John PONDER

1680 - 1719  (39 years)

• Name	John PONDER
  Born	1680	, Kent, MD   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Apr 1719	Milton, Sussex, Delaware   [2]
  Person ID	I14693	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	John PONDER,   b. 1650, , , England ,   d. Bef 2 Feb 1702, , Kent, Maryland  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	(Margaret),   b. Bef 1662,   d. Bef 1697, of Kent Co., Maryland  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Married	Bef 1680
  Family ID	F3752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary TURNER,   b. 1676, , , Maryland ,   d. 1 Jul 1721, , Sussex, Delaware  (Age 45 years)
  Married	Bef 1700
  Children	1. Mary PONDER,   b. Abt 1700, , , Maryland ,   d. Aft 1719  (Age ~ 20 years)   2. James PONDER,   b. Abt 1703, , , Maryland ,   d. 1750  (Age ~ 47 years)   3. Sarah PONDER,   b. Abt 1704, , Queen Anne's, MD ,   d. Aft 1719  (Age ~ 16 years)   4. John PONDER,   b. 9 Mar 1704, Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's, MD ,   d. 3 Jul 1787, Broadkill Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, USA  (Age 83 years)   5. Margaret PONDER,   b. Abt 1705,   d. 1784, , , Maryland, USA  (Age ~ 79 years)   6. William PONDER,   b. Abt 1706, , Queen Anne's, MD ,   d. 1724, , Queen Anne's, MD  (Age ~ 18 years)   7. Daniel PONDER,   b. Abt 1708, , Queen Ann's, Maryland ,   d. Aft 1719  (Age ~ 12 years)   8. Roseanna PONDER,   b. Abt 1708, , Queen Anne's, MD ,   d. Aft 1719  (Age ~ 12 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F3878	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  This occurred in Kent Co., Maryland between 1701 and 1702 according to the Maryland Archives and the fact that John Sr. is still alive. It involves his sons, John and Richard also. Peter Mersey and Thomas Mounsier in their prper prsons and Phillip Duff by John Ponder his Surety, Are bound to Appear As Evidences here next Court In the Sume of ten pds Sterg ~ John Ponder Junr. and Richard Ponder are bound in twenty pounds Sterg. And John Ponder Senr. and Tho: Ford are bound in ten pounds Sterg Each to be levy'd as is abovesd. in Case the Sd. Jno. Ponder Junr. and Richd. Ponder do not Make their Appearance at the next Court He resided in Sussex, Delaware in 1717. The Commissioners of Sussex signed a land warrant to John Ponder on 13 Nov 1717 for 200 acres in the Forest of Sussex. He was listed as "of Cedar Creek Hundred" in the membership role of St. Matthews Church in 1717. He died in 1719 in Sussex County, Delaware. His will names eldest daughter Mary; eldest son, John "plantation where I now live and land in Maryland including Shepherd's Field"; sons James and Daniel, daughters Sarah, Margaret and Rosanna. He gave his plantation in Queen Ann's County, Maryland to his wife, Mary. The will was probated on 15 Apr 1719. Liber A, folios 107-109. There is a debate about whether or not John is the son of John Ponder and a wife Margaret supposedly mentioned as his wife in a 1680 deed where he cancels his headrights. We have not been able to find the document supporting this. This John also was the husband of Mary, d. of Ann Norris. Some believe Mary was the mother of all but one of his children. DNA seems to be supporting this 2nd theory. I checked my mother's DNA who was born in 1916 against 17 of Ann Norris' father, Thomas Edward Norris' descendants. About 1/4 of them had chromosome segments in common with my mother from 3.2 to 6.7 cM's. For this far back in time that is amazing.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3222] (http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/seahorn/140/: n.d.). [S1037] Public Member Tree (www.ancestry.com).