a Captain on the first day of November one thousand seven hundred and Eighty two and as such continued to serve in said Regiment till the close of the war dated at New York August 11th 1828.
(Signed ) Marinus Willett.

State of New York}
Schenectady County ss. } 
I John Wasson late a private in the Revolutionary Army do certify that Jellis A. Fonda served as Adjutant in the Revolutionary war, belonging to Col. Graham Regiment in the year 1780 and continued until the close of the war and further saith not. 
(Signed ) John Wasson 
Sworn before me this 21st day of June 1828. }
(Signed ) John S. Vrooman Justice of the Peace
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[Page] 4.
County of Schenectady   I, John McIntosh late a Serjeant in the army of the revolutionary war do certify that I served as a Sergeant in Col Grahams Regiment in the year 1780 in Captain Lansings Company of which Jellis A. Fonda was Lieutenant and afterwards served under the said Jellis A. Fonda as Captain in Col Willetts Regiment also as a Sergeant, for more than one year until the close of the war.
(Signed) John McIntosh 
Sworn before me this 31st day of May 1828.} 
(Signed ) John S. Vrooman Justice of the Peace

State of New York} 
Schenectady County ss.}  Edward Hudson a Sergeant in Col. Willetts Regiment in the Revolutionary War being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he knew Jellis A. Fonda a Lieutenant Adjutant in the Continental Establishment in the years 1781, 1782 and 1783 until the close of said war and further saith not.
Edward (X his mark) Hudson
Sworn before me this 6th day of August 1828.} 
(Signed ) John S. Vrooman Justice of the Peace.
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[Page] 5.
State of New York }
Schenectady County ss} John Ouderkerk a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he knew Jellis A. Fonda Lieutenant and Adjutant in Col Willetts Regiment in the Revolutionary war, in the years 1781. 1782 and 1783 until the close of the said war, and further saith not. 
John (X his mark) Ourderkerk
Sworn before me this 2d day of June 1828 
(Signed ) John S. Vrooman Justice of the Peace. 


State of New York}
County of Schenectady} ss:  John Christianse of this town of Northumberland County of Saratoga and State of New York being duly sworn saith that he knew Jellis A. Fonda now of the City of Schenectady to have been an officer in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Willett during the Revolutionary War, and that said Jellis A Fonda was such officer in said Regiment during said war for than nine months to this deponents knowledge.
John (X his mark) Christianse 
Sworn this 13th day of }
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(6) 
August 1828 before }
S. W. Jones, Judge of Schenectady County Court of Common Pleas

State of New York} 
Schenectady County}
Clerks Office} ss. 
(L.S.) I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County, Do Certify that S. W. Jones Esquire whose name appears to the affidavits of John Christianse and Jellis A. Fonda was a Judge of the County Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, Commissioned, sworn and duly authorized by law to the proof and acknowledgements of Deeds and affidavits &c. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge & truly believe that the signature of S.W. Jones subscribed to the said affidavits is the proper hand writing of the said Judge. 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court this 16th day of August AD. 1828. 
(Signed ) John S. Vrooman.
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(Copy)   [Page] 7
County of Schenectady ss.   Teunis Swart being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he knew Jellis A. Fonda Lieutenant and Adjutant in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the service of the United States and that he knew him afterwards in said service during the whole of the Revolutionary war and further saith not. 
(Signed) Teunis Swart. 
Sworn before me this 21st day of May 1829.} 
(Signed) Cornelius S Condy Justice of the Peace.

County of Schenectady ss   Frederick Van Patten of the town of Glenville in said County, being duly sworn, saith, that he is well acquainted with Jellis A. Fonda mentioned in the annexed affidavits, and has been acquainted with the said Jellis A. Fonda since the year One Thousand Seven hundred and seventy - that he was with the said Jellis at a place called the upper fort situate in the County of Schoharie in the State of New York who was at the time he thus was with him was a Lieutenant in a Company attached
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(8) 

to the Regiment commanded by Col Butler, to wit in the year 1778 - and that he has also seen said Jellis engaged in the Service of the United States in the Johnstown and in other battles fought in the year 1781 -- and further this Deponent saith not 
(Signed ) Frederick Van Petten 
Sworn this 19th day of May 1829, before me 
(Signed ) Edward Sater Commissioner &c. 

