William Bonham

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 25 Oct 1750, Christ Church, Philadelphia
• Residence: Between 1780 and 1781, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1798, Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania

Notes:

DAR: Born 35 minutes after 5 o'clock in the morning.


Annals of Buffalo Valley pg 287
The Whisky Insurrection.
1794
September 30. The summer and fall of this year are noted for the excitement through the State, culminating in the whisky insurrection. Some of the whisky boys determined to erect a liberty pole, at Northumberland; Judge William Wilson, of Chillisquaque, and Judge Macpherson, of Dry Valley, hearing of it, determined to prevent it. They called upon Daniel Montgomery, also a justice, to assist them.
He told them he would pull at the rope if the people required it. He, however, went with them, but rendered them no assistance in suppressing the disturbance. A fight took place Judge Wilson read the riot act, as he called it, to disperse the crowd, but they paid no attention to it. One of them presented his musket at the judge, but the old revolutionary captain cocked his pistol and made him put down the musket, under the penalty of having his brains blown out. They arrested the judge. He would not give bail, and they were afraid to put him to jail. In the melee, Jasper Ewing, the prothonotary, drew his pistol and snapped it at William Cooke. See the case reported in
1 Yeates, 419. Kennedy's Gazette, of 3d December, has General Henry Lee's proclamation to the people of western Pennsylvania, dated at camp, at Parkinson's ferry, November 8, in command of the troops of New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. Also, an advertisement of Doctor Priestly's works, he was then publishing.

Indictments were found versus Robert Irwin, Daniel Montgomery, John Frick, WILLIAM BONHAM, John Mackey, senior, and Samuel McKee. Mr. Meginness says they were tried in Philadelphia, convicted, and sentenced, and that General Washington pardoned them at the end of twenty days. His account of the riot is, that the liberty pole was erected at the corner of Second and Market streets, in Northumberland. The arsenal was under care of Robert Irwin, (grandfather of the Nesbit brothers of Lewisburg.) The rioters took possession of the arsenal,
and distributed the arms. The pole was driven full of nails, and guarded day and night. John Brady,

1794 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. 287

junior, was deputy marshal, and a very determined man. A collision was imminent, when Captain Robert Cooke's company, from Lancaster, arrived, and dispersed the rioters at the point of the bayonet. An axe was called for to cut the pole down. Mrs. Bernard Hubley came running with one, her sister, Mrs. Jacob Welker, met her and tried to take the axe. Mrs. Hubley got past her, and the pole came down.

This company passed through Buffalo Valley. At Andrew Billmyer's, a little beyond Lewisburg, a pole had been erected, but the report of the advancing troops got there before they did, and the pole was cut down and hid. The soldiers could not find it, and took their revenge in drinking up all the whisky, eating everything in the house, leaving word that Uncle Sam would pay the bill.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/union/history/lynn/l282322.txt

Residence:
William and his father Ephraim appeared on the Philadelphia city tax list for 1780 and 1781.

Residence:
mentioned in Robert Taggert's will dated 9 Oct 1798
To Susanna [Wife of William Robinson] [Daughter of William Bonham of Northumberland, and to her Children].

William married Elizabeth Taggert on 30 Nov 1771 in Christ Church, Philadelphia. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Taggert and Mary Bonham or Vanderbilt) was born on 15 Jun 1753 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 27 May 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Susannah Bonham was born on 21 Sep 1772 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died after 1798 in of, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2. Elizabeth Bonham was born on 2 Jul 1774 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1857.
3. Mary Bonham was born on 28 Mar 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1850.
4. Ephraim Bonham was born on 1 Jan 1778 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died after 1779.
5. Robert Taggert Bonham was born on 8 Jan 1780 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1818 in Painted Post, New York.
6. Sarah Bonham was born on 23 Apr 1782 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died after 1783.
7. Jane Bonham was born on 16 Feb 1784 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1858.
8. Rebecca Bonham was born on 11 Apr 1786 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1863.
9. William Bonham was born on 15 Jan 1788 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1858.
10. Thomas Taggert Bonham was born on 16 Aug 1790 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1871 in Fairfield, Wayne Co, Illinois.
11. Catherine Bonham was born on 12 Jul 1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1795 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
12. Harriet Bonham was born on 22 Sep 1797 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died after 1828.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 23 May 1745, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; for sale ad
• Other-Begin: Jul 1774, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Other-Begin: 1777, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Residence: Between 1780 and 1781, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; tax list

Notes:

He was a maker of tallow candles.

