William Withers

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Clark Co, Kentucky

Notes:

Probably related to the Withers of Fauquier Co, Virginia.

Thomas married Elizabeth Bonham on 20 Jan 1791 in Frederick Co, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel* Bonham, (prob son. not son of Samuel & Ruth Bowyer) and Catherine* Ackley) was born about 1771 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died in 1807 in Woodford Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: 26 Jan 2013; Eskline (Oechslen)

Notes:

*Hazie attributed four additional children to Samuel, Jr. and Ruth Bowyer Bonham, viz., Samuel, III; Peter; Benjamin; and Elam. Of these, Peter was almost certainly the son of Amariah Bonham and, although various civil records attest to the existence of the others, there is no substantial evidence of their parentage. Even so, it is probable, even likely, that at least some of them are descended from Nicholas Bonham. Nevertheless, Howard Bonham concluded that Samuel and Ruth Bonham had no children with the possible exception of Catherine, who died as a young child.
http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Bonham_Samuel.htm


16 Sep 1773
Loudoun Co Deed Book I 391-392
Memo: It is agreed between B. Fairfax Esqr on the part of Gidney Clarke Esqr and John Garrett that said Fairfax will as soon as he conveniently can procure a good and sufficient power of Attorney legally executed and recorded enabling him to Lease to said Garrett 200 acres of said Clarke's land in Loudoun where said Garrett now lives to the said Garrett for three lives at and for the Rent of L. 3.0 p cent. acres and said Garrett agrees to accept of a Lease on the above Terms and Immediately pay the Rent now in arrear for the time he has occupied said 150 acres at the above rate. It is farther agreed that said Garrett may have a subtenant on said 200 acres that Subtenant making improvements proportionable to the Quantity of land he occupies. September 16 1773.
Signed Bryan Fairfax; John Jared. Wit: G. Johnston; W. Elzey
We the Subscribers do agree to accept of Leases on the above terms and pay the said Rents of L 3.0 p cent acres in proportion to what we hold in our Lotts as already laid of and occupied by us with the proviso that such of us as have more than 50 acres of land in the lot may have leave to place a Subtenant on the same terms with the said Jarretts is and we farther agree to pay the rents in arrear for 150 acres if we have enjoyed as much. Witness our hands this 16th day of Septr. 1773. Bryan Fairfax
Stephen Jones sold to John Whitacre.
John Palmer, Jonathan Millason,
Benja Hisketts mark "B" Shadrach Lewallen,
Henry Van Over, Samuel Bonham.
At a Court continued and held for Loudoun County September the 16th 1773 This Memorandum of Agreement was acknowledged by the parties and ordered to be recorded.

1776 Oct - Frederick Co. VA Deed Book #17, pp 138-140, Oct 1, 1776. Leonard Ecksline and Mary, his wife for 907 pounds, paid by Samuel Bonham for 164 acres.
Frederick Co. VA Deed Book #17, pp 140-142, Oct 1, 1776. Leonard Ecksline and Mary, his wife for 48 pounds, paid by Samuel Bonham for 82 acres, landed bounded in part by John Madden; also bounded in part by John Neill dec'd
(Ecksline, Oechslen, Axline, Exline - see Research Notes)

1782: Frederick County Will Book #4, Part 2, pp 605-606, June 9, 1782, Appraisement of Samuel Bonham's estate


Name:
many many DNA matches who are descended from the Runyons, which is a strong case that Samuel is indeed son of Hezekiah Jr. and Martha Runyon. However, guess it's possible there could be some other connection to explain these matches; but for now looks promising.


Research Notes:
Bought land 1776 Oct - Frederick Co. VA Deed Book #17, pp 138-140, Oct 1, 1776. Leonard Ecksline and Mary, his wife adjoined Madden and Neill land.
Who was he?

http://bedfordconnection.org/Turner/ps05_128.html

no Leonard mentioned in this site, but must be close:

GEORG CHRISTOFF OECHSLEN (AXLINE-EXLINE)
Birth 1705, ALSACE, PRUSSIA, GERMANY
Death 1 Apr 1768, PIKELAND TWP., CHESTER CO., PA
Spouses
1 CATARINA (CATHERINE) UNKNOWN
Marriage 27 Sep 1723, BOHL, PFALTZ, GERMANY

Georg Christoff Oechslein arrived at the Port of Philadelphia, October 2nd, 1727, aboard the Ship "Adventure", Master was John Davies. The ship sailed from Rotterdam. He signed the Oath of Allegiance upon arriving in America that day. Georg lived in the Philadelphia area for a few years. He and his wife settled in Winchester, Frederick County, VA where son Adam was born and then they moved to Loudoun County, VA, where sons George and Johannes were born, as well as their daughter. George & Catherine lived in Berks Co., PA in 1756. He appears on the tax list in Chester Co., PA IN 1763.
Adam 1733-1818 Winchester Frederick Co
m Mary Ann Prior (Pryor) died in PA
George 1735-1801 Loudoun d in Hardy Co VA
m Maria Catherine Kraus
unk 1737 m Leonard Herringer d in Loudoun
Johannes 1739-1833 Loudoun
m Christena Mertz

