The previous post was pages 1, 2, and most of 3. I will continue now with page 3. William, eldest son of the emigrant William was married in 1680 to Hepzibah Hastings, by whom he was the father of Margaret, William Deliverance, Elizabeth, Mary Samuel and several others who died young. John, second son of the emigrant William, married Hannah Coolidge in 1679 and had issue of John, William, Hannah, Elizabeth, Abigail, Sarah, and Daniel. Thomas, third son of the emigrant William, had six children by his wife Sarah Woolson, Whom he married in 1680. They were Thomas, Sarah, William, Mary, John, and Isaac. Nathaniel, fourth son of the emigrant William married Bethia Fuller of Cambridge in 1685 and had issue by her of Nathaniel, Bethia, and John. Jonas, youngest son of the emigrant William, was married to Grace Coolidge in 1689 and had Sarah, Jonas, Henry, and Josiah. After the death of his first wife, Jonas married Elizabeth Jackson Prentice, a widow, by whom he had no children. About 1639 a Puritan named Robert Bond came from Kent County, England to New England. He was at Southampton, L.I., in 1643, at Lynn, Mass., for a time, at East Hampton in 1649, at Elizabeth, N.J. in 1664 and finally at Neward, where he died in 1677. Robert is believed to have married Hannah Ogden and after her death in 1672, Mary Calkins Roberts, a widow. He was the father of Stephen and Joseph. Joseph, son of the emigrant Robert, made his home at Elizabeth and had two sons, Robert and Benjamin. A john Bond was on of the early con=colonist at Newbury in 1642. He married Esther Blakely in 1649 and had issue by her of John, Thomas, Joseph, Esther, Mary, and Abigail. He removed in the latter part of his life to Rowley and from there to Haverhill. Of the daughters of the John, Esther married Aquila Chase and Abigail married Ezra Rolfe. Sometime prior to 1660 a Peter Bond was resident in Maryland. Peter and his wife Alice were both of the Quaker faith and are said to have led an exemplary lives. They were the parents of 4 sons, Peter, Thomas, John, and William. Peter, the second, married Elinor Gwynn and had issue by her of Richard, William, Peter, John, Thomas and Benjamin. Thomas, son of the First Peter, married Ann Robertson in 1706 and had at least two sons, John and Thomas. William and John, the younger sons of the first Peter, were mariners, and both died in early manhood, leaving small children. William had a son named Barnett and several others: but of John;s children no definite trace can be found. Another early emigrant of the name of Bond was another John, who died at Plymouth, Mass., in 1661 Nicholas, son of John of Plymouth, lived for a while at Salisbury, where he married Sarah Rowlandson in 1684. Their children were Thomas, William and Joseph. Still another early settler was a Grimestone Bond who came to Boston before 1683. He was the father, by his wife Elizabeth, of Elizabeth, Joseph, and Mary. The descendants of these various branches of the family in America have spread to practically every State of the Union and have aided as much in the growth of the country as their ancestors aided in the founding of the nation. They have been noted for their courage, thriftiness, piety, energy, ambition, and mental ability. Among those of the Bonds who fought as officers in the War of the Revolution were Lt. Col. George, of South Carolina; Capt. Hance, of Virginia; Surgeon Nathaniel, of Mass.; Col. William, of Mass.; and Lt. Col. William, of NJ. Thomas, William, Richard, Henry, John, Joseph, and Robert are some of the Christian names most highly favored by the family for its male members. A few of the many members of the family who have distinguished themselves in more recent times in various parts of the world are: Sir Edward Augustus Bond of England (1815-1898) English scholar; George Phillipe Bond of Mass. (1825-1865) American astronomer; William Bennett Bond of Canada (1815-1906) Clergyman; Sir Robert Bond, Newfoundland, (1857-1927) Statesman; and William Cranch Bond of Maine (1789-1859) American astronomer. The coat-of-arms of the ancient Bond family of Earth, to which many of the American families are related, is roughly described as follows: Arms. -- "On a shield, a chevron sable, containing three bezants or." Crest. - "On a wreath, a lion segeant, argent." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------