PONT. Fr., a bridge. Ilerbrand de Pont-Audemer, at the time of Domesday Book, held in caiite certain manors in Hiinipshire. Pont, with or Avithout some suflix, and Dupont, have always been common French surnames, of whicli there have doubtless been several importations into tiiis country. One of these took place on account of tlie Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and, in the year 1G91, we find a French refugee family of Pont resident in London. In some cases the name has been anglicised to Bridge.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.