Barnabas Pond
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Barnabas Pond (1755 - 1841)

Barnabas Pond
Born in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colonymap
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Husband of — married about 1815 in Clinton, Kirkland, Oneida, New York, United Statesmap
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Died at age 85 in Clinton, New York, United Statesmap
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Biography

Barnabas was born in Waterbury, Connecticut (25 miles north of New Haven), but died in Clinton -- in central New York. Why did a Connecticut puritan migrate to central New York after 3 or 4 generations of Ponds had lived all their lives in Connecticut ?

Birth

Barnabas was born in Waterbury, CT on 29 Oct. 1755 to Timothy Pond and Mary Munson.[1]

Sent to NY during the Revolutionary War

From 1776 to 1779, Barnabas (19 years old at the time of his April 1776 enlistment) and his brothers Timothy Pond (1758-abt.1812) and Bartholomew Pond (1754-1850) enlisted with then Captain David Smith, also of Waterbury, Connecticut [2][3]. They were assigned to the Connecticut Regiment of Samuel (Elmer) Elmore (abt.1720-1805). In August 1776, during their first year of enlistment, they marched west from Albany New York to reinforce Fort Stanwix on the frontier of central New York. Captain Smith's Company spent the winter in German Flatts (in what was to become Oneida County, NY)[4]. The resulting experience changed the course of Pond family history.

While a 19th century Pond family genealogical history[5] recounts a story of Lafayette recognizing Barnabas and calling him "Major Pond", careful review of his war records (including his post-war pension record)[6] suggests that he never rose above the rank of private.[7]

Also on the muster rolls of the same company were the brothers Bronson Foote (abt.1757-1836) and Ira Foote (1759-) -- both sons of Moses Foote (1734-abt.1819). Like the ancestors of the Ponds , the Foot or Foote ancestors had been among the founders of towns near to New Haven and had been born, married and died there for more than 100 years. After the Revolutionary War, members of the two families were to found Clinton, N.Y. on the new frontier of central New York.

An 1848 lecture on the history of Oneida County noted that "as early as 1776, seven pairs of brothers, from as many different families in the town of Plymouth, Conn., [formerly Northbury, a section of Waterbury] enlisted under the command of Captain David Smith, were marched westward, and during the summer of that year were stationed by turns at Fort Herkimer, Fort Schuyler, and Fort Stanwix. They visited the surrounding country, and at the close of the war were ready at once to go up and possess the land." [8]

Post-war marriages between Pond's and Foote's

Within a couple of years of the end of the war, Barnabas Pond married Thankful Foote (abt.1762-1814) (the oldest daughter of Moses Foote (1734-abt.1819)) [9][10][11],Bronson Foote (abt.1757-1836) marrried Thankful Pond (1757-1843) (the oldest sister of Barnabas and Bartholomew Pond (1754-1850)) [12] and Ira Foote (1759-) married Mary Pond (1761-).

Children of Barnabas and Thankful

Various primary and secondary sources document the children born to Thankful and Barnabas Pond:

  1. Lewis Pond (1784-1854)[13][14]
  2. Andrew Storrs Pond (1787-1864)[15][16]
  3. Julius C. Pond (1789-1840)[17]
  4. Julia Pond (abt.1791-)[18][19]
  5. Charles Barnabus Pond (1797-1872)[20]

Barnabas Pond is also given as the father of two other children baptized at the Clinton Congregational Church:

  1. Polly, bp. 26 Sept. 1791)[21][22] The 19th century Pond family genealogical history also includes Mary Pond (1791 - 1856) among the children of Barnabas and Thankful Pond[23] and a Find a grave memorial website for Mary Pond (1791 - 1856) says that her nickname was "Polly".[24]
  2. Erastus, bp. 21 July 1793[25][26]

Family migration to Oneida County, NY began in 1787

Barnabas' name is on the Clinton Founders monument [27] along with those of Bronson Foot and Ira Foot. These first settlers arrived in Clinton in 1786/1787.

An 1802 land deed shows Barnabas and his wife "Thankful Pond" (Thankful Foote (abt.1762-)) "of Paris" (5 miles SW of Clinton) selling a parcel of land in that town for $600.[28]. Another 1804 deed shows them fetching $1,000 for another parcel. [29]

With the benefit of such land sales, Barnabas and Thankful were able to build a quality house which stands to this day. In a YouTube video [30], current owner Christian Goodwillie, Director of Special Collections at Hamilton College gives viewers an inside look at the circa 1804 home. The video presents the architecture, construction, joinery (for woodworkers) , period door hardware and findings from dendrochronology and paint microscopy (two more disciplines supporting genealogy).

