Hannah* (MF) Fuller

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)

Hannah* married Nicholas* Bonham, (immigrant) on 1 Jan 1659 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. Nicholas* (son of Samuel Bonham) was born in 1631 in Essex Co, England; died on 20 Jul 1684 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Children Richard, Dorothy, Hannah, Daniel, all died in childhood. (Mayflower Familes Vol 4 p 105-106)

Hannah married Daniel Lippington on 19 Sep 1677 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Daniel was born about 1659; died in 1694 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Edmund Dunham on 15 Jun 1681 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Edmund was born about 1661; died after 1704. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her children are listed in Mayflower Families Vol 4 p 35, grandchildren pgs 110-111)

Sarah married John FitzRandolph on 1 Oct 1681 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. John (son of Edward FitzRandolph, (immigrant) and Elizabeth Blossom, (immigrant)) was born on 7 Oct 1653 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts; died on 19 Jun 1727 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edward Slater had been married to Mary by whom he had a son Edward in 1683. On 10 Nov 1681 Edward Slater made affidavit he was aged about 37 years old. Inventory of the estate of Edward Slater of Piscataque was taken 11 Feb 1702/3. Administration granted 29 May 1704 to widow Elizabeth. (Mayflower Families Vol 4 p 36)

Elizabeth married John D Drake, Sr about 1682. John (son of Francis Drake, Capt and Mary Ann Walker) was born about 1666 in Portsmouth, Strafford Co, New Hampshire; died before 29 Sep 1741 in Essex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Edward Slater on 9 Jan 1685 in Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Edward was born about 1644; died after 1703 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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 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]

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:

No known children.

Priscilla married John L Langstaffe in 1697 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. John was born about 1664 in Dover, New Hampshire; died before 13 Nov 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Thomas South about 1703 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Thomas was born in 1682 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died in 1757 in Middlesex, Middlesex Co, New Jersey . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benajah married Dorothy Martin on 21 Sep 1704. Dorothy was born about 1684; died after 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Jonathan Martin about 1709. Jonathan was born about 1689; died after 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmund married Dinah FitzRandolph about 1710. Dinah (daughter of Thomas FitzRandolph and Elizabeth Manning) was born on 10 Jul 1700 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died on 4 Jun 1749 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Jane Pyatt on 5 Aug 1714 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Jane was born about 1692; died after 1716. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ephraim married Phoebe Smalley about 1716. Phoebe was born about 1696; died after 1717. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Elisha Smalley about 1720. Elisha was born about 1699; died after 1721. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Josiah Davis about 1724. Josiah was born about 1704; died after 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Captain Andrew Drake on 22 May 1703 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Andrew (son of George Drake, Capt and Mary Oliver) was born on 20 Jan 1685 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died on 11 Jan 1754 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; was buried in Baptist, Stelton (Shelton), Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Joseph Dunn in 1711 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Joseph (son of Hugh Dunn, (Immigrant) and Elizabeth Drake, (immigrant)) was born on 20 Jan 1689 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died on 20 Dec 1748 in Essex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Mary Runyon in 1705. Mary (daughter of Vincent* Runyon (Rongnion), (immigrant) and Ann Martha* Boutcher) was born on 2 Jul 1677 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died in 1747. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philoreta married Benjamin Martin about 1707 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Benjamin was born on 14 Nov 1685 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co (possibly), New Jersey; died before 3 May 1757 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married E.A. Doty. Children - Mayflower Familes Vol 4 p 112)

Notes:

She married Benjamin Hull. His will dated 9 Mar 1744/5 mentioned no children.

Notes:

She married Henry Skibbo. Their children were Anne Skibbow, b 2 Feb 1723/4 and Lewis, b 3 Nov 1734.

Notes:

Mayflower Families Vol 4, p 113 lists children & will information on Jonathan FitzRandolph.
"The Bonham Family" says she married Daniel Howell. Mayflower Fam states: "It has been suggested by Monette that Mary was m to Daniel Howell, but Mary Howell's gravestone shows she d 26 Apr 1760 age 76 and therefore b ca 1684. Their eldest n was b ca 1705 with children b in a regular pattern thereafter."

Mary married Jonathan FitzRandolph about 1715. Jonathan (son of Thomas FitzRandolph and Elizabeth Manning) was born on 12 Jan 1693 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died before 5 Jun 1783 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Hannah married Benjamin Stout, Sr about 1714. Benjamin (son of Jonathan Stout and Anna Throckmorton Bollen) was born on 14 Dec 1691 in Middletown, Monmouth Co, New Jersey; died on 8 Feb 1782 in Hopewell Twp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Although Monnette lists her (Sarah Bonham, dau of Hezekiah and Martha Dunn Bonham) as marrying Thomas Runyon 1692-1713 of Hopewell NJ, no documentation found to confirm this. The name Thomas does not appear among the 11 children of Vincent & Mary Runyan 1672-1713 or children of Vincent & Anna Boutcher) Runyon who married 1668. the will of Thomas Runyan of Hopewell dated 16 Apr 1753 names wife Martha and only sons Vinson (sic) and Thomas by name. Administration of the estate of Vincent of Partian River, Middlesex Co, NJ was granted 5 Dec 1713 to his widow Martha. The will of Vincent Runyon of Piscataway dated 16 Feb 1723/4, proved 18 Mar 1723/4 does not name a son Thomas. (Mayflower Families Vol 4 p 38)

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]

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 Anne Stout about 1723 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Anne (daughter of Jonathan Stout and Anna Throckmorton Bollen) was born in 1704 in Middletown, Monmouth Co, New Jersey; died about 1738 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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]

Zachariah married Patience Ayars in 1750 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Patience was born about 1712; died after 1778 in Cumberland Co, New Jersey; was buried in Seventh-Day Baptist Church Cem, Shiloh, Cumberland Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zedekiah married Sarah Compton about 1723 in Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Sarah (daughter of Jonathan Compton and Esther Martin) was born about 1704; died after 1726 in of, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zedekiah married Anna Martin in 1734 in Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Anna (daughter of Benjamin Martin and Philoreta Slater) was born on 29 Mar 1714 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died after 1757. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: Between 1747 and 1749, Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Union Co, New Jersey
• Residence: Bef 1765, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tax list
• Residence: Between 1770 and 1774, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithabes
• Property: 22 Jun 1774, Cameron Parish, Loudoun Co, Virginia; indenture
• Residence: Between 1775 and 1781, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables
• Residence: 1782, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tax rolls
• Census: 1800, West Bethlehem Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania
• Will: 22 Apr 1803, Washington Co, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Amariah Bonham married about 1737 in New Jersey. The name of his wife is not known for sure. It could have been Mary Drake the daughter of Francis Drake and Patience Walker. Monnette in First Settlers said he probably married Drake. Other researchers believe his wife was Eunice King or Elizabeth Addy. Still other researchers believe he married Mary or Martje Bebout. This comes from a deed in which John Bebout called Amariah Bonham "friend, co-partner and bro-in-law." However, H. E. Bonham has concluded that John Bebout and Amariah Bonham were married, to sisters, Mary and Eunice King, and were therefor brothers-in-law

In the 1800 census he (Ameriah Boneham) was living alone in West Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Ameriah must have married after the 1800 census and before he made his will.

