FOUNDERS OF FORT NO. 4, CHARLESTOWN, NH
From:	Farns10th@aol.com - Janice Farnsworth

Surname:  BOND
Source:     History of Charlestown, NH - Fort No. 4 by Rev. Henry H.
Saunderson
p.287
The earliest ancestor of the BOND family of Charlestown, NH came from England
and settled at Pigsgusset afterwards called Watertown, MA.  His son, William
Bond, the first born in this country m. (1) Sarah Briscoe b. Feb 1, 1650.  He
m. (2) Elizabeth Benjamin, who survived him.  He had children only by his lst wife,
Sarah Briscoe.  Thomas Bond, his son, who also settled at Watertown, MA m. Sarah
Wilson.

William Bond, son of Thomas Bond, b. at Watertown, MA March l757 m. aged 22,
Sarah Parks dau of David and Sarah (Gibbs) Parks of Lincoln, MA b. Dec. l7,
l765 and soon after they removed to Charlestown, NH.  He entered the army at l8
yrs. and witnessed the bloodshed at Lexington, MA and was at the battle of Bunker
Hill. He was also in the unfortunate expedition ot Quebec.  He d. Oct 22, l85l; she
died Sept 8, l845.   Their children:
1.   William Bond b. June l2, l784 settled at Walpole, NH
2.   Sally Bond b. April 20, l786 m. Samuel Hitchcock and settled at Claremont, NH
3.   Nathan Bond b. Apr 2, l792 m. Margaret Walker Res: Charlestown, NH (no issue)
4.   Leuthera Bond b. Sep l5, l794 m. William Tidd Res: Woburn, MA
5.   Laura Bond b. March l797 d. unm.
6.   Silas Bond b. Feb l2, l799 m. l828 Alice Abbott of Charlestown, NH  Their
      children:
             1.  Charles Minot Bond b. Nov 2, l828 d. l828
             2.   Maria Bond b. Feb 9, l830 d. l830
             3.   William Austin Bond b. Aug l5, l83l m. Juliette Maxwell on
                  July 6, l85l   Their children:
                          1. Ella Philinda Bond b. at Woburn MA Oct l852.
                          2. Alice Juliette Bond b. at Danvers, MA June 9, l855
                  William Austin Bond was a member of Company A, l3th CT Vol's in
                  the War of the Rebellion and died at Brashear City, LA May 1862.
              4.  Sarah Alice Bond b. May 26, l833 m. l852 James E. Lyon of N.
                  Bridgewater, MA.  Their children:
                              1.  Carrie Alice Lyon b. May l5, l854 d. l854.
                              2.  Emma Juliette Lyon b. l858 
                  Sarah Alice (Bond) Lyon m. (2) l869 Charles Abbott of Keene, NH
              5.  George Sumner Bond b. Mar 2, l837 m. l860 Mary M. Way dau of
                  Warren Way and his wife, Mary Ann (Osgood) Way.  Their children:
                               l.  Herbert Warren Bond b. l86l
              6.  Nathan Bond b. Dec 2, l839 d. unm at Springfield, VT l867
7.  Lewis Bond (son of William and Sarah (Parks) Bond) b. Feb l6, l802 m. Mar 26, l839
    Charlotte  T.Watkins (dau of Alpheus Watkins and his wife, Alice (Fuller) Watkins. 
    b. May l, l806.  Lewis Bond d. Jan 2, l874  Their children:
              1.   Ellen Bond b. at Walpole l833 m. l85l George P. Bowen son
                   of Charles Belinda Bowen, b. l824.  (one child, Charles L. Bowen
                    b. May 25, l858.
              2.   George L. Bond b. l836 m. l865 Martha J. Hart dau of John Hart 
                    and wife, Olive (Richardson) Hart. b. l850  (one child: Winifred
                    Bond b. l866.
              3.   Hattie A. Bond b. Sep 30, l837 m. l860 William E. Butterfield son of
                    Jonas Butterfield and his wife, Maria (Eaton) Butterfield b. l836.
                             1.  Ida M. Butterfield b. l869.
8.   Charles Bond b. Nov l0, l806 m. at Woburn, MA Lydia Tidd.  Their children:
      Marah, Helen, Henrietta,  Charles, Lewis, Stella  Affa M. Lewis and Daniel Bond


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