Other members of the Pond family followed Barnabas from coastal CT, where their family had resided for generations, to Oneida county, New YorK: Timothy Pond (1730-1801) (the father of Barnabas Pond (1755-1841), Bartholomew Pond (1754-1850) and Thankful Pond (1757-1843)), Philip Pond (1773-) and others (e.g. Jacob Hungerford (1749-1812) ; Lot Hungerford (1777-1827)) -- a veritable second migration of Puritans (or third migration if you count their 17th century move from Boston to the frontiers of Connecticut).

Second marriage

Thankful died in 1814.[31]

The records of the Clinton Congregational Church note "Members received … Mar 3, 1816 …Mrs. Sarah Pond, wife of Barnabas Pond, from the Church of Christ in Plymouth, Conn.” [32] The search continues for primary sources documenting the family name of Sarah prior to her marrying Barnabas. There is at least one D.A.R. application stating that her name was "Sarah Warner".[33]

Final years and Death

An 1840 census of pensioners of the Revolutionary War recorded Barnabas, age 80 years, living in his own household in "Kirkland" (3 miles north of Clinton).[34]

Barnabus died in 1841 and was buried in Clinton, N.Y.[35][36]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74D-19B : 7 January 2020), Barnabus Pond, 1755.
  2. ↑ Colonel Samuel Elmore's Regiment, 1776 ( https://www.americanwars.org/ct-american-revolution/colonel-elmores-regiment-1776.htm )
  3. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9WB-H8L2?cc=2068326&wc=M61K-F29%3A355080201 : 21 December 2016), 24-Connecticut (jacket 135-138) > image 272 of 682; citing NARA microfilm publication M246 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1980).
  4. ↑ Colonel Samuel Elmore's Regiment, 1776 ( https://www.americanwars.org/ct-american-revolution/colonel-elmores-regiment-1776.htm )
  5. ↑ A genealogical record of Samuel Pond and his descendants, by Daniel Streator Pond, 1875 ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/21474/images/dvm_GenMono005157-00021-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=40 )
  6. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LFFH : accessed 2 March 2022), Barnabas Pond, 04 Mar 1833; citing Utica, Oneida, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 7; FHL microfilm 1,319,387. (for the date of death; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LFFH )
  7. ↑ This is in spite of the grave marker for his wife referring to him as "Magr. Barnabas Pond" ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103911047/thankful-pond ). Note that the family genealogical history of Daniel Streator Pond recounts on page 24 the exact same story of documented Captain Charles Pond being recognized by Lafayette and referred to as "Major Pond". Barnabas' supposed rank of "Major" appears to be a classic example of how familiy genealogical histories sometimes capture often repeated family myths.
  8. ↑ Page 455 of History of Oneida County, New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, by Samuel Durant, 1878 ( https://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/samuel-w-durant/history-of-oneida-county-new-york--with-illustrations-and-biographical-sketche-479/page-126-history-of-oneida-county-new-york--with-illustrations-and-biographical-sketche-479.shtml )
  9. ↑ Notes and receipts of the Northbury Society; minutes of meetings; lists of members, communicants and church officials; baptisms; marriages ; deaths; admissions and dismissions; contri- butions; Society records and treasurers' reports and account, 1739-1949. "Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHM-X9VK-D?cc=2658799 : 3 October 2019), > image 1 of 1; Connecticut State Library, Hartford. Image 43 ( https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHM-X9VK-D?cc=2658799&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQGGS-K4ZC )
  10. ↑ See image 926 of 1341 (page 842) of Ancestry.com. The Munson record [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data:Munson, Myron A.. The Munson record : a genealogical and biographical account of Captain Thomas Munson (a pioneer of Hartford and New Haven) and his descendants. New Haven, Conn.: Printed for the Munson Association, 1895. (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12171/images/dvm_GenMono001594-00502-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return)
  11. ↑ Foote Family: Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield Connecticut, by Abraham W. Foote, 1907. See page 63 of Volume 1 (https://books.google.com/books?id=f1dMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA64#v=onepage&q&f=false)
  12. ↑ Notes and receipts of the Northbury Society; minutes of meetings; lists of members, communicants and church officials; baptisms; marriages ; deaths; admissions and dismissions; contri- butions; Society records and treasurers' reports and account, 1739-1949. "Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHM-X9VK-D?cc=2658799 : 3 October 2019), > image 1 of 1; Connecticut State Library, Hartford. Image 43 ( https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHM-X9VK-D?cc=2658799&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQGGS-K4ZC )
