I had 14 Dec 1695 as his death date, source unknown._______________________________________________William Bondr24 Bond Genealogies of WatertownHis first marriage is the earliest mention of him in the townrecords. There is, however, a deposition on the files of thecounty court, which renders it very probable, that he came toAmerica at a very early age, in 1630, with Deacon Ephraim Child,and which greatly strenghtens the presumption that Elizabeth,wife of Dea. Child, was a sister of his father. Shed had livedseveral years with her second husband without having children;and the presumption is, that when shen was about to embark forAmerica, her brother, Thomas Bond, who was filling his own housewith sons, gave his third son, William, to his sister to supplya void, of which she would be the more sensible in her newabode. [see Dea. E. Child.] The following is the deposition:"Wiliam Bond, ages about 55 years Testifieth yt I ye deponentlived at the lower end of Watertowne next Cambridge fiftee yearsagoe [not fifteen, as is evident from the context]; and was wellacquainted with the land yt belongs to widdow Thatcher, whichwas formerly Deacon Ephraim Childs, and also with ye lott wasold goodman Warrens: which joyned to said Decon Childs, betweenwhich two lots ye way now in controversie is contended for; andI ye deponent cannot remember yt ever thare any allowed waythare, but ye two lotts afore spoken of weare Improved closs toone another and no footway, I ever _____ of; or any other way ytwas evergranted by ye town. Sworn 20, 10, 1681."He purchased a farm, originally settled by Capt. WilliamJennison, who sold it to Rev. John Knowles. After the return ofMr. Knowles to England, and while he resided at Bristol, heexecuted a deed, dated Mar. 15 1654/5, conveying his estate inWatertown, for the sum of 200 pounds, to William Bond, in thepossession of whose descendants it remained more than 170 years.It is now owned by John P. Cushing, Esq., of Watertown, whosetaste and princely liberality have made it one of the mostelegant residences in New England.He received, at different times, numerous offices andappointments of trust. He was often employed in takingInventories, writing Wills and Deeds, and settling estates. Hewas Selectman, Town Clerk, a Captain*, a Justice of the Peace, amember of the Council of Safety in 1689; often representedWatertown, and was elected Speaker of the General Court in 1691,'92, '93, and '95, being the first speaker elected under the newRoyal Charter, which united the colonies of Plymouth andMassachusetts Bay into one colony. He was admitted freeman, Oct11, 1682, and to the church, f.c., Mar. 27, 1687. Oct. 7, 1679,he was appointed by the County Court, according to a law then inforce, on a committee, consisting of Capt. Thomas Prentice, Mr.William Bond, and Dea. John Stone, to rebuild Lancaster, whichhad been destroyed by Indians. [See Willard's History ofLancaster, Worcester Mag. II., 294.] June 10, 1686, he wasappointed by the President and Council of Mass., on a committeewith general powers to order and regulate all matters concerningthe settlement of Worcester. [Lincoln's History of Worcester, p.33.]*In 1676, he was, says Mr. Felt, a lieut. of a company of horse.As he was, about this period, repeatedly appointed on the samecommission, with Capt. Thomas Prentice, of Newton, on distantduty, perhaps he was Lieut. under that distinguished commanderof horse. In 1692, those parts of Watertown, which subsequentlybecame the towns of Watertown, Waltham, and Weston, weredesignated as the precincts of Capt. Bond's Company, of CaptainGarfield's Company, and Lieut. Jones's Company.==========================================================William Bond, of Watertown, Mass., 1649, third son of Thomas, ofBury St. Edwards, in County Suffolk, baptized there, Sept. 3,1625, at St. James' Church, came probaly, in 1630, in the fleetwith Winthrop. He married, Feb. 7, 1650, Sarah, daughter ofNathaniel Briscoe. He was often representative in the colonialdays, in the counsel of safety during the insurrection againstAndros, and first speaker of the House after the new Chapter.He was a man of great energy. His second wife was Elizabeth,widow of John Nevinson. His children were William 1650, John1652, Thomas, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Sarah, Jonas, Mary.