James Smith: Our Family History

Generation: 1

1.	James Smith was born about 1780 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey (son of Thomas Smith); died after 1803. James married Sarah Bonham about 1802. Sarah (daughter of John Bonham and Mary Lefever) was born on 7 Feb 1782 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Thomas Smith was born about 1750 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey (son of (..) Smith, Mr and Mary Bonham); died after 1781.

Children:

1. James Smith was born about 1780 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1803.

Generation: 3

4.	(..) Smith, Mr was born about 1728; died after 1751. (..) married Mary Bonham about 1748 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Mary (daughter of Hezekiah* Bonham, Jr and Martha* Runyon) was born about 1728 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1751. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Bonham was born about 1728 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey (daughter of Hezekiah* Bonham, Jr and Martha* Runyon); died after 1751.

Notes:

She married a Mr. Smith in Barnstable. Their son Thomas; grandson James. James married Sarah Bonham, b 7 Feb 1782 in Hunterdon, NJ, dtr of John Bonham and Mary Lefever.

Children:

2. Thomas Smith was born about 1750 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1781.

Generation: 4

10.

Hezekiah* Bonham, Jr was born in 1701 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey (son of Hezekiah* (MF) Bonham, Sr and Ann Hunt, (2nd wife?)); died in 1745 in Hopewell Twp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey.

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]

11.

Martha* Runyon was born about 1706 (daughter of Thomas* Runyon and Martha* Dunn); died after 1753.

Children:

Jacob Bonham, Sr was born in 1726 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died in 1798 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania.
5. Mary Bonham was born about 1728 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1751.
Elijah Bonham was born about 1730 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1759.
Hezekiah Bonham, III was born in 1731 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after Nov 1771 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey.
Joseph Bonham was born in 1735 in New Jersey; died before Feb 1804 in Wythe Co (now Grayson Co), Virginia.
Robert Bonham was born about 1737 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1785.
Aaron Bonham, Sr. (son?) was born about 1741 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1820 in Union, Belmont Co, Ohio.
Samuel* Bonham, (prob son. not son of Samuel & Ruth Bowyer) was born about 1748; died in 1782 in Frederick Co, Virginia.