Pond (surname)

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Pond is an English surname. Initial recordings of potential spelling variations of this surname (such as "Pund", "Pound", and potentially "Ponder" or "Pounder") first appear in Sussex, England in the 12th century, [1] suggesting Old English origin. However, overlap with similar surnames (such as "Pont", "Punt", "Pons", and maybe even "Poyntz") in earlier historical records following and preceding the Norman Conquest of England [2] may hint at potential earlier Anglo-Norman origin. [3]

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Occurrence in North America

A significant number of occurrences of the Pond surname in North America indicate some form of descendance with one Robert Pond, an English carpeter and early figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Robert arrived in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1630 along with his wife and brother on the Arabella, the flagship of the Winthrop Fleet led by John Winthrop. [4] The Pond and Winthrop families were neighbors in Sussex and apparently shared close ties as evidenced by the frequency the Pond family appears in the Winthrop Papers. For example, it was recorded that Robert's father William was to marry the servant of John's father, Adam Winthrop. [5]

Since the initial Great Migration period, there have been relatively few recorded cases of the Pond surname appearing in North America as the result of emigration. [6]

The surname is most common in the United States, with a steadily declining majority in New England (particularly Philadelphia) since the 21st century. It is also less frequently found in the United Kingdom, Australia, and sometimes the rest of the world with significantly less frequency.

A Revolutionary Patriot, John E. Pond, of Philadelphia, moved the Ponds to Durham Bridge, New Brunswick before New Brunswick was a province of Canada. This American-Canadian Pond family became the Pond dynasty, a dynasty of Transcendentalist writers.

Pond lineage is still widespread in the Fredericton-Nashwaak river area, and anyone surnamed “Pond” there is most likely related to the literary dynasty.


Notable people


The Pond Dynasty

The Pond dynasty is a longstanding American-Canadian bloodline or dynasty of Transcendentalists, surnamed Pond.

“Pond”, as in, “this poem is by Pond” could mean any of the Pond writers. “The Ponds” would also mean the Pond dynasty.

This will not be in alphabetical order but in chronological order, with explanation of relation to the other Ponds.


Note: Jack Pond is viewed as a legend by the Pond dynasty, and he is the namesake of Pond heir Jack Pond Jr. and Pond heiress Jackie Pond.

Note: Not to be confused with the MP Chris Pond or the politician Chris Pond.

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