Rev. Malachiah Bonham, Sr. (dna)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Between 1749 and 1757, Kingwood and Locktown Baptist Church, Hunterdon Co, New Jeresy
• Property: 1752, Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey
• Other-Begin: 1754, New Jersey
• Other-Begin: Feb 1757, Kingwood and Locktown Baptist Church, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey
• Property: Between 1763 and 1765, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey
• Research Notes: 26 Jan 2013; (dna)

Notes:

Malachiah was brought up as a Seventh Day Baptist, but changed his opinion and became active in the Hopewell Baptist Church. He joined the Heights Town (Hightstown) church before becoming a member of the Kingwood Baptist Church where he was ordained pastor in 1749. Baptists did not recognize formal clergy so he had no more authority than other lay leader. He was also involved in the organization of the Rocksberry (Roxbury) Baptist Church in nearby Morris County.

http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamMalachiah1713.html

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He was pastor of the Baptist Church, in Hunterdon Co, from 1749 until 1763. He was living in Maryland during the Revolution but served with the N.J. troops. (Bonham Family)
Malachiah was not married to (3) Mary Fox abt. 1756. However, according to Howard E. Bonham's "Bonham & Related Family Lines" 1996, Mary Fox had an illegitimate child with Malachia Bonham, named Malachia born before 07 Feb 1757. She was susded from the church for this misdeed. In 1761, Minister Malachiah Bonham, the supposed father of this child, was excluded from the church where he preached due to this incident.
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An adultery scandal caused Malakiah to be excluded from the church. On February 3, 1757 twelve jurors ruled that

Malakiah Bonham. Yeoman, being a married man, on the first day of April in the 29th year of the Reign of our Now Sovereign Lord King George the Second at Kingwood . . . with one Mary Fox spinster then and there Adultery did commit. . . .? [Supreme Court Cases, Box 371 #20473, New Jersey Archives cited by Marfy Goodspeed].

In 1761, the church minutes noted,

"Mr. Bonham cut off from privileges," and later that year, "Mr. Bonham appeared to express his desire for his place in the church which was denied him."

The final reference to Bonham appeared in the September 5 minutes, "Mr. Bonham continued to be denied place in the church." Hannah Bonham requested and was given a letter of dismission. Hannah Buckingham Heath Bonham made a will in October of 1767, which was probated eleven years later, identifying her as the widow of Malachiah Bonham, Sr., and further indicating that they had no children

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rom Hopewell Valley Historical News Letter, 1981
There is an entry in Pennsylvania Vital records - Marriage, Vol. I, p. 490: __ __, and Malachia Bonham, 1751, July 19. The name of the bride in this old record is unreadable, due to the old papers wear and tear. It could be Hannah Heath; the date would fit as she purchased an interest in the mill of her two brothers 30 Jan 1751. By 19 July 1751, she could have married Malachia Bonham. Here, Gregorian dates have been assumed although the Julian calendar was not officially replaced in England and the colonies until 1752.

John Johnson, Sr. bought the farm of Malakiah Bonham that was settled by his father, Hezekiah Bonham, Sr. Property W. S. of Province line - south of Stoney Brook. Josiah Furman owned land south of the Johnson property

from Some Records of Old Hunterdon County, 1701-1838 by Phyllis B. DAutrechy, Trenton Printing Co., 1979: p. 75-8.
Second Saturday in August, 1749. ... our Brother Malakiah Bonham preached the word on Sabath Day

. . . on Monday Mr. Benjamin Miller preached the ordination Sermon and then they proceeded to ordain our Deare Brother Malakiah Bonham our Minister and pasture (sic) over this Church

. . . Third Saturday in September, 1749. Elected Andrew Bray, clerk; James Bray, Moderator; Malakiah Bonham and Andrew Bray, messengers to the Association; James Bray and Edward Hunt, deacons. . .January 15, 1749. Chose Andrew Bray, clerk and Malakiah Bonham, moderator. Suspended: Nathaniel Farnsworth, Edward Slatter [Slater], William Woodard and Richard Palmer. Selected as Admonishers: Andrew Bray and John Crichfield, James Bray and J. Schrunfield, Edward Hunt and Ezekel Oliver and Andrew Bray

February 7, 1757. Andrew Bray, clerk ... Mary Fox suspended for having a bastard child which she swore was Malakiah Bonhams. Sent for Mr. Benjamin Griffey and Mr. Benjamin Miller in regard to Malakiah Bonham who will be notified by Brother Romine.