In 1745 he advertised lots for sale in Philadelphia where he was on the tax lists from 1769 to 1781 and, according to the amount of taxes he paid, he must have been a very wealthy man. In 1774 he was appointed election inspector. In 1776 he was a colonel in the Revolutionary forces.

*NOTE: Hazie Book (Revised 1973) pgs 25-26; Ephram b ca 1728 listed as son of Samuel Bonham & Catherine Anderson m Margaret Jarratt in Phil 5 Mar 1761.
However, there was a Ephraim Bonom m Marget who were members of the Swedish church (not Christ Church) who appear to be a different family, and not this Ephraim. They had a son Robert, born in Philadelphia, who was baptized in the Swede church on 7 Nov 1761. (Pennsylvania Births, Phil. Co, 1644-1765, @ 1994 John T. Humphrey)

Note: Due to the controversy of the 2nd marriage of Hezekiah between the "Mayflower, Families through Five Generations," and the Monnette studies, due to the incredible number of births in this family and their dates, due to the naming pattern of "iah" and Ephraim being "stuck" in the middle, due to the fact that Samuel Bonham/Catherine Anderson's son Samuel was in Philadelphia and none of these "iah" brothers were apparently in Philly,(with the exception of Amariah, who died in Washington Co, PA), the fact that a Samuel Bonham signed Mabra Madden's will, it seems apparent that the Ephraim Bonham who married Susannah Jones would seem more likely Ephraim Bonham, son of Samuel/Anderson rather than son of Hezekiah, as is indicated in the Bonham research.

DAR: Ephraim Bonham departed this life May 22 1785 aged 69 years 3 months.
"Bible Records, Bible dated 1753.

Compiled by Muriel L. MacFarlane (Mrs. Omie P), Elizabeth Benton Chapter, Kansas City, MO.
James Morris Jones nephew to Ephraim and Susannah Bonham was married to Arabella Levy, daughter of Sampson Levy June 24, 1784.
Accounts of the births of Joseph and Jane Beaks's children:
Ephraim Joseph was born 17th Feby 1765 two minutes after 6 o'clock in the morning.
Elizabeth was born 14th Feby 1767."
(Was James Morris son of John or Blaithwaite? Who was Joseph?)

Christ Church is a major historical landmark in Philadelphia and is on the National Register. It is a major tourist site.
The records are at the Historical Society of PA.
It is on 2nd St above Market.
Its mailing address is 20 N. American St.
Gene



Property:
advertised in The Pennsylvania Gazette

To be SOLD, Eighteen Lotts Of Land, fronting on Second Street, in Trenton; containing one Quarter of an Acre in each Lott. Enquire of Ephraim Bonham, next Door to William Fisher's Haiter in Arch Street, Philadelphia, where the Plans of said Lotts may be seen.

http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamEphriam1716.html


Other-Begin:
In July, 1774, Rebecca Crapp of Philadelphia named Ephriam Bonham as executor of her estate. Rebecca was Susannah's aunt.

Other-Begin:
from Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 5 by Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania. Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library

On Motion. Resolved, That Ephraim Bonham be, and he is hereby appointed one of the Sub Lieutenants of the said City of Philadelphia.

Friday, June 10th, 1777. It being represented to the House, that it was necessary that another Sub-Lieutenant should be appointed for the City of Philad., it was thereupon?

Resolved, unanimously, That William Simple, Esqr, be, and he is hereby appointed a Sub-Lieutenant of the said City of Philad". Extract from the Minutes.

http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamEphriam1716.html

Residence:
Ephraim and his son William appeared on the tax lists for 1780 and 1781

Died:
Death for Ephraim is said to be 22 May 1785 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. However, that could be for the Ephraim, son of Hezekiah and 2nd wife, rather than this Ephraim. It's doubtful that he would have died in NJ when his home was in Philadelphia.