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

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several speculations on his wife:
Genealogy on Amariah Bonham and Mary Drake decendents World Family Tree Vol 2 File 3280 shows his place of birth as Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Information posted from George Bonham tree shows Piscataway. However, Hezekiah had moved from Piscataway in 1698 to Hunterdon Co.
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(Source: JDegraf203@aol.com, Bonham Internet researcher; also listed as source: HFagley@aol.com)
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Loudoun County Titheables by Marty Hiatt and Craig Scott, Vol 1: (Virginia)
Amariah - 1765

From Bonham, by John H. Bonham on pg 407 "Amariah, probably born about 1707 at one time lived in Amwell, in Hunterdon Co, sold his land there in 1742 and went to live at Piscataway. To Quote from Genealogical Collections: "Amariah Bonham wne of the originial members of the Baptist Church at Scotch Plains, Aug 5, 1747." He was later dismissed, and is so marked on the roll. Eunice Bonham, also a charter member, and perhaps wife of above, died Feb 5, 1758/9 and is marked dismissed on the roll." New Jersey Archives Vol XXII states "The Scotch Plains Baptist Church was constituted Sept 8 1747 by 15 members from the Piscataqua Church." Among the names of persons that the estate of John King of Piscataway owes is Aug 1749, Amariah Bonham is mentioned."

Note: There is an Amariah Bonham listed in Index to 1787 Census of VA, Vol 3, p 55.
Note: Info from Foxlover states that he married Marvtje M. Bebout, who bore all the children, b Hunterdon: Christian 1737 (d 1821 Springboro, Warren Co, OH; Jeriah 1743; Peter 1745; Rebecca 1739; Sarah 1746; Jacob 1741; Jonathan 1749.
"The Bonham Family" also states Mary Bebout with children Jacob, Christine (Absolom Fox), Rebecca (Abraham Johnson) Sarah (Mr. Batey), and Jeriah; and that he married (2), Elizabeth.
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On June 29, 1743, Amariah Bonham of Piscataway conveyed real property in Hunterdon County to Richard Taylor. The day before this same property had been conveyed to Amariah Bonham of Amwell Township by the estate of Peter Sutton of Piscataway. Amariah and his family probably moved from Hunterdon to Middlesex County at about this time.

In 1747 Amariah (Amoriah Bonaham) was one of the original members of the Baptist Church at Scotch Plains in Essex/Union County, New Jersey. The church was formed on September 8, 1747 by fifteen members from the Piscataway Baptist Church who wanted a spiritual center in their own community. Scotch Plains is about ten miles north of Piscataway in Union County, New Jersey but before 1857 it would have been in Essex County.

Amariah and Mary Drake Bonham were marked dismissed from the roll of the Scotch Plains Baptist Church in 1749.

The family moved to Loudoun County, Virginia before 1765 when he was assessed tax there.

An indenture was made on June 22, 1774 between Francis Lightfoot Lee, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Amariah Bonham. Lee leased 200 acres in the Parish of Cameron, Loudoun County. The tract began at the road leading to Lane's Mill. The lease was to Amariah Bonham and his heirs for the natural lives of Peter Bonham, John Bonham and Charles Fox (whoever lived the longest). They paid Lee and his children twelve pounds sterling annually beginning the first of December, 1775.

Amariah appeared on the tax rolls of Loudoun County in in 1782.

Peter and John were commissioned as Ensigns in the Loudoun County militia. Jacob died on June 9, 1782 while fighting the British and Indians in the Sandusky Massacre.

Amariah Bonham was assessed tax in Loudoun County in 1787. Scharf reported in his history that in 1788 Peter, Josiah, and Amariah Bonham took "settlers lots" in Maryland west of Fort Cumberland. Amariah gave them up in 1796.

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




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

Other-Begin:
In 1747 Amariah (Amoriah Bonaham) was one of the original members of the Baptist Church at Scotch Plains in Essex/Union County, New Jersey. The church was formed on September 8, 1747 by fifteen members from the Piscataway Baptist Church who wanted a spiritual center in their own community. Scotch Plains is about ten miles north of Piscataway in Union County, New Jersey but before 1857 it would have been in Essex County.

Amariah and Mary Drake Bonham were marked dismissed from the roll of the Scotch Plains Baptist Church in 1749.


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


Property:
An indenture was made on June 22, 1774 between Francis Lightfoot Lee, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Amariah Bonham. Lee leased 200 acres in the Parish of Cameron, Loudoun County. The tract began at the road leading to Lane's Mill. The lease was to Amariah Bonham and his heirs for the natural lives of Peter Bonham, John Bonham and Charles Fox (whoever lived the longest). They paid Lee and his children twelve pounds sterling annually beginning the first of December, 1775.

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

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


Census:
Ameriah Boneham - living alone

Will:
Amariah's will was dated January 27, 1802 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Proved on 22 Apr 1803. Peter Bonham settled the estate in 1805. The total value ws $317.26 with debts of $253.51, leaving a balance of $63.75.

In it he bequeathed to his wife, Elizabeth, the house, garden and all the profits of the plantation and premises. The real estate was to be sold and divided among his children at the death of Elizabeth. He named his sons Jacob, Jeriah, Peter and his daughters Christian Fox, Rebecca Johnston, and Sarah Batey. The executors were Peter Bonham of Allegheny County and Philip Llewellyn of Washington County. The witnesses were Jonathan, Isaac and Rebecca Leet. Phillip Luellen refused to act as the adminstrator.

