William Pontius, immigrated 1633 to Plymouth
Submitted by Susan (Pontius) Sauve
Source: A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England showing Three Generations of those who Came Before May, 1692 on the Basis of Farmers Register. by James Savage, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981.
Pontus, William: Plymouth 1633, in 1643 not in the list of those able to bear arms, ie. under age of 60, d. 9 Feb 1653, having made his will 9 Sep 1650, leaving two children only, with very small estate. Mary who had m. 31 Oct 1645, James Glass, and next, 1657, Phillip Delano; and Hannah, who had married 18 Dec 1644, John Churchill, and next, 25 June 1669, Giles Rickard, and d. 22 Dec 1690.
Amended by Len NiesenSource: Frost, Josephine C. Ancestors of James Wilson Yates and his wife Nancy Davis Terry : showing Mayflower descent from John Alden, Myles Standish, William Mullines, Alice Mullines, Priscilla Mullines, from Rev. Nathaniel Brewster and through the Drakes, from nearly all the royal families of Europe
New York: F.H. Hitchcock, 1926, 96 pgs.
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