Bonds of Bury St. Edmunds area -- genealogy

I'm starting to "migrate" my genealogical stuff over to this blog, in hopes that someone may have further leads to check out. The most important section is on the Bonds of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolkshire, England. The earliest pieces are below. Any further information would surely be appreciated. My own ancestors are in bold. In my entire chain of Bond-age, by the way, there is no James Bond, no Barry Bonds, no Municipal Bonds. But the list is shaken, not stirred.

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Jonas Bond (b. ca. 1562-68, Woolpit, England; d. 30 Jul 1601, Bury St. Edmunds)
sister-in-law : Hester Woode (see below)
wife : Rose Woode (m. 23 Jun 1588, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England; d. 05 Aug 1602, Bury St. Edmonds)

Bury St. Edmunds is in western Suffolk. Woolpit is several miles east of BStE, barely south of the current A14 road, a bit less than halfway to Stowmarket, just west of Haughley. Jonas married Rose in 1588 in Rattlesden, her hometown, several miles south of Woolpit, not particularly noted for anything. They apparently lived in Rattlesden parish until the fall of 1590, when they moved to BStE. There was no record of a previous marriage for either Jonas or Rose; it would likely have been noted if it were otherwise.

children :
--------- Oliver Bond (bapt. 04 May 1589, Rattlesden; d. after 1625). Children :

1. ------ John,
2. ------ Rose,
3. ------ Elizabeth,
4. ------ Agnes,
5. ------ Alice,
6. ------ Grace,
7. ------ Thomas,
8. ------ Oliver.

--------- John Bond "the Elder" (bapt. 24 May 1590, Rattlesden)
--------- John Bond "the Younger" (bapt. 26 Dec 1591, Bury St. Edmunds; d. 01 Jan 1656/7) m. 28 Jun 1612 to Lydia T(r)ixtott or Tiptatt. Children :

• ------ Thomas,
• ------ Rose,
• ------ Fortune,
• ------ Joseph,
• ------ William,
• ------ John,
• ------ Matthew,
• ------ Elizabeth.

--------- Bartholomew Bond (b. ate 1592, BStE; heir ; d. after 1616)
--------- William Bond (bapt. 08 Sep 1595, BStE; d. after 1602)
--------- Thomas Bond (b. 08 Sep 1597, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England) heir, 'youngest son'
--------- Elizabeth Bond (b. 17 Jan 1599)
-- m.#1. Samuel Palmer (d. 1623).
-- m.#2. 08 Feb 1625 to Deacon Ephraim Child in Nayland, Suffolk, Eng.. Moved with Child to Watertown MA in 1630. Nayland was in Child's neighborhood, between Sudbury (south border Suffolk) and Colchester (north Essex). Son Jeremiah (b. 1641-45) m. Elizabeth Esterbrook.
poss. ---- Margaret Bond (b. 10 Dec 1600). Parents not listed.


George Woode (b. ca. 1536, poss. Frome, Somerset, Eng; d. 28 Jun 1608, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England)
wife : Katherine Buttall; b. 1540, poss. in Rattlesden; m. 27 Oct 1560, Rattlesden.
Children :
--------- Rose Woode (bapt. 25 Oct 1562, Rattlesden) m. Jonas Bond. (more above)
--------- George Woode (bapt. 02 Jul 1564; d. 25 Feb 1585)
--------- John Woode (bapt. 20 Jan 1566)
--------- Anne Woode (bapt. 21 Sep 1567)
--------- Abraham Woode (bapt. 21 Aug 1569, d. 11 Oct 1648). M#1. 27 May 1593 to Amy Amner (b. ca. 1572, d. 11 Mar 1618) in Rattlesden. Children :

1. --------- Anne (bapt. 19 Mar 1593),
2. --------- John (bapt. 22 Jun 1595),
3. --------- Margaret (bapt. 06 Aug 1598);
4. --------- George (bapt. 02 Nov 1600; children : George (m. Mary Borley), Anne, John, and Elizabeth;
5. --------- Rose (bapt. 26 Jun 1603),
6. --------- Hester (bapt. 26 Jan 1606),
7. --------- Dorothy (bapt. 07 May 1609),
8. --------- Rachel (bapt. 03 Jun 1612; d. 04 Jan 1612).

