Thanks to all who responded to my previous queries about linking my JOSHUA BOND b. Oct. 3, 1788 (Baltimore Co., MD) in with the original PETER BOND (b. England, d. after Apr. 28, 1705) of Baltimore Co., MD line. (See http://www.rootsweb.com, States, Maryland, Baltimore Co., First Families of Baltimore and Anne Arundel) I discovered yesterday Joshua's father is most probably CHRISTOPHER BOND, b. Nov. 2, 1757 Baltimore Co., MD, who married SARAH PINDELL, b. June 29, 1765 by license, Dec. 13, 1787. Source: Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759, by Robert W. Barnes, 1989 My sister's DAR application stated the lineal descent was JOHN PINDELL, b. 12-8-1718 married #2 Eleanor Gill (1-15-1735). Someone had hand written on the application "thru SARAH," but it took me what seemed like forever to find SARAH. This was further compounded by the fact that JOHN PINDELL's first wife was ELEANOR BOND, daughter of Richard Bond and Mary Jones. Too many BONDs and PINDELLs! The book states: children of JOHN PINDELL and ELEANOR BOND were ELIZABETH, b. 1-19-1749; PHILIP, b. 3-29-1752, and JOHN, b. 2-6-1754. Children of JOHN PINDELL and ELEANOR GILL were KATHERINE, b. 9-13-1759; MARY, b. 6-22-1761; THOMAS, b. 8-1-1763, and SARAH, b. 6-29-1765. So, my line goes: Peter Bond, b. England, d. aft. 4-28-1705, MD + Alice ?, marr. after 1676, d. aft. 1708 ...Peter Bond, b. abt. 1677, d. abt. 1718 ...+Eleanor Gwynn, d. before 1724 .....Peter Bond, d. 12-26-1762 .....+Susanna Butler, b. 9-13-1717, marr. 8-1-1735 .......Christopher Bond, b. 11-2-1757 .......+Sarah Pindell, b. 6-29-1765 .........Joshua Bond, b. 10-3-1788, d. 4-4-1872 .........+Abigail Murry, b. 11-14-1790, d. 1-18-1867 ...........Larkin Bond, b. 5-31-1830, d. 3-6-1910 ...........+Cordelia Hood Jarvis, b. 12-12-1832, d. 6-15-1902 .............Millard Fillmore Bond, b. 9-22-1873, d. 12-23-1947 .............+Altie Navy O'Neal, , b. 12-3-1880, d. 9-30-1959 ...............Edna May Bond, b. 7-10-1901, d. 11-18-1989 ...............+Jay Cyril Ripley, b. 12-30-1898, d. 12-13-1964 .................William Millard Ripley, b. 5-1-1921, d. 5-24-1984 ...................ME Anyone wanting more info on this line, feel free to write...glad to share what I have. Thanks especially to Harvey Grimes and Lee Garlock for their help. Jan Janice Bond (Ripley) Phillips littlerip@proaxis.com