  13. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2C7-JMV : 21 January 2020), Barnabas Pond in the Clinton Congregational Church record of the 16 Nov 1788 baptism of Lewis Pond
  14. ↑ Records of the Society of Clinton. A Congregational Church in the village of Clinton in the town of Kirland, Oneida County, N.Y. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34Y-D9TT-C?i=11&cat=866489710)
  15. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2C7-9VM : 20 January 2020), Barnabas Pond in the Clinton Congregational Church record of the 16 Nov 1788 baptism of Andrew Pond
  16. ↑ Records of the Society of Clinton. A Congregational Church in the village of Clinton in the town of Kirland, Oneida County, N.Y. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34Y-D9TT-C?i=11&cat=866489710)
  17. ↑ A genealogical record of Samuel Pond and his descendants, by Daniel Streator Pond, 1875 ( https://archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00inpond/page/43/mode/2up )
  18. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2C7-GPF : 21 January 2020), Barnabas Pond in the Clinton Congregational Church record of the 26 September 1791 baptism of Julia Pond
  19. ↑ Records of the Society of Clinton. A Congregational Church in the village of Clinton in the town of Kirland, Oneida County, N.Y. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34Y-D9T1-V?i=12&cat=866489710)
  20. ↑ "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6FY-6JF : 4 November 2020), Sarah Foot and Barnabus Pond in the Ohio death record for Chas Barnabus Pond, 1872.
  21. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2C7-FJ9 : 21 January 2020), Barnabas Pond in the Clinton Congregational Church record of the 26 September 1791 baptism of Polly Pond
  22. ↑ Records of the Society of Clinton. A Congregational Church in the village of Clinton in the town of Kirland, Oneida County, N.Y. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34Y-D9T1-V?i=12&cat=866489710)
  23. ↑ A genealogical record of Samuel Pond and his descendants by Pond, Daniel Streator, b. 1805 (https://archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00inpond/page/43/mode/2up)
  24. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36711991/mary-e-ackley : accessed 18 March 2022), memorial page for Mary E. “Polly” Pond Ackley (16 Jun 1791–15 Apr 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36711991, citing Rosehill Cemetery, Saint Clair, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Karin Haubold (contributor 49440612).
  25. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2CQ-141 : 20 January 2020), Barnabas Pond in the Clinton Congregational Church record of the 21 Jul 1793 baptism of Erastus Pond
  26. ↑ Records of the Society of Clinton. A Congregational Church in the village of Clinton in the town of Kirland, Oneida County, N.Y. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34Y-D9T1-V?i=12&cat=866489710)
  27. ↑ Clinton Historical Society ( https://clintonhistory.org/village-of-clinton-settled-by-veterans-of-the-revolutionary-war/ )
  28. ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9W3-1QNF?i=44 ), Herkimer > Deeds 1802-1807 vol 11-12 > image 45 (pages 46 & 47) of 636; multiple county courthouses, New York.
  29. ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975," database with images, FamilySearch ( https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99W3-165?i=44 ), Herkimer > Deeds 1804-1807 vol 13-14 > image 45 (pages 58 & 59) of 630; multiple county courthouses, New York.
  30. ↑ Barnabas Pond's Homestead Presentation May, 2021 for the Clinton Historical Society ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nllT1-j4gjE )
  31. ↑ Findagrave memorial 103911047 ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103911047/thankful-pond ). Inscription: In memory of Thankful Pond wife of Magr. Barnabas Pond who died October 8th, 1844
  32. ↑ See image 54 (page 48) of Records of the Society of Clinton. A Congregational Church in the village of Clinton in the town of Kirland, Oneida County, N.Y.(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34Y-D9T1-2?cat=866489710)
  33. ↑ Enter "Barnabas Pond" into the search engine to see the data on D.A.R. ancestor # A 090447" (https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/default.cfm)
  34. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893F-B9S9-P?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RSY%3A1597372332 : 29 August 2019), New York, Census of pensioners, 1840 > image 9 of 53; citing various published state rosters, United States.
  35. ↑ Findagrave MEMORIAL ID 20578642 ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20578642/barnabas-pond )
  36. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LFFH : accessed 2 March 2022), Barnabas Pond, 04 Mar 1833; citing Utica, Oneida, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 7; FHL microfilm 1,319,387. (for the date of death; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LFFH ). "Died 9 May 1841"




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