OK folks, here is what I know (or think I know!) about the Ponds of Blandford:
Descendants of William Pond
1 William Pond b: 1777 Weymouth Dorset England d: 1846 Blandford Dorset England .. +Ann Bartlett b: 1777 Weymouth Dorset England d: 1858 Blandford Dorset England ........ 2 Edward Pond b: 1803 Weymouth Dorset England d: 1873 Blandford Dorset England ........ 2 Ann Pond b: 1806 d: 16 Feb 1880 Victoria Australia ............ +John Simmonds b: 1793 Dorset England m: 9 May 1827 Dorset England d: 11 Mar 1860 Victoria Australia ........ 2 Lydia Pond b: 1810 Blandford Dorset England d: 1845 Blandford Dorset England ............ +John Angel Hodges m: 2 Feb 1841 Blandford Dorset England ........ 2 Charles Pond b: 1814 Blandford Dorset England d: 1881 Blandford Dorset England ............ +Mary Hunt Etheridge b: 1821 Kingswood Huntingdonshire England m: 1851 Blandford Dorset England d: 1907 Blandford Dorset England ........ 2 Sarah Pond b: 1815 ............ +Edwin John Gill b: 1813 Blandford Dorset England m: 1840 Blandford Dorset England d: 1864 Blandford Dorset England ........ 2 William Pond b: 1816 Blandford Dorset England d: 1889 Blandford Dorset England ............ +Charlotte Self b: Abt. 1811 Dorchester Dorset England m: 1841 d: 1884 Blandford Dorset England ........ 2 Charlotte Pond b: 1821 Blandford Dorset England d: 1846 Blandford Dorset England ........ 2 Lucy Pond b: 1826 Blandford Dorset England d: 1886 Hampshire England
Thanks to everyone who provided assistance...much appreciated. Please get in touch if you have some connection to this line.
The Gills came to Australia in 1852, and founded a dynasty. They were nurserymen, and Gills Nurseries are still (successfully) in business in Victoria.