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Navigating Speedbumps: Pond Lineage

John A. Pond Sr. family, 1892, left to right, front - John Albert and Nancy Jane (Mason) Pond; standing - Laura, Henry Edward, John A. Jr., Charles Arthur, Jeptha, and Arch E. standing directly between John and Nancy. --From "Laclede County, Missouri: History and Families"

There is some controversy of the father of John A. Pond Sr., a prominent figure in Pond family history.  John Albert Pond was a Civil War soldier, and has quite a paper trail.  However, nothing on paper directly mentions his parents.  He just appears on the scene, so to speak.  I am quite confident, though, that his father was actually Samuel B. Pond for a few reasons; location, age/timing, and the 1830 and 1840 Census of Samuel B. Pond of Barlow, Ohio.  The number of children and their ages corresponds perfectly with the birth of John A Pond.

Samuel B. Pond’s father, Samuel is also hard to trace.  He is the one who migrated to Barlow.  There is however one sentence in the book “A Genealogical Record of Samuel Pond and His Descendants” (on page 21) that mentions Him and his migration to Ohio.  This book directly traces the family to Samuel Pond (1609-1654), who immigrated from England in 1635 to Windsor, CT.  There are several grave sites for his descendants that still exist in Connecticut.  His land records stated in the same book can be found on the map below.  He purchased land from Mr. Hanford and Mr. Branker along Little Meadow and Plymouth Meadow.

1640-1654 Ancient-Windsor-Ct-map