Tom, I intended to send my reply to you privately, but my finger on the send button was quicker than my brain. :-) However, this might be of interest to others on the list as I have seen other inquiries about Bonds in Nova Scotia. I found the following info in a history of the descendants of Joseph and John Bond, sons of Benjamin and Ann (Paradise) Bond of Wiltshire, England. In 1793 Edward Bond of "Roan" County, N.C., son of Joseph and Martha (Rogers) Bond "went on an extended visit among Friends and kindred and also visiting Friends' meetings in Virginia and Pennsylvania". He kept a dairy during this four month trip. One entry was, "He also visited Elizabeth, the widow of his cousin Abraham Bond, deceased. She had three children, John and Levi and daughter Mary. Says he did not get to see her or John, as John was gone to Nova Scotia". It didn't say were Elizabeth lived, but he had been visiting in Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Bucks Counties in Pennsylvania just before this entry. There also was no indication of when John went to Nova Scotia, but as they were Quakers, my guess is that it was around the time of the revolution. As my John Bond should have been on his way to Kentucky in 1793, not in Nova Scotia, I didn't pursue this John any further so don't know if he came back to Pennsylvania, or stayed in Nova Scotia. If you would like more information on the families of Joseph and John Bond, the book is on film at the LDS Family History library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and can be loaned through local LDS Family History libraries. Hope this helps, and happy hunting. Phyllis in Phoenix leotaphyls@aol.com