BOND, THOMAS (?-ca. 1797).
BORN: in St. Mary's County, of age by 1760. NATIVE: at least third generation. RESIDED: in Upper Resurrection Hundred, St. Mary's County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: Capt. John Bond (?-1760), son of Zachariah Bond (?-ca. 1716). MOTHER: Elizabeth, daughter of John Attaway (?-1732), of St. Mary's County. UNCLE: Zachariah Bond(?-ca. 1776). BROTHERS Gerard (?-1789), died without progeny; Samuel; John; Richard; and William. SISTERS: Susannah, who married (first name unknown) Bates; Elizabeth, who married (first name unknown) Jordan; Margaret, who married (first name unknown) Sothoron. FIRST COUSIN: (first name unknown) Bond, who married Henry Greenfield Sothoron (ca. 1732-1793).
MARRIED by 1757 Cecelia (?-ca. 1797), widow of Dr. John Key (?-1755), son of Philip Key (1696 /97-1764); daughter of Dr. Gustavus Brown (?-1762); stepdaughter of Margaret; niece of Anne Brown Claggett Horner, who married third, Samuel Hanson (1716-1794). Her brother was Richard. Her sisters were Sarah, who married (first name unknown) Scott; Mary, who married (first name unknown) Throkeld; Elizabeth, who married (first name unknown) Wallace; Jane, who married (first name unknown) Campbell; and Anne, who married (first name unknown) Claggett.
CHILDREN. SONS: Peregrine; Thomas; and John. STEPSON Philip Key (1750- 1820). DAUGHTERS: Cecelia, who married (first name unknown) Gardiner; Elizabeth, who married (first name unknown) Briscoe. STEPDAUGHTER: Susannah Gardiner Key.
PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION. Anglican, All Faiths Parish, St. Mary's County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., by 1767; Esq., by death. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter; owned a mill in St. Clement's Hundred, St. Mary's County.
PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1773-1774 [1]
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