August 27, 1757. Andrew Bray, clerk ... Malakiah Bonham found guilty and barred from the church. Hannah [Buckingham Heath] Bonhams letter of dismission to be written by Joshua Obdyke.

September 6, 1760. William Lock, clerk ... Mr. Bonham continues to be under suspension. Thomas Curtis suspended
March 2, 1761. Mr. Bonham cut off from privileges.

June 5, 1761. Andrew Bray, clerk ... Mr. Bonham appeared to express his desire for his place in the church which was denied him.

September 5, 1761. ... Mr. Bonham continued to be denied place in the church

http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamMalachiah1713.html

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Mrs. Julia Bonham Sparkman.
DAR ID Number: 8271
Born in South Carolina.
Wife of Dr. George E. T. Sparkman.
Descendant of Capt. Absalom Bonham and James Bonham, of Maryland; Capt.
James Butler, of South Carolina.
Daughter of Milledge Luke Bonham and Anne Patience Bonham, his wife.
Granddaughter of James Bonham and Sophie Smith, his wife; Nathaniel L.
Griffin and Anne Butler, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Absalom Bonham and Jennie Bonham, his wife; Stanmore Butler and Elizabeth Simpson, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of James Butler and Mary Simpson, his wife.
Absalom Bonham entered the New Jersey Continental Line in 1777 and served until peace was declared.
James Bonham at the age of fifteen was a soldier at the siege of Yorktown in the Maryland Line.
James Butler, though an old man, was imprisoned for refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the King. When released he led a company in 1776 against the Cherokees. He lost his life, as did his son James, at Clouds Creek in the warfare against the Tories led by Bloody Bill Cunningham
Also No. 7291.
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Miss Mary Gwaltney.
DAR ID Number: 11318
Born in Georgia.
Descendant of Maj. Absalom Bonham and of James Bonham, of Maryland.
Daughter of Luther R. Gwaltney, D. D., and Sophia Lipscomb, his wife.
Granddaughter of John Lipscomb and Sarah Bonham, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of James Bonham and Sophia Smith, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Absalom Bonham and Jemima H. Bonham, his wife.
Absalom Bonham enlisted in the New Jersey Line at the beginning of the war, and at the close was honorably discharged as brevet major. He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
James Bonham, although but a lad, served at Yorktown.
Also Nos. 7291, 8271.


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

Religion:
minister of Kingwood Baptist and Locktown Baptist churches from 1749 to 1757.

Property:
In 1752, Malachiah sold a farm in Maidenhead to John Johnson, Sr., in 1752 which was the property settled by his father, Hezekiah Bonham, Sr. It would be unlikely that he as a younger son inherited his father's property. Malachiah's older brothers were in debt and involved in the Coxe lawsuit at the time of their father's death. The family may have conved the property to Malachiah to avoid estate complications.

John Johnson, Sr. bought the farm of Malakiah Bonham that was settled by his father, Hezekiah Bonham, Sr. Property W. S. of Province line - south of Stoney Brook. Josiah Furman owned land south of the Johnson property

http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamMalachiah1713.html

Other-Begin:
Witnessed will of George Fox, father of Mary Fox in 1754.