Ephraim married Susannah Jones on 23 Dec 1742 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Susannah (daughter of Gibbs Jones and Jane Crapp) was born on 29 Sep 1722 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was christened on 12 Dec 1722 in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 28 Jan 1794 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 1794, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania

Notes:

DAR: Birth at 9 o'clock p.m.; departed this life Jan 28, 1794 aged 71 years and 4 months.

listed as "Sarah" in baptism of her daughter Susannah in 1746.
listed as "Jane" in baptism of her daughter Mary in 1760.

will info: (from Barbara Pauline Bonham's web site
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=barbarabonham&id=I59
- however, she thinks this Ephraim s/o Hezekiah & 2nd wife Ann Hunt.)

Susannah Jones Bonham
Sex: F
Birth: 25 SEP 1722
Death: 28 JAN 1794
BONHAM, SUSANNAH. [Relict of Ephraim Bonham, Dec'd].
City of Phila. January 7, 1794. January 31, 1794. X.21.
Children: Blathwaite, William.
Grandchildren: Susannah [Daughter of Son Blathwaite], Susannah [Daughter of Son William].
Negro Wench: Phillis.
Exec: Moses Levy, Esq., William Compton.
Wit: James Boyd, Peter Early.
BookPage: WBX:21


Will:
Bonham, Susannah Philadelphia will book PA-51-X-21

William and Blathwaite mentioned in her will.

Notes:

Of all the children, only two seemed to live to adulthood and were mentioned in Susan's will, William and Blathwaite. Some of the young children were buried in Christ Church graveyard.
BONAM
Aug. 19, 1744, Jane, dau. of Ephraim,
Feb. 29, 1752, Jan, dau. of Ephraim,
June 16, 1756, (???), son of Ephraim,
Dec. 7, 1756, (???), dau. of Ephraim,
Oct. 6, 1757, (???), child of Ephraim.

BONHAM:
Aug. 15, 1746, William, son of Ephraim,
Aug. 3, 1748, Elizabeth, dau. of Ephraim,
July 19, 1759, Ephraim, son Ephraim,
Aug. 28, 1759, Susannah, dau. of Ephraim.

Notes:

"The Bonham Family" p 27 states that "Samuel, b 2/6/1693, m. Ann Stout, may have had sons Jacob and Moses." This does not agree with "The Mayflower Families."

Samuel married Catherine Anderson in 1713 in Trenton, Burlington Co (later Hunterdon), New Jersey. Catherine (daughter of Enoch Anderson and Catherine Opdyke) was born about 1693; died before 6 Sep 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daughter of Enoch Anderson (or Andrus) and Catherine Opdyke of Maidenhead and Trenton NJ. the will of Enoch Anderson, dated 2 Oct 1741 proved 8 Oct 1741, names amoung others, his daughter Catherine Bonham and her two unnamed sons. She died before 6 Sep 1754 when her son Samuel Bonham, then of the northern liberties of Philadelphia, and his wife Ruth, sold his interests in lots in Trenton, which the will of his grandfather Enoch Anderson left to be divided between him and his brother Ephraim.
On 28 Dec 1743 Samuel's widow Catherine had a quit-claim of 5 lots in Trenton from her siblings Enoch Anderson, Sarah Stevens and husband Benjamin, and Rachel Smith and husband Ralph.
On 3 Feb 1755 a license was granted for the marriage of Samuel Bonham of Burlington, shipwright, to Ruth Boyer of Philadelphia, indicating he was b ca.1714.
(Mayflower Families Vol 4, p 114)

Notes:

Married:
two sons, Samuel, Jr., and Ephraim, have been attributed to them, born about 1714 and 1716, respectively. Even so, there is no documentary evidence substantiating this chronology. Indeed, Mr. H. E. Bonham believed that it is more likely that these two sons were born ten to fifteen years later since they, respectively, apparently did not marry until 1747 and 1761.1 Similarly, he further believed that Samuel and Catherine also probably did not marry until later, perhaps, after 1720. There is no support for Monnette's claim that Samuel Bonham married a Stout and had a son Jacob.2