County of Schenectady ss. 
James V S. Ryley of the City of Schenectady in said County, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he is intimately acquainted with Colonel Jellis A. Fonda alluded to in the annexed affidavits, as an applicant for a pension under the act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the army of the revolution" approved 15th May 1828, that he has been well acquainted with said Jellis since the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy and previous thereto - that he knew said Jellis to have been an officer in the revolutionary war, and according to common reputation and the best
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(9)

of this Deponent's knowledge and belief the said Jellis served as an officer in said revolutionary war during the greatest part thereof - that this Deponent remembers distinctly to have seen said Jellis acting as a Continental officer at a place called "Stony Arabia Fort in the County of Montgomery in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy Eight or one thousand seven hundred and Seventy nine - this Deponent being then a private in a company of Militia under the command of one Colonel Wemp. This Deponent further deposeth and saith that he saw said Jellis act as an officer (but of what rank or in what regiment this Deponent does not remember if he ever knew) at a place called the Upper Fort in the now County of Schoharie, in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy nine and further this Deponent saith not. 
(Signed) James V.S. Ryley 
Subscribed and sworn this 25th day of May 1829, before me
(Signed) Joshua D. Harman 
Commissioner &c
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(10 ) 
State of New York}
County of Schenectady}
Clerks Office}  ss. 
I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Cornelius S. Condey, Edward Yates and Joshua D. Harman before whom the foregoing and annexed affidavits are taken, were respectively at the times in said affidavits mentioned, and are now Commissioners duly authorized to administer oaths &c  according to the laws of this State, and that the handwriting of the said Cornelius, Edward and Joshua subscribed to said affidavits, is the own proper handwriting of them the said Cornelius, Edward and Joshua respectively. And I do further certify, that the aforesaid deponents, whose names appear to the said affidavits are men of veracity and credibility. 
(L.S.) In testimony whereof, I the said Clerk have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twenty fifth day of May Anno Domini 1829 
(Signed ) John S. Vrooman, Clk
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(11)
To the Hon. John H. Eaton} 
Secretary of War}
Annexed are some additional affidavits to substantiate my claim under the act of 1828. The difficulty of obtaining full and positive testimony as to my services in the revolution at this late period (when so many actors of the Scenes of that revolution have already left the Stage of life) will I doubt not be duly appreciated. The affidavit* and papers (made out according to the rules of your department) were originally forwarded by the hand of the Hon. John J. De Groff M. C. from this District through the agency of Col. Joseph Watson to your Department. It was then intimated [?] to my Attorney Giles F. Yates Esqr. of this City, that some additional testimony of my services previous [underlined] to joining the Regiment of Col. Marinus Willett was required to meet this requirement, the annexed affidavits have (after much delay) been procured. I flatter myself that the certificate of Col. Willett (and the affidavits corroborating the same on file in your Department) who has now obtained a pension under said act, 
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
*By these affidavits my services previous to joining Willitt's Regiment are proved as well as by the annexed affidavits.
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will afford satisfactory evidence of my services while acting in his Regiment: to wit from 17___ to the end of the war. Should any additional testimony be demanded, I shall endeavour if possible to supply it. 
With high considerations of regard
Your obedt Servant
(Signed) Jelles A. Fonda
Schenectady May 25th 1829}  
P.S. You may direct to the case}
of Giles F. Yates, Schenectady NY}

