Douw Isaac Fondey (1759–1806)
Bushrod Washington wrote Fondey regarding lands in Montgomery County, New York.
Douw Isaac Fonda—he would sign his last name as Fondey, perhaps to distinguish himself from the many Fondas in New York’s Mohawk Valley—was born on 26 August 1759.
Joe Fondy, "NYG&B Membership Helps Uncover Facts about Major Douw Fondey: Patriot, Statesman, and Eyewitness to History," The New York Researcher (Summer 2006), 45–48.
"To Alexander Hamilton from Dowe J. Fondey, 12 December 1799," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/02-01-02-1855. [This document from The Papers of Alexander Hamilton is original to the digital edition. It was added on 30 December 2015.]
Douw I Fonda Esq in 10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777–1834 (Ancestry.com).
Douw Isaac Fonda at Geneanet.
Douw Isaac Fonda at FamilySearch.
Gertrude Vrooman at FamilySearch.