Pond was born in Dedham in 1704.[1] He served as an officer in the militia.[2] Pond married Elizabeth Ellis is 1727 and worked as a farmer.[1] He also bought and sold land.[1] He had a son Eliphalet Pond, Jr.[a]
In May 1774, Pond signed a letter with several other addressed to Governor
Thomas Hutchinson that was, in the opinion of many in Dedham, too effusive in praise given the actions the British crown had recently taken on the colonies.[2] A group confronted him the day after the
Powder Alarm.[2] What happened next is unclear. According to Pond's own account, he spoke calmly with the group and they were satisfied that he was a patriot.[2] In others, he and his black servant, Jack, had to hold off a mob by pointing muskets out the second story window.[2]
^ The younger Pond, born in 1745,[3] was Registrar of Deeds in
Norfolk County, Massachusetts from the establishment of the county in 1793 to his death in 1813.[4][5][6][7] He kept the records in one of the "lower rooms" in his house at 963 Washington Street in Dedham and nailed a "Register of Deeds" sign to the tree in front.[7] The younger Pond also served as the
Dedham, Massachusetts town clerk for 25 years and as a selectman for 1813.[5] He also served as a colonel in the
American Revolution.[5]
^"Dedham Village in 1795". Dedham Historical Register. XIV (2). Dedham Historical Society: 39. April 1903. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
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abcRegisters of Deeds The Early Years, Norfolk County Registry of Deeds: Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, 225th Anniversary Notable Land Records Project