PS. It may be noticed that the signature of Col Fonda in the foregoing letter differs from that attached to the papers originally [underlined] sent to your Department. This is owing to a paralytic affection which renders it necessary for him to write (if at all) with his left hand. If proof of this required, it will be given. 
(Signed ) G. F. Yates.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing pages numbered from one to twelve inclusive are true copies of the original papers on file in this Department. 
[Ribboned Seal]	Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Treasury this sixth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty. 
[Signed] SD Ingham 
Secretary of the Treasury
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County of Schenectady ss.	 Teunis Swart being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he knew Jellis A Fonda Lieutenant and Adjutant in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the service of the United States and that he knew him afterwards in said service during the whole of the Revolutionary war and further saith not
[Signed] Teunis Swart 
Sworn before me this 21th Day of May 1829 
[Signed] Cornelius S. Condey Justice of the Peace
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County of Schenectady ss. 
Frederick Van Patten of the town of Glenville in said County, being duly sworn, saith, that he is well acquainted with Jellis A. Fonda mentioned in the annexed affidavits, and has been acquainted with the said Jellis A. Fonda since the year one Thousand seven hundred & Seventy - that he was with the said Jellis at a place called the upper fort situate in the County of Schoharie in the State of New York, who at the time he thus was with him was a Lieutenant in a company attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Butler, to wit in the year 1778  - and that he has also seen said Jellis engaged in the Service of the United States in the Johnstown and in other battles fought in the year 1781- and further this Deponent saith not.
[Signed] Frederick Van Petten
Sworn this 19th day of May 1829, before me 
Edward Yates  
Commissioner &c.

[A different affidavit showing beneath the above]
 ... in a place called Stony Arabia Fort in the County of Montgomery in the year one thousand seven hundred & Seventy Eight or one thousand seven hundred & seventy-nine - this Deponent being then a private in a Company of Militia under the command of one Colonel Wemp - This Deponent further deposeth & saith that he saw said Jellis act as an officer (but of what rank or in what regiment this Deponent does not remember if he ever knew) at a place called the Upper-Fort in the now County of Schoharie in the year thousand seven hundred & Seventy nine and fur
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County of Schenectady ss.
James V.S. Ryley of the City of Schenectady in said County, being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that he is intimately acquainted with Colonel Jellis A. Fonda alluded to in the annexed affidavits, an applicant for a pension under the act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved 15th May 1828, that he has been well acquainted with the said Jellis since the year one Thousand seven hundred & Seventy & previous thereto - that he knew said Jellis to have been an officer in the revolutionary war, and according to common reputation and the best of this Deponent's knowledge & belief the said Jellis served as an officer in said revolutionary war during the greatest part thereof - that this Deponent remembers distinctly to have seen said Jellis acting as a Continental Officer at a place called "Stony Arabia Fort in the County of Montgomery in the year one thousand seven hundred & Seventy Eight or one thousand seven hundred & seventy-nine - this Deponent being then a private in a Company of Militia under the command of one Colonel Wemp - This Deponent further deposeth & saith that he saw said Jellis act as an officer (but of what rank or in what regiment this Deponent does not remember if he ever knew) at a place called the Upper-Fort in the now County of Schoharie in the year thousand seven hundred & Seventy nine and fur
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[fur]ther this Deponent saith not.
[Signed] James V.S. Ryley
Subscribed & sworn this 25th day of May 1829 before me}
Note the words "revolutionary war during the greatest part" [illegible] foregoing affidavit, written en razuer [?] before execution hereof - also the words "seventy-nine written en razuer [?] & one thousand seven hundred & seventy Eight" erased.
[Signed] Joshua D. Harman  Commissioner &c