Other-Begin:
"A more scandalous episode occurred in February 1757 when "Mary Fox (was) suspended for having a bastard child which she swore was Malakiah Bonham's. Sent for Mr. Benjamin Griffey and Mr. Benjamin Miller in regard to Malakiah Bonham who will be notified by Brother (Peter) Romaine." In August of that year, Bonham was 'found guilty and barred from the church' and though he tried for several years to get the suspension lifted, the elders steadfastly refused to readmit him to the congregation."
"Reconstructing William Allen 1711-1799
including a social history of the Scots-Irish"
by Douglas Allen c2010
Warford and Stout Families

https://books.google.com/books?id=X59BAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=james+hyde+elizabeth+stout&source=bl&ots=jQNNvezCDH&sig=-ppGMyc6tZvEyvQasEawX1HGjeY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBWoVChMIpeS_4vmcyAIVzZuICh1ANQ2n#v=onepage&q=james%20hyde%20elizabeth%20stout&f=false

Property:
He advertised his farm for sale in 1763 and 1764 and sold it at auction in 1765. Records indicate that he was resident in Kingwood Township in 1776 and afterward.

rom The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1819, Nov. 3, 1763.
To be sold: A comodious Plantation, containing 210 Acres of Land, 100 Acres of Plow Land cleared, and in good Repair, 15 Acres of Meadow cleared, and 25 or 30 more may be made, well timbered and watered, a new Stone House, finished to the Key, 31 by 21 Feet, two Stories high, two rooms on a Floor, with two good Chimnies, commodiously built for a Country Store, where one has formerly been kept for a considerable Time, well situated in a good Country for the Business. Also a good framed House, with a good Log Kitchen, a good Cellar and Granary, a good Frame Barn 36 by 26 Feet, 250 good bearing Apple Trees, the most of them grafted with the best of Fruits, plenty of Peach and other Fruit Trees, lying in Kingwood, a very flourishing Part of Hunterdon County, 25 Miles from Trenton, and 40 from Philadephia, about one Mile and a Half from a good Landing, an excellent Fishery on the River Delaware, about a Mile from a good Mill, near a School, and different Places of Worship. The Title indisputable.
Whoever inclines to purchase the same, may know the Terms, by applying to the Owner, on the Premises.
Malakiah Bonham

from Extracts from American Newspapers Relating to New Jersey. Volume V: 1762-1765, New Jersey Historical Society, Trenton, N. J.
To be sold at publick Vendue On Monday the 22nd Day of April [1765] ... A Very valuable Plantation containing 210 Acres, lying in Kingwood, a very flourishing Part of Hunterdon County, in West New-Jersey, 25 Miles from Trenton and 40 from Philadelphia. There are upon it 100 Acres of plow land, and 15 of Meadow cleard and in good Repair; and 25 or 30 Acres more of good Meadow may be made: The Land is good for Grain and English Pasture, and has on it the following Improvements, Viz. A new Stone House 2 stories high, with two good Chimneys, and an extraordinary good Cellar. A good framed House with two good Fire Places. A good Kitchen with an Oven in it; a good Grainery, and a Cellar under it; a good framed Barn 36 by 24 Feet, a thriving Orchard of 100 Trees, many of which are Grafts, and both very Fruitful: a good Sprong of Water rises about 5 or 6 rods from the Door. The whole Buildings are every Way convenient for any publick Business, and are on a very publick Road, about one Mile and a Half from a Landing, and an Excellent Fishery on the River Delaware, very convenient for sending Produce and bringing Goods from Philadelphia by Water.

At the same Time will be Sold, Twenty-five acres of Wheat and rie on the Ground, a Team of good Horses, cows and young Cattle, Sheep and Hogs, an Iron bound Waggon, Plow, Harrow, and all farming Utensils, with sundry Shop and Household Goods, too tedious to mention. The Vendue to begin at 10 o Clock, on the Premises, where due Attendance will be given, and an indisputable Title made to the Purchasers by Malakiah Bonham. All Persons indebted to me, are desired to make immediate payment, or they will be proceeded against according to Law.

According to The Packet, and General Advertiser, No. 100; Sep. 20, 1772, Malachiah Bonham was included on a list of persons having unclaimed letters remaining in the Trenton Post Office. He was listed as Malachia Bonham, Kingwood.