Samuel* married Catherine* Ackley about 1768 in Frederick Co, Virginia. Catherine* (daughter of Thomas* Ackley) was born in 1750 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died before 6 Mar 1809 in Frederick Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

from Tom - Bishopline@aol - to JJReedy, Nov 27 1998:
Reading over my Bonham notes.... it's still not clear who the parents of the Bonhams who married Maddens were.
Here's what I believe to be children of Aaron Bonham.
Ann b ca 1771 m Thomas Weathers
Jonathan b ca 1773
Aaron b 1776
Senrah b 1778, m Joseph Boxwell
Samuel b ca 1778 m Nancy (..)
Moses, b ca 1782 m Ann Marquis
Martha, b ca 1791 m Jonathan Paine.
Possibly Rachel, b 1786, m William Howell.

The Catherine who married Stephen Jones was the widow of Samuel Bonham, Frederick Co., Minute Book 1809-1812, page 32 - "the noncupative will of Catharine Jones, decd, widow of Stephen Jones, decd, whereby on 28th of Feb she devised and beqed all her estate to her children by her first husband Samuel Bonham, decd, and left the management thereof to her son Samuel Bonham was proved agreeably to law by the oaths of Philip Christian (sp -Chastain? - see footnote 1 below) and Jane Madden."
Also, the same book, page 16, 6 Mar 1809, "Motion of Samuel Bonham ordered that John Gannt (John Gant was appraiser for Charlotte Madden's estate in 1821- also appraiser of slave of Jacob Madden on 2 Nov 1824) and Jemimah his wife, Thomas sey and Keziah his wife, be summoned to 1 day of April Court to show cause why the nuncupative will of Catherine Jones, decd, should not be proved and established agreeably to Law."
Unfortunately I couldn't find any record of the nuncupative will. Perhaps it's tucked away in the Frederick county courthouse somewhere. I also bet there was some court suit somewhere, but to find that you would have to spend a full week ie Frederick courthouse looking through the stuff.
Having said that, I still think the Madden married daughters of Samuel and Catherine Bonham. It's just that the Maddens aren't mentioned in any records with Aaron Bonham. In 1792, Aaron moved from the Opequon area (where Samuel moved to i6 and died there in 1782) about 10 miles east to the Blue Ridge. Then around 1806 he moved to Loudon County, then 1812 to Ohio. None of the Maddens followed in his 'footsteps.' Aaron's sons Samuel and Aaron and Jonathan followed him, as did his daughters Martha and Ann.
John Madden's plat of 400 acres in 1751 is very near where Samuel Bonham moved in 1776 (he bought the land from Eckline.)
Strange enough, there was also a John Bishop in that area and it's hard to place him, but he probably connects with my family. There's a Fred Co Legislative petition that has Samuel Bishop and Aron Bonham's signature side by side. Samuel Bom, son of Aaron, was living next door to my John Bishop in Ohio in 1820.
Another thing - there's an 1811 Fred Co legislative petition with the signature of Smauel Boman (this read like an m, but is surely an n) and the names near his are Mabry Madden and William Madden.
In 1811 Samuel Bonham (son of Aaron) was in Loudoun Co with my John Bishop on the personal property tax lists. So, the above Samuel Bonham is the son of Samuel Bonham and Catherine.
See what I mean? Most of the time, I see the Maddens with the Samuel & Catherine folks, not the Aaron folks. But I don't have any conclusive proof and it's still an open question. Just need to find an elusive record or two. But my bets arhat the Bonham girls who married Maddens were children of Samuel & Catherine Bonham.
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Catherine Bonham, m Stephen Jones 23 Mar 1783 in Frederick Co, Virginia. Minister Alexander Balmain (Fred Co Marriages 1738-1850, Vogt, Kethley, 1984). Stephen Jones died in 1809.

