Mary Bonham

Mary married James Emans about 1773 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. James was born about 1753; died after 1794. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Emans was born about 1777 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1778.
2. Amos Emans was born about 1783 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1821.
3. Uriah Emans was born about 1785 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1802.
4. Job Emans was born about 1786 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1787.
5. James Emans was born about 1787 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1788.
6. Sarah Emans was born about 1788 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1804.
7. Hannah Emans was born about 1789 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1811.
8. Dinah Emans was born about 1790 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1811.
9. Mary Emans was born about 1792 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1813.
10. Sarah Emans was born in 1775 in Kingswood, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died on 24 Jul 1810.
11. Anchor Emans was born about 1793 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died about 1805.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 4 May 1809, Kingwood Twp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey
• Research Notes: 26 Jan 2013; dna

Notes:

(Birth Source: Bonham Genealogy by E. B. Hazie)
(Death Source: Will probated 5/4/1809 Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ.)

From "Traditions of Hunterdon" by Lequear, page 53, "Mrs. Stanberry sold 300 ac of land, which laid a little east of Kingwood hotel and store, to George Fox, who owned the land near Rosemont, by a deed dated May 14, 1746. George Fox and Gabrl Fox, Exec. of George Fox, sold a portion, 76 ac of this to John Waterhouse.
Around 1763 a Uriah Bonham of Piscataway was in this neighborhood as a school teacher. He married Anchor, d/o George Fox, elder." His earlier positions included that of "county scribe", and he wrote, witnessed, and made inventory on many ofe wills and/or probate records of the community beginning around 1749.
He married (1) Anchor Fox November 05, 1751 in Hunterdon Co., NJ, daughter of George Fox and Mary.
Loudoun Co, Joyner, Peggy Shome - VA Northern Neck Warrents & Surveys, 1697-1784, Vol 4
1764: Gabriel Fox, assignee of Uriah Bonham; 10 Oct 1764 - 18 Dec 1764; 48 acres on drs of Broad Run; adj Wm Boyle, Thos Stone, Sampson Turley, Catesby Cocke, Anthony Russill, James Spencer. Surv. John Hough.
13 May 1765 - As I am Entended back to the Jerseys from where I came I have given up my right to Mr. Gab Fox. (Bonham) Wit: Anthony Russell & Amariah Bonham.

He married (2) Magdalena Heath August 30, 1780 in Hunterdon, NJ. She was the daughter [sic] (widow) of Andrew Heath. In "Bonham and Related Family Lines" by H. E. Bonham, page 216: "June 24, 1777 - Int. probate of the estate of Andrew Hef Amwell, Hunterdon Co. Adm'x: Magdalene Heath. Fellowbondsman: John Heath; both of said place. Witness: Uriah Bonham. Inventory of 226 pounds, 1 shilling, and 3 pence, was made by Uriah Bonham and Daniel Howell 20 Jun 1777 (NJ Archives, Vol. XXXIV, page 237). William Rittinghouse, Sr., purchased 24 acres from Andrew Heath's estate.
25 October 1797 witnessed Administration papers of Jesse Hall, Kingwood Twp (husb of Elizabeth Heath (his step-dau), along with John Heath of Amwell (his step-son).
Uriah Bonham's will, dated 24 March 1802, gave his wife Magdalene use of dwelling house and tenplate stove, whole plantation, household furnishings, during her widowhood. He also gave her 1 cow, feather bed, 3 chairs and the blue chest.
To his sons, Amos and Zedekiah, he gave all his wearing apparel. The "moveable estate" was to be sold and the overplus (after bills were paid), was to be divided between five children. If his widow should remarry or die, he wanted all landsd his fishery to be sold. To each of the daughters of Andrew Heath (late of Amwell, dec'd), he gave 30 pounds. These girls were Mary Wilson, Elizabeth Hall, Sarah Dills, and Prudence Bonham. This money, he said, was procured out of their father's estate for their use when their mother had done with it.
Five grandsons were listed: Uriah Sutton, Uriah Emans (Job's son), Uriah Emans (James' son), Uriah Bonham (Amos' son), and Andrew Bonham (Zedekiah's son). They all were to receive 5 pounds each.
Five granddaughters, Anchor Sutton, Anchor Emans (Job's daughter), Anchor Emans (James' daughter), Anchor Bonham (Amos' daughter), and Anchor Bonham (Zedekiah's daughter) were to receive 50 shillings each.
His son Amos was to have 10 pounds above what he already received.
Five children are, Amos, Mary Emans, Dinah Sutton, Hannah Emans, Zedekiah.
In addition to the bequests to his children and grand-children, he also left money beguests to Andrew Heath and his four sisters, his step-children.
The executor was Thomas Lequear and witnesses were Richard Heath, Edward Rettinghouse and William Heath. The will was proved 04 May 1809.
Inventory of $241.07 was made by Edward Rettinghouse and Thomas Shearman
13 Apr 1809. This will is listed in the NJ Archives, First Series, Vol. XL, page 38.