Similarly, The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2336, Sep. 29, 1773, advertised a list of letters remaining at the Post Office in Trenton and, again, the name of Malachia Bonham of Kingwood appeared.

http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamMalachiah1713.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.

Malachiah married Jemima (or Deborah) Harken about 1733 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Jemima was born about 1714; died between 1739 and 1750 in Maidenhead Twp, Hunterdon Co ,New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Zerviah Bonham was born about 1734 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1735.
2. Daniel Bonham was born about 1736 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1737.
3. Absalom Bonham was born in 1739 in Bonhamtown, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died on 4 Oct 1794 in Lincolnton, North Carolina.

Malachiah married Hannah Buckingham on 19 Jul 1751 in Pennsylvania. Hannah was born about 1714; died after 1773 in Delaware. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
from Hopewell Valley Historical News Letter, 1981
There is an entry in Pennsylvania Vital records - Marriage, Vol. I, p. 490: __ __, and Malachia Bonham, 1751, July 19. The name of the bride in this old record is unreadable, due to the old papers wear and tear. It could be Hannah Heath; the date would fit as she purchased an interest in the mill of her two brothers 30 Jan 1751. By 19 July 1751, she could have married Malachia Bonham. Here, Gregorian dates have been assumed although the Julian calendar was not officially replaced in England and the colonies until 1752.
http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamMalachiah1713.html

Malachiah married Mary Fox about 1756 in (not married). Mary (daughter of George Fox, the Elder - Immigrant and Mary Maybury) was born about 1727; died after 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
not married.

not married.

1. Malachiah Bonham was born before 7 Feb 1757 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1758.

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:

• 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

----Original Message----

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]

Notes:

some researchers are showing that this Samuel, son of William and Ann was the same Samuel who married Margaret Philpott. However, that does not seem to be the case. Samuel/Philpott appears to have been born in Ireland; and if Nicholas is, indeed, a grandson of Wm and Ann, by a father Samuel, it is not likely that Samuel/Philpott would be his parents as nothing links Samuel/Philpott with any Nicholas. Also, geographic differences also make this unlikely.

Said of Samuel Bonham who married Margaret Philpott:
David W. Eaton in Historical Atlas of Westmoreland county, Virginia states in his book "Samuel Bonum is said to have come from Kinsale, Ireland. It is known that he named the first tract of land he patented "Kinsal" in Westmoreland County." ...Whether Samuel was descended from English or Irish forebears has not been determined; Bonum is not a common name in Ireland but is frequently seen in Essex, England records. no record of his birth has been found in either England or Ireland, however.

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Could this Samuel be the Samuel who was also listed as a member of the London Co at Jamestown.

(not confirmed this Samuel)

Archives of Maryland, Volume 41
1658 Maryland Court Records

Capt Thomas Cornewalleys demandeth warrt agst Samuel Bonham
& John Lord in an accon of Debt. Warr to the Sheriffe of Caluert County, & all other respective Sheriffs, of each seuerall County to arrest &c: Ret next Prouinciall Court to be held 8 Septembr.

Stone v Barbarah
Feb 11 1657
Recorded for Sollamon Barbarah
This may Testify I Thomas Stone do acquitt and free Soliman Barbarah from all Service and Engagements due from him to Cap William Stone (Excepting the Clause of the Leaving him half his Estate at his Death, which according to former Condition Standeth in force) upon the payment of four Thousand pounds of Tobacco, for which I am Content to take a man Servant at Eighteen hundred and his Bill for one Thousand to be paid next ear as Witness my hand this 13th of November 1657.
Thomas Stone
Witness: Sam. Bonam


Philpotts listed in MD

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Church of Christ

Notes:

Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - shows he was born ca 1608,
d Barnstable 31 Oct 1683.
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Samuel may have been born in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands.

