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     John Peter Bondurant [Sr.] was born circa 1710 in King William Parish, Goochland Co., Virginia.^1,2 He married Sarah Rachael Moseley about 1729 or 1736.^1,2,3 John died circa 1774 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.^1,2,4John Peter Bondurant was listed as a vestryman in King William Parish in 1748. He is first mentioned in his father's will in 1734. John and his wife Sarah lived in Goochland County, Virginia, and later in Cumberland County. He deeded 200 acres of land to his son, John Peter III of Albemarle County, on 9 March 1758.

     Sarah was the widow of Robert L. Moseley. The Bondurant Family Association Newsletter reprinting information from The Huguenot Magazine, Vol. 25, page 173 gives the marriage date as 1836 but indicates date and place not proved.

     Grinnell, in his manuscript, indicates that John died in Manakin in 1744. A pedigree chart in The Huguenot, Publication No. 30, submitted by Mary V. Bondurant Epling, indicates that John died about 1744 in Buckingham County, but before 1776, and that his death was recorded in Powhatten County. A GEDCOM received from Ruby Talley Smith indicated he died in 1774.

     Peter Jacob Bondurant was born circa 1711 in Manakin Town, Virginia.¹ Peter died circa 1735 in Manakin Town, Virginia.¹

     Frances Jane Bondurant was born circa 1712 in Manakin Town, Virginia.¹ She married Jean Peierre Perault Sallee.¹ Frances died circa 1777.²

     Joseph Augustine Bondurant was born circa 1720 in Henrico Co., Virginia.^1,2 He married Agnes Radford, daughter of John Radford and Elizabeth Maxey, circa 1744 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.^1,2 Joseph died on 11 August 1806 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.^1,2,3Joseph was also known as [Dr.] Joseph Augustine Bondurant.

     LDS film has death date of 26 November 1803. GEDCOM from Ruby Tallely Smith has death date of 30 July 1806. Grinnell gives the death date as 11 August 1806.

     She married first Robert L. Moseley. She married second John Peter Bondurant [Sr.], son of Jean Pierre Bondurant and Ann Tanner, about 1729 or 1736.^1,2,3

     Jean Peierre Perault Sallee was born circa 1708/9.^1,2 He married Frances Jane Bondurant, daughter of Jean Pierre Bondurant and Ann Tanner.¹

     Agnes Radford married Joseph Augustine Bondurant, son of Jean Pierre Bondurant and Ann Tanner, circa 1744 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.^1,2

     Mary Elizabeth Ford was born on 2 September 1730 in Manakin Town, Virginia.^1,2 She married James Agee, son of Mathew Agee, in 1746.³ Mary died in 1821 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.³Mary was also known as Marie.

     Judith Sarah Ford was born on 6 November 1732 in Manakin Town, Virginia.^2,3 She married Edward Maxey [Sr.], son of John Maxey and Sarah Sampson, circa 1752.^4,5A conflicting birth date of 6 September 1732 is listed in Larry Ford's compiled records on the Ford family.

     Peter Ford was born on 11 January 1733/34 in Manakin Town, Virginia.^1,2,3 He married first Judith Maxey, daughter of John Maxey and Sarah Sampson, before 1755.^1,4 He married second Marie ? before 1776.^1,4 He married third Sarah Brooks after 1778.^1,4 He married fourth R:Bride on 15 December 1791 in Madison Co., Kentucky.⁴ Peter died before 5 October 1801 in Madison Co., Kentucky.^1,2In 1786, Peter Ford joined the McKnitt Company on the move to Kentucky. His sons Joel and John and his father and brothers James and Boaz remained in Buckingham Co., Virginia.

     They reached a camp site on the rise above Little Laurel River just two miles south of London, Kentucky and being so near their destination they apparently relaxed their security in celebration of their sucessful journey.

     On the night of October 3, 1786, a band of Miami Indians attacked the McKnitt Company. According to Z. F. Smith, History of Kentucky (1886) in October 1786 a large number of families known as the McKnitt Company were surprised new Laurel River and over twenty killed dispersed or taken prisoner.

