Ann Marie Bonham: Our Family History

Generation: 1

1. Ann Marie Bonham was born on 18 Sep 1815 in Wythe Co, Virginia (daughter of Nathan Bonham and Martha Kelley); died on 11 Jul 1906.

Generation: 2

2.	Nathan Bonham was born on 6 Nov 1766 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey (son of Jehu Bonham and Ruth Ayars); died on 8 Nov 1836. Nathan married Martha Kelley in 1790. Martha was born about 1766; died after 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha Kelley was born about 1766; died after 1816.

Children:

Reuel Bonham was born on 5 Sep 1790 in Wythe Co, Virginia; died on 1 Aug 1863.
Rachel Bonham was born on 18 Sep 1792 in Wythe Co, Virginia; died after 1793.
John Bonham was born on 11 Aug 1805 in Wythe Co, Virginia; died after 1806.
Belford Bonham was born on 1 Oct 1805 in Wythe Co, Virginia; died on 8 May 1881.
1. Ann Marie Bonham was born on 18 Sep 1815 in Wythe Co, Virginia; died on 11 Jul 1906.

Generation: 3

Jehu Bonham was born in 1740 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey (son of Zachariah Bonham and Maria Marlett); died in 1785 in Shiloh, Cumberland Co, New Jersey.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1774, Hopewell Twp, Cumberland Co, New Jersey
Census: 1779, St. Ow Creek Twp, Cumberland Co, New Jersey

Notes:

There seems to be evidence that Jehu was the son of Zachariah and his first wife and caame with him to Shiloh, N.J. ; born 1740; died 1785; m Ruth Ayars.

Census:
Name: Jehu Bonham
State: NJ
County: Cumberland County
Township: Hopewell Townshiptx
Year: 1774
Record Type: August Tax List
Page: 004
Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822

Census:
Name: Jehu Bonham
State: NJ
County: Cumberland County
Township: St.Ow Creek Township
Year: 1779
Record Type: September Tax List January Tax List
Page: 002
Database: NJ Early Census Index

Jehu married Ruth Ayars about 1760 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Ruth was born about 1740 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth Ayars was born about 1740 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1779.

Children:

Zachariah Bonham was born on 27 Dec 1764 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died on 8 Mar 1846.
2. Nathan Bonham was born on 6 Nov 1766 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died on 8 Nov 1836.
Justice Bonham was born on 10 Mar 1776 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died on 11 Dec 1836.
Eunice Bonham was born about 1778 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1800 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Generation: 4

Zachariah Bonham was born in 1707 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey (son of Hezekiah* (MF) Bonham, Sr and Ann Hunt, (2nd wife?)); died in 1773 in Cumberland Co, New Jersey; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cem, Shiloh, Cumberland Co, New Jersey.

Other Events and Attributes:

Other-Begin: 13 Dec 1736, Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey

Notes:

He was at Princeton as late as 1747 and then went to Piscataway near where his brothers Amariah and Zedekiah had located. He married here in 1750 Patience Ayars, daughter of Caleb Ayars, Jr, of Shiloh. He died about 1775, and his widow married Joseph Carl. His land lying on the North side of Mill Road, just above Shiloh was divided among his three sons, Hezekiah, Malachi, and Ephraim.

Other-Begin:
Minutes of Town Meeting, 1716-1928, Lawrence Twp., Mercer County., New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey,

December ye 13 day 1736 Zachariah Bonham records a

"soril mair with a call face branded with Lo on the near thigh marked with a half penny eich side of the off ear

also a sorril mare colt with a flaxen main & and tail about a year & ... branded with 1 1 as he supposes with lC on the off thigh both hur hind feet white with a small crop on the off ear & a half penny one the fore side of the ...

with a yiar old hors coalt bay culour with a blais in the face & white feet gelt.

http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamZachariah1707.html

Zachariah married Maria Marlett about 1730 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Maria was born about 1707; died before 1750 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria Marlett was born about 1707; died before 1750 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey.

Notes:

Hazie said that Zachariah Bonham married either Miss "Marlett or Smalley"about 1729. Zachariah probably married Maria Marlett, daughter of Thomas Marlett. Thomas Marlett's 1748 will named Zachariah Bonham as a witness.
http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamZachariah1707.html

Children:

4. Jehu Bonham was born in 1740 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died in 1785 in Shiloh, Cumberland Co, New Jersey.
Mary M. (or Marcy) Bonham was born in 1742; died after 1768.