The gravestone appears to read Age 51 years, which would be a birth year of 1822.
However records show he was married in 1821 and had children born between 1822 and 1840.
We do not have his birth record or baptism, nor is he listed in any census prior to 1840.
His parents are presumed to be Jacob Janse Fonda (1761-1832) and Annatje Hannah Becker (1761- ).
There is one record that seems to fit: [Fonda, David - Came from Rushville, Yates Co., NY, with his family to Batavia township, June 13, 1837. Ref: A twentieth century history and biographical record of Branch County, Michigan.] And he does appear in the Branch Co. census in 1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870 along with his wife and all of his older children. His birthdate of ~1800 is verified in those census records.
One family tree on Ancestry.com states, "When David Jacob Fonda and his twin brother John Jacob were born on November 17, 1799, in Mayfield, New York, their father, Jacob, was 38, and their mother, Annyte, was 38. He married Lorinda Ann Knapp on January 26, 1821, in his hometown. They had nine children in 18 years. He died on August 16, 1871, in Batavia, Michigan, at the age of 71, and was buried in Coldwater, Michigan."
However records show he was married in 1821 and had children born between 1822 and 1840.
We do not have his birth record or baptism, nor is he listed in any census prior to 1840.
His parents are presumed to be Jacob Janse Fonda (1761-1832) and Annatje Hannah Becker (1761- ).
There is one record that seems to fit: [Fonda, David - Came from Rushville, Yates Co., NY, with his family to Batavia township, June 13, 1837. Ref: A twentieth century history and biographical record of Branch County, Michigan.] And he does appear in the Branch Co. census in 1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870 along with his wife and all of his older children. His birthdate of ~1800 is verified in those census records.
One family tree on Ancestry.com states, "When David Jacob Fonda and his twin brother John Jacob were born on November 17, 1799, in Mayfield, New York, their father, Jacob, was 38, and their mother, Annyte, was 38. He married Lorinda Ann Knapp on January 26, 1821, in his hometown. They had nine children in 18 years. He died on August 16, 1871, in Batavia, Michigan, at the age of 71, and was buried in Coldwater, Michigan."
The gravestone appears to read Age 51 years, which would be a birth year of 1822.
However records show he was married in 1821 and had children born between 1822 and 1840.
We do not have his birth record or baptism, nor is he listed in any census prior to 1840.
His parents are presumed to be Jacob Janse Fonda (1761-1832) and Annatje Hannah Becker (1761- ).
There is one record that seems to fit: [Fonda, David - Came from Rushville, Yates Co., NY, with his family to Batavia township, June 13, 1837. Ref: A twentieth century history and biographical record of Branch County, Michigan.] And he does appear in the Branch Co. census in 1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870 along with his wife and all of his older children. His birthdate of ~1800 is verified in those census records.
One family tree on Ancestry.com states, "When David Jacob Fonda and his twin brother John Jacob were born on November 17, 1799, in Mayfield, New York, their father, Jacob, was 38, and their mother, Annyte, was 38. He married Lorinda Ann Knapp on January 26, 1821, in his hometown. They had nine children in 18 years. He died on August 16, 1871, in Batavia, Michigan, at the age of 71, and was buried in Coldwater, Michigan."
However records show he was married in 1821 and had children born between 1822 and 1840.
We do not have his birth record or baptism, nor is he listed in any census prior to 1840.
His parents are presumed to be Jacob Janse Fonda (1761-1832) and Annatje Hannah Becker (1761- ).
There is one record that seems to fit: [Fonda, David - Came from Rushville, Yates Co., NY, with his family to Batavia township, June 13, 1837. Ref: A twentieth century history and biographical record of Branch County, Michigan.] And he does appear in the Branch Co. census in 1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870 along with his wife and all of his older children. His birthdate of ~1800 is verified in those census records.
One family tree on Ancestry.com states, "When David Jacob Fonda and his twin brother John Jacob were born on November 17, 1799, in Mayfield, New York, their father, Jacob, was 38, and their mother, Annyte, was 38. He married Lorinda Ann Knapp on January 26, 1821, in his hometown. They had nine children in 18 years. He died on August 16, 1871, in Batavia, Michigan, at the age of 71, and was buried in Coldwater, Michigan."
Inscription
David Fonda
Died Aug. 16, 1871
Aged 51 Years, 8 months, 29 days (somewhat intelligble)
Actual: 71 years, 8 months, 30 days
Family Members
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