Phillip Luallen (Lewellyn) was witness to Amariah's will. He was a relative of his daughter-in-law Rebecca Lewellen who was married to his son Peter Bonham.

http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamAmariah1709.html

Amariah married Eunice King, (probably) about 1736 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Eunice was born about 1715; died before 1800 in Middle Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amariah married Mrs. Elizabeth (..) Bonham after 1800 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth was born about 1740 in of, Pennsylvania; died after 1803 in of, Middle Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married Zebulon Ayars, son of James Ayars. Their child was Ezekiah Ayres.

Temperance married Zebulon Ayars between 1728 and 1750 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Zebulon (son of Joseph Ayars and Phebe Camp) was born on 4 Aug 1708 in Woodbridge Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died after 1794 in of, Woodbridge Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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

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]

Amaziah married Rebecca Rittenhouse in 1734 in Randolph, Morris Co, New Jersey. Rebecca was born in 1713 in Randolph Twp, Morris Co, New Jersey; died after 1749 in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Bef 1739, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, New Jersey

Notes:

He was a strong supporter of the American Revolution and a member of the Committees of Freehold in Shewsbury at the opening of the Revolution.

"Shrewsbury 23, Septr, 1775 At a meeting by appointment of the township of Shrewsbury to chose a township committee. They mett at the house of Mr. Bonham..."

http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamJeremiah1715.html



Residence:
farmer. Shewsbury just southeast of Picataway. Participated in inventory of the estate of Benjamin Corlis in Octor 1739.

Jeremiah married Margaret Cook (Cock) on 24 May 1758 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, New Jersey. Margaret was born about 1715 in Shrewbury, Monmouth Co, New Jersey; died after 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bonham researchers say this is the Ephraim who married Susannah Jones. See Ephraim, son of Samuel & Catherine Anderson for further explanation.

Notes:

(A submitter to the Ancestrial File LDS church library is Jefferey Hall,
292 W. 630 South, Orem, Utah 84058)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 4 May 1809, Kingwood Twp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey
• Research Notes: 26 Jan 2013; dna

Notes:

(Birth Source: Bonham Genealogy by E. B. Hazie)
(Death Source: Will probated 5/4/1809 Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ.)

From "Traditions of Hunterdon" by Lequear, page 53, "Mrs. Stanberry sold 300 ac of land, which laid a little east of Kingwood hotel and store, to George Fox, who owned the land near Rosemont, by a deed dated May 14, 1746. George Fox and Gabrl Fox, Exec. of George Fox, sold a portion, 76 ac of this to John Waterhouse.
Around 1763 a Uriah Bonham of Piscataway was in this neighborhood as a school teacher. He married Anchor, d/o George Fox, elder." His earlier positions included that of "county scribe", and he wrote, witnessed, and made inventory on many ofe wills and/or probate records of the community beginning around 1749.
He married (1) Anchor Fox November 05, 1751 in Hunterdon Co., NJ, daughter of George Fox and Mary.
Loudoun Co, Joyner, Peggy Shome - VA Northern Neck Warrents & Surveys, 1697-1784, Vol 4
1764: Gabriel Fox, assignee of Uriah Bonham; 10 Oct 1764 - 18 Dec 1764; 48 acres on drs of Broad Run; adj Wm Boyle, Thos Stone, Sampson Turley, Catesby Cocke, Anthony Russill, James Spencer. Surv. John Hough.
13 May 1765 - As I am Entended back to the Jerseys from where I came I have given up my right to Mr. Gab Fox. (Bonham) Wit: Anthony Russell & Amariah Bonham.

He married (2) Magdalena Heath August 30, 1780 in Hunterdon, NJ. She was the daughter [sic] (widow) of Andrew Heath. In "Bonham and Related Family Lines" by H. E. Bonham, page 216: "June 24, 1777 - Int. probate of the estate of Andrew Hef Amwell, Hunterdon Co. Adm'x: Magdalene Heath. Fellowbondsman: John Heath; both of said place. Witness: Uriah Bonham. Inventory of 226 pounds, 1 shilling, and 3 pence, was made by Uriah Bonham and Daniel Howell 20 Jun 1777 (NJ Archives, Vol. XXXIV, page 237). William Rittinghouse, Sr., purchased 24 acres from Andrew Heath's estate.
25 October 1797 witnessed Administration papers of Jesse Hall, Kingwood Twp (husb of Elizabeth Heath (his step-dau), along with John Heath of Amwell (his step-son).
Uriah Bonham's will, dated 24 March 1802, gave his wife Magdalene use of dwelling house and tenplate stove, whole plantation, household furnishings, during her widowhood. He also gave her 1 cow, feather bed, 3 chairs and the blue chest.
To his sons, Amos and Zedekiah, he gave all his wearing apparel. The "moveable estate" was to be sold and the overplus (after bills were paid), was to be divided between five children. If his widow should remarry or die, he wanted all landsd his fishery to be sold. To each of the daughters of Andrew Heath (late of Amwell, dec'd), he gave 30 pounds. These girls were Mary Wilson, Elizabeth Hall, Sarah Dills, and Prudence Bonham. This money, he said, was procured out of their father's estate for their use when their mother had done with it.
Five grandsons were listed: Uriah Sutton, Uriah Emans (Job's son), Uriah Emans (James' son), Uriah Bonham (Amos' son), and Andrew Bonham (Zedekiah's son). They all were to receive 5 pounds each.
Five granddaughters, Anchor Sutton, Anchor Emans (Job's daughter), Anchor Emans (James' daughter), Anchor Bonham (Amos' daughter), and Anchor Bonham (Zedekiah's daughter) were to receive 50 shillings each.
His son Amos was to have 10 pounds above what he already received.
Five children are, Amos, Mary Emans, Dinah Sutton, Hannah Emans, Zedekiah.
In addition to the bequests to his children and grand-children, he also left money beguests to Andrew Heath and his four sisters, his step-children.
The executor was Thomas Lequear and witnesses were Richard Heath, Edward Rettinghouse and William Heath. The will was proved 04 May 1809.
Inventory of $241.07 was made by Edward Rettinghouse and Thomas Shearman
13 Apr 1809. This will is listed in the NJ Archives, First Series, Vol. XL, page 38.

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


Will:
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, New Jersey Historical Society

Mar. 24, 1802. Uriah Bonham of Kingwood Twsp., Hunterdon Co., will of.

