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Sally; Achsah; Patty; Elizabeth, who married (first
name unknown) Gibson; Peggy, who married
John Hambleton; and Hannah, who married (first
name unknown) Allen. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican;
family background Quaker. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: Esq., 1771. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Harford County, 1774 (elected to
the 3rd session in the first Harford County delega-
tion); Conventions, Harford County, 1st, 1774,
3rd, 1774, 5th, 1775, 6th-8th, 1775-1776; Lower
House, Harford County, 1777. LOCAL OFFICES:
justice, Harford County, 1774-1800 (quorum,
1793-1800); justice, Orphans' Court, Harford
County, 1777, 1784-at least 1794; judge, court of
appeals, appointed under the Act to Procure
Troops for the American Army, Harford County,
appointed 1778. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE IS-
SUES: directed that his slaves be manumitted under
conditions specified in his will. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY assessed value
£1,670.10 current money, including 16 slaves and
18 oz. plate, 1783. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 952
acres in Harford and Baltimore counties, plus 1
lot in Baltimore Town (at least 200 acres inherited
from his grandfather in 1755; 422 acres and 1 lot
in Baltimore Town acquired through his mar-
riage). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN
FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH, in the early 1780s
he sold his wife's lot in Baltimore Town and
leased 4 lots on Fells Point, Baltimore Town. He
inherited about 919 acres in Baltimore and Har-
ford counties from his father in 1788. In two
transactions in 1794 and 1795 Bond sold 1,275
acres in Harford and Baltimore counties and the 4
lots on Fells Point, which comprised the bulk of
his estate, to his son Fell. Shortly before his death
he sold another 96 acres of his home plantation in
Harford County. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: bur-
ied on September 3, 1800, in St. John's Parish
Cemetery, Harford County. LAND: probably 480
acres in Harford County.
BOND, WILLIAM, OF JOSHUA (ca. 1747-
1788). BORN. ca. 1747 in Baltimore County; eldest
son. NATIVE fifth generation. RESIDED: in Bush
River Lower Hundred, Harford County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: Joshua Bond (?-1768), of
Baltimore County; son of Thomas Bond (?-1755)
and wife Ann Robisson (Robertson). MOTHER:
Ann, daughter of Dr. Buckler Partridge (?-by
1757), of Baltimore County, and wife Jane (?-
1761). UNCLE: Jacob Bond (ca. 1725-1780).
BROTHERS: Buckler, who married Mary Stands-
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bury; Thomas, who died a minor; and James Bond
(ca. 1757-1803). SISTERS: Sarah (ca. 1746-?), who
married Israel Morris; Ann (?-1784); Mary (ca.
1752-?); Elizabeth (ca. 1760-?); and Amelia
(Pamela), who married William Wilson. FIRST
COUSINS: Thomas Bond, of Thomas (?-1800); Ann,
who married second, James Giles (1749/50-?);
Catherine Fell, who married Thomas Bond, of
Thomas (?-1800). OTHER KINSHIP: his great-
grandfather was Peter Bond (?-1718). CHILDREN.
Died without progeny. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION, had a
strong Quaker background; his two sisters married
Quakers. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Esq.,
1783. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: a merchant, in
partnership with his brother James Bond (ca.
1757-1803) by 1774, importing goods from Lon-
don; by 1787 the firm was indebted to Alexander
and William Contee, Prince George's County mer-
chants, for over £1,658 sterling. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Harford
County, 1778-1779 (Laws to Expire 2, 3). LOCAL
OFFICES: justice, Harford County, 1777-at least
1782; justice, Orphans' Court, Harford County,
appointed 1782. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: assessed value £156.13.4, in-
cluding 4 oz. plate, 1783. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: 370 acres in Harford County (inherited 250
acres from his father in 1768; 120 acres acquired
as the result of the death of his younger brother
Thomas). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH in the early
1780s he purchased 250 acres in Harford County,
plus 5 lots in Bel Air, Harford County. Just before
his death Bond deeded his entire holdings to his
brother James Bond (ca. 1757-1803), probably to
secure it against his creditors. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED, will probated on October 21, 1788, in Har-
ford County. PERSONAL PROPERTY TEV, at least
£195.17.1, including a still and 10 beehives. LAND:
none in his own name. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
his principal heirs were his brothers.
BOND, ZACHARIAH (?-ca. 1776). BORN in St.
Mary's County before 1716, probably of age by
1733. NATIVE: at least second generation. RESIDED:
in St. Mary's County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FA-
THER: Zachariah Bond (?-1716). STEPFATHER
probably George Haskins. MOTHER Ann. BROTH-
ERS: Thomas (?-1740); Capt. John (?-1760), who
married Elizabeth Attaway. SISTERS: Elizabeth,
who married (first name unknown) Tennison.
NEPHEW: Thomas Bond (?-ca. 1797). MARRIED
Margaret. CHILDREN. At least one, a daughter
who married Henry Greenfield Sothoron (ca.
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