POND John

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Edwardstone is a village and civil parish in Suffolk , England . The parish contains the hamlets of Mill Green, Suffolk , Priory Green , Round Maple and Sherbourne Street , and the Edwardstone Woods , a Site of Special Scientific Interest . John Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay Colony fame was born in the village in 1588. Edwardstone has a cricket team which plays its home games at the Playing Fields, Boxford

Not far from Boxford, as you climb up towards the Waldingfields, you enter the parish of Edwardstone. There was once a big country house here, but Edwardstone Hall has now gone. Still, the gatehouse and walled park remain, and in the middle of the park, tree-surrounded like a secret, is the church of St Mary. We first found it walking those lanes in that long hot summer, and perhaps that is why I think of it so fondly. But it is such a beautiful place that I think perhaps I would have loved it anyway.You are welcome here at all times, says the sign at the gate. In spring, the graveyard is fresh and green, the last snowdrops competing with the crowned heads of the new daffodils. From the north side the church can appear fortress-like, the battlemented north aisle wall without a clerestory. But on the south side this is a simple country church. Even so, there is enough of late Medieval grandeur about it to guess exactly where in England you are. This was the cloth country, and Edwardstone was a wealthy parish in the 15th century. church is open every day, and so you step into a light, simple, homely space. The 19th century restoration here has left a beautiful rural atmosphere with more than a hint of the 17th century. The nave is cleared of clutter, with pamented stone floors. A simple 13th century octagonal font on a 19th century colonade sits at the west end, domed by a Jacobean font cover. The south windows are filled with late 19th and early 20th century glass of the highest quality. part of Suffolk was a hot bed of puritanism, and many locals would respond to the restoration of the Church of England in 1660 by setting off to the colonies to populate New England, and to give states like Massachusetts and Vermont the reputation for puritanism that they retain to this day

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William married GORDON Judith in 1590 in Suffolk, England. Judith was born in 1570 in Groton, Suffolk, , England; died in 1620 in Groton, Suffolk, , England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Original family name was Ponder on English records. Sons name were all shown and Pond.

John married PONDER Johane --LNU-- in 1570 in England. Johane was born in 1550 in England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married PONDER Elizabeth --LNU--. Elizabeth was born in 1518 in England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]