Wife, Magdalene, use of dwelling house and tenplate stove, whole plantation, household furnishings, during her widowhood; also 1 cow, feather bed, 3 chairs and the blue chest.
Two sons, Amos and Zedekiah, all my wearing apparel.
Moveable estate to be sold, and overplus (after bills are paid), to be divided between five children.
After death, or marriage of my wife, all lands, and my fishery to be sold.
To each of the daughters of Andrew Heath (late of Amwell, deceased), 30 pounds, i. e., Mary Wilson, Elizabeth Hall, Sarah Dills, Prudence Bonham (it being the money I procured out of their father's estate for their use when their mother had done with it).
Five grandsons, Uriah Sutton, Uriah Emans (Job's son), Uriah Emans (James's son), Uriah Bonham (Amo's son), and Andrew Bonham (Zedekiah's son), each 5 pounds.
Five granddaughters, Anchor Sutton, Anchor Emans (Job's daughter), Anchor Emans (James's daughter), Anchor Bonham (Amo's daughter), and Anchor Bonham (Zedekiah's daughter), each 50 shillings.
Son, Amos, to have 10 pounds above his dividend.
Five children are, Amos, Mary Emans, Dinah Sutton, Hannah Emans, Zedekiah.
Executor: Thomas Lequear of Kingwood Twsp., Hunterdon Co.
Witnesses: Richard Heath, Edward Rettinghouse and William Heath.
Proved May 4, 1809.
Inventory of $241.07 made by Edward Rettinghouse and Thomas Shearman 13 Apr 1809

http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamUriah1724.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.

Uriah married Anchor Fox on 5 Nov 1751 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Anchor (daughter of George Fox, the Elder - Immigrant and Mary Maybury) was born in 1729 in New Jersey; died on 30 Aug 1780 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Uriah married Magdalene (..) Heath, Mrs on 30 Aug 1780 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Magdalene was born about 1724; died after 1809. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmund married Johanna Hull about 1771 in New Jersey. Johanna was born in 1734 in Amwell, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died on 1 Feb 1768 in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John Sutton about 1724. John (son of John Sutton and Elizabeth Conger) was born on 19 Sep 1701 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died on 22 Jan 1761 in Somerset Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

FitzRandolph married Rachel Drake about 1743. Rachel (daughter of Benjamin Drake and Mary Runyon) was born in 1723; died on 19 Jan 1811 in Shelton, New Jersey; was buried in Baptist Cem, Shelton, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married Isaac Smalley about 1745. Isaac was born in 1714 in Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died in Loudoun Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married Benjamin Dunn in 1740 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Benjamin (son of Hugh Dunn and Elizabeth Martin) was born on 11 Jan 1716 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died on 2 Sep 1790 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Dinah Dunham on 10 Dec 1746 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Dinah was born on 1 Dec 1725 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died in 1752 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Sarah (..) Drake about 1728. Sarah was born about 1708; died after 1729. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Rachel (..) Drake about 1730. Rachel was born about 1710; died after 1731. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Richard Evans about 1732. Richard was born about 1712; died after 1733. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth date given as 14 Nov 1732; but puts his mother at 55. Plus, if he married a third time to Hannah Anderson in 1754, that would make him 22 and already two wives.

Daniel married Hannah Anderson on 1 Nov 1754. Hannah (daughter of Cornelius Anderson and Catherine Runyon) was born on 30 Apr 1736; died after 1770 in of, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Phebe Reeder about 1728. Phebe was born about 1714; died before 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Thisbe Anderson after 1730. Thisbe (daughter of Cornelius Anderson and Catherine Runyon) was born on 11 Oct 1740 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died in 1814 in Hopewell, Mercer Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Susannah Farnsworth about 1736. Susannah was born about 1716; died after 1737. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zachariah married Dorothy (..) Drake about 1738. Dorothy was born about 1718; died after 1739. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zachariah married Elizabeth Blackwell about 1728 in New Jersey. Elizabeth was born in 1700 in New Jersey; died in 1784 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmund married Rachel (..) Drake about 1742. Rachel was born about 1722; died after 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married FitzRandolph Drake about 1743. FitzRandolph (son of Captain Andrew Drake and Hannah FitzRandolph) was born on 24 Apr 1717 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died on 6 Oct 1791 in Shelton, New Jersey; was buried in Baptist Cem, Shelton, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Baptist

Notes:

Will dated: January 13, 1793
Will proved: March 16, 1792

Thomas married Dorothy Van Kirk about 1744 in Hopewell Twp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Dorothy (daughter of Hendrick Van Kirk and Dorothy Morgan) was born in 1731; died on 13 Dec 1791 in Hopewell Twp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; was buried in Hopewell Baptist Cem, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Ruth Martin in 1747. Ruth was born about 1726; died after 1751. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Father's will dated 1 July 1755, proved 3 May 1757: son Benjamin to receive "that lot of land I bought of my father Benjamin Martin, deceased;" granson Nathaniel Martin (son of Benjamin); Athanasus Martin (son of Benjamin)

Notes:

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

Elizabeth married Nehemiah Bonham, Sr (dna) about 1740 in Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Nehemiah (son of Hezekiah* (MF) Bonham, Sr and Ann Hunt, (2nd wife?)) was born about 1702 in Hopewell Twp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died in 1789 in Loudoun Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Zedekiah Bonham in 1734 in Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Zedekiah (son of Hezekiah* (MF) Bonham, Sr and Ann Hunt, (2nd wife?)) was born in 1707 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died about 1760 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married John Blackford. Her father's will: "grandson Reuben Blackford (son of John and Hannah Blackford); granddaughter Mary Blackford; grandson Isaiah Blackford; Benjamin Blackford, daughter Hannah Blackford.

Notes:

She m Jeremiah Blackford - her father's will: daughter Zerviah Blackford (wife of Jeremiah Blackford).

Zerviah married Vincent Runyon in 1750 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Vincent (son of Peter Runyon and Providence Blackford) was born in 1708 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died after 1751. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Malachi married Sarah Bonham on 7 Oct 1746 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Sarah (daughter of Zedekiah Bonham and Sarah Compton) was born about 1725 in Picastaway, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died after 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Margaret FitzRandolph on 25 Mar 1761 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Margaret (daughter of David FitzRandolph and Sarah Molleson) was born on 6 Nov 1739 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died on 29 Feb 1832 in New Salem, Harrison Co, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1747, Burlington Co, New Jersey; shipwright
• Residence: Bef Sep 1754, Kensington, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania
• Death: 1790, Pennsylvania

Notes:

"She (Catherine Anderson) d bef 6 Sep 1754 when her son Samuel Bonham, then of the northern liberties of Philadelphia, and his wife Ruth sold...' On 3 Feb 1755 a license was granted for the marriage of Samuel Bonham of Burlington, shipwright, to Ruth Bowyer of Philadelphia, indicating he was b ca 1714.

