Edward and Ann Mills Bond Family
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Ann Elizabeth Mills born 5/7/1745 Frederick Co, Va died 4/3/1826 Wayne Co, In Burial Goshen MM |
Edward Bond
Born 9/26/1740 Bucks Co, Pa Died 4/3/1826 Wayne Co, In Burial Goshen MM |
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Married: 8/6/1764 at New Garden Monthly Meeting, Rowan County, NC
Children: Benjamin Bond born 7/4/1765, Rowan Co, NC; married Mary Williams Keziah Bond born 6/29/1767, Rowan Co, NC; married out of unity to Daniel North (no issue) John Bond born 6/15/1769 Rowan Co, NC; married (1)Mary Huff, sister of Ann Huff (2)Rachel Hobson and (3) Anna Macy William Bond born 11/16/1771 Guilford Co, NC; married Charlotte Hough Edward Bond born 1/24/1774 Guilford Co, NC; married Ann Huff, sister of Mary Huff Anna Bond born 9/19/1776 Guilford Co, NC; married Abram Bunker Jesse Bond born 3/24/1779 Guilford Co, NC; married Phebe Commons Joshua Bond born 11/28/1781 Guilford Co, NC; married Ruth Coffin Joseph Bond born 2/20/1785 Guilford Co, NC; married Sarah Mendenhall |
North Carolina RecordsEdward Bond was received by request on 4/25/1759 at New Garden Monthly Meeting in Rowan County, North Carolina, so there are no prior Quaker records found for the family. They were, however, committed Quakers and the childrens' births and some marriage records are found at Deep River Monthly Meeting.Edward Bond obtained land in future Guilford County in 1767 on the East Fork of Deep River not far from the Deep River Meeting House {map}. The Move to IndianaEdward and Ann Mills Bond transferred to Whitewater Monthly Meeting in Wayne County, Indiana by certificate dated 11/24/1810 and more on the family is found there (see Indiana Map Page for location of Wayne County). Edward and Ann gave land for the establishment of Goshen Meeting in Indiana and they are buried there at the Friends burying ground. No records are included for Goshen MM in Heiss Indiana Quaker Records.The Wayne County Indiana History, 1872 tells us that the Hoover, Wright, Staffords and Bonds, among others, all from North Carolina, settled early a little ways up from the mouth of the Middle Fork of the Whitewater River. Sons William Bond erected a saw-mill and Joshua Bond a cheap oil-mill (we are not quite certain what an oil-mill is and would appreciate any enlightenment - perhaps to extract oil from grain?). There is an interesting story of a visit that Edward Bond made to the Whitewater River area in "Coming of the Settlers," Indiana Historical Collections, Vol XXXVI, 1956, quoted at the end of the page. Wayne County Probate Book A records letters testamentary to Ann Bond, Joshua Bond and Thomas Stafford on 6/19/1821. Will witnesses were Benjamin Smith, James Wright and Stafford. Joshua Bond was executor. Benjamin Smith, James Wright and David Hoover to execute bond deeds. More on the Children of Edward and Ann Mills BondBenjamin and Mary Williams BondSon Benjamin Bond married Mary Williams, daughter of Owen and Catherine Williams, on 6/12/1799 at Deep River Monthly Meeting in Guilford Co, NC. They transferred membership shortly after to Springfield Monthly Meeting and some of their children are listed there: Edward 3/8/1800; Jonathan 10/15/1801; Jedediah 8/19/1802; Tabitha 5/3/1808; and Nathan 12/30/1813.On 3/1/1806 Benjamin and Mary were reported as moved away from Springfield but they apparently returned there by 1825 when son Edward married Ann Hayworth. Edward and Ann Hayworth Bond moved to Henry County, Indiana by certificate dated 10/10/1827 to Duck Creek Monthly Meeting. Some of the other children and father, Benjamin, moved to Wayne County, Indiana, (certificate 5/9/1832 to New Garden MM) and care must be taken in following their records. Another Benjamin Bond with wife Susannah was received at Miami Monthly Meeting in Ohio about the same time as our Bonds. This was not our Benjamin with a second wife, as Benjamin and Susannah are documented in the North Carolina records. Son Jedediah Bond married Elmira Stanley in Wayne County on 12/5/1833. He married second to Diana Kenworthy Bond on 2/21/1850. Diana was widow of his cousin Isom Bond (more below). Son Nathan Bond married Mary Ballinger 6/13/1839 in Wayne County. John BondThere were two John Bonds in the records, one married to Jane Beeson, and John, son of Edward and Ann, married to Mary Huff ,daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Huff, on 12/8/1791 at Deep River, NC. Their children are listed at Deep Creek Monthly Meeting: William, 9/18/1792; Ann, 8/26/1794; John, 8/7/1796; Nathan 6/9/1798, d. 7/5/1800; Mary, 1/16/1800; Elizabeth, 12/2/1801; Jesse, 11/9/1803; Joshua, 11/4/1805; Caleb, 5/3/1807; and Joseph 3/1/1809. Mary died 3/2/1809 as a result of the birth.John married next to Rachel Hobson on 10/11/1810. She