Name:
We now have DNA evidence that Malakiah, Amariah and Uriah Bonham share a common ancestor and considering the albeit scanty paper trails we have, that they were brothers. So 3 of the -iahs could have been brothers according to DNA evidence.

What do the results we have to date mean? They show that THESE -iah descendants (of Malakiah, Amariah and Uriah) DID have a common ancestor (who could have been their father, Hezekiah, as speculated) within the time frame our scant paper documentation has indicated.
To "prove" Hezekiah Bonham as the common ancestor, we need a descendant of Samuel Bonham (son by Hezekiah´s first marriage) to participate.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/bonham/messages/1610.html
Posted by: Linda Peacock (ID *****7360) Date: March 30, 2007 at 09:52:52

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We are extremely close to showing up the Mayflower Association which has denied our "-iah" ancestry, thanks to the efforts of Brownie Mackie for opening a line as to potential approval. We just need these extra tests to be able to prove our case. I do not personally give a hoot about the Mayflower Society, as neither does Brownie, nor Catherine Cooper who has also been working on this project for so many years, but we would like to help those who do and I at least, would like to prove them wrong as to denying people whose lineage is from Hezekiah´s 2nd wife, whoever she was. Whoever SHE was does not matter in this case as it was Hezekiah Sr who was the Mayflower descendant via his Mother, Hannah Fuller.
Linda Peacock, 1 Dec 2011
http://genforum.genealogy.com/bonham/messages/2011.html


Will:
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, New Jersey Historical Society

Mar. 24, 1802. Uriah Bonham of Kingwood Twsp., Hunterdon Co., will of.

Wife, Magdalene, use of dwelling house and tenplate stove, whole plantation, household furnishings, during her widowhood; also 1 cow, feather bed, 3 chairs and the blue chest.
Two sons, Amos and Zedekiah, all my wearing apparel.
Moveable estate to be sold, and overplus (after bills are paid), to be divided between five children.
After death, or marriage of my wife, all lands, and my fishery to be sold.
To each of the daughters of Andrew Heath (late of Amwell, deceased), 30 pounds, i. e., Mary Wilson, Elizabeth Hall, Sarah Dills, Prudence Bonham (it being the money I procured out of their father's estate for their use when their mother had done with it).
Five grandsons, Uriah Sutton, Uriah Emans (Job's son), Uriah Emans (James's son), Uriah Bonham (Amo's son), and Andrew Bonham (Zedekiah's son), each 5 pounds.
Five granddaughters, Anchor Sutton, Anchor Emans (Job's daughter), Anchor Emans (James's daughter), Anchor Bonham (Amo's daughter), and Anchor Bonham (Zedekiah's daughter), each 50 shillings.
Son, Amos, to have 10 pounds above his dividend.
Five children are, Amos, Mary Emans, Dinah Sutton, Hannah Emans, Zedekiah.
Executor: Thomas Lequear of Kingwood Twsp., Hunterdon Co.
Witnesses: Richard Heath, Edward Rettinghouse and William Heath.
Proved May 4, 1809.
Inventory of $241.07 made by Edward Rettinghouse and Thomas Shearman 13 Apr 1809

http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamUriah1724.html

Research Notes:
(dna) designation means he has been matched to the others marked (dna) as brothers. As of 2009, matches are Amariah, Nehemiah, Malakiah and Uriah.