"New Jersey Marriages, 1665-1800, Nelson, 1973
Samuel Bonham of Burlington and Ruth Bowyer of Philadelphia, May 29, 1747 p. 51

According to Hazie, p 70, also had a son Samuel b 1748 > son Samuel m Mary Ann Sowers > Daniel S b 1806; John C b 1808, and Amos Ackley b 1809.
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Subj: BONHAM/BOWYER
Date: 8/23/99 8:20:57 PM Central Daylight Time
From: ishtar@alaska.net (Esther Myers)
Reply-to: ishtar@alaska.net
To: Lumoto@aol.com

Greetings Sherry:
I found your address looking for info on Samuel BONHAM/Ruth BOWYER BONHAM. I am descended from their son, Benjamin, but have so little info.
Can you help me???? Samuel was born in Piscataway, N.J., and Ruth was born ??? France in some records and NJ in others... They were married in Burlington, N.J. Also records I found online show Samuel was buried at Christ's Church, Philadelphia.
Thank you so much,
Esther Myers
P.O. Box 87
Sutton, Alaska 99674
Ph; 907-745-3544
Fax: 907-746-3544

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http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TmE.2ACEB/513

Message Board Post:

I just posted this on the Bonham mail list, and decided to publish it here, as well. It's been a few years that I've looked at all this and the Hezekiah/Ann Hunt issue came up again. But aside from that in looking at my weak links, I'd like to ask if any of you can check what references you have at hand on this succession of these two links:

1 Samuel Bonham - Catherine Ackley (she married 2nd Stephen Jones; lots of paperwork on these husbands, though the name Ackley was given to me and at the moment I'm not questioning that. She died 1809. Of course if you have anything on her maiden name or her family it would be great)
This Samuel I have as b 1748 (NJ or PA) died 1782 Frederick Co, VA. I have 8 children, one being Catherine Bonham b 1777 who married John Madden.

2 Samuel Bonham s/o Samuel Bonham (1714 NJ - 1782 Fred Co) m Ruth Bower, which the Mayflower 5 Generations records this one, I think, along with a brother Benjamin m Elizabeth Ransom, also had a son Samuel b 1780.
However, In reference to this Samuel (1714) (Samuel & Ruth Bower) according to Hazie, p 70, also had a son Samuel b 1748 > son Samuel m Mary Ann Sowers > in a cut & paste someone gave me way back when, this was added "> Daniel S b 1806; John C b 1808, and Amos Ackley b 1809." But pre-1810 b.d.'s wouldn't be Samuel (b 1748) children.
Who are Daniel, John C and Amos Ackley (there's that name again!)

If I can "prove up" these two links, then it looks like I would have my seat on the Mayflower without question since the Samuel/Bower is an accepted desc thru Samuel Bonham/Catherine Anderson; s/o Hezekiah & Mary Dunn.

Thanks so much if you can help me out.
Sherry
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update 3/2012
*Hazie attributed four additional children to Samuel, Jr. and Ruth Bowyer Bonham, viz., Samuel, III; Peter; Benjamin; and Elam. Of these, Peter was almost certainly the son of Amariah Bonham and, although various civil records attest to the existence of the others, there is no substantial evidence of their parentage. Even so, it is probable, even likely, that at least some of them are descended from Nicholas Bonham. Nevertheless, Howard Bonham concluded that Samuel and Ruth Bonham had no children with the possible exception of Catherine, who died as a young child.

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

note: Also, wills of Ruth Bowyer Bonham, as well as her mother, Sarah both had wills naming grandchildren and other relations. Neither included any child born to Samuel and Ruth (Catherine was already deceased by then.) So, the children previously attributed to them belong to somebody else.


Residence:
sold to George Eyre of Burlington, property in the Libertie of Trenton, adjoining the Presbyterian Burying Ground of Trenton. The lots had been devised to Samuel Bonham and his brother Ephraim by their grandfather Enoch Anderson (otherwise Andrus or Andrews).

Samuel married Ruth Bowyer on 29 May 1747 in Burlington Co, New Jersey/Pennsylvania. Ruth (daughter of John Bowyer and Sarah Hastings) was born in 1727 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 3 May 1806 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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 Elizabeth Morris about 1736. Elizabeth was born about 1715; died after 1737. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

Johnathan Stout (1715-1811); cleared land in 1772 in Monogahela (Harrison Co.), West Virginia, settled there in 1775 with sons Thomas, Daniel, and Bonham on 400 acres. These Stouts are known as the Simpson Creek Stouts, as they settled on that stream and organized the Baptist Church at that place, now known as Bridgeport, five miles east of Clarksburg, and where the stone of Johnathan stand today (1941).

Jonathan married Hannah Jewell in 1750. Hannah was born on 14 Jan 1725 in of, New Jersey; died on 18 Apr 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hezekiah married (..) Smith, Mrs after 1737. (..) was born about 1717; died after 1737. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hezekiah married (..) Sorter, Mrs after 1737. (..) was born about 1717; died after 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Charity Furman about 1740. Charity was born about 1720; died after 1741. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

settled near Lost Creek, Harrison Co., WVa.
Will dated 1795

Ezekiel married Sarah Drake about 1744. Sarah was born about 1722; died after 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married William Hebron about 1746. William was born about 1726; died after 1747. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Thomas Runyon, Jr. (wives?) on 14 May 1752. Thomas (son of Thomas* Runyon and Martha* Dunn) was born in 1702 in Hopewell,Burlington Co (later Hunterdon Co), New Jersey; died on 22 Feb 1770 in Kingwood, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; was buried in Old Baptist Cem, Kingwood, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married David Ollivent about 1748. David was born about 1728; died before 1753. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Andrew Bray, Esq. about 1752. Andrew (son of Rev. John Bray and Ann Seabrooke) was born on 1 Jul 1713 in Freehold, Monmouth Co, New Jersey; died after 1753. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Rebecca Doolhagen about 1756 in New Jersey. Rebecca was born about 1736; died after 1766. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Martha Skyhauk after 1767. Martha was born about 1736; died after 1768. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Mary "Polly" Warford about 1748 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania. Mary was born in 1730 in Washington Co, Maryland; died in 1795 in Chester, Delaware Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

