Here's a little more: Abner Bond was in the New Jersey militia and State Troops during the Revolutionary War. Emily Light had a daughter, also named Emily, who married John Thompson Ray(they are my husband's grandparents). Emily the younger joined the DAR and references to Abner's service can be found in her online DAR records. I can write more about this later when I am at home and have my notes. I don't know if you're interested in the Rea/Ray connection, but I have lots of information on that as well. Ezra fought in the Blackhawk Indian Wars. I have more information about that and will post it when I get to my notes. Mr. Zellers, may I ask where you got your information about Ezra's birth and emigration, and so forth? I have been looking for so many months and have not been able to turn up information about that. I'm so glad to have these new details. On 4 Sep 2003 08:15:00 -0600, [email protected] wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this > mailing list. > > Surnames: Bond, Gould, Wilcox > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jh.2ADE/1262 > > Message Board Post: > > I am trying to find out about the family of Ezra Bond > (1-3-1802/10-13-1847). Ezra was born in N.J. and died > in Oregon, Ogle Co., IL. Would like to know where he > and his family are buried and any and all information I > can get on this family > > > ==== ILOGLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Ogle Co. Genealogy Web Site: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/ > Roger Cramer, List and Site Administrator: > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237