Uriah married Anchor Fox on 5 Nov 1751 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Anchor (daughter of George Fox, the Elder - Immigrant and Mary Maybury) was born in 1729 in New Jersey; died on 30 Aug 1780 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1763, and how much earlier I know not, a Uriah Bonham of Piscataqua, was in this neighborhood as a school teacher. He married Ancher, daughter of George Fox, the elder. They had 5 children, 2 sons and 3 daughters. (From Traditions of Hunterdon)
http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamUriah1724.html

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Episcopal clergyman

Notes:

It it believed that he was born during his father's migration from Massachusetts to New Jersey. According to Jack D. Ross, Hezekiah was born in Barnstable Township, Barnstable, Maryland. At the death of his father he was made executor of thill along with his mother, although he was not of legal age. Thus, he surely had the confidence and respect of his father.
He was accepted as a townsman of Piscataway 2 Jan 1687/8 apparently on coming of age. He married in 1690 Mary Dunn, daughter of Hugh Dunn and Elizabeth Drake, one of the immigrant families of Mass. Hugh Dunn mentioned Hezekiah in his will. ry was born 19 Jan 1671 in Piscataway. They had four children: Mary, Samuel, Hannah and Sarah, their births being preserved in the Piscataway records." Family tradition indicates that he was an Episcopal clergyman. He was a farmer by trade.
During the period 1690 to 1699 there were numerous land transfers made by Hezekiah and his wife Mary, including receiving a patent for land at Piscataway in 1695. "Bonham's lot," also "Bonham's creeks," and "Nicholas Bonham's land" are spn of in different conveyances.
On 1 May 1697 Hezekiah Bonham received confirmation of a grant of 182 acres "in right of his late father Hezekiah Bonham, Thomas Ffarnewoorth and Daniel Lippington." Hezekiah Bonham and wife Mary later sold two of these tracts.
On 9 Oct 1697 Hezekiah Bonham of Piscataway and wife Mary sold land in Piscataway part of which was the "remainder of land held by Bonham in the right of Daniel Lippentone"
Hezekiah and wife Mary sold further land in Piscataway to Edward Slater on 27 Oct 1698. (Lippentone and Slater were brother-in-laws).
One Sunday in about 1697 or 1698 Hezekiah, who was credited with being a religious man and one of influence in the church, was found working by the very religious Edmund Dunham, his brother-in-law. Hezekiah's sister Mary had married Edmund Dm in 1681. Mr. Dunham was the first white child born in Piscataway township, and his father, Benjajah Dunham, is said to have settled here years before any other Englishmen arrived. Oliver B. Leonard in writing on "Piscataway Planters" says "Edmund Dunham grew to be an influential member of society, and became a lay preacher, helping to mold the tender consciences and direct the religiously inclined of the pioneer community." At that time Edmund was pastor of the Baptist Church of Piscataway. Because Edmund found Hezekiah working on Sunday he took him to account. To quote Morgan Edwards on the incident:
"Bonham put Dunham to prove that the first day of the week was holy by divine institution. How the debate was carried on is not known; but it is known that the above attack was the thing which set Mr. Dunham to study the subject; and that cing the seventh day of the week was the effect. In a short time after 17 people sided with Mr. Dunham which opened a prospect of having a Sabbatarian church in Piscataway; to prepare for it Mr. Dunham went to Westerly, (RI) and there received ordination at the hands of Rev. William Gibbons; and in 1705 he and his party were formed into a church," the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Piscataway.
Hezekiah was not among the organizers. He had moved to Hunterdon in West Jersey in about 1698 as he appears in no record of any kind in Piscataway after 1698, except the sale of further land in Piscataway to Edward Slater on 27 Oct 1698. (Lintone and Slater were brother-in-laws). Evidently the property was sold after their move since on 18 March 1698/9 he appears in a list of inhabitants of Maidenhead when Gov. Jeremiah Basse and others, as agents, sold 100 acres to the inhabitants of Maidenhead for 5 shillings, for a meeting house, school and burial ground, thus indicating that he had an interest in that section of New Jersey.
(my note: there is no evidence of this 2nd marriage and 15 children)
Mary Dunn died Nov 7, 1699 and he remarried in 1700 in Hunterdon Co. By his second wife he had 15 more children, some thirteen of whom bore names ending in the Biblical "iah". Hence they are called the"iah" BONHAMS. These children were Heze, Jr.; Nehemiah; Zachariah; Zedekiah; Amariah; Temperance; Malachiah; Amaziah; Jeremiah; Ephraim; Josiah; Isaiah; Obadiah; Zephamia; and Uriah.
On 28 Aug 1701 he is mentioned as an abutter in Middlesex Co,; on 26 Aug 1703 he was among those who consented to an agreement between Dr. Daniel Coxe, Esq. and Thomas Revell, on behalf of purchasers of land in Maidenhead and Hopewell Townsh
On 1 Jan 1712/3 he contributed money to organize a new county (in this document he is Hezekiah Bonham, Sr., indicating that a younger Hezekiah, not necessarily his son, was in the town).
On 24 Nov 1722 he witnessed the will of Jonathan Stout of Hopewell Township.
In 1723 he was a judge in Hunterdon Co.
On 6 Nov 1730 his original signature appears with others on an agreement to sell the town lot to the highest bidder.
On 21 April 1732 his bond is mentioned in the codicil to the will of Daniel Howell of Trenton.
On 9 July 1738 his signature appears on the will of Henry Merson, the last known recording of his name. The exact date of his death and burial place are unknown.
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There is some debate as to the identity of his second wife. According to "Mayflower Families through Five Generations," Vol 4, p 37, "Hezekiah Bonham does not appear in the Hunterdon Co. court records but is mentioned in the following document, none of which mention a second wife or any other children." It also states "This claim may have originated in misinterpretation of the will of Samuel Hunt of Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, dated 15 Jan 1717/8 in which he decreed that his real estate was to be partititioned among Samuel Hunt's heirs by son Samuel, by Hezekiah Bonham, and by John Prince."
According to "The Bonham Family" by Samuel J. Bonham, pg 9, she was Ann Hunt, daughter of Ralph or Samuel Hunt. This theory is derived from the will of Samuel Hunt, New Jersey Archives, Vol. 21, p 248.
According to "Bonham and Related Family Lines" by H. E. Bonham 1996, says on page 229, that Hezekiah's second wife was Mary Bishop, daughter of David & Mary (Alger) Bishop according to the will of David Bishop 07 Jan 1684 where he mentions a Hezekiah Bonham married to his daughter Mary. However, in 1684 Hezekiah, son of Nicholas, was 17 years old and it was four years later that he married Mary Dunn in 1690. There must have been another Hezekiah Bonham; although, according to references, there was no evidence of another Hezekiah Bonham.