• M#2 : Margaret Smyth 27 Oct 1618. Daughter : Edith (bapt. 18 Apr 1620).

--------- Eleazar Woode (bapt. 19 Aug 1571; d. 21 Nov 1587)
--------- Elizabeth Woode (bapt. 20 Sept 1573)
--------- Dorothy Woode (bapt. 18 Sep 1575)
--------- Suzan Woode (bapt. 01 Sep 1577, d. 19 Aug 1579, Rattlesden) (spelling is correct)
--------- Hester Woode (bapt. 19 Mar 1580; no children) Parents not listed in Rattlesden baptismal records. The George Woode connection is indicated by Hester's living with Rose and Jonas, and that Hester is called a sister-in-law in Jonas Bond's will.

possible relative : John Woode (m. Martha Hyon 12 Oct 1572, Rattlesden); child : Mary Woode (m. William Stephens ca. 1600, Haughley)

Abraham's son George appears to be the last one to stay a long time in Rattlesden; the last non-funeral record of the Woode family is his daughter Elizabeth's birth in 1636 and his son George's wedding. Abraham's son George is listed in the Rattlesden record transcription as the son of "Abraham & Anne", which is incorrect, prob. carried over from surrounding records.

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A note on the Robert Longmans that I am not :

1. I was not the lead live broadcast engineer at the BBC for many years, who was instrumental in their live casts of Parliament sessions. He was, in many ways, a broadcast pioneer.


2. I was not the town smithy in Easington UK in the 1850s.
   Nor am I his probable ancestor who married a woman named Mary, who soon after his death married the son of the Rector of Easington, Thomas Mallory, in the 1650s.


3. I was not witness to the wedding of William Dowling and Ann Longman, 30 Oct 1785, at St. Mary Bourne, Winchester Anglican Diocese


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5. I was not the Anglican minister of Placentia NF starting in 1759.


6. I did not live in Tingewick UK in the 1890s.


7. I was not the son (1785 - 1850) of William & Matilda Longman.


8. I did not marry a Jane Hodges in Corton-Denham, Somerset UK, whose son was Charles Longman (b. 1722). (Though I could be related to him.)


9. I am not the president of Central Surveys Inc.


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12. I was not his probable descendant, a woodman from Hilton in Dorset, who at the time of the 1881 census was an inmate at the Poole Union Workhouse.


13. I am not a credit officer at the Rural Community Assistance Corp. (though I have read articles related to his work)


14. I am not the Laparoscopic Surgeon in Bristol UK.


15. I did not marry Hillary Carter (Hillary was b. around 1954). (Or anyone else :( )


16. I was not a fencer at Oberlin College (class of '62)


17. I did not marry Hannah Scouse in Wherwell UK on 12 Jan 1767, nor marry Rachel Becket in Wherwell UK on 25 July 1785.


18. I am not Group Technical Director at Plasmon.


19. I am not in any way involved with USA Shout Media.


20. I am not the Longman who is affiliated with Green Living Now.


21. I am not the antitrust legal counsel at Kasowitz, Benson LLP. That Robert is also an officer of a group that works with the world's needy women and children, Heartbeats Of the World. His wedding to Chin Quee was written up in the New York Times (16 July 1996).


22. I am not the consultant who was quoted in several news reports as having heard the Cory Lidle plane crash.


23. I was not the 1800s British thief (whose real name, as far as I can tell, was Phineas Henry).


24. I did not serve in the US Navy at sea on the USS Montrose in the Korean War.
    (However, I am the son of a Marine who served on land in battle during that war.)


25. I am not the one who raises show cats in Sussex UK.


26. I am not a staff lawyer for the Washington State legislature.


27. Guitarist Richard Durrant's record label was not named after me or my family.



28. I am not a leader in the Saskatchewan Miniature Horse Association.


29. That sure wasn't me who was a leading character played by Linus Roache in the British TV show Seaforth.


30. I did not publish scandal rags (newspaper/flyers) in New York in the 1900s. (Though I may be related to him.)


31. So far as I can tell, I am not related to the Longman family that founded a major publishing company in the UK. (If someone has other information, I'd love to know.)


32. and, I most certainly, absolutely am not the one who, under the apparent pen name Bob Longman, wrote the rated multiple "X" so-called 'underground classic' book titled 'The Debutante Whore'. (Believe it or not, I get occasional emails asking me about that.)