Richard Ponder

Bef 1681 - 1748  (> 67 years)

• Name	Richard Ponder  [1, 2]
  Birth	Bef 1681	, Kent, MD   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1748	, Queen Anne's, MD   [4]
  Person ID	I9410	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John Ponder, *,   b. 1650, , , England d. Bef 2 Feb 1702, , Kent, Maryland (Age < 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	(Margaret),   b. Bef 1662   d. Bef 1697, of Kent Co., Maryland (Age < 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1680
  Family ID	F2301	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Hamer,   b. Abt 1690, , , Maryland d. 1751, , Queen Anne's, MD (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1712	of Queen Anne's, Maryland   [2]
  Family ID	F2284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He is likely the early Richard Ponder who purchased 38 acres in Maryland which he named Ponder's Chance. The date is not given on the index record but is in a totally different volume than his father's purchase of land. His father inl written at the latest in 1797, asked him to be a guardian for his brother, James, suggesting that he was at least 18 years of age, probably 21. This gives his birthdate as before 1682 and probably bef 1779.The following record in the Archives of Maryland show that Richard Ponder was wealthy by 1705. Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and ffive Betweene Richard part and John Salter of the same County and Province on the other ation of the sum of ffourteene Thousand Pounds of Good Tobacco to him him the said Richard Ponder the receipt whereof the sd Richard Ponder hereof fully satisfied Contented & paid and by these prsents doth fully John Salter his Heires Exrs and admrs from Every part and parcell moveing have given granted Bargained and Sold, and by these prsents give said John Salter his Heires and assignes forever, Part of a Tract of Land side of Chester River on a Creeke called Joneses Creeke: Beginning at a and running thence south south west One Hundred and fforty Perches to with ye sd Land Three Hundred and Twenty Perches Then north north Containing by Estimation Two Hundred Acres more of Less; Together with benefitts houses Outhouses Orchards ffences and all other things ings that does concern the pmises To have and to hold the said unto ye sd John Salter his Heires and assignes to the only proper use for ever; and that the sd Richard Ponder at the sealeing & Delivery in ffree & Common Soccoge and to be and remaine ffree & Cleare of ever to the Day of the Date hereof; and does hereby obliege hiimselfe by his procurement The rents and services that shall henceforth grow True Intent and meaneing of these prsents writeing is that the said sell the abovesd Land and Plantation and all the appurtenances and assignes for Ever and do hereby relinquish any Claime or Title my Seale in the Day of in the year ffirst above Richard [mark] Ponder seal on the Backside as followeth vidzt Ponder and acknowledge the wthin deed the uses within menconed Lumley Clk Then there is this record between the same two men in the same year. This Indenture made the 16 Day of June in the year of Our Ponder of Kent County in the Province of Maryland on the one Part Wittnesseth that the said Richard Ponder for and in consider in hand paid before the Sealeing and Delivery of these prsents unto doth hereby doth acknowledge and for every part and parcell and Clearely and absolutely Exonerate acquitt and Discharge the thereof for ever; and for Divers good causes and considerations thereunto grant bargaine and sell aliene and Enfeoffe and Confirm unto the called Shepherds discovery Lyeing and being in Kent County on the south marked oake standing on the south side of a branch of ye sd creeke a parcell of Land called Courses Twone then northwest and by [illegible] East Ninty Perches, and then by a straight Line to the ffirst bounded Tree all woods under woods and all and singular the rights Profitts [illegible] thereunto or in any wise appertaineing and alsoe all Deeds and wri Tract of Land with all the appurtenances and all and Every part and behoofe of him the said John Salter his Heires and assignes of these presents are and stand Lawfully seised of a good perfect [illegible] and from all former bargaines sales dowrs gifts of Dowers w-- to defend the same from all persons Claimeing by from or under him Due to the Lord of the ffee Excepted and foreprized; and further the Richard Ponder does hereby pass Convey sell and make over and in any wise to the same belonging To ye said John Salter his Heires thereunto In Wittness whereof I have sett my hand and affixed written Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of The above Deed was Endorsed Nattll Wright June 27 : 1705 Then Came Richard William [mark] Hollinsworth according to Law to and for Richard's will is in Queen Anne's, Maryland in 1748 in Box 9, Folder 78 and Liber 25, folio 458.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2233] database, Archives of Maryland, ). [S1002] (http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/seahorn/140/: n.d.). [S1014] Public Member Stories (www.ancestry.com). [S182] Candee Varvill, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),], to Linda Coate, e-mail, 2018; privately held by Coate.