Hezekiah* married Ann Hunt, (2nd wife?) in 1700 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Ann (daughter of Samuel Hunt and Mary Burroughs) was born in 1678 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some say 2nd wife was mary Bishop, daughter of David & Mary (Alger) Bishop, according to the will of David Bishop 7 January 1684 (source: "Bonham & Related Family Lines" by H.E. Bonham 1996, p 229.

Other sources say his Hezekiah's second wife was Ann Hunt, daughter of Ralph or Samuel Hunt, and that they were married in 1699 in Maidenhead, New Jersey.
The children listed are listed as the children of Hezekiah and Ann Hunt.

From Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 4, p 38:
*Note: No evidence found to support Monette's claim that Hezekiah had second wife Ann Hunt. The claim may have originated in misinterpretation of the will of Samuel Hunt of Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, dated 15 Jan 1717/8 in which he decreed tht his real estate was to be partitioned among Samuel Hunt's heirs by son Samuel, by Hezekiah Bonham, and by John Prince.
Monette lists the following as children of Hezekiah Bonham and his unproven 2nd wife Ann Hunt: Hezekiah, Nehemiah, Zachariah, Zedekiah, Amariah, Temperence, Malachiah, Amaziah, Ephraim, Jeremiah, Josiah, Isaiah, Zephaniah, Uriah & Obadiah.
(The ancestors of Ann Hunt were supplied by Foxlover@aol.com of Salt Lake City.)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 27 Apr 1754, Kingwood, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; written

Notes:

Will witnessed by Malachai Bonham

Extracts of Wills, New Jersey Archives, XXXII 1751-1760 p 120 lib 7:515 dad's will
"An Ancestral Chart and Handbook" by Olive Rowland 1935 p. 126

"Bonham, A Family Genealogy" by Howard E Bonham 1996 p: 213 came from England 1729; p. 209
The First Century of Hunterdon County b y Mott 1878 p.7 bought 284 acres from George Fox and sold 1729 to Thomas Canby

Will:
In the Name of God Amen the twenty-seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-four I George Fox ofKingwood in the County of Hunterdon and western Division of the province of New Jersey.

