Joseph Norman Bond (1758 - 1830)

Born 28 May 1758 in Neston, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Bell) Bond — married 5 May 1785 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1830 at age 71 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Joseph Norman Bond was born on May 28, 1758 in Neston, Cheshire, England and baptised in that same parish on June 4th . He was the eighth son of Dr. James Bond, M.D. and Mary Norman.^[1]

He was the 1st doctor in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, having followed his father and his grandfather in medicine. He was also a militia officer, and judge. He married Elizabeth Bell on May 5, 1785 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada and they were the parents of 17 children, including

1. James, born April 1, 1786, who married Deborah Tooker, and was appointed to the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia, was the first bank manager when the Bank of Nova Scotia was established in Yarmouth, and one of the founders of the Yarmouth Agricultural Society
2. Sarah, born May 14, 1789, who married Henry G. Farish, M.D.
3. Maria, born July 7, 1791, who married George Bingay
4. Anne, born August 15, 1793, who married Judge Thomas Ritchie
5. Stephen Norman, born July 3, 1795, who died in 1821, unmarried
6. Eliza, born May 21, 1797, who died in 1851, unmarried
7. Joseph Blackburn, born March 21, 1802, who married Eliza Moody
8. George William, born July 19, 1804, who married Frances Gertrude Carter
9. Charles John, born February 28, 1807, who died at sea, unmarried
10. Jane Margaret, born January 27, 1809, who married John Bingay Esq as his second wife

Joseph died on March 15,1830 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada and left his vast estate to his wife Elizabeth.

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWM8-QL6), Mary Bond in entry for Joseph Bond, 04 Jun 1758, Christening; citing 98, , Neston, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,105,092.

• http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bond_joseph_norman_6E.html

• https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=49

• Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, genealogies : transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald Author:George S. Brown; Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD, ©1993, see page 46 for Dr. James Norman Bond and his family

• https://novascotianfaces.weebly.com/bond.html