Hi Chris and all other BOND, BONDS AND BONDE Rooters, Bond Manor House, Erth Barton, Elm Gate, Saltash, Cornwall is the beginning of my BOND line. Descendant of JOHN BOND, SR. of Southern Mississippi Thought this may be of interest. Shirley Bondsies@aol.com wrote: > Hi Chris, > I'm an American, but I'm in Wellingborough until February. > I'm tracking my BONDS (with an "S") ancestry while I'm here. > Thus far, my family went to the colonies around 1750ish and > the name had an "s" (bondS) even then. I'd assume the > Bonds name was once BOND, but I haven't confirmed that > as of yet. Tell me something, have you isolated a place > here in Britain that the BOND name originated? I know years > ago, most of our ancestors lived in a village and never moved > very far from home. As a result, most of the village was kin > to eachother potentially. Therefore, most surnames came > from the same geographic regions of the British Isles. > I'm curious if you've been able to establish where the BOND > name came from...it might just be that my name came from > there too. > > Thanks, > Loren S. Bonds > bondsies@aol.com > > ___REPLY___SEPARATOR___ > In a message dated 98-06-15 17:37:06 EDT, you write: > > << I'm fairly new to the Bond list & unlike most of you I'm in England - if > any > of you have North Hampshire or South Berkshire ancestors ca. 1600-1800, > please > drop me a line. > Best wishes > Chris Bond >>