-----Original Message----- From: James Salyer <jadds@bellatlantic.net> To: to.BOND-L@rootsweb.com <to.BOND-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 11:22 PM Subject: 3 BOND's >Well, I really started a good round of discussion, didn't I??? I enjoyed >every post regarding the topic!!! > >I want to take a moment to post my husbands (1)BOND lineage and then answer >a (2 & 3) couple of questions that arose on the last couple of digest >mailings that I received. > >(1 & 2) >William Wellington BOND> George BOND b.1798, Scott Co.,VA> James Nathan BOND >b.1832, Scott Co., VA> William Patton BOND b.1862 Wise Co., VA> James Nathan >BOND b.1887 Dry Fork, Wise Co., VA> Cotella Amelia BOND SALYER >b.1918 Chestnut Ridge, PA (my husband's mother). Mary Lou this should >answer your BOND location question. We met you and Paul Bowen at the >Natural Tunnel BOND reunion. (I believe!) > >Cotella & her brother, James Hopkins BOND (b. Fallow Field, PA) were the >only children born in PA. Most of this BOND line was in Wise Co., VA and >have mostly remained here. Only a few strayed. (I have been trying to get >my husband to stray for 18 years.) > >(3) Someone, I don't recall who, asked how we knew that William's middle >name was Wellington, and I don't have an answer, just an observation of my >husbands' notes: > >(a) William had a son named William Wellington BOND II. >(b) William Wellington BOND was a soldier in the Continental Line during >the "War for Independence". He was native of Amherst Co., VA and as a young >man about 1815 moved to Scott Co., VA. He was a farmer and slave holder >there. He married Margaret Davis, daughter of Daniel Davis, on November 9, >1793. Little is known of his early life except that he was traveling west >with a party of Pioneers when some members of the family got sick in Scott >Co, near Mendota, VA. This resulted in his settling there and rearing his >family of 7 children. It is not clear where William Wellington BOND was >born; he possibly came to VA from England by himself. > >PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I HAVE PLAGIARIZED ANY OF THIS INFORMATION. MY HUSBAND >DOES NOT NOTE WHERE HE OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION. > >Now, I live in Wise Co which is near Scott & Washington counties of VA. I >can lookup information for any of you who needs it from these or maybe other >surrounding areas. I do have a family, job and animals to care for, BUT I >do like this kind of thing. It might take a little time for look-ups! > >I was also wondering if anyone has checked ship registries for William >Wellington Bond and YES, I think Wellington and Davis have connections in >there somewhere. It seems to me if a Surname is used as a 1st or 2nd name >that indicates family roots. > >Sorry, I was so long winded. >Angie >jadds@bellatlantic.net > > >