Daniel Pond

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Lt. Daniel Pond was a prominent early settler of Dedham, Massachusetts.

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Life in Dedham

Pond arrived in Dedham around 1652 and purchased land from Nathaniel Fisher and Ralph Wheelock. [1] Pond served as a selectman in Dedham for 14 terms, beginning in 1661. [2] [1] As a selectmen, he was one of ten men, or roughly 5% of the adult male population, who filled 60% of the seats on the board. [3]

Pond and Ezra Morse were given permission by the Town to erect a new corn mill on Mother Brook, so long as it was completed by June 24, 1665. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] He performed several carpentry jobs on the meetinghouse of the First Church and Parish in Dedham, including hanging the first bell. [9]

When the town of Wrentham, Massachusetts split off from Dedham, he became an owner of real estate there as well. [1] He was awarded several lots there, but probably never lived in Wrentham. [1]

He was a lieutenant in the militia and took the freeman's oath in 1690. [10] He was a husbandman. [11]

Family

He married Abigail Shepard around 1652, a member of the church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [1] They had a daughter, also named Abigail, who was born in Dedham but not baptized there. [1] A son was baptized, however, on August 22, 1653, less than two weeks after he joined the church on the 11th. [1] They had seven children, including John, Ephraim, Robert, and Jabez. [1] [11]

After his wife died on July 5, 1661, he married Ann Edwards two months later. [10] He died on February 4, 1697-8 and Ann outlived him. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Harris 1873, p. 9.
  2. ↑ Worthington 1827, p. 79–81.
  3. ↑ Lockridge, Kenneth (1985). A New England Town . New York: W.W. Norton & Company. pp. 42–43. ISBN   978-0-393-95459-3.
  4. ↑ Worthington 1900, p. 3.
  5. ↑ Lamson 1839, pp. 56–7.
  6. ↑ Hanson 1976, p. 54.
  7. ↑ Sconyers, Jake and Stewart, Nikki (December 18, 2017). "Episode 59: Corn, Cotton, and Condos; 378 Years on the Mother Brook". Hub History (Podcast). Retrieved December 26, 2017.{{cite podcast}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Mann 1847, p. 103.
  9. ↑ Hanson 1976, p. 50-51.
  10. 1 2 3 Harris 1873, p. 10.
  11. 1 2 Wight, William Ward (1890). The Wights: A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield and of His Descendants, 1635-1890. Swain & Tate, Printers. p. 164. Retrieved April 9, 2021.

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