Mary married (..) Smith, Mr about 1748 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. (..) was born about 1728; died after 1751. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married Sarah Runyon about 1757 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Sarah was born about 1737; died after 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hezekiah married Martha Runyon about 1751 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Martha was born about 1731; died after 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Between 1750 and 1760, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; with Uncle Cornelius Anderson
• Residence: Between 1770 and 1774, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables
• Census: Between 1775 and 1781, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables
• Residence: Between 1775 and 1781, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables
• Will: Feb 1804, Wythe Co, Virginia

Notes:

Joseph was living in Loudoun Co as early as 1775 (tax record). In 1795 he moved to Wythe Co and died there in about 1804. His will mentions his wife Naomy, sons William and Hezekiah, daughters Cathy Howell, Zilphy Davis, Rachel Weiss, Betsy Woods, and another son or grandson Ephraim. The will is probated in Feb 1804. "The Bonham Family" does not show a son Ephraim.

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The parentage of Joseph Bonham is a vexed question, as is the year and location of his birth. Within this context, he has commonly been regarded by many researchers as a son of Jacob and Polly Warford Bonham, born about 1751 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, which lies in the extreme southeastern corner of the present state. Even so, this birth year seems too late and appears to derive primarily from the work of E. B. Hazie in the various editions of his book on the Bonham family, which was itself a revision of an earlier work by E. L. Smith.

Moreover, according to research published more recently by Howard E. Bonham, and also cited by Ms. Cecilia B. Parke, a historian of the Parke family, in the 1750s and 1760s Joseph Bonham was resident in the household of his uncle and aunt, Cornelius and Catherine Runyon Anderson, in Hunterdon County. Of course, such an arrangement would be indicative of a close family relationship. This is further supported by archived New Jersey civil records confirming that Joseph Bonham was a witness to the will of Cornelius Anderson, which was made in Hunterdon County on December 6, 1765, and proved August 19, 1768.1 Clearly, according to English common law as it then prevailed in the American colonies, this implies that Joseph must have been at least twenty-one years of age in 1765. Therefore, his birth could have been no later than 1744 and was probably earlier, perhaps, 1740 or before. Accordingly, this suggests that he had been taken in by his aunt and uncle after the deaths of his parents and that rather than a grandson, Joseph was actually a younger son of Hezekiah, Jr., and Martha Runyon Bonham. Indeed, such a presumption is clearly consistent with "family lore", again, included in H. E. Bonham's excellent work, which asserted that Joseph Bonham was born the same year that his Grandfather Bonham died, i.e., about 1732. Concomitantly, it would seem almost certain that he must have been born in New Jersey, probably in Hunterdon County, although, the period 1735 to 1740 is, perhaps, marginally more plausible.2 In any case, there can be little doubt that Joseph Bonham was a direct descendant of Nicholas Bonham, who as a child was an immigrant to New England and as an adult was an early settler of the East Jersey Province. Subsequently, through his son, Hezekiah, he became the common ancestor of a very large extended family, which according to documentary sources as well as family tradition, moved in stages south and westward through New Jersey into Pennsylvania, Virginia, and beyond.

http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Bonham_Joseph.htm
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Early VA Woods - Wythe Cty, VA
Jehu Woods m Elizabeth Bonham 17 Sept 1801 Alexander Bonham had 1787 Survey made in then Montgomery County. Records also mention a Robert..

Early Wythe Cty, VA Woods Marriages
Nancy Woods and George Rice 179??
Sally Woods and John P. Currin 9 Jul 1845
Thomas Wood and Martha Crockett 26 Nov 1840 d/o John Crockett
Robert Woods and Martha White 2 Dec 1839/ do Thomas White

Bonham/Bohanan Wythe Marriages
Alsa Bonham and James Wallace 16 Mar 1809
Elizabeth V. Bonhanan and James M. Seacat 27 Jul 1848
Polly Bonham and Noah Greer 15 Apr 1813
Hezekiah Bonham and Sarah Kinser 12 Oct 1824
Hezekiah Bonham and Esther Scott 15 Aug 1799
John Bonham and Julia Ann Hoppess 3 Jun 1824
Martin Bonham and Isabella Calhoon 6 Jul 1802
Nehemia Bonham and Rachel Kaar 6 Sep 1791
Nehemiah and Regina Kinser 7 Nov 1833
Nehemiah Jr and Isabel Scott 12 Apr 1798
William Bonham and Betwey Williams 12 Dec 1794


Residence:
According to research published more recently by Howard E. Bonham, and also cited by Ms. Cecilia B. Parke, a historian of the Parke family, in the 1750s and 1760s Joseph Bonham was resident in the household of his uncle and aunt, Cornelius and Catherine Runyon Anderson, in Hunterdon County. Of course, such an arrangement would be indicative of a close family relationship. This is further supported by archived New Jersey civil records confirming that Joseph Bonham was a witness to the will of Cornelius Anderson, which was made in Hunterdon County on December 6, 1765, and proved August 19, 1768.
http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Bonham_Joseph.htm

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.

Will:
In the name of god, amen, this 22d day of June in the year of our lord 1803 I Joseph Bonham of Wythe County and the State of Virginia, being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given, to god then for calling unto mind the mortality of my body and Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this last will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and Recommend my soul into the hands of god that gave it to me for my body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a christian like and deacent (sic) manner at the discretion of my Executor, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same by the mighty power of god and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me with in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form
Item It is my will and I do order in the first place that all my Just debts and funeral Charges be paid and
Item I give and bequeath unto well beloved wife Naomy The land whereon I now live containing seventy acres to be for her support as long as she lives, or remain single, but if she marries to belong to the proper heirs
Item I give to my son Hezekiah Bonham the above mentioned Tract of land containing seventy acres which I have William Bonham?s obligation for which I do order that the sd William Bonham do make to the above Hezekiah Bonham a good deed agreeable ... to the before named obligation
Item I give and allow my single daughters Each one bed and one Cow and six sheep one spinning wheel and chest
Item I give ... to my two grandaughter Nancy and Sarah Ball if they stay till of age each one bed and one cow and six sheep one spinning wheel and a chest
Item I give to William Bonham Caty Howell Zilphy Davis Rachel Whise Betsey Woods and Ephriaim Bonham each the sum of one Dollar
Item I give and allow all the rest of my goods chattels and moveable property to my wife Naomy as long as she lives single and she is to have no power to dispose of any of sd property If she marries for it is my will and desire that it shall be equally divided among all my children
I do appoint and allow my well beloved wife Naomy to be my sole Executor of this my last will and Testament and do hereby utterly disallow Revoke and disannul (sic) all and every other Testaments, Wills, legacies and executors by me in any wise before named wills and bequeaths Ratifying this my last will and Testament in Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written
Enterlined before signed /s/X Joseph Bonham his mark (seal)
signed sealed published pronounced and declared in the presence of /s/Jonathan Henderson /s/John Carr /s/James Wallis

