Captain Robert Pond

I, Robert Pond, son of Daniel, was born at Dedham Aug. 5, 1667, & baptized Aug. 11. He was a house carpenter, & in deeds is called " captain." He became possessed of lands in Wrentham either by division or purchase previous to Jan. 10th, 1692-3 when he petitioned that his land might be surveyed & measured. July 6, 1696, he was granted lot 5 on " Mine Brook," a stream which after a lapse of nearly two hundred years is known by the same name. By subsequent grants he became the possessor of a very considerable estate in that locality & lived to the ripe age of eighty-three years to enjoy it. Robert Pond was married three times. His first marriage to Joanna Lawrence is not recorded; she was the mother of all his children. He was not the Robert who married, Dec. 13, 1717, Hannah Bacon, for his wife, Joanna, acknowledged a deed April 19, 1726. He married, Jan. 16, 1728-9, Abigail Fisher, & Nov. 17, 1747, his last wife, the widow, Sarah Shuttleworth. He died July 3, 1750. The inventory of his estate exhibits a valuation of £184. His son, Baruch, was appointed Aug. 22, 1750, the executor of his will, which was as follows: " In the Name of God Amen. The Twenty third Day of December one Thousand Seven Hundred & Forty Eight in the Twenty second year of his Majestie's Reign, I, Robert Pond of Wrentham, in the County of Suffolk & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, House carpenter, being weak in Body but of sound Mind & Memory, praised be almighty God for the same: yet knowing the uncertainty of this present Life & being desirous to settle that outward Estate the Lord hath lent me: Do therefore make & order this my last Will & Testament in Manner & Form following. That is to say first & principally I commend my Soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hoping to receive full Pardon & Remission of all my Sins: & Salvation throw the alone Merits 13 of Jesus Christ my Redeemer: And my Body to the Earth to be decently Interred according to the discretion of my Executor hereafter named in hopes of a Glorious Resurrection unto eternal Life: & as touching such temporal Estate as the Lord of his Bounty hath lent me, my Will & Mind is, the same shall be imployed & bestowed as hereafter in & by this my Will is Express'd, hereby Revoking, Renouncing, & making null & void all other Wills & Testaments by me heretofore made, Declaring & appointing this to be my last Will & Testament wherein is contained the Same." Imprimis. My Mind & Will is, my kind & loving Wife shall have all her Goods she bro't to me when I married her, & an equal part of my Silver Money with the rest of my Children." Item. I give & bequeath unto my son, Ezra Pond, & his Heirs the one half of my Pine swamp joining upon his own land, & also his equal part of my Silver Money with the rest of my Children, being his part in full of my Estate with what he has already received. " Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son, Ichabod Pond, & his Heirs the other half of my Pine Swamp before mentioned joining upon his own land & also his equal part of my Silver money with the rest of my Children, being his part in full of my Estate with what he has already received. "Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son, Barak Pond, & his Heirs all my whole Estate boath real & personal not heretofore mentioned (except my indoor Moveables) provided or in case he fullfills my Will as follows, viz: He shall affoard my kind & loving wife the use & improvement of the North end of my House, the lower Rooms & Celler, So long as she remains my Widow & he shall affoard her the use of Two good Milk Cows, & Six Bushels of Indian Corn, Two Bushels of Rye, Ten pounds of good wool, Ten pounds of Flax & as much meat as she needs to eat boath pork & Beef, & Two bushels of Malt, & as many Apples as she Occation for; & alno

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Robert Pond (1667 - 1750)

Capt. Robert Pond
Born 5 Aug 1667 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Baymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Daniel Pond and Ann (Edwards) Pond
Brother of Abigail (Pond) Day [half], John Pond [half], Ephraim Pond [half], Rachel (Pond) Stone [half], Hannah (Pond) Devotion [half], Daniel Pond, Caleb Pond, Jabez Pond and Sarah (Pond) Whiting
Husband of Joanna (Lawrence) Pond — married 1688 in Wrentham, Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Anna (Pond) Partridge, Ezra Pond, Ichabod Pond, Baruch Pond and Eunice (Pond) Goldsbury
Died 2 Jul 1750 at age 82 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusettsmap
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1 Biography
2 Birth
3 Family
4 Children
5 Sources
Biography

Birth

Dan and Ann Pond's son Robert Pond, b. 05 Aug 1667 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts[1]

"Robert Pond,[2] son of Daniel, was born at Dedham Aug. 5, 1667, and baptized Aug. 11. He was a house carpenter, and in deeds is called "captain." He became possessed of lands in Wrentham either by division or purchase previous to Jan. 10th, 1692-3... By subsequent grants he became the possessor of a very considerable estate in that locality and lived to the ripe age of eighty-three years to enjoy it."