     The above information is from the Genealogy of Hill Family 1978 by L. Henry Hill as printed in The Huguenot Publication.¹

     Tirey Ford, in his manuscript on the Ford family⁵, gives the following account of the incident:

     Grandfather (Jacob Ford) was at the upper end [of the valley] on guard when he suddenly heard the guns firing, women and children screaming, and Indians yelling in the camp. He fired several times at what he supposed were Indians. Then a man came along supporting his mother and said, 'Don't shoot again. I say several of our people shoot our friends. Help me out of here with my wife and mother.' So they went up the valley into the mountains. The next day, he (Jacob) tried to find his way back to Kentucky, but he was unsuccessful and for two days and nights was without food.

     On his way he met a party coming out to see about the defeat and to bury the dead. They found that a great many had been killed and that the Indians had taken away and destroyed all the property. Grandfather found his father and half-brother, Laban, in the camp. His father was lame and unable to walk, having white swelling in his knee. The morning of the fight he slipped down a bank and hid himself in a drift. After the Indians had left, he crawled out, calling Jacob and Obediah. Laban answered, he being up a tree where he had climbed to escape from the Indians. Obediah had been badly wounded by the Indians. They took him prisoner, carried him a few miles from camp and tomahawked him, since he was unable to keep up. Anna and Polly, age eighteen and eight years respectively, were taken prisoners to Sandusky, where they were separated. Anna was kept prisoner for a time. At last a white prisoner came to here and said if she would pledge herself not to betray him under any circumstances, he would assist her in making her escape. Consequently she prepared to leave. He carried her accross the river and told her how to find the white settlement. She traveled all night. The next day she came to a house where she was fed and concealed from the Indians for a time. She finally made her way to Quebec. Her brother, Joel Ford of Virginia, having heard of her by letter, went after her on horse back. On returning to Virginia, she married and reared a large family.

     Polly was adopted in an Indian family and carried to Vincennes, where she remained seventeen years. She married while there and had a son. See Mary (Polly) Ford for more information on Polly.

     The following information concerning Peter Ford is from a file on Patriot James Ford Jr. located at the DAR Library, Washington, DC. Revolutionary Public Service Claims: This is to certify that the following is a true copy of an entry in a booklet deposited in the manuscript division of the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia, designated 'Buckingham County Public Service Claims.' Being an account of disbursements for supplies furnished for the use of the Army during the Revolutionary War. 'At a Court held for Buckingham County the 9th day of Dec. 1782. (Pursuant to an Act of Assembly entitled 'An Act for Adjusting Claims for Property impressed or taken for Public Service' The Court preceeded to receive and adjust the claims of different claimants produced to them in Specie as herafter mentioned.) -- page 30, "To Peter Ford . . . To 410 lbs Grass Beef @ 2d Dr. 3.8.4" Richmond, Virginia, A true copy. F. W. Sydnor, Record Searcher.⁶

     Conflicting information in the Huguenot Publication indicates that Peter had no offspring by his second wife and that Laban, Sarah (Sally), and Mary (Polly) were offspring by his third wife, the widow Brooks.¹ Clark in her The Maxeys of Virginia also indicates that Laban, Sarah, and Mary were children of the widow Brooks.⁴ However, Tirey Ford in his Tradition of the Ford Family indicates that Sarah was a child of Peter's first wife, Judith Ford, and that Laban and Mary were children of his second wife.⁵

     Peter made a will on 4 March 1798 in Madison Co., Kentucky. In his will he refers to fifty acres of land, "I give to my daughter Polly, if she is ever recovered from the Indians." Polly was recovered shortly after her father's death and married John Prewitt on September 1805 in Madison Co., Kentucky.¹

     His will was proved on 5 October 1801.¹

     Magdalene Ford was born on 20 August 1736 in Manakin Town, Virginia.^1,2 She married William Southern, son of John Southern.³

     Anna Ford was born on 24 February 1738/39 in Manakin Town, Virginia.^1,2 She married Rene Chastain [Jr.] on 1 October 1760 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.^1,2,3 Anna died on 15 April 1810 in Buckingham Co., Virginia, at age 71.³

     Boaz Ford was born on 2 June 1749 in Manakin Town, Virginia.^1,2 He married Hannah Hudgens, daughter of Unknown Hudgens, in June 1774.^1,2 Boaz died in 1810 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.³Boaz was also known as [Capt.] Boaz Ford.