1. Howard Eugene Bonham and Jean Allin, Bonham and Related Family Lines, Bonham Book(s), 5104 Bridlington Ln., Raleigh, NC, 27612, printed by Genie Plus, Bradenton, FL, 1996: pgs. 91-108.
The birth dates of Samuel and Ephraim Bonham are unknown. If 1714 is correct for Samuel, he was age 33 when he married Ruth Bowyer, 29 May 1747. Ruth was called "spinster" in the marriage bond. [Marriage Bond, Burlington Co., NJ, Lib. B/B, p. 97.] Ephraim married Margaret Jarrett, 5 Mar 1761. If he was born in 1716, he would be age 45 at time of marriage. Not impossible, but doubtful for a first marriage. [Record of PA Marriages Prior to 1810, Vol. 11, p. 32.]
It is probable that all of the estimates of the above dates are wrong. Samuel Bonham, Sr. probably married later than 1713; Samuel, Jr. and Ephraim were probably born later than 1714 & 1716. We have found no proof of births of Samuel, Jr. and Ephraim, or marriage of Samuel, Sr. and Catherine


2. Orra Eugene Monnette, First Settlers of ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, olde East New Jersey, 1664-1714, a period of fifty years, The Leroy Carman Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1930-35: Part 4, pg. 229.
Samuel Bonham, son of Hezekiah Bonham, Senior, b. Feb. 6, 1693, was presented in Jersey Genealogy, (see ante, p. 581). Samuel Bonham was a creditor in the estate of John Heath of Amwell, Hunterdon Co., along with John Severns, Philip Ringo, et al in the years, 1724-1729, (N. J. Arch., Vol. XXIII, p. 220). He was a debtor, 1732, to the estate of John Severns of Trenton, Hunterdon Co., together with Zedekiah Bonham, Jeremiah Bonham, and Nehemiah Bonham, his brothers. Did he m. a Stout and have a son, Jacob Bonham? Yes, I think so.

http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Bonham_Samuel.htm#Note 1

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 14 Aug 1736, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Bible Records: Bible dated 1753, published in DAR Magazine, p 691 - five generations.

From the records of Abington Friends Meeting:
Gibbs 3rd of 6m 1701

Bonham Family says Susannah's father's name was William. The information posted here came from Colonial Families of Philadelphia, and was sent to me by Susan Chiaverini
(chiagscn@pil.net)



Will:
is will dated 2nd Jan., 1728, was proved 14th Aug.,
1736, and names wife Jane, and children ? Susanna, John, and
Blathwait, and his mother, Margaret Bolton. Jacob Jones (his
brother) and William Paschall were the trustees of his Estate.

Gibbs married Jane Crapp on 2 Aug 1721 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jane (daughter of John Crapp, Jr and Susannah Budd) was born about 1701; died before 7 Dec 1765 in Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 7 Dec 1765, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania

Notes:

from Philadelphia County Births:
Crapp, Mary bt 8 Oct 1732 parents: John & Mary Christ Church

Will:
Abstract of Wills, Philadelphia Co. PA, Book N Craddock, Jane - City of Phila. (Reliability: 3).
Widow Signed Aug 15, 1760 Children Susan na Bonham, Blathwaite Jones. Son in Law - Ephraim Bonham. Exec - Blathw aite Jones, Ephraim Bonham, John Baynton. Witnesses - Downham Newton, Jn o Reily, John Gillingham. Provd Dec 7, 1765. Recorded p. 478

Notes:

SURNAME Index to "Colonial Families of Philadelphia," Philadelphia, PA
name maiden date pgs comments
Crapp, Jane 75 MD Gibbs Jones
Crapp, John 75 MD Susannah Budd
Crapp Susannah Budd 75
Crappe, Jane 1447 MD Gibbs Jones
Crappe, Priscilla Claypoole 1666 1447 CH James Claypoole

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.
____________________
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 Mary Dunn before Oct 1691 in Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Mary (daughter of Hugh Dunn, (Immigrant) and Elizabeth Drake, (immigrant)) was born on 19 Jan 1672 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died on 7 Nov 1699 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

daughter of Rev Hugh Dunn and Elizabeth Drake, his wife.

From Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 4: Although the Piscataway Register of Deaths shows Mary, wife of Hezekiah Bonham died
7 Nov. 1694, it is known she was alive on 27 Oct 1698, when Hugh Dun(n) of Piscataway names wife Elizabeth and daughter Mary wife of Hezekiah Bonham in his will. The 7 Nov 1694 entry is no doubt an error and should read 7 Nov 1699.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 2 Oct 1741, Trentown, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey

Notes:

Will:
In the Name of God Amen, the second day of October, One thousand seven hundred and forty one. I, Enoch Andress of Trentowne in the county of Hunterdon in the province of West Jersey, being sick in body tho strong(?) in my soul thanks be to God for (the same ...?) calling to (mind ...?) the accordingly of my life knowing that is appointed for all men but once to die.
I make this my last will and testament that is to say First, I recommend my soul to God that gave it to me. And my Body to the earth to be buried in a decent manner at the discretion of my Executors (which at the ...?) Reformation I shall receive the Same Again by the Mighty Power of God. And for such worldly estate as God has been pleased to bless me in this LifeI give and dispose of in the I give (sic - form) and following manner, that is to real and personal estate.
first, I give unto my son John five shillings (?)
And to my son Enock I give my house and lot wherein I live which I bought of Peter Bard and the West End of the Second (?) lot on the West side of York Road.
And to my son Eliakim I give two hundred acres of Land lying over Sanpink which he is now in possession of he paing yearly to me while I live the sum of fourteen pounds And after my decease the sum of seven pounds until the land is paide for or to pay one hundred pounds as soon as he can
And to my son Jeremiah I give two hundred acres that he is now in possession of he paying me yearly the sum of fourteen pounds and after my decease to have it cleare
And to my son Joshua I give six acres of land lying on the east side of York Road where the brew house is now standing And two hundred acres of land lying in the tract that I bought of Doctor Kidwalder he paying to me (the) sum of fourteen pounds and after my decease to have it clear
And the overplus of Six Hundred acres I leave to my son-in-law Benj. Stevens to dispose of for a certain debt that he is bound to Francis Boose for me And when that is paid to return the remainder to the estate
And the remaining part of my estate both real and personal to be equally divided between my son Enoch And my daughter Caturn portion to Be Equally Divided Between her two sons And to my daughter Sarah and to my daughter Rachel.
And as for my daughter Elizabeth and my daughter Mary I leave them to the discretion of my executors Which is as followth,
My son Enoch my son Joshua my son-in-law Benj. Stevens, and my son-in-law Ralph Smith, all executors of this my last Will and Testament
And by this I disannul all former Wills and Testament whatsoever I have heretofore set my hand and Seal unto dated this second Day of October
And in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and forty one. /s/Enoch Andreson Sr
Signed in the Presents of /s/John Bainbridge /s/William Philips /s/Joseph Philips

Enoch Andrews, Joshua Andrews & Benjamin Stevens, three of the Executors in the above written Testament named, being duly sworn did depose that the above written Instrunt. contains the true last Will & Testament of Enoch Andrus the testator therein named so far as they know & as they verily believed that they with (sic - will) well & truly perform the same by paying first the Debts of the Dec ..d & then the Legacies in the within Will specified so far forth as the goods Rights & credits of the said deceased can thereunto extend & make & exhibit a true & perfect Inventory & render a just account when thereunto lawfully required. Sworn at Burlington the Eighth Day of October A. D. 1741 before me Joseph Ross (?) (Will Bk. 4, Burlington Co., NJ, pg. 323. (cited op. cit. (H. E. Bonham): pgs. 96-7.))

http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Bonham_Samuel.htm

Enoch married Catherine Opdyke about 1692. Catherine was born about 1670; died after 6 Jun 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 15 May 1683, Barbados, West Indies; to Philadelphia
• Will: 11 May 1708, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania

Notes:

certificate of Friends Meeting dated 5m July 15, 1683
Common Council of that city named in charter of 1691

John Jones:
Alderman: 1701 
Member: 1691, of Common council 
Office: one of the Justices of the County courts.

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Subj: Re: JONES/BONHAM, CRAPP/BUDD Philly
Date: 8/10/98 10:34:15 PM Central Daylight Time
From: kmilano@libertynet.org (ken milano)
To: Lumoto@aol.com

Sherry,

I noticed the names of John Jones of Barbados in your researches. I am researching a man named Anthony Palmer, who came to Philadelphia about 1704, he was friends with a Jon.Jones of Barbados, as the appear together on the will of Thomas Dodd, f Barbados (1701). Dodd was my Palmer's
father-in-law. Have you come across any Palmer's in researches? The Palmer's were also related through marriage to other Barbadian families, namely the Hassell's, Bickles, Beresford's, Walcott's,Scott's, Pilgrim's, and some god-children of the Gibb's family. Allot of these families moved to Philadelphia, or at least some of them, and kept business connections in Barbados. Some of their friends and business associates were the Dixwell's of St.John's Parish- Barbados, John Vaughan, Charles Buttall, both of Barbados.