State of New York}
County of Schenectady}
Clerk's Office} ss.  I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Cornelius S. Condey, Edward Yates and Joshua D. Harman before [illegible] the foregoing and annexed affidavits are taken, were respectively at the time of the said affidavits mentioned, and are now Commissioners duly authorized to administer oaths &c according to the laws of this State - & that the handwriting of the said Cornelius, Edward & Joshua subscribed to said affidavits, is the own proper handwriting of them the said Cornelius Edward & Joshua respectively. And I do further certify, that the aforesaid deponents, whose names appear to said affidavits are men of veracity & credibility.  
In testimony whereof I the said Clerk have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twenty-fifth day of May Anno Domini 1829.
[Signed] John S. Vrooman
Clk
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852 
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution" approved on the 15th May 1828, I, Jellis A. Fonda of the City of Schenectady, in the County of Schenectady, in the State of New York, do hereby declare, that at the commencement of the revolutionary war I was an officer, and performed duty as Ensign under Glover, who officiated as Commanding Officer of the regiment to which I belonged in the year 1777 - that in the year 1778, 1779, 1780 I was Lieutenant and Adjutant in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Graham - from the year 1781, I was a Lieutenant and adjutant until the year 1782 in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Marinus Willett and on the first day of November 1782 I was promoted to the rank of Captain in said Regiment, & served therein as such until the close of the revolutionary war - that all my Commissions are lost, and the only witnesses by whom I could have proved my services as aforesaid previous to the year 1780, resided a few years ago in the State of New Jersey, but said witnesses are now deceased  I further declare that I have never received any thing from the United States as a pensioner Witness my hand this thirteenth day of August Anno Domini 1828. [Signed] Jelles A Fonda 

On the day & year last above written appeared before me the above named Jellis A. Fonda, whose signature appears to the above declaration & made oath that the facts therein set forth are true according to the best of his knowledge --The word "Ensign" between the 7th & 8th first interlined and the words "such" and Ensign in 8th & 9th line first cancelled with a pen 
[Signed] S. W. Jones 
Judge of the Schenectady County Court of Common Pleas
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Mr Becker [?]  - report - 
The Committee on Pension to whom was referred the Petition of Jellis A. Fonda report that the Petitioner states his services during the revolutionary war from the year 1776 to the peace of 1783 as an officer in Col Morris Graham's Regiment & in Col Marinus Willets regiment which were of the New York State Troops   the Petitioner asks for the benefits of the act of 15 May 1828 to which the Committee cannot assent as it does not appear to have been the intention of congress to extend the provisions of the said act to any other than these who served on the Continental Establishment 
The bill which was passed this house declaratory of the act of 1818 will if it becomes a law provide for the case of the petitioner.
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Petition of
Jellis A. Fonda
of Schenectady N.Y.

Dec. 13, 1831
Refd. to Comee - Rev. Pensions

Dec. 22, 1831
Bill reported No. 80

Lansing 39 [?] Rev. Pen.
Page 85

To the Hon: the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled 
The petition of the undersigned Jellis A. Fonda of the City of Schenectady in the State of New York humbly sheweth 
That your petitioner served during the whole of the revolutionary war, and most of that period in the capacity of Adjutant and Captain. 
That your petitioner has on former occasions made application to the War Department for a pension, but his claims have been rejected for the reason that the Regiment under which he served towit, that of the late Colonel Marinus Willett, was not on the Continental Establishment. Your petitioner begs leave to refer to the Documents and affidavits on file in the said Department for the proofs of his services as aforesaid, and prays that his case may duly considered, and that such compensation as your honorable body may deem proper may be awarded him for his support in his
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declining days, & your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray &c.
[Signed] Jellis A. Fonda
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Petition of 
Jellis A. Fonda 
of Schenectady N.Y. 

Dec. 13, 1831 
Refd. to Comee - Rev. Pensions  

Dec. 22, 1831 
Bill reported No. 80 

Lansing 39 [?] Rev. Pen.
Page 88

To the Hon J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir: 
My father Jellis A. Fonda late of this City deceased, during his life time received a pension under the act of 7th June 1832 up to the day of his death Augt 1834. He served in the early part of the revolutionary war as an Ensign in the Company of Minute men commanded by Capt John Mynderse. On the raising of the Regiment under Col. Willett in 1781, he became a Lieutenant & Adjutant in said Regiment & served as such till 2 November 1782, when he was promoted to the rank of Captain & served as such till the month November 1783, being to the close & full termination of said war. When his pension was allowed no documentary proof of his service in 1783 could be found, nor yet of other terms of his service. In behalf of myself as one of his children & of my brothers & sisters I hereby assert this claim for arrears of his pension money - due for those portions of his revolutionary services which have not been allowed. 
Alexander Ray Esq of Washington City D.C. is in possession of proofs to establish the claim hereby asserted. I pray that he may be received as my attorney in the premises.
respectfully 
your Obt Servt
[Signed] Alexander G. Fonda son & 
Administrator of Jellis A. Fonda decd.
Schenectada N.Y. April 21, 1847
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Treasury Dept.
1st June, 1829.

