Английская Википедия:Daniel Pond

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Lt. Daniel Pond was a prominent early settler of Dedham, Massachusetts.

Life in Dedham

Pond arrived in Dedham around 1652 and purchased land from Nathaniel Fisher and Ralph Wheelock.Шаблон:Sfn Pond served as a selectman in Dedham for 14 terms, beginning in 1661.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn As a selectmen, he was one of ten men, or roughly 5% of the adult male population, who filled 60% of the seats on the board.[1]

Pond and Ezra Morse were given permission by the Town to erect a new corn mill on Mother Brook, so long as it was completed by June 24, 1665.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn[2]Шаблон:Sfn He performed several carpentry jobs on the meetinghouse of the First Church and Parish in Dedham, including hanging the first bell.Шаблон:Sfn

When the town of Wrentham, Massachusetts split off from Dedham, he became an owner of real estate there as well.Шаблон:Sfn He was awarded several lots there, but probably never lived in Wrentham.Шаблон:Sfn

He was a lieutenant in the militia and took the freeman's oath in 1690.Шаблон:Sfn He was a husbandman.[3]

Family

He married Abigail Shepard around 1652, a member of the church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Шаблон:Sfn They had a daughter, also named Abigail, who was born in Dedham but not baptized there.Шаблон:Sfn A son was baptized, however, on August 22, 1653, less than two weeks after he joined the church on the 11th.Шаблон:Sfn They had seven children, including John, Ephraim, Robert, and Jabez.Шаблон:Sfn[3]

After his wife died on July 5, 1661, he married Ann Edwards two months later.Шаблон:Sfn He died on February 4, 1697-8 and Ann outlived him.Шаблон:Sfn

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