William Bond (September 8, 1625–December 14, 1695) was the first Speaker of the Massachusetts Province House of Representatives in 1692 following unification of

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and Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691, a position he would be elected to several times after.

Early life

Bond was baptized September 8, 1625 in England, the son of Thomas Bond. He may have come to the American colonies in 1630 with his aunt Elizabeth, the wife of Deacon Ephraim Child, or he may have come at a later date. (See Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620–1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2098). In 1649 he married Sarah Biscoe, daughter of tanner Nathanial Biscoe, and were the parents of seven children." Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: with a history of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 3"
Ellery Bicknell Crane. Lewis Pub., 1907. p. 97

Public service

Bond became a leading citizen of Massachusetts Bay, serving as a selectman and town clerk of

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, captain of the militia, Justice of the Peace, and member of the Council of Safety."Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume 4"

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, William Frederick Adams. Lewis historical publishing company, 1910. p. 2433

Speaker of the House

Following the unification of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth in 1691 by the Second Royal Charter,"Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston: to which is appended the early history of the town"
Henry Bond, Horatio Gates Jones. N.E. Historic-genealogical Society. 1860. p. 47 William became the first speaker, holding the office in 1692-1693 and 1695.

Belmont

The Bond farm was purchased from some of William Bond's descendants by China merchant

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. Cushing used it as his estate where he built a mansion which he named Belmont. When the northern part of Watertown seceded they chose to name the town Belmont, Massachusetts after Cushing's estate there.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bond, William 1625 births 1695 deaths Kingdom of England emigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony People from Watertown, Massachusetts Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives People of colonial Massachusetts