2. Probably John (Jean Baptiste?) Fontfreyde, a merchant who purchased a freedom from the corporation of Albany in 1781, that is, his right to the privileges of the town (Joel Munsell,
The Annals of Albany, 10 vols., Albany, N.Y., 1850–1859, 10:153;
Lasseray, Les français sous les treize étoiles
, 1:218).