John Bondurant Sr (bef. 1715 - abt. 1774)

Born before 1715 in King William Parish, Henrico, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Unknown) Bondurant — married about 1735 in Henrico, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1774 after about age 59 in Buckingham, Buckingham County, Virginia

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Biography

John Bondurant Sr was a son of a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

John Bondurant was born Oct 1, 1709 in King William Parish, Henrico Shire, Virginia. (This information is from a FindAGrave site that is filled with incorrect information - see research notes below).

He did NOT marry Sarah Rachael Moseley about 1729 or 1736 as was long accepted. She was the widow of Robert Moseley & never married again, & died about 1738 in Henrico County, Virginia.^[1]

John did marry Sarah ______ before 1757. She was a witness to the 1757 will of Richard Epperson as Sarah Bondurant, and also signed her relinquishment of dower when John traded land with Thomas Turpin, Jr. 1758 & 1759. (These transactions are recorded in Cumberland Co.,VA, Deed Book 2, p 518 & in Albemarle Co. VA (later Buckingham Co.) Court Order Book 4, p 123.)

John died circa 1774 in Buckingham Co., Virginia. John Bondurant was listed as a vestryman in King William Parish in 1748. He is first mentioned in his father's will in 1734. John and his wife Sarah lived in Goochland County, Virginia, and later in Cumberland County. He deeded 200 acres of land to his son, John Peter Bondurant of Albemarle County, on 9 March 1758.

Grinnell, in his manuscript, indicates that John died in Manakin Town, Goochland County, Virginia, in 1744. A pedigree chart in The Huguenot, Publication No. 30, submitted by Mary V. Bondurant Epling, indicates that John died about 1744 in Buckingham County, but before 1776, and that his death was recorded in Powhatten County. A GEDCOM received from Ruby Talley Smith indicated he died in 1774.

Born

Before 1715^[2]

01 OCT 1709, Manakin, Goochland, Virginia^[3]

Military Service: Virginia

Died 1774 Buckingham County, Virginia, United States. ^[2]

Research Notes on Sarah: See the Bondurant Family Association newsletter #128 (Winter 2020) for Amy Warren Sanders' research to prove that John Bondurant never married the widow Sarah Rachel Taylor Moseley. The misinformation came from the original research ^[2] which was later disproved. ^[4]

The Bondurant Family Association Newsletter reprinted information from The Huguenot Magazine, Vol. 25, page 173 which gives the marriage date as 1836 but the date and place were not proved.

Sources

1. ↑ Bondurant Family Association Newsletter, Issue 128
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Warren, Mary Bondurant. The Bondurants of America--Jean Pierre and Ann. Athens GA: Heritage Papers, 2009. Page 126.
3. ↑ Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; 1547.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PKS
4. ↑ [http://www.bondurant-family.org/resources/BFA-Newsletter-Archive/Issue-128.pdf BFA Newsletter, Issue 128