James S Bonham

Notes:

After marriage in 1846 moved to Illinois, then returned to Tennessee. In 1860 census, his mother and father, Benjamin and Olive, were living with him. He was a minister in TN.
Their children were:
Hugh Bonham, b 1849, practiced law in Clinton TN, murdered there in 1879
Nancy Bonham b 1847
May Bonham b 1851
James B Bonham b 1854
Arizona Bonham b 1858
Henry L Bonham b 1860

James married Elizabeth Henry on 21 May 1846 in Blount Co, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born about 1825 in of, Tennessee; died after 1847 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When his father left Loudoun about 1782, moved to Tennessee, married in Greenville, TN, then moved in about 1812 to Blount Co, TN where he bought a farm on the Caney Branch near the village of Louisville. He was a Methodist minister in Blount Co, and is buried there. On Feb 21, 1866 I.E. Stone, heir to the estate, received final settlement. Seven of Benjamin's sons were ministers.

Benjamin married Olivia Saffell on 3 Apr 1797 in Greenville, Green Co, Tennessee. Olivia was born about 1775; died after 1860 in Blount Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1742, Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey
• Residence: Between 1770 and 1774, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables
• Census: 1810, Frederick Co, Virginia

Notes:

1742 - b New Jersey
1755, July 1 - Stated in grandfather Benjamin Martin's will: "bequeath unto my grandson Benjamin Bonham son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth Bonham that lott of land which I bought of William Winfield lying at the place called the vinyard."
1764 - Loudoun Co, Va (tax duplicate)
1771-1780 - Loudoun Co, Va (tax records)
1782 - Frederick Co, Va (tax records)
1788 - moved back to Loudoun Co, Va
- to Fauquier Co, Va
- back to Frederick Co, Va
Benjamin was probably a minister, as was at least three of his sons. All were educated well by standards of the time.

Nathan was a minister and moved to Wythe Co, Va in 1791 and married several of the Bonham family there. Among the marriages was that of Nehemiah Bonham and Isabelle Scott and Deborah and Benjamin Peck, both couples married on the same day, 5 Jn 1796. Jeremiah bonded for her.
Smith and David left Virginia "which was becoming controlled by slaveholders and which made it difficult for a man of modest means to make a living for their growing family; so they decided to go to Ohio, which was opened up as a free State." (he Bonham Family)

Residence:
1770-1774 Loudoun Co Tithables: Stephen Jones -1; 5 scalps; Benjamin Pool -1; 5 scalps
(A List of Tithables taken by Stephen Donaldson for the year 1770. Tithables, Wheel Carriages & Squirrel Scalps)
Also listed: John Palmer & Samuel Palmer -2; 10 scalps
Peter Ackley, Barnett Ackley -2; 10 scalps
Bonhams listed: Aaron-, Amariah-, Benjamin-, Elijah-, Hezekiah- -, Joseph-, Nehemiah-, Nehemiah Jr-, Nehemiah Sr-, Peter-, Samuel-.

HEZEKIAH BONHAM sons (2nd wife):

(sons of Hezekiah/Runyon)
- Hezekiah 1731 (or Hezekiah 1741, s/o Nehemiah)
- Joseph 1735
- our Samuel

Nehemiah Sr. c 1702
- Benjamin
- Nehemiah Jr. c 1722
-- Aaron c 1741
-- Elijah c 1746
-- Nehemiah c 1748
- Hezekiah 1741

Amariah
-- Peter

Census:
Benj A. Bonham pg 41
Name: Benj A Bonham
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Frederick, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 bef 1765
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
Number of Household Members: 4

same pg Jesse Orear
pg 42: William Payne
pg 40: Jane Madden, John Gaunt, William Madden,
John McCormick, Jesse Orear

1810 Frederick Co, Virginia
Jeremiah Bonham
Name: Jeremiah Bonham pg 51
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Frederick, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 1785-1794
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 1766-1784
Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members:

same pg John Mitchell, John and John R Palmer, Calmes Catlett
among purchasers of Catherine Ackley Bonham Jones:
John Palmer, Benjamin Mitchell, John McCormick, John Moffett

