The Bond Family – Esteemed Gunmakers of London
Descendants of Matthew Bond
Generation No. 1
1. MATTHEW BOND He married SARAH.
Child of MATTHEW BOND and SARAH is:
2. i. EDWARD BOND, b. 1730, St Bride Fleet St, London; d. 1790.
Generation No. 2
2. EDWARD BOND (MATTHEW) was born 1730 in St Bride Fleet St, London, and died 1790. He married MARY.
Notes for EDWARD BOND:
Apprenticed to Samuel Blanckley April 1746.
Granted Freedom of Gunmakers Company 1754.
Business at 59 Lombard Street, 1774 to 1794.
Master of Gunmakers Company 1780.
Children of EDWARD BOND and MARY are:
3. i. PHILLIP JOHN JOSEPH BOND, b. 1759, St Botolph, Aldgate, London; d. 1816, Great Marlow, Buckingham.
ii. EDWARD WILLIAM BOND, b. 1760, St Botolph, Aldgate, London.
iii. MATTHEW BOND, b. 1761, St Botolph, Aldgate, London.
4. iv. WILLIAM THOMAS BOND, d. 1836.
Generation No. 3
3. PHILLIP JOHN JOSEPH BOND (EDWARD, MATTHEW) was born 1759 in St Botolph, Aldgate, London, and died 1816 in Great Marlow, Buckingham. He married ANN ELIZABETH.
Notes for PHILLIP JOHN JOSEPH BOND:
Took over father's Gunmakers business at 59 Lombard Street upto 1810.
Gunmakers business at 45 Cornhill 1800 to 1816.
Children of PHILLIP BOND and ANN ELIZABETH are:
5. i. EDWARD JAMES BOND, b. 1789, Saint Dionis Backchurch, London.
ii. MARY ANN BOND, b. 1791, St Mary Woolnoth And Woolchurch, London.
iii. PHILIP BOND, b. 1792, St Mary Woolnoth And Woolchurch, London.
iv. ANN BOND, b. 1795, St Michael Cornhill, London.
v. SARAH BOND, b. 1797, St Michael Cornhill, London.
vi. ELIZABETH BOND, b. 1798, St Michael Cornhill, London.
Notes for ELIZABETH BOND:
Was a gunmaker, and helped run the business with her sister in law, Ann, when Edward James died.
vii. HARRIET BOND, b. 1800, St Michael Cornhill, London.
viii. JANE BOND, b. 1802, St Michael Cornhill, London.
ix. WILLIAM THOMAS BOND, b. 1804, St Michael Cornhill, London.
More About WILLIAM THOMAS BOND:
Occupation: Builder
4. WILLIAM THOMAS BOND (EDWARD, MATTHEW) died 1836. He married SARAH.
Notes for WILLIAM THOMAS BOND:
William Thomas Bond was appointed Gunmaker to the Grocers Company in 1803.
He was at 59 Lombard Street between 1803-36
Other Business premises at 31 Nicholas Lane.
Children of WILLIAM BOND and SARAH are:
i. WILLIAM BOND, b. 1804, Saint Martin In The Fields, London.
Notes for WILLIAM BOND:
Managed business at 45 Cornhill with cousin, "E & W Bond" 1826 to 1854.
"E & W Bond" Business at 142 Leadenhall Street, 1854 to 1859.
Also premises at Hoopers Square, Goodman Fields, 1851 to 1865.
ii. SARAH BOND, b. 1806, Saint Martin In The Fields, London.
Generation No. 4
5. EDWARD JAMES BOND (PHILLIP JOHN JOSEPH, EDWARD, MATTHEW) was born 1789 in Saint Dionis Backchurch, London. He married ANN. She was born 1788 in Great Marlow, Buckingham.
Notes for EDWARD JAMES BOND:
Gunmakers business at 45 Cornhill 1820 to 1826.
Managed business at 45 Cornhill with cousin, "E & W Bond" 1826 to 1854.
"E & W Bond" Business at 142 Leadenhall Street, 1854 to 1859.
Also premises at Hoopers Square, Goodman Fields, 1851 to 1865.
Notes for ANN:
Was a gunmaker, and helped run the business with her sister in law,Elizabeth, when Edward James died.
Children of EDWARD BOND and ANN are:
6. i. EDWARD PHILLIP BOND, b. 1820, London; d. 1890, Hampstead, Middlesex.
7. ii. EYTON BOND, b. 1823, London; d. 1889, Birmingham.
Generation No. 5
6. EDWARD PHILLIP BOND (EDWARD JAMES, PHILLIP JOHN JOSEPH, EDWARD, MATTHEW) was born 1820 in London, and died 1890 in Hampstead, Middlesex. He married ELIZA ANN CLABBON 13 Jul 1847 in St Paul, Cambridge, daughter of JAMES CLABBON. She was born 1822 in Cambridge.
Notes for EDWARD PHILLIP BOND:
Gunmaker at Hooper Square, 1862 to 1870
Children of EDWARD BOND and ELIZA CLABBON are:
i. EDWARD JAMES BOND, b. 1848, Hackney, Middlesex; d. 1886, Hampstead, Middlesex.
ii. FRANCES BOND, b. 1850, Hackney, Middlesex.
iii. CATHERINE BOND, b. 1855, Hackney, Middlesex.
iv. ELIZA ANNE BOND, b. 1857, Hackney, Middlesex.
v. MARGARET BOND, b. 1859, Hackney, Middlesex.
vi. ELLEN AUGUSTA BOND, b. 1860, Hackney, Middlesex.
7. EYTON BOND (EDWARD JAMES, PHILLIP JOHN JOSEPH, EDWARD, MATTHEW) was born 1823 in London, and died 1889 in Birmingham. He married MARY CROWE 20 Sep 1848 in Old Church, St Pancras, Middlesex.
Notes for EYTON BOND:
Ship Broker, 1851 Census
Inglis, Bond, & Co (Merchants and Ship and Insurance agents, Dealers and Chapmen), Old Broad Street, London - went bankrupt in 1856
Gunmaker working at Shadwell Street in Birmingham 1863-67
Gunmaker working at 15 Sand Street, Birmingham from 1881 to 1886
Gunmaker working at Bath Street, Birmingham from 1882 to 1890
Children of EYTON BOND and MARY CROWE are:
i. MARY BOND, b. 1852, Hackney, Middlesex.
ii. HERBERT W BOND, b. 1853, Hackney, Middlesex.
8. iii. PHILIP BOND, b. 1855, Hackney, Middlesex.
9. iv. FRANK BOND, b. 1857, Handsworth, Staffordshire.
Generation No. 6
8. PHILIP BOND (EYTON, EDWARD JAMES, PHILLIP JOHN JOSEPH, EDWARD, MATTHEW) was born 1855 in Hackney, Middlesex. He married FRANCES ANN TUCKER 1882 in St Saviours, Middlesex. She was born 1860 in Pinner, Middlesex.
Child of PHILIP BOND and FRANCES TUCKER is:
i. PHYLLIS MARY BOND, b. 1890, Leamington, Warwickshire.
9. FRANK BOND (EYTON, EDWARD JAMES, PHILLIP JOHN JOSEPH, EDWARD, MATTHEW) was born 1857 in Handsworth, Staffordshire. He married ALICE FANNY FITZGERALD 1885 in Henstead, Suffolk. She was born in Darjeeling, India.
Child of FRANK BOND and ALICE FITZGERALD is:
i. EYTON FITZGERALD BOND, b. 1886, Worthing, Sussex.
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