JONES, STEPHEN
Sale Account 4 Apr 1809
Among buyers: Catherine Jones
Fdk Co. Mar., Steven Jones m Catherine Bonham 23 Mar 1783,
Frederick Co. marriage

JONES, STEPHEN
Account current 2 Dec 1811
Administrator: Samuel Bonham
Examiners: Griff H. Taylor, G.H. Harris

JONES, STEPHEN
Inventory and Appraisal 7 Feb 1809
Appraisers: Peter McMurray, Thomas Jackson, Michael Earhart (p415-417)

JONES, CATHERINE
Account current 1/1809 4 Apr 1815
Filed by Samuel Bonham

JONES, CATHERINE
Inventory and Appraisal 6 June 1809
Appraisers: Peter McMurray, John Helm, Sr., Joseph Hedges

JONES, CATHERINE
Estate Sale 22 May 1809 and 31 Oct 1809 4 Feb 1811
no signatures

Among purchasers on Sale Account, 4 Apr 1809:
John Canham (Bonham?)
S. Bonham
Sam Bonham
C. Jones
Catherine Jones
M Madden -(prob son-in-law - Sarah's hus (s/o Mabra & Jane Bonham)
Charlotte Madden (wife of Jacob Madden - son of Mabra & Jane)
Peter McMurray
John Moffett - (On July 1768 John Madden (m Susannah Mayberry, son of John Madden & Bridget Helm) made a deed giving power-of-attorney to JOHN MOFFETT of Fauquier County, Virginia.

Frederick Co. VA Will Book #9, pp 35-38, Feb 4, 1811, Estate sale -
Catharine Jones - Who is this? A dau-in-law?
Frequent purchasers:
Mabra Madden - son-in-law (Sarah's husb)
Samuel Bonham - her son?
Thomas Lindsay - son-in-law (Keziah's husb)
William Shaw (son-in-law - husb of Lydia Bonham)

Frederick Co. VA Will Book #9, pp 359-360, April 4, 1815, Administration and Estate of Catharine Jones by Samuel Bonham

footnote 1:

Ann Bonham - will 13 Nov 1812 1 Mar 1813
children unamed. Ex: Humphrey Francis Christian
Legatee: Ann Christian
Estate sold, money given to son Humphrey Francis Christian now "in service of US If deceased, money to be divided among all my children." My desire is that Ann Christian, daughter of Edward Christian have equal share with my children.
Exr: Henry Callett
Ann Christian m Hezekiah Boneham 15 Jul 1792 Fred Co.
Edward Christian admitted to practice law in Jeff Co 1801

Fred Co Wills & Administrations 1795-1816
Ann Bonham 1 Mar 1813 (p219) Book 9
Legatee: Ann Christian

see: Francis Christian 15 Dec 1785 / Apr 1788 Fdr Co
naming wife Ann Christian w sons Humphrey, Edward, Betsy.
Ann Christian m Hezekiah Boneham 15 Jul 1792 (ministers return)

relation to Phillip Christian?

a Philip Christian made sworn oath that Solomon Bonham, Jr., son of Solomon Bonham was legally able to serve as exr of Catherine Ackley Bonham Jones estate. Philip not listed in ths family study, but clearly from the same family.
Philip would be at least 21 in 1809; so b bet prob 1750 and 1788.

Notes:

He purchased a farm adjoining his father-in-law, Thomas Runyon, in 1722. On the 1722 tax list, he was listed as owning 5 horses and/or cattle and 150 acres of land in Hopewell Township.
On 27 Jan 1733/4 Hezekiah Bonham, Jr., witnessed the will of Charles Stephens of Amwell Township, NJ.
By 1735 he and his brother Nehemiah fought and lost a court battle over repayment of land sold by agents of Coxe, Sr. They left Hopewell after refusing to pay a second time for land they had already purchased.

In the book "Bonham and Related Family Lines" by Howard E. Bonham 1996, page 232, he quotes from NJ Archives, Vol. XXX page 228: "April 6, 1747.
Int. probate of Richard Heath of Bethlehem, Hunterdon Co. Inventory made by Jno. Coats and Peter Schmuck. Mary Heath of Bethlehem posted bond as administratrix, Apr. 10, 1747. Daniel Ketcham, of same place, yeoman, surety. Witnesses: William Peirson, Joshua Howell, Mary Heath (a Quaker). Account of Mary Park, formerly Mary Heath, administratrix of the estate made 16 May 1757, wherein she mentions Hezekiah Bonham, Samuel Bonham and many others.
NOTE: (This account does not list Aaron and Daniel)
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Death Source: (from PKKratz@aol.com (Pat)

Hezekiah* married Martha* Runyon about 1722 in Hopewell Twp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Martha* (daughter of Thomas* Runyon and Martha* Dunn) was born about 1706; died after 1753. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

from John Reedy March 25, 2005
Found a book today at the Lancaster County, PA Historical Society (we are members) entitled "Colonial Philadelphians" by Hannah Benner Roach, pub by the Genealogical Society of PA, 1999 and thought you might be interested.

It lists the following:

1754 Taxables, page 98

Thomas Akely (sp) 16 (presumably feet of frontage) Tax is 0, 2, 8 (I presume 0 pounds, 2 shillings, etc.)

Note: Thomas Ackley to sell house on the east side of 4th near Market street joining the lot of Benjamin Kendal.

1756 Taxables, page 142

Thomas Ackley, Walnut Ward, Chairmaker, 12 pounds

William Leveral Estate for which Thomas Ackely is rated 8 pounds