Benjamin married Phoebe Oney about 1766 in Loudoun Co, Virginia. Phoebe was born in 1745 in Wythe Co, Virginia; died on 1 Jun 1830 in Blount Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1722, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; tax list
• Other-Begin: 10 Mar 1729/30, Hopewell Twp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey
• Other-Begin: 1734, Hopewell, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey
• Residence: Bef 1754, Kingwood Twp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey
• Residence: Between 1770 and 1774, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables
• Residence: Between 1775 and 1781, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables
• Research Notes: 26 Jan 2013; dna

Notes:

He was in Hunterdon Co, NJ in 1722. The tax roll contained the names of 138 men subject to taxation and among them was Nehemiah Bonham. the town records of Hopewell for 1729-1730 lists Nehemiah as "Constable." (The Bonham Family)
There is a possibility of another child, Amy Bonham, b: May 18, 1725 in New Jersey, but she is not listed in "The Bonham Family" by Samuel J. Bonham.

Sixteen Hundred Lines to Pilgrims, National Society of the Sons & Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol 3, pg 695. Submitted by Frank Cardwell Moffett, Olympia Washington, #8328 (Shows Nehemiah son of Ann Hunt. Line goes through Nehemiah, Jr. to Elizah Bonham & Phebe Harlan.)

Residence:
He had 2 head of cattle and 150 acres. His land was next to Anne's brother, Benjamin Stout


Other-Begin:
At a town meeting held on March 10, 1729/1730 Nehemiah Bonham and John Carpenter were elected constables for Hopewell Township.


Other-Begin:
Nehemiah Bonham lost title to his land about 1734 as a result of the Coxe Affair.
The Coxe Affair - Many residents of Hopewell Township lost ownership of their land to Colonel Daniel Coxe. Coxe demanded that Hopewell landowners either purchase their property from him again or be evicted. On April 22, 1731, fifty landlowners unsuccessfully sued Coxe to resist eviction.Some families immediately left and settled further south in Virginia and North Carolina, others paid him, and some resorted to acts of revenge.
http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamNehemiah1703.html

Residence:
1770-1774 Loudoun Co Tithables: Stephen Jones -1; 5 scalps; Benjamin Pool -1; 5 scalps
(A List of Tithables taken by Stephen Donaldson for the year 1770. Tithables, Wheel Carriages & Squirrel Scalps)
Also listed: John Palmer & Samuel Palmer -2; 10 scalps
Peter Ackley, Barnett Ackley -2; 10 scalps
Bonhams listed: Aaron-, Amariah-, Benjamin-, Elijah-, Hezekiah- -, Joseph-, Nehemiah-, Nehemiah Jr-, Nehemiah Sr-, Peter-, Samuel-.

HEZEKIAH BONHAM sons (2nd wife):

(sons of Hezekiah/Runyon)
- Joseph 1735
- our Samuel

Nehemiah Sr. c 1702
- Benjamin
- Nehemiah Jr. c 1722
-- Aaron c 1741
-- Elijah c 1746
-- Nehemiah c 1748
- Hezekiah 1741

Amariah
-- Peter

Residence:
1775-1781 Loudoun Co Tithables:
Jones: Daniel Jr, Enos, George, Henry, Isaac, Isaiah, Jabez, James, John, John Jr, John Sr, Joshua, Mary, Miskell, Philip, Richard, Robert, William.
Bonham: Aaron, -Ameriah, -Benjamin, ?John, -Joseph, ?Josias, -Nehemiah, -Peter, -Samuel, ?William


HEZEKIAH BONHAM sons (2nd wife):

(sons of Hezekiah/Runyon)
- Joseph 1735
- our Samuel

Nehemiah Sr. c 1702
- Benjamin
- Nehemiah Jr. c 1722
- Aaron c 1741

- Amariah
- Peter

note: only one Nehemiah listed, unk if Sr. or Jr.


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.

Nehemiah married Elizabeth Martin about 1740 in Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Martin and Philoreta Slater) was born on 9 Jan 1711 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died in 1789 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is indicated in the will of her father, Benjamin Martin.