Some of the research for the Bond's, up to Edward Flint Bond, was done by: Shirley Ruth McKithan Moats 312 Virginia Place Ft. Worth, Texas 76107-1612 phone (817) 737-7162 She did the research at the L.D.S. Church in Utah The following information is from Donald Phillips Bond: Jonas Bond - b. about 1560, buried Aug. 5, 1601 at Bury St. Edmunds, County Suffolk. It is thought that he moved to Bury St. Edmunds about 1591, prior to the birth of his 3rd son, the first child whose baptism is recorded there. He owned property at Hawley (Hawkley ?) and at Woolpit. His will dated July 30, 1601 was proved at Bury St. Edmunds on Sept. 22, 1601. Will of Jonas Bond - July 30, 1601 [Proved at Bury St. Edmunds, Sep. 22, 1601] In the name of God Amen The Thirtieth day of July Annon dni 1601. I Jonas Bonde of Bury St Edmunde in the County of Suff and Diocese of Norwch being weake & sicke in body yet good and perfect of remembberance (Thanked by God) make this my present Testament and last will in maner and forme followang first I give & bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God trusting thorough the meryts of Christ my saviour to have mercy wth him to live forever and my body I will to be buried in xpian manner when It shall please god to call me out of this life. Item I give and bequeath unto Oliver Bonde my eldest sonne my howse at Hawkley, wth appurtencs to have & to hold for him and his heyres for ever also I give him ten pounds of lawfull English money to be paid to him by my Executrix at the full age of one and twenty yeares. Item I give unto John Bonde the elder, John ye yonger, Bartholomewe & Wm my fowre middle sonnes fiftene pounts a piece of good & lawfull English money to be paid to them & every of them when they attayne to their several ages of one & twenty yeares. Item I give & bequeath unto Thomas Bonde my yonger sonne my howse at Woolpitte with all the land & ground both free & copy thereunto belonging to have & to hold to him & his Heyres forever paying that money that is to be paide out of the same specified in the deeds made unto me. Alsoe I give unto Thomas my sonne ten pounds of lawfull English money to be paid him at his full age of one & twenty yeeres. Alsoe I give unto Hester Woode my wives sister three pounts to be paid at her day of maryage. Item I give unto Elizabeth & Margaret my daughters Ten pounds apiece of good & lawfull money of England to be paid to them at the age of one & twenty and if the one Die I will the other daughter to have the whole xxlb All my goods Chattals debts Implements and houshold stuffe whatsoever moveable & Imoveable I give and bequeath unto Rose my wyfe whom I make & ordeyne sole executrix of this my present Testament & last will, she to pay my legacies & debts as my Trust is in her. I witnesse that this is my last will I have sette my hand & seale The day and yeare abovesaid. [Jonas Bond] Henry Warren Wm Shippe George Lawson Augustin Gooch James Randall John By ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I (J. Phelps) found the following infomation in "Colonial Families of the United States" BOND Linage On referring to the Domesday Book,it will be found that numerous estates were held in England by families of the name of Bond in the time of Edward the Confessor, and through later years down to the formation of the survey by William the Conqueror. The most distinguished families of the name in England, for the last two or three centuries, trace their lineage to Earth and Holewood, in the County of Cornwall; and some of the old writers of heraldy speak of "strips antiquiima Bondorum" of that County. Jonas and Rose Bond of England ISSUE I. Oliver. II. John "the elder." III John "the younger." IV. Bartholomew. V. William. VI. Thomas, bap. 8th September 1597. VII. Elizabeth. VIII. Margery. Thomas VI, bap. 8th Sept. 1597; lived at Bury St. Edmunds. His will is dated 5th Nov. 1658, and was proved 10th Mar. 1659, at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, in London. m. Elizabeth Woods. There is a tradition that three brothers of the name of Bond first came to this country prior to 1650. One of them, Thomas, said to have been a physician, settled in Virginia or Maryland. Another of the three, John, settled in Newbury, Mass., and was a proprietor in 1642. The other, William, said to have been educated a merchant, settled in Watertown, Mass. >From "Colonial Families of the United States" John Bond, b. in England, bap. 5th Feb. 1624, d. 3d Dec. 1674, was first mentioned in the Newbury records, 1642. He removed to Haverhill circa 1663, though he is called of Newbury as late as 1665, and of Haverhill as early as 1660. m. 5th Aug. 1649, Hester Blakesley. ISSUE I. John, b. 10th June 1650 II. Thomas, b. 29th Mar. 1652; d. 23d May, 1692; m. Sarah Williams. III. Joseph, b. 14h Apr. 1653; served in King Philip's War. IV. Ester, b. 3d Sept. 1655; m. Aquila Chase. V. Mary, b. 16th Dec. 1657. VI. Abigail, b. 6th Nov. 1660; ;m. Ezra Rolfe, who was later captured by the Indians, 17th Oct., and d 20th Oct., 1689. >From "Colonial Families of the United States" John Bond, b. 10th June, 1650; d. before 15th April 1694, when administration was granted upon his estate. He was a husbandman of Beverly. Served in King Philip's War under Capt. Joseph Sill, 30th Nov. 1675; m 23d Nov. 1681, Emma Graves. ISSUE I. Elizabeth, b. 21st Mar. 1685. II. Martha, b. 5th Sept. 1687. III. Edward, b. 10th Jan. 1689.