Yeo: Being very Sick and weak of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God. Therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that Give it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a christian like and Decent manner at the Discretion of my executors and as touching such wordily Estate where with it hath pleased God to Bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form imprimis.

I give and bequeath to mary my Dear wife all my moveable Estateonly she shall allow my sons the Use of the team to Carry on the farm and affairs of the mills they allowing her a comfortable maintenance while She remains my widow and if She dies my widow my will is that She Divide the said moveables as she Sees proper among my daughters But if she marrys again then all the horses Except one which she shall Chuse shall be left to the Discretion of my Executors to be Equally Divided in quantity and quality..

I will that if my Executors shall see it necessary to sell part of my lands to Pay my Debts and Carry on the affairs of the mills let it be sold off next to Joshua Waterhouse or else off of the land I lately took up which they shall think proper..

I will that mary my wife shall have the use of my lands and Dwelling house and other Buildings till My Sons come to the age of Twenty one Years if She continues my widow during which time she shall have the Benefit of their Lodging and apperell during the whole term Except She shall think Proper to bind them to trades that is Left to her discretion..

I will that my Sons be put in possession of their respective portions in the following order and manner. Item.

I give and bequeath to my beloved Son George Fox five acres of Land to be Surveyed off the upper end of my land joyning his plantation on which he now liveth in one year after my Decease in his actual possession.

I give and bequeath to my Dearly beloved son Ambros Fox one half part of my lands according to quantity and quality except ten acres of Land which is to Go with my half the mills Except my Executors See proper to Sell part for the use as above said then he to it. Ambros Shall have half the remainder as above said in his actual possession in two Years after he is twenty one years of age..

I give and bequeath to my Dear Son Absa lom Fox all my rights and interest to the Saw mill and Grist mill that is to Say one half of Each with ten acres of Land the most convenient to Said mills to be in his actual possession at twenty one years of age..

I give and bequeath to my Dear Son Amos Fox the one half part of my Lands according to the aforementioned Division Equal with my Son Ambros to be in his actual possessin at the age of twenty one years.

I give and bequeath my lands and mills to my sons as aforesid and to the Heirs and assigns forever I will also that my wife have her living with my son amos and out of his Share if she remains my widow but if She married She is debared of that priviledge tho at the same time hols her Property in the movables I will that the Use of the Land and Benefit of the mills be for maintaining the family and paying my Debts till.

Each son shall come into possession of their respective Estates as above mentioned and further.

I give to my Dear son Gabrie l Fox 5 pounds.

And lastly I constitute make and ordain my beloved Sons George Fox and Gabriel Fox my only and Sol Executors of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly Disallow revoke and Disannull all and Every other and former Testaments wills Legacys and Executors by me in any ways before this time Named willed and bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and only this and no other to be my Last will and testament in witness where of I have hereunto Set my hand and seal the day and year first above written
Signed Seald Published Pronounced and declared by the said George Fox as his Last will and testament in the presence of us the Subscribers.

Note before Executing these presents is added that if it can be made appear the the mills and ten acres of Land is of more value than Ambrosses and amos share absalom shall pau out to ambros and amos to make them Equal with himself. and if on the contrary it can be made appear that ambros and amos has the valuablest prtion they shall pay to absolem to make him equal with themselves.

Evidence below all
Malakiah Bonham
Nehemiah Bonham
William Lock
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25425130/person/1652478167/storyx/9e01dbb7-b939-4c8f-ad6b-7eaf03327f64?src=search

George married Mary Maybury in 1727 in Kingwood Mm, Hunterdon, New Jersey. Mary was born in 1707 in Surry, Surry Co, Virginia; died in 1769 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Puritan
• Emigration: Bef 1658, New Jersey
• Immigration: Bef 1658, Essex Co, England
• Will: 18 Dec 1864, Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey

Notes:

Nicholas appears on 1669 records of Piscataway, NJ. Here begins the first chapter of the book "Bonham and Related Family Lines, A Family Genealogy from the Mayflower to the 1990s" compiled by Howard E. Bonham and co-authored by Jean Allin. They conclude that since there is no real evidence that Nicholas Bonham was the son of George Bonham, they would begin their book with Nicholas, as the first generation.