~~Came to America on the Mayflower with his parents Edward and Ann Fuller and his uncle Dr. Samuel Fuller in 1620.
Being a lad when his parents died, he lived with his uncle, the famous "Dr. Samuel Fuller," the physician of the Pilgrims. By the division of lands in 1624, he was given three portions out of respect to his mother and father. In 1634 hs a freeman of the Colony and moved to Scituate in 1635 where he built a house; he joined the Scituate church on 7 Nov 1636; and was elected constable there in 1641. Sometime after that he moved to Barnstable where his father-in-law had moved in 1638. Samuel was the only Mayflower passenger to settle permanently in Barnstable and was one of the last surviving Mayflower passengers.
On 8 Apr 1635 he was married by Miles Standish to the eldest daughter of Rev. John Lathrop, Jane Lathrop. They had nine children, Hannah the eldest. His will dated 29 Oct 1683 and exhibited 5 June 1684 names eldest son Samuel, son John, s Elizabeth Tayler, Hannah Bonham, Mary Williams and Sarah Crowe, his Indian, Joell (bequeathed to son John); sons Samuel and John as executors. "Sarah Crowe four pounds in money and two cowes"

Samuel* married Jane* Lothrop on 8 Apr 1635 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts. Jane* (daughter of Rev John* Lothrop, (immigrant) and Hannah* Howes) was born before 29 Sep 1614 in Edgerton, Kent Co, England; died on 31 Oct 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 29 Sep 1614, Edgerton, Kent Co, England

Notes:

bap 29 Sept 1614 at Edgerton, Kent, England; d before her husband; daughter of the Rev. John and Hannah (Howes) Lothrop, his first wife.

~~Arrived in America on ship Griffin in 1634

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Aft 1620, London, Middlesex, England
• Will: 1676, Long Island City, Queens, New York

Notes:

He married Elizabeth Jessup, daughter of Edward Jessop of Westchester.
Service: Was Lieut. of Newtown Company, Province of New York, 1665; Member of Provincial Assembly, 1673.
Source: Annals of Newtown, by Ricker; Colonial War Regiser, 1640-1677; Hale's History of Hopewell Church.

"He was one of the first settlers of wht is now Newton, Long Island in 1652. He was a leader in public affairs and defied the authority of the Dutch governor Stuyvesant on Manhatten Island. When the English family acquired New Netherlands and drove the Dutch away, he was one of the first two magistraes appointed under the English rule. In April 1665, he was commissioned Lieutenant by the English Governor Nicoll. He was one of he patentees included in the royal charter when the town called Newtown was erected in 1664." Source: The Pioneering Spirit by Beverly Yount, 1956, page 3.

Burial:
Non-Cemetery Burial
findagrave


Will:
my son Edward, administrator
paying unto his other three brothers as they come of age
my daughter Mary
my daughter Anna's three children, each a sheep
Capt Betts and John Burroughs to be overseer with son-in-law Theophilus Philips.

signed Ralph Hunt (mark
Witnesses Edward Stevenson
John Hayyter
Thomas Morrell

addendum: Jan 13
my daughter Anna shall have...

signed
Ralph Hunt (mark)
Witness
Joseph Burroughs
Edward Hunt

Ralph married Elizabeth Jessup about 1653 in Connecticut or New York (probably). Elizabeth (daughter of Edward Jessup and Elizabeth Burroughs, (immigrant)) was born about 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After Joannah died in 1662, he remarried her sister, Elizabeth Jessup in 1664 and had a son, John Burroughs in 1665. Elizabeth was the widow of Thomas Reed, who she had married in 1648 in either Stamford or Weterfield, Connecticut.
Children of Elizabeth and Thomas Reed were:
Mary Reed b 1651
Joseph Reed, b 1653
John Reed, b 1654
Sarah Reed, b 1656

John married Joanna Jessup about 1642 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co, Connecticut. Joanna (daughter of John Jessup and Joanna (Kenrick) Kerrick) was born about 1626 in Massachusetts; died in 1662 in Newtown, Long Island, Queens Co, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]