Andrew Philo Bonham

Andrew married Anna M Wenman on 5 Nov 1881 in Rives, Jackson Co, Michigan. Anna was born about 1863; died after 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth source: Bonham & Barns Bible Record - Michigan Genealogy.
Marriage source: Bible records in Jackson Dist. MI library

Sevira Ellen Barnes, daughter of Thomas Barnes and Sarah Willis.

Philo is buried in the Draper Cem., Jackson Co., MI.

Philo married Sevira Ellen Barnes on 28 Nov 1858 in Tompkins, Jackson Co, Michigan. Sevira was born about 1837; died after 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Zedekiah Bonham was born September 19, 1806 in Wayne Co., PA (Source: Listed as Zedekiah Bonum on 1840 Jackson Co., MI census, p149.)

He is listed in Vol. 33, page 396 of the Tioga Co., NY Deed Book, July 1834 with his wife Dorcas Lane, daughter of Nathan Lane and Clarissa Hyde, where they purchased land bordering that of Isaac and Ephraim Bonham.
On page 305r, Jackson Co., Tompkins Twp., dated 9/6/1850, Zedekiah is listed with his sister Harriet. His name is spelled BONNUM, listed as 46 years old, a farmer, property $400, born in PA. Several BATES children are listed here also: Willi, 15 years b. NY; Perrin 12 years b. MI; Charles 9 years b. MI; Lester 7 years b. MI; Francilla 5 years b. MI.

Zedekiah married Dorcus Lane in 1830 in Smithsboro, Tioga Co, New York. Dorcus was born about 1806; died about 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Zedekiah Bonham was born February 24, 1762 in Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ, and died April 22, 1835 in Wayne Co., PA (Source: War of 1812 Pension Records.).0op----------------6tyuhyyyting the Revolutionary War, he enlisted June 1778 as a private, fought in the battle of Monmouth, and in skirmishes at Trimbly's Point and Morse's Mills. This battle was declared a "draw" between the English and American troups. He also, in 1792, served in Hunterdon Militia. Three years before his death, he was granted a pension for his service. From Old COCHRAN genealogy written early 1900's:
 "After the close of the Rev. War, Zedekiah Bonham settled on a farm in the Jerseys. He was married to Prudence Heath, a woman of Dutch descent. From here they started in a covered wagon for Otsego, NY, but winter was coming on, and they were compelled on account of snowdrifts, to stop at Mt. Pleasant, PA. Here he purchased a farm, where a daughter of Harriette Houser now resides, and erected a grist mill on the Youghiogheny River. When the War of 1812 broke out, he enlisted and was wounded in a limb. On returning home, he became a weaver of coverlids and of woolen cloth." His line of descendents is traced in this old unpublished genealogy.

Notes for Prudence Heath:
Prudence and her daughter Mercy (age 51yrs.) are found on the 1850 Mt. Pleasant, Wayne Co., PA census, page 17, house 80-86. She filed application for bounty land in Wayne Co., PA, Dec 4, 1856.      

Zedekiah married Prudence Heath on 30 Aug 1780 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Prudence (daughter of Andrew Heath and Magdalene (..) Heath, Mrs) was born about 1768 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died on 29 May 1858 in Mt.Pleasant, Wayne Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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On May 4th, 1809 she inherited 30 pounds in the will of Uriah Bonham, her brother-in-law (both her sister's husband and her husband's brother), in whose will it was stated: To each of the daughters of Andrew Heath (late of Amwell, dec'd), he ve 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.

Prudence and her daughter Mercy (age 51yrs.) are found on the Mt. Pleasant, Wayne Co., PA 1850 census, page 17, house 80-86. She filed application for bounty land in Wayne Co., PA, Dec 4, 1856.