died 10/1/1848 and John married again to Anna Macy, daughter of George and Anne Macy of Iredell County, on 2/6/1850. John apparently never left North Carolina although we do not find a death record there. We do not believe there were children of the second and third marriage. John and Mary's son John married Amelia Reynolds on 1/12/1815; William married Elizabeth Wiles on 10/9/1817; on 1/3/1818 Mary was reported married to Stephen Hobson; on 2/5/1825 Joshua was reported married to Rachel Davis; on 11/4/1826 Elizabeth was reported married to Benjamin P. Keys. On 12/2/1826 Jesse requested a certificate to Springfield MM, Wayne County. On 4/7/1827 William and Elizabeth and families followed to Springfield. On 10/2/1830 Caleb was granted a certificate to New Garden MM, Wayne County. Joseph and wife Naoma were granted a certificate on 10/5/1833 to White Lick MM, Morgan County, Indiana. Daughter Anna married John Hutchens on 11/18/1841 in North Carolina. William and Charlotte Hough BondSon William Bond married Charlotte Hough, daughter of William and Mary Hough, on 12/13/1792 at Deep River Monthly Meeting (her name is given as Hoff in Indiana records). Some of their children are listed at Deep Creek Monthly Meeting: Ann, 9/23/1793, d. 7/11/1794; Mary 5/9/1795; Sarah, 1/21/1798; Lydia, 2/3/1800; Jesse, 2/14/1803; Charlotte, 8/9/1806.On 9/5/1807, William and Charlotte were granted a certificate to Miami Monthly Meeting in Ohio. The certificate, received there on 11/12/1807, lists children Mary, Sarah, Lydia, Jesse & Charlotte. On 2/11/1809 they were granted a certificate to West Branch MM in Miami County, Ohio. Eventually they are found at Whitewater Monthly Meeting in Wayne County, Indiana. Miami County is just across the Ohio state line from Wayne County so William and Charlotte probably lived in Indiana the whole time. The Wayne County Indiana History, 1872 says they came about 1807 to the vicinity of Richmond, Indiana, and William erected a saw-mill a little ways up Middle Fork [Whitewater River]. The records at Whitewater give Charlotte's birthdate as 12/11/1773 and show her death as 12/25/1852. As time permits we will extract more information on the family from Whitewater records. Edward and Ann Huff BondSon Edward Bond, Jr. married Ann Huff, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Huff, and sister of Mary who married John Bond, on 5/7/1795 at Deep Creek Monthly Meeting. It is worth noting that the spelling Huff and Hough was used interchangeably in the records, so William's wife may have been related to Edward and John's wives.On 9/7/1811 Edward and Anne and family were granted a certificate to Whitewater Monthly Meeting in Wayne County, Indiana from Deep Creek Monthly Meeting. The certificates recieved at Whitewater on 12/28/1811 lists children: Daniel, Benjamin, Edward, John, Kezia, Elizabeth and Rachel. The only birth recorded at Deep Creek is son Daniel, born 5/10/1796. Another son Elias, born about 1820 is shown in the 1850 census with the family. Elias married Lydia Hutchins who was born about 1825 in Indiana. In the 1850 census, father Edward is living with them, and apparently Ann had died. Elias and Lydia had children: Solomon, Artimus, Sarah, and William. Benjamin Bond married Anna Goldsmith 3/18/1828; daughter Keziah married Lewis Underwood 10/9/1817; daughter Elizabeth Enum Palin 6/23/1827 at Milford MM; daughter Rachel Bond married Thomas Teagle 10/24/1827, all in Wayne County. Jesse and Phebe Commons BondSon Jesse Bond married Phebe Commons, daughter of Robert and Ruth Hayes Commons of Ireland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wayne County, Indiana, on 9/13/1802 at Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting in Virginia. Jesse was granted a certificate on 7/5/1802 to Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting in Grayson County, Virginia, from North Carolina for the marriage.The history of the Commons family is included extensively in the Wayne County Indiana History, 1792. It is also included on our Web Site about Mercer County, Illinois, where some of the Commons descendants migrated. The Wayne County History contains a short piece on Jesse & Phebe Bond which has many errors. It gives his birthplace as Grayson County, Virginia; instead he and Phebe lived there before their migration to Indiana. According to the History, Jesse settled on land in Wayne County where Earlham College buildings now stand. In 1813 he moved to a farm near the present town of Washington, where he died April 11, 1862. "The existence of American slavery he deplored most deeply; and had his life been protracted another short year, he would have had the satisfaction of witnessing its overthrow. He is represented as having been exemplary in his deportment, and singularly faithful in the discharge