Upside down:
Pension Office
9
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To the Hon. John H. Eaton}  
Secretary of War} 
Annexed are some additional affidavits to substantiate my claim under the act of 1828. The difficulty of obtaining full and positive testimony as to my services in the revolution at this late period (when so many actors of the Scenes of that revolution have already left the Stage of life) will I doubt not be duly appreciated. The affidavit* and papers (made out according to the rules of your department) were originally forwarded by the hand of the Hon. John J. De Groff M. C. from this District through the agency of Col. Joseph Watson to your Department. It was then intimated [?] to my Attorney Giles F. Yates Esqr. of this City, that some additional testimony of my services previous [underlined] to joining the Regiment of Col. Marinus Willett was required to meet this requirement, the annexed affidavits have (after much delay) been procured. I flatter myself that the certificate of Col. Willett (and the affidavits corroborating the same on file in your Department) who has now obtained a pension under said act,  will afford satisfactory evidence of my Services while acting in his Regiment; to wit from 17__ to the end of the war. Should any additional testimony be demanded, I shall endeavour if possible to supply it.
With high considerations of regard
Your Obedt. Servant
[Signed] Jellis A. Fonda
Schenectady May 25th 1829.
XXXXXXXXXXXXX 
*By these affidavits my services previous to joining Willitt's Regiment are proved as well as by the annexed affidavits.

P.S. You may direct to the care of
Giles F. Yates Schenectady N.Y.
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P.S. It may be noticed that the signature of Col Fonda in the foregoing letter differs from that attached to the papers originally [underlined] sent to your Department. This is owing to a paralytic affection which renders it necessary for him to write (if at all) with his left hand. If proof of this is required, it will be given 
[Signed] G. F. Yates
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Chas. Van Patten
March 22/54
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Pension Office, 
March 22, 1854 

Sir,
In relation to the claim for pension of Jacob G. Fonda, you are respectfully informed that the amount of payments certified by the Comptroller of New York is not sufficient to cover a service of six months - the mininum duration which entitles a party to pension. The claim is, consequently, further suspended.
Very respectfully
&c [?]

Charles Van Patten Esqr.}
Present.}
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Washington D. C. 
Oct 26th 1855. 

To the Commissioner of Pensions. 

Sir, 
The accompanying applic. for bounty land under the late act is in behalf of an old soldier whom by reputation I know well. My Maternal Grandfather Isaac DeGraaf of Schenectady N.Y. has sworn to his belief of his service, which the applicants evidence of service will be found in his suspended claim for Pension which I looked over with Mr Cole when an Employee in the Pension office. It consists of record evidence of 4 mos payment pr [illegible] as in the Revolution under various offices
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What I desire to say is, that I know that the Jacob G. Fonda who makes this application is the same person who made said application for Pension; that he is a highly reputable Gentleman now 95 years of age and an honest and deserving applicant.
Oweing to his advanced age and great infirmity, I trust that it is not asking too much to have his case taken up at once - Send his warrant as proper, form [fwd?] the papers to Dr. Van Patten of this City who is his acquaintance.
 With high regard 
Your obdt Servant
[Signed] J.D. Toll
Ass't Ex'r Patents.
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United States Patent Office
Official Business.

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present

Claim of a Soldier of the}
Revolution for bounty land}
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New York
Revol =
Jacob G. Fonda
Rejected
3632

["Letter to G.F. Yates
24 Sept 18..." stricken]

Right side:
Act 32 June

Crosswise on right:
220338
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45,661

Ibr Ames [?]
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1934, August 6 - Hist to Mrs. J.B. Butler
(See ltr in clm W.26423 of Heusing Lansing) - MLB.
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REJECTED
3632
Jacob G. Fonda

Printed List of 1852 of Rejected & Suspended Claims shows cause of rejection as follows:
He did not serve six months in a Military Capacity.