(Will Bk. 1, Wythe Co., VA, pg. unk., Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, (microfilm: roll - City and County Records #13). (cited in Trula Fay Parks Purkey, Genealogy of William Bonham, Pioneer Settler of Grayson County, Virginia, 731 Rockbridge Rd., Trout Dale, VA, 1984: pgs. 29-30.))

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

Joseph married Naomi Parke (Parks) about 1767 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania. Naomi was born on 20 May 1751 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died in 1797 in Grayson Co (Wythe Co), Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A traveling preacher.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Opequon Creek, Frederick Co, Virginia
• Other-Begin: Between 1770 and 1774, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables
• Other-Begin: Between 1775 and 1781, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables
• Census: 1782, Frederick Co, Virginia; Continental census
• Other-Begin: 1782, Frederick Co, Virginia; Tax list
• Other-Begin: 7 Nov 1783, Frederick Co, Virginia
• Census: 1790, Hampshire Co, West Virginia
• Residence: 1806, Loudoun Co, Virginia
• Residence: 1812, Ohio
• Census: 7 Aug 1820, Union, Belmont Co, Ohio

Notes:

from Tom - Bishopline@aol - to JJReedy, Nov 27 1998:
Reading over my Bonham notes.... it's still not clear who the parents of the Bonhams who married Maddens were.
Here's what I believe to be children of Aaron Bonham.
Ann b ca 1771 m Thomas Weathers
Jonathan b ca 1773
Aaron b 1776
Senrah b 1778, m Joseph Boxwell
Samuel b ca 1778 m Nancy (..)
Moses, b ca 1782 m Ann Marquis
Martha, b ca 1791 m Jonathan Paine.
Possibly Rachel, b 1786, m William Howell.

The Catherine who married Stephen Jones was the widow of Samuel Bonham, Frederick Co., Minute Book 1809-1812, page 32 - "the noncupative will of Catharine Jones, decd, widow of Stephen Jones, decd, whereby on 28th of Feb she devised and beqed all her estate to her children by her first husband Samuel Bonham, decd, and left the management thereof to her son Samuel Bonham was proved agreeably to law by the oaths of Philip Christian (sp -Chastain? - see footnote 1 below) and Jane Madden."
Also, the same book, page 16, 6 Mar 1809, "Motion of Samuel Bonham ordered that John Gannt (John Gant was appraiser for Charlotte Madden's estate in 1821- also appraiser of slave of Jacob Madden on 2 Nov 1824) and Jemimah his wife, Thomas sey and Keziah his wife, be summoned to 1 day of April Court to show cause why the nuncupative will of Catherine Jones, decd, should not be proved and established agreeably to Law."
Unfortunately I couldn't find any record of the nuncupative will. Perhaps it's tucked away in the Frederick county courthouse somewhere. I also bet there was some court suit somewhere, but to find that you would have to spend a full week ie Frederick courthouse looking through the stuff.
Having said that, I still think the Madden married daughters of Samuel and Catherine Bonham. It's just that the Maddens aren't mentioned in any records with Aaron Bonham. In 1792, Aaron moved from the Opequon area (where Samuel moved to i6 and died there in 1782) about 10 miles east to the Blue Ridge. Then around 1806 he moved to Loudon County, then 1812 to Ohio. None of the Maddens followed in his 'footsteps.' Aaron's sons Samuel and Aaron and Jonathan followed him, as did his daughters Martha and Ann.
John Madden's plat of 400 acres in 1751 is very near where Samuel Bonham moved in 1776 (he bought the land from Eckline.)
Strange enough, there was also a John Bishop in that area and it's hard to place him, but he probably connects with my family. There's a Fred Co Legislative petition that has Samuel Bishop and Aron Bonham's signature side by side. Samuel Bom, son of Aaron, was living next door to my John Bishop in Ohio in 1820.
Another thing - there's an 1811 Fred Co legislative petition with the signature of Smauel Boman (this read like an m, but is surely an n) and the names near his are Mabry Madden and William Madden.
In 1811 Samuel Bonham (son of Aaron) was in Loudoun Co with my John Bishop on the personal property tax lists. So, the above Samuel Bonham is the son of Samuel Bonham and Catherine.
See what I mean? Most of the time, I see the Maddens with the Samuel & Catherine folks, not the Aaron folks. But I don't have any conclusive proof and it's still an open question. Just need to find an elusive record or two. But my bets are that the Bonham girls who married Maddens were children of Samuel & Catherine Bonham.
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Other-Begin:
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

Other-Begin:
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.


Census:
Name: Aaron Bonham
State: VA
County: Frederick County
Township: 16 00
Year: 1782
Record Type: Continental Census
Page: 21
Database: VA Early Census Index


Other-Begin:
Kenneday List 1782 Head of Families
white black
Helm, George 7 0 s/o b 1747 s/o Leonard Jr.
Helm, Meredith 10 4

Throckmorton List
Barnett, John 7 4
Neil, Samuel 7 3
>> Bonham, Aaron 16 0
Neil, Lewis 9 0
Neil, John 7 0
Neil, Abraham 1 0
Neil, Joseph 1 0
Neil, Thomas 1 0
Helm, Henry 1 0
Helm, Mered 8 10 s/o Leonard Sr.
Calmes, Geo 1 1 related to Ann Calmes w/o Wm
Bulger, James 6 0 m to Bridget Helm's g'dau
Jones, John 3 0 prob bro of Stephen & Thomas Jones
Helm, Mered 8 10

George Noble List
Helm, William T. 8 10 s/o Leonard Sr.
Calmes, Lucy 5 12 related to Ann Calmes w/o Wm Helm

Isaac Lane List
Jones, John 5 0
Jones, Joseph 3 1

Other-Begin:
Frederick Co. VA Deed Book #17, pp 156-157, Aug 29, 1776 between the Right Honorable Thos Lord Fairfax and Elijah Bonham, a lease agreement for Elijah and his family (wife Febe? and daughter Deborah) to live on 100 acres and plant apple trees over all of it, maintenance and pruning.