of domestic, social, and religious duties." Children were: Nathan, married Tamar Kenworthy 7/21/1825, New Garden MM; Robert, married Rachel Thornburg, 4/20/1826, Springfield MM, died 1864; John married Mary Barnard, 1/17/1828, West Grove MM, died 1867; William C. married Hannah Locke, daughter of William Locke; Enos, married Susan Hoover, 2/21/1830, and removed to Newcastle; Isom married Dinah Kenworthy,10/24/1833 and removed to Miami Co, Ind [Isom died 1847 and Dinah married his cousin Jedidiah Bond (above)]; Ruth, married William Nicholson,[John] 5/8/1834, resided at Newcastle; Hannah, married John Wilson, 4/28/1836, died 1852; Isaac, married (1)Catharine Eargood, 2/1/1844 (2) Millicent Mendenhall; Jesse, married (1)Jane Cox, (2)Harriet Haugh, resided at Peru; Lydia, married Oliver Mendenhall, 12/21/1843, resided at Newcastle. [We have added dates of marriages from Indiana marriage records - death dates and locations and those without dates are from the Wayne County History and not verified.] Rachel Thornburg who married Robert Bond we believe to be daughter of Henry and Ann Maulsby Thornbrough. No doubt the Mendenhall marriages were to descendants of families listed on this Web Site but we have not yet established the connection. Joshua and Ruth Coffin BondSon Joshua Bond married Ruth Coffin, daughter of Libni & Hepsibaugh Coffin. Joshua was granted a certificate on 10/7/1805 from Deep River to Mt. Pleasant for the marriage. Libni was of the Nantucket Coffins and lived in North Carolina. Ruth Coffin was granted a certificate to Mt. Pleasant from Deep River on 8/31/1805 and Joshua apparently followed for the marriage.On 6/29/1811 Joshua and Ruth Bond and daughters received a certificate to Whitewater Monthly Meeting in Wayne County, Indiana. Joseph and Sarah Mendenhall BondSon Joseph Bond married Sarah Mendenhall, daughter of Aaron and Miriam Rich Mendenhall on 12/14/1809 at Deep River Monthly Meeting.On 8/6/1810 Joseph and Sarah and son Edward, and Edward and Ann Bond received certificates to WhiteWater Monthly Meeting in Wayne County, Indiana. The certificates for the ladies were not issued until 9/3/1810 so they probably left for Indiana after that date. Tiny Edward must have been just a few weeks old. Edward Bond's Journey from North Carolina to IndianaArticle from Indiana Historical Collections: "Among the first to join the settlement of North Carolina Friends drawn to the Upper Whitewater...were William and Jesse Bond from the vicinity of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They established their homes, and in 1809 their widowed [he wasn't widowed] father, Edward Bond, set out on horseback from North Carolina to visit them...in company with Adam Davis who was going there to view the country [There is a history of Adam Davis on our Mercer County, Illinois Web Site]"The route followed by Edward - much of it the Wilderness Trail cut by the early immigrants to Kentucky - was the one commonly taken by the Carolina and Virginia travelers to the Whitewater and is therefore worth recording in some detail. From Salem he pushed northwestward through Forsyth, Yadkin, and Surry counties, North Carolina, to the Blue Ridge Mountains and crossed into Grayson County, Virginia, where his son Joshua lived. By the fifth evening he had reached New River, Virginia, 147 miles from home...The next day the two travelers pushed ahead forty-eight miles to reach the neighborhood of Abingdon, Virginia, 'a pirty town' of around 'two hundred houses or more.' Crossing the Holston 'at the old iron works' and the Clinch Mountains at the Virginia-Tennessee border, they spent their third night out of Abigdon with a friend of Davis', Edward Clark, 'at foot of clinch mountain...in the State of Tinecy.' Clark 'used' them so 'very kind' that they spent the next day and night visiting him before resuming their journey. "The evening of their eleventh day, having ferried across the Clinch and Powell rivers and ridden thirty-five miles, the friends reached William White's public house near the famous Cumberland Gap, where Bond paid the extravagant sum of '7s.4' in Carolina money (about seventy-five cents) for a night's lodging for himself and his horse. Passing through the Gap from the northeastern tip of Tennessee into Kentucky, they rode for five days, by way of Richmond, Lexington, and Georgetown, to Big Eagle Creek in northern Kentucky. After crossing the Ohio River to Cincinnati, 'ferridge 4s,' they spent the better part of two days traveling northward in Ohio to the home of friends twenty miles from their final destination..." Note: Edward Bond was 69 years old when he made this trip. Adam Davis was a young man of 28. Adam was married to Lydia Commons, sister of Phebe Commons who was married to Edward's son Jesse so Adam was also on a family visit. |