>Yes, my maiden name is KENT..roots from England to Gloucester, MA., 18 March >1655, *Thomas KENT and (wife) NOYES, along with their two sons, *Samuel and >Thomas, Jr., also born in England. I have managed to compile a pretty >thorough 'tree' on them as well as their children & their spouses, et al, up >until not-so-complete info from 1940's to present. Alexis; I might have missed it, but since you are in the BOND list, I assume you have some relations between Kent and Bond in your search. You mentioned England to Gloucester, Ma, and I have been trying (Unsuccessfully) for years, to determine if BOND came across to Gloucester as well. Are any of the KENTs from Gloucester, related to BOND? And do you have any passenger lists for the voyage over of the KENT family? I suspect that the BOND I am searching there, "Capt. Charles Wallace Bond", may have had a residence on BOND STREET, BOND HILL, Gloucester. He came to Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada, to marry, and remained there. His father also lived in Chester, but his origin is not known. There are no records of him coming across the *pond* from England or elsewhere. I suspect he may have come from Gloucester on the same route that his son took, to marry and settle down. The father was a Benjamin Bond (Sometimes knows as John Benjamin Bond) and the son., Charles, married a GRAVES. If you have anything that sounds familiar, or directions for passenger lists to Gloucester, I would appreciate it... Thanks Tom >So, while my concentration on direct descendants goes from MA to CT to >VT....I have filled in all others also...who went just about every >direction, including the states you seem to be interested in researching. I >will gladly share any info that would be of help to you, just let me know. > >Sincerely, >alexis >KENT with Linsley,Beckwith, Clark, Griswold, Sykes, Spencer, Wenchell, >Dudley, Woodall, Hopkins, &Snow as direct descendants plus too many other >'cousins' to name here. > >>>Located several entries for John Bond, et al, of Haverhill, Mass. at >>>http://search.ancestry.com One of particular interest is a GEDCOM entry >>from >>>a raymond.wing@snet.net who is showing John BOND, son of Joseph BOND & >>Sarah >>>Williams, m. Mary(Martha) Hale (Hall), 8 Dec 1715, Haverhill, Essex, MA; >>>other data and dates also available on this family entry... >>> >>>Hope this helps. >>> >>>Alexis (KENT/BOND/STEVENSON) >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Alan <bondrock@ifx.net> >>>To: BOND-L@rootsweb.com <BOND-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Date: Saturday, August 15, 1998 5:57 AM >>>Subject: Re: BOND-D Digest V98 #90 >>> >>> >>>>Hi. Just returned from Hampstead, N.H. and found the following: >>>> >>>>John Bond, b. Jan 14, 1718 in Haverhill Mass., son of John and ____ >(Hall) >>>Bond of >>>>Haverhill (Mass.) His father drowned May 21, 1721 in the Merrimack river. >>>He was a >>>>doctor in Hampstead for many years. He married Judith Dow (Haverhill, >>>Mass.) and >>>>had six children. (Memorial History of Hampstead, N.H., Voll II (Church). >>>> >>>>I also found one of his sons, John, Jr., (married Mary Moulton), was a >>>doctor in >>>>Hampstead, N.H. for many years. I was unable to locate the graves of >John, >>>John >>>>Jr., or there wives, due to time constraints, and lack of (obvious) >>>records. >>>> >>>>Hope this helps. >>>> >>>>-Alan Bond >>>> >>>>BOND-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> Subject: >>>>> >>>>> BOND-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 90 >>>>> >>>>> Subject: RE: BOND/KENT; MA; late 1600s >>>>> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 16:10:09 -0400 >>>>> From: "Charles Bond" <bond@labor.lab.state.vt.us> >>>>> To: BOND-L@rootsweb.com >>>>> >>>>> The only living John Bond of the Newbury line was 4 years old in 1722. >>>His >>>>> father, John, died in 1721. So, there was no John Bond of Haverhill to >>>marry >>>>> Mary Kent. >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________ >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >- >>- >>>- >>>>> >>>>> Subject: Re: BOND/KENT; MA; late 1600s <- correction >>>>> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 18:43:33 >>>>> From: Lin Wright <ethelind@athens.net> >>>>> To: BOND-L@rootsweb.com >>>>> >>>>> L. Vernon Briggs, Genealogies of the Different Families Bearing the >Name >>>of >>>>> Kent . . . (1898), p. 161 calls the husband of Mary KENT probably John >>>>> BOND. The Gloucester Vital Records, where the marriage is recorded, >>calls >>>>> him Joseph BOND. Is he the same born in Salisbury 01 Apr 1700 son of >>>>> Nicholas and Sarah (ROWLANDSON) BOND? There is no further record of >them >>>in >>>>> the Vital Records of any town in Essex County, Massachusetts. They >>>probably >>>>> removed. Mary's brother Josiah apparently went to Harvard MA and sister >>>>> Abigail (Kent) Stevens went to Hampstead NH. >>>> >>> >>> >> > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com