"Robert Pond was married three times. His first marriage to Joanna (Lawrence?) is not recorded; she was the mother of all his children.... He married, Jan 16, 1728-9, Abigail Fisher, and Nov. 17, 1747, his last wife the widow Sarah Shuttleworth.

NOTE: These subsequent marriages are recorded in Wrentham Vital Records. A birth of one child to second wife Abigail is also recorded -- Jabez, b 9 May 1731. Not named in father's will.
Family

Children b. to Joanna & Robert Pond in Wrentham, Massachusetts:

Anna Pond, b. 02 Oct 1689[3]
Robort Pond, b. 18 May 1695[4]
Icabod Pond, b. 31 May 1699[5]
Barak Pond, christened 08 Nov 1702[6]
Eunice Pond, christened 18 May 1707[7]
He died July 3, 1750." At the time of his death his age was 82.[8]

His son Baruch was appointed Aug. 22, 1750, the executor of his will, dated 23 Dec 1748:

my wife...
my son Ezra Pond
the rest of my children
my son Ichabod Pond
my son Barak Pond
my daughter Hannah Partridge [elsewhere Anne]
my daughter Sarah Gay
my daughter Eunis Gooldsberry
Children

All recorded in Wrentham Vital Records.[9]

Ezra [not recorded in Wrentham VR; named in father's 1748 will]
Anna b 2 Oct 1689; m 3 Feb 1708/9 John Partridg of Medfield
Sarah b 30 Sep 1692; m by 1748 _____ Gay [not recorded in Wrentham VR]
Robort [sic] b 18 May 1695; d 28 May 169_
Robert b 14 Jan 1696/7 [not named in father's 1748 will
Icaboad [sic] bp 31 May 1699
Barak (on birth; later Baruch), bp 8 Nov 1702
Eunice bp 18 May 1707; m John Goldsberry 21 Jun 1727
Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JZ-4HC : 6 November 2017), Robert Pond, 05 Aug 1667; citing Birth, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 593,353.
↑ Unless otherwise cited, information on this profile is from A Genealogical Record of Daniel Pond, and His Descendants; Edward Doubleday Harris; W.P. Lunt, 1873; Digital Image, Google Books: p 13-14
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J9-622 : 6 November 2017), Robert Pond in entry for Anna Pond, 02 Oct 1689; citing Birth, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 886,859.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD9-TFD : 10 February 2018), Robert Pond in entry for Robort Pond, 18 May 1695; citing WRENTHAM,NORFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0253249 V. 1.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J9-X2H : 6 November 2017), Robert Pond in entry for Icabod Pond, 31 May 1699; citing Birth, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 886,859.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD9-BXL : 10 February 2018), Robert Pond in entry for Barak Pond, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0253249 V. 1.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD9-SVR : 10 February 2018), Robert Pond in entry for Eunice Pond, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0253249 V. 1.
↑ Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts
↑ Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts
See also:

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Dedham Births, Marriages and Deaths; Digital Image, Ancestry.com: http://ancstry.me/1lmFbJ2
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700; Digital Image, Ancestry.com: http://ancstry.me/OcWgJk
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Ancestry.com: http://ancstry.me/PfGXAs
Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850; Ancestry.com: http://ancstry.me/1gmPasH
so wood cut for her Fire as much as she needs, every one of the before Mentioned particulars, he shall find her yearly as long as she remains my Widow." Item My Will is my Son, Barak Pond, shall pay to my Daughter, Hannah Partridge, or her heirs the Sum of Ten pounds lawfull money." Item. My Will is that my Son, Barak Pond, or his Heirs pay to my Daughter, Sarah Gay, or her Heirs the sum of Seven pounds Ten shillings lawfull money" "Item. My Mind & Will is that my Son, Barak Pond, or his Heirs shall pay to my Daughter, Unis Gooldsberry ,or her Heirs the sum of Seven pounds Ten shillings lawfull money."Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah Patridge, my Daughter Sarah Gay & my Daughter Unis Gooldsberry or their Heirs their equal part of my indoor Moveables, that is to say, the whole of the indoor Moveables is to be equally divided between them." Item. My Will is my three Daughters have their equal part of my Silver money with my wife & all the rest of my Children. "In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal, the 14 day & year first above writen appointing & ordering my Son, Barak Pond, to be the Executor of this my last Will & Testament. Robert Pond (seal) "Signed Sealed Published & declared by the said Robert Pond as & for my last Will & Testament. " In presence of Michal Metcalf, Ebenezer Metcalf, David Jones, Jun"