In 1668 he was the 10th colonist to receive a land grant of 122 acres in Middlesex Co., NJ. They had arrived in NJ sometime between the birth of Sarah in Barnstable in 1664 and the birth of Samuel in NJ in 1672. Soon after arriving in NJ hs made a Dutch Schepen, or magistrate, whose duty it was to nominate citizens to various official positions in the towns of East Jersey. He was approved as Sergeant of Militia in 1681 and belonged to a military group organized under Capt. Francis Drake. He took an active part in the affairs of the community and must have been successful in his business affairs.
He established the village of Bonhamtown to the east of Pacatawaytown, which exists today as a living trubute to the honor of this staunch pioneer. He built the first house there which stood for about 200 years, a frame house of 1 1/2 sto. The book "Where the Raritan Flows" by Earl Schenck published 1964 says that Bonhamtown, in Edison Township, honors Nicholas Bonham, who settled there c1682. Five British regiments were briefly quarted there during the Revolutionary War.
"The History of Piscataway Township 1660-1976" by Walter Mauly, page 65, says that Nicholas Bonham was a founder of the Baptist Church in 1689. His son Hezekiah Bonham, became a townsman in 1687.


NOTE: Mayflower Families: "No evidence has been found to support Monette's suggestion of sons Nicholas and Elijah."
Bonham family records Nicholas as marrying Martha Runyon. However, Runyon researchers do not show a Martha about this time frame.

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Subject: Re: [BONHAM] Samuel Bonham
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:42:14 -0500 (Central Standard Time)
References: <89.184932b4.2ea925d7@cs.com>

Could this be the Samuel Bonham (m Margaret Philpott), possibly the one who was listed member of the London Co at Jamestown? He died in 1692. (ref: Virginia Colonials and their Maryland Relatives by Norma Tucker) Did he go to Maryland?

Or perhaps a better guess would be a member of Anam Bonham's family, which I have no info on except that he arrived on the Arc & Dove in 1633 and lived in Maryland for some period of time then in New York. Anam is thought to be brother to George and Samuel. Does anybody have Anam's lineage?

What other Bonhams were in Maryland? All my early ones are Virginia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.

Sherry

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From: Mbmackie123@cs.com
Date: 10/21/04 09:47:20
To: BONHAM-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: [BONHAM] Samuel Bonham

I looked at every record I could find on the early (mid 1600's) Samuel Bonham. Seems to me he could easier be the father of Nicholas than George, especially as Nicholas named a son Samuel, and as far as we know there were no George's in Nicholas's descended family line. Anybody? I'll take proof either way.
Brownie
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Will:

WILL OF NICHOLAS BONHAM (written 6 Feb 1683)
In the name of God, Amen, the 6 day of February in the year one thousand six hundred eighty-three, I, Nicholas Bonham of ye town of Picastaway in County of Middlesex in East New Jersey being sick in body but of good and perfect memory thanke to ye all mighty God and calling to remembrance the uncertain estate of this transitory live that all flesh must yield unto death whn it shall please God to call, do make, constitute, ordain, and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following, revoking and annulling by those present all and every Testament and Testaments Will and Wills heretofore by me made and declareed either by word or written and this to be taken only for mylast will and testament and none other.----
And first being penitent and sorry from the bottom of my heart for my sins past most humbly desiring foregiveness for ye same I give and commit my soul unto Almighty God my Savior and Redeemer in Whom and by ye mercies of Jesus Christ I trust d believe assuredly to be saved and so have full remission and forgiveness of all my sins and that my soul with my body at the general day of resurrection shal rise again with joy and through ye merits of Christ's death and passion passes so inherit the Kingdom of heaven prepared for his elect and chosen and my body to be buried in such a place where it shall please my executor hereafter named to appoint. And now for ye - - - of my temporal estate and such goods chattels and debts as it has pleased God far above my desires to bestow upon me I do order give and dispose ye same in manner and form following. That is to say - - -
First I will that all those debts and duties as I owe in right or conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truly contented and paid or ordained to be paid within convenient time afer my decease by my executorereafter named.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Hannah Bonham the house and lot that I now live on and ye bed that we now lie on during her natural life and after her decease, son Hezekiah Bonham.
Item, I give unto my said Hezekiah Bonham all ye rest of my land lying within ye township of Piscataway or a to him his heirs and assigns forever.
Item, I will order and appoint that all my cattell with my household goods shall remain in ye hands of my executors hereafter named for ye support of my family and ye bringing up of my children and as any of them marries such parts of ye catl and goods to be given them as my executor shall think meet with and by ye advise and consent of my overseer hereafter named.
Item, I will and bequeath unto my grandchildren now living or shall be born within a year after ye date hereof, one bible to each of them to be bought and paid for out of my estate by my executors hereafter named.
Item, after ye decease of my said wife what chattels, goods, or lands that is then undisposed of I do will and bequeathunto my son Hezekiah Bonham he being my sole heir excepting ye legacies before mentioned and ye other dispositions in ye arles above mentioned.
Item, I will constitute and appoint my wife Hannah Bonham and my son Hezekiah Bonham to be my whole and sole executors and dispose of my estate above mentioned accordingly as is above ordered and appointed with and by ye advise and consent oy overseer hereafter mentioned.
Item, I do request and desire my friends Isaac Smalley and Edward Slater to be my overseers to assist and advise my said executors about ye disposing of my estate and affairs as above said.
Given under my hand and seal the day and year above written.
Signed and sealed in the presents of Edward Slater and Isaac Smalley.

He died 20 Jul 1684 and the will was probated 18 Dec 1684 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ.

Nicholas* married Hannah* (MF) Fuller on 1 Jan 1659 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. Hannah* (daughter of Samuel* (MF) Fuller and Jane* Lothrop) was born on 8 Oct 1636 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts; died after 23 Aug 1686 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 30 Oct 1683, Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey

Notes:

Her parents were married by Miles Standish, and her father was the last survivor of the Mayflower Company, per Chapter 1, page 3 of "Bonham & Related Family Lines" by G. E. Bonham 1996. She was mentioned in her father's will drawn 29 Oct 1683, proved 05 Jun 1684. She received 4 pounds and 2 cows.
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Mayflower Families through Five Generations Vol 4, p 13-14)
Born Scituate ca 1636; d Piscataway, NJ, after 23 Aug 1686, when she posted bond as executrix of the will of her husband with Edward Slater as fellow bondsman.
She m Barnstable 1 Jan 1658/9 Nicholas Bonham, b England ca 1630; d Piscataway 20 July 1684.
They had relocated to Piscataway NH by 6 May 1667. Nicholas signed the Oath of Allegiance in 1672 and served as a sergeant in 1681.
The will of Nicholas Bonham of Piscataway was drawn 6 February 1683 and proved 4 Jan 1684/5, but witnesses testified on 18 Dec 1694. His wife Hannah and son Hezekiah were named executors; mention was made of other children (not named); wits included Edward Slater and Isaac Smalley who were also overseers and took the estate inventory on 28 July 1684.
Children: first 3 b Barnstable, others Piscastaway, NJ
i. Hannah b 8 Oct 1659
ii Mary b 4 Oct 1661
iii Sarah b 16 Feb 1664/5
iv Elizabeth b ca. 1666
v Hezekiah b 6 May 1667
vi Samuel b 7 sept 1672; d 1 Oct 1682
vii Jane b 29 Jan 1675/6; d 25 Feb 1675/6
viii Priscilla b 11 Nov 1677

(Vol 1, Tree 1127 mentioned children Elijah and Nicholas, to which Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 4 mentions: No evidence has been found to support Monette's suggestion of sons Nicholas and Elijah)

Samuel married Mary Burroughs about 1677 in Newtown, Long Island, Queens Co, New York. Mary (daughter of John Burroughs and Joanna Jessup) was born in 1654 in Newtown, Long Island, Queens Co, New York; died in 1725 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Jane Palmer about 1698 in England. Jane was born on 18 Mar 1671 in Horninghold, Leichestshire, England; died after 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]