Eldest son of Robert Hendrick (Henry) and Agnietje(Agnes)Fonda Wendell b. Schenectady;prominent land owner,lawyer and public man.He was highly educated,skilled in learning and application of the law,chancellor of the state of New York and a leader in Whig party. He was ensign and lieutenant of militia and served in the War of 1812-14. Married in Schenectady in the family home later owned by his daughter Agnes Love, 17 Nov 1817 by Rev Cyrus Stedman at St George's Episcopal Church, Stockade, Schenectady,to Parmelia Perry daughter of Benjamin and Mary Love Spencer Perry of Albany, grand-niece of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. Children Maria b. 24 Sept 1818 d. 4 Feb 1865 m. James M. Moyston;Margaret b. 26 May 1821 d. 4 Feb 1870 m. Willard E. Trotter, son of John Trotter, grandson of General Trotter, revolutionary war fame;Agnes Love b. 29 June 1824;Abbie A. b. 5 Apr 1828 d. 5 Jan 1880 unmarried.
Eldest son of Robert Hendrick (Henry) and Agnietje(Agnes)Fonda Wendell b. Schenectady;prominent land owner,lawyer and public man.He was highly educated,skilled in learning and application of the law,chancellor of the state of New York and a leader in Whig party. He was ensign and lieutenant of militia and served in the War of 1812-14. Married in Schenectady in the family home later owned by his daughter Agnes Love, 17 Nov 1817 by Rev Cyrus Stedman at St George's Episcopal Church, Stockade, Schenectady,to Parmelia Perry daughter of Benjamin and Mary Love Spencer Perry of Albany, grand-niece of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. Children Maria b. 24 Sept 1818 d. 4 Feb 1865 m. James M. Moyston;Margaret b. 26 May 1821 d. 4 Feb 1870 m. Willard E. Trotter, son of John Trotter, grandson of General Trotter, revolutionary war fame;Agnes Love b. 29 June 1824;Abbie A. b. 5 Apr 1828 d. 5 Jan 1880 unmarried.
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