Palmer moved up in Pennsylvania society and became the acting governor in 1748, before dying in 1749. His daughter's married into the Keith, Allaire, and Chevalier families.

I would be interested in knowing more of the Jone's family, as well as any of the other families I mentioned above.

Ken
_______________
Date: 8/11/98 12:46:27 AM Central Daylight Time
From: kmilano@libertynet.org (ken milano)
To: Lumoto@aol.com

Sherry,

I don't recognize the Palmer name's that you mentioned, but I'm still in the first half of the 18th century when it comes to doing the Palmer research. I think more likely that my Palmer family and your family of Jones, were more of business asociates.

Samuel Preston and Clement Plumstead were friends and associates of my Anthony Palmer. The Claypoole family were also fellow Barbadians. There were also Budd's in Barbados, but I haven't tracked their immigration to
America. The Budd's were a prominent family in the early annals of the District of Northern Liberties. The current New Market street in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia, use to be called Budd Street in the early part of our city's history.

The historian Gary Nash, wrote an article about early merchants of Philadelphia. I forget the title of the book, but I have a copy of the article. It was a collection of various historical articles, by various historians. In any event, he mentins Palmer and your Jones as being from
Barbados, and while not going into particulars about any of our folks, he does paint a pretty good picture of the early merchants of the day.

My Palmer was a long time member of Christ Church. The bell there was suppose to have been first rung when his wife Tomasine died. I don't know the Bonham's. Taggert is a name I am vaguely familiar with. There is a small street in Fishtown named Taggert, they had some property up here in earlier days.

Your Palmer's were probably the Quaker Palmer's, descendents of William Palmer (& Elizabeth, I think). Don't know this for sure, but there were other early Palmer's who were Quaker, my Anthony Palmer was always of the Church of England (here and in Barbados). There is a six volume set of Barbados; Will & Administrations, Baptisms, and Marriages. It is edited by I believe Sanders. It is available at the Pennsylvania Historical Society.
It has proven very helpful in tracking down Barbadian families.

Take care, and keep me posted of any of my interests. If I could be of help, let me know.

KEN

c/o Ken Milano
Kensington History Project
2313 E. York Street
Phila., Pa. 19125
(215) 426-2019
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Subj: Re: JONES/BONHAM, CRAPP/BUDD Philly
Date: 8/12/98 6:31:16 AM Central Daylight Time
From: kmilano@libertynet.org (ken milano)
To: Lumoto@aol.com

Sherry,

There are a number of books you could read about the history of Barbados.
This is an area that I studied quite a bit some years ago. Basically, Barbados was the jewel of the British empire. Starting around the 1630's, it was "THE" sugar producer in the world. By about the 1680's or so, other islands in the Carribean caught up to her (Jamaica, Antigua, etc.). The
middling planters and the free indentured servants, tended to migrate out of Barbados, and to the emerging North American colonies of Virginia, New England, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. South Carolina was literally
founded by these types of Barbadians. A lot of the leading merchants of Philadelphia's early days were ex-Barbadians (your Jones, the Claypoole's, Carpenter, Palmer, etc). Also, a lot of other folks from other islands (Norris and Masters, from Jamaica, various other folks from Bermuda, etc).

Living in the islands was rough. Hurricanes, heat, etc. Once they made a coule of bucks, if they didn't go back to England like allot of the very wealthy planters, they tended to immigrate to America. Thousands and Thousands of white Englishmn left Barbados in the 1670's thru the 1690's.

