Peter Bond (abt. 1765)

Born about 1765 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Peter Bond was a convict on the First Fleet.

Peter was born about 1765.

Peter Bond and William Morgan were found guilty on 15 September 1784 at the Old Bailey, London, of breaking into a yard in Princes's Row, Mile End, and stealing five worsted stockings, one copper pot, two pewter dishes, one pewter plate, and three live geese. They were sentenced to 7 years transportation. The Old Bailey trial can be seen here.^[1] the men were sent to Newgate Gaol and, in April 1785, to the Ceres hulk. Bond was then sent to Censor hulk and arrived in Sydney in January 1788 aboard the Alexander as part of the First Fleet.^[2]

Bond was acquitted on 30 April 1788 of theft of food. He explained that he had been at work bringing in shingles at the time of robbery.^[2]

Bond received a 30 acre grant of land at Mulgrave Place in 1794. He was still living on his grant in 1800, without family. He had sold the land to Commissary James Williamson but was still working it, with six acres sown in wheat. The Sydney Gazette reported on 4 November 1804 that Williamson was offering 'Bond's' land for lease. No further information has been traced for Bond.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 9.0) September 1784. Trial of WILLIAM MORGAN , PETER POND (t17840915-58). Available at: https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t17840915-58?text=%22peter%20bond%22 (Accessed: 5th January 2024).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 41.

• Biographical report for Peter BOND Person ID: B#10011006701, Biographical Database of Australia (BDA) https://www.bda-online.org.au/mybda/search/biographical-report/10011006701?f=peter&l=bond&ol=&i=1&s=&p= (subscription required)

See also:

• 'Bond, Peter (c. 1765–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/bond-peter-30377/text37679, accessed 4 January 2024.