     James Agee was born circa 1724 in Five Forks, Manakin Town, Powhatan Co., Virginia.¹ He married Mary Elizabeth Ford, daughter of James Ford [Sr.] and Ann Bondurant, in 1746.¹ James died on 9 April 1821 in Dillwyn, Buckingham Co., Virginia.¹

     Rene Chastain [Jr.] was born on 28 June 1741 in Manakin Town, Virginia.¹ He married Anna Ford, daughter of James Ford [Sr.] and Ann Bondurant, on 1 October 1760 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.^2,3,1 Rene died on 22 November 1823 in Buckingham Co., Virginia, at age 82.¹Rene was a Baptist Minister.

     Hannah Hudgens was born circa 1750.¹ She married Boaz Ford, son of James Ford [Sr.] and Ann Bondurant, in June 1774.^2,3Some indicate that Hannah's maiden name was Burrit. However, a deposition of Nathan Ayers of Buckingham County, Virginia, found in a court case found in Green County, Kentucky, Circuit Court case 5850, indicates that Hannah was the sister of John Hudgens.⁴

     Joseph Ford was born circa 1768 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.^1,2 He married Mary Magdeline Maxey, daughter of Edward Maxey [Sr.] and Judith Sarah Ford, circa 1788 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.³ Joseph died circa 1846 in Knox Co., Tennessee.³ He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee. He was originally buried in the old burying ground on the Joseph Ford farm but later moved along with the body of his wife to Woodlawn Cemetery where a beautiful marker is erected in their memory.^4,5Elisha Ford and his brother Joseph and their families came to Knox Co., Tennessee in 1810. Elisha settled in the old 15th District, Knox Co., while Joseph settled in the old 14th District.

     James Ford was born circa 1770.¹

     Isaac Ford was born circa 1773.¹

     Mary Magdeline Maxey was born circa 1769 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.¹ She married Joseph Ford, son of James Ford Jr. and Sally Burit, circa 1788 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.² Mary died before 1850 in Knox Co., Tennessee.² She was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in Knox Co., Tennessee. Originally buried in the old burying ground on the Joseph Ford farm and later moved along with the body of her husband to Woodlawn Cemetery.³

     John Maxey Ford was born circa 1789 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.¹ He married Sarah Maxey, daughter of Sampson Maxey and Elizabeth Godfrey, before 1810 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.^2,3 John died circa 1868 in Knox Co., Tennessee.¹John was also known as Jack.

     Polly Ford married John Doyle on 20 August 1811 in Knox Co., Tennessee.^1,2

     Judith Ford was born circa 1793 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.^1,2,3 She married John King on 19 June 1812 in Knox Co., Tennessee.^4,1,5 Judith died on 24 August 1891 in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.¹DAR application for Charlotte Giffin Paget has birth date of 27 September 1791 in Knox Co., Tennessee while Clark's The Maxey's of Virigina had the birth date as circa 1793 in Buckingham Co., Virginia, which agrees with the census of 1850 for Knox Co. The Virginia birth location is probably correct as her younger and older siblings are indicated as having been born in Virginia.

     Anne Ford was born circa 1794 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.¹ She married James Anderson Jr. on 5 November 1818 in Knox Co., Tennessee. The Huguenot Publication 10 has the marriage date as 3 November 1818. Larry Ford in his Fords of Manakin has the marriage date as 13 November 1818. Family Quest Marriage Index CD has the marriage date as 30 November 1818.^2,3,4 Anne died on 30 September 1863.¹