Go to your local library or University Library, and do a little research.
KEN
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Immigration:
Pennsylvania, Quaker arrivals at Philadelphia (Meeting), 1682-1750
Name: John Jones
Location: from Plantation Meeting, Island of Barbadoes
Date: 15 May 1683
Comments: Desiring to remove with his family to Pennsylvania


Will:
from Abstracts of Philadelphia County Wills 1682-1726, p 103
John Jones: Philadelphia, Merchant
28 Feb 1708, 11 May 1708, codicile, 2 May 1708
Wife Margaret and unborn child, son John and his wife Margaret. Other children, Richard, Grace, Samuel, Rebecca, Sarah, Jacob and Gibbs. Testators deceased wife Rebecca.
Executrix: Wife Margaret.
Trustees: Samuel Preston and Clement Plumsted
Witnesses: John Webb, James Cooper, Thomas Story, Richard Jones, Marthe... Claypolle, and Ann Webb.
Quakers, records of Abington Friends Meeting, list children and their perspective mothers.
From Colonial Families of Philadelphia: He came from Barbados to Philadelphia. Certificate of Friends Meeting dated 5m July 15, 1683. Common Council of that city named in charter of 1691.

John married Margaret Knowles on 30 Nov 1696 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. Margaret was born about 1677; died after 1709. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Philadelphia Marriages
JONES, MARGARET KNOWLES 1557 MD ROBERT JONES
JONES, MARGARET 74 WIDOW OF JOHN WATERMAN

Notes:

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol II
(New Jersey and Pennsylvania Monthly Meetings)
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
Deaths of Persons Not Friends
John Crapp, s John & Susannah, bur 5-14-1700
John Crapp bur 8-22-1712
Joseph Crapp bur 6-22-1704
Mary Crapp, dt John & Priscilla, bur 8-25-1714

John married Susannah Budd about 1700. Susannah (daughter of Thomas Budd) was born about 1680; died after 1718 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: Between 1700 and 1718, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; two deeds

Notes:

from Philadelphia County Births:
Budd
James Apr 1728 Thomas & Mary Christ Church
Mary ca Aug 1729 Thomas & Mary Christ Church
Whilly ca May 1732 Thomas & Mary Christ Church
Charles bp ca Jul 1733 Thomas & Mary Christ Church
James bp 9 Jan 1708/9 John & not given Presbyterian Church
Mary bp 9 Jan 1709/9 John & not given Presbyterian Church
William bp 1 Dec 1715 John & Rebecca Presbyterian Church
Rebecca 13 Jan 1728/9 John & not given Presbyterian Church

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol II
(New Jersey and Pennsylvania Monthly Meeting)
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
Deaths of Persons Not Friends
John Bud s John & Rebekah, bur 7-6-1696
John budd, s John & Rebeckah bur 5-27-1698
John Budd bur 9-18-1704
Martha Bud, dt Thomas, Jr. & Martha, bur 1-15
Mary Budd, dt. thomas, Jr. & Martha, bur 9-30-1706
Rebeckah Bud, dt. John & Rebeckah, bur 5-2-1702
Susanna bud, dt John & Rebecka, bur 4-24-1702
Susanna Bud, wd Thomas, Sr., bur 12-4-1707/8
Thomas Budd bur 12-15-1697
Thomas Budd, a Thomas, bur 7-19-1699
Thomas Bud, s John & Rebeckah, bur 7-2--1724


BONHAM, EPHRAIM 75 MD SUSANNAH JONES
BONHAM, HANNAH FULLER M1699 1674 CH OF SAMUEL FULLER
BONHAM, NICHOLAS M1659 1674 TO HANNAH FULLER
BONHAM, SUSANNA JONES 1722 75 CH OF GIBBS JONES
JONES, BLATHWAITE 876
JONES, BLATHWAITE 1726 74 75 MD JANE & MARY MORRIS
JONES, ELIZABETH PRESTON 1169 MD JOHN JONES
JONES, GAINOR OWEN 1681 265 455 629 1100 CH OF ROBERT


Property:
Dates approximate, but she made two deeds to her son William Paschall, one before her marriage to Crapp and one in 1718. The deed of 1718 mentions her father as Thomas Budd.
1718 Phil/PA DB F1 p261 widow, Susanna Crapp to son, Wm, now over 21. many relations & explanations; only one child as heir

Notes:

SURNAME Index to "Colonial Families of Philadelphia," Philadelphia, PA
name maiden date pgs comments
Crapp, Jane 75 MD Gibbs Jones
Crapp, John 75 MD Susannah Budd
Crapp Susannah Budd 75
Crappe, Jane 1447 MD Gibbs Jones
Crappe, Priscilla Claypoole 1666 1447 CH James Claypoole