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Facts and Events
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William Bond (September 8, 1625–December 14, 1695) was the first Speaker of the Massachusetts Province House of Representatives in 1692 following unification of Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691, a position he would be elected to several times after.
Willam was the adopted child of his aunt Elizabeth (Bond) Child and her husband Ephraim, and likely came to the colonies with them in 1630.
Bond's land in Watertown was in the family for 170 years before it was purchased in the 1830s by John Perkins Cushing. This land was the site of Cushing's Belmont estate, and ultimately a large part of the town Belmont.
References
- Bond, Henry, M.D., and Horatio Gates Jones. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston (1860): To which is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860)
page 44. - ↑ Cutter, William Richard, and William Frederick Adams. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910)
page 2433.
- ↑ Bond, Henry, M.D., and Horatio Gates Jones. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston (1860): To which is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860)
page 45.
- ↑ Cutter, William Richard, and William Frederick Adams. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910)
page 2432.
- ↑ Watertown - Deaths, in Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939)
page 7.
William, Capt., Esq., Dec. 14, 1695.
- ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
Case 2190: William Bond 1695.
23 Jan 1695/6: "finall agreement in the division and settlemen of the Estate of ou'r hon'd Father William Bond Esq'r Dece'd Intestate", gives shares to Wlliam Bond, Nathaniel Bond, Thomas Bond and Jonas Bond, Elizabeth Barsham, Mary Coollidge. Signed by William Bond, Thomas Bond, Nathaniel Bond, Jonas Bond, Nathaniell Barsham, Elizabeth Barsham, Richard Coollidge and Mary Coollidge.
| Founders of Watertown, MA
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| Located along the Charles River, Watertown was one of the first settlements in Massachusetts Bay Colony. After a brief stay by Roger Clapp and others who then went on to settle Dorchester. In late July 1630, Sir Richard Saltonstall led a group of about 115 households to settle at Watertown, which at the time included parts of present-day Cambridge and much of the surrounding area; the population approached Boston's in the mid 17th century. In 1632 the residents of Watertown protested against being compelled to pay a tax for the erection of a stockade fort at Cambridge; leading to the establishment of representative government in the colony.
Full list of original heads of households
See also: History of Watertown - Wikipedia entry - Richard Saltonstall on Wikipedia
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Current Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts Parent Towns: None Daughter Towns: Cambridge, Weston, Waltham, Belmont, Lincoln
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