Frederick Co. VA Deed Book #23, pp 310-313, Aug 4, 1792 - Oct 2, 1892 between Denny Fairfax, lately called Denny Martin of Leeds Castle, County of Kent and Kingdom of Great Britain and legatee name in the last will and testament of the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron in that part of Great Britain called Scotland and proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia and Aron (sic) Bonham, a lease agreement for Aaron (that presumably began Nov 7, 1783 for 250 acres for five pounds per year. Aaron and his family and heirs are to plant and maintain and orchard of 100 apple trees. Also mentions Aaron's son Moses.

(Note from JReedy) Pretty obvious that Aaron and Elijah are related as they have similar deals. I mentioned this Aaron to you quite a while ago - he showed up as a family of 16 in the 1790 Frederick Co. VA census (or maybe it was 1800). Any way, these are all very Biblical names


Census:
1820, Aug 7, 1820
Union, Belmont Co, Ohio
Name: Aron Bonham Junior
[Aaron Bonham]
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Union, Belmont, Ohio
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 1805-1810
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 1776-1794
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 1795-1804
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
All Other Persons Except Indians not Taxed: 3
Free White Persons - Under 16: 1
Free White Persons - Over 25: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 6

next door:
Aron Bonham
Name: Aron Bonham
[Aaron Bonham]
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Union, Belmont, Ohio
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 bef 1775
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 bef 1775
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
All Other Persons Except Indians not Taxed: 2
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 4

Aaron married about 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: 26 Jan 2013; Eskline (Oechslen)

Notes:

*Hazie attributed four additional children to Samuel, Jr. and Ruth Bowyer Bonham, viz., Samuel, III; Peter; Benjamin; and Elam. Of these, Peter was almost certainly the son of Amariah Bonham and, although various civil records attest to the existence of the others, there is no substantial evidence of their parentage. Even so, it is probable, even likely, that at least some of them are descended from Nicholas Bonham. Nevertheless, Howard Bonham concluded that Samuel and Ruth Bonham had no children with the possible exception of Catherine, who died as a young child.
http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Bonham_Samuel.htm


16 Sep 1773
Loudoun Co Deed Book I 391-392
Memo: It is agreed between B. Fairfax Esqr on the part of Gidney Clarke Esqr and John Garrett that said Fairfax will as soon as he conveniently can procure a good and sufficient power of Attorney legally executed and recorded enabling him to Lease to said Garrett 200 acres of said Clarke's land in Loudoun where said Garrett now lives to the said Garrett for three lives at and for the Rent of L. 3.0 p cent. acres and said Garrett agrees to accept of a Lease on the above Terms and Immediately pay the Rent now in arrear for the time he has occupied said 150 acres at the above rate. It is farther agreed that said Garrett may have a subtenant on said 200 acres that Subtenant making improvements proportionable to the Quantity of land he occupies. September 16 1773.
Signed Bryan Fairfax; John Jared. Wit: G. Johnston; W. Elzey
We the Subscribers do agree to accept of Leases on the above terms and pay the said Rents of L 3.0 p cent acres in proportion to what we hold in our Lotts as already laid of and occupied by us with the proviso that such of us as have more than 50 acres of land in the lot may have leave to place a Subtenant on the same terms with the said Jarretts is and we farther agree to pay the rents in arrear for 150 acres if we have enjoyed as much. Witness our hands this 16th day of Septr. 1773. Bryan Fairfax
Stephen Jones sold to John Whitacre.
John Palmer, Jonathan Millason,
Benja Hisketts mark "B" Shadrach Lewallen,
Henry Van Over, Samuel Bonham.
At a Court continued and held for Loudoun County September the 16th 1773 This Memorandum of Agreement was acknowledged by the parties and ordered to be recorded.

1776 Oct - Frederick Co. VA Deed Book #17, pp 138-140, Oct 1, 1776. Leonard Ecksline and Mary, his wife for 907 pounds, paid by Samuel Bonham for 164 acres.
Frederick Co. VA Deed Book #17, pp 140-142, Oct 1, 1776. Leonard Ecksline and Mary, his wife for 48 pounds, paid by Samuel Bonham for 82 acres, landed bounded in part by John Madden; also bounded in part by John Neill dec'd
(Ecksline, Oechslen, Axline, Exline - see Research Notes)

1782: Frederick County Will Book #4, Part 2, pp 605-606, June 9, 1782, Appraisement of Samuel Bonham's estate


Name:
many many DNA matches who are descended from the Runyons, which is a strong case that Samuel is indeed son of Hezekiah Jr. and Martha Runyon. However, guess it's possible there could be some other connection to explain these matches; but for now looks promising.


Research Notes:
Bought land 1776 Oct - Frederick Co. VA Deed Book #17, pp 138-140, Oct 1, 1776. Leonard Ecksline and Mary, his wife adjoined Madden and Neill land.
Who was he?

http://bedfordconnection.org/Turner/ps05_128.html

no Leonard mentioned in this site, but must be close:

GEORG CHRISTOFF OECHSLEN (AXLINE-EXLINE)
Birth 1705, ALSACE, PRUSSIA, GERMANY
Death 1 Apr 1768, PIKELAND TWP., CHESTER CO., PA
Spouses
1 CATARINA (CATHERINE) UNKNOWN
Marriage 27 Sep 1723, BOHL, PFALTZ, GERMANY

Georg Christoff Oechslein arrived at the Port of Philadelphia, October 2nd, 1727, aboard the Ship "Adventure", Master was John Davies. The ship sailed from Rotterdam. He signed the Oath of Allegiance upon arriving in America that day. Georg lived in the Philadelphia area for a few years. He and his wife settled in Winchester, Frederick County, VA where son Adam was born and then they moved to Loudoun County, VA, where sons George and Johannes were born, as well as their daughter. George & Catherine lived in Berks Co., PA in 1756. He appears on the tax list in Chester Co., PA IN 1763.
Adam 1733-1818 Winchester Frederick Co
m Mary Ann Prior (Pryor) died in PA
George 1735-1801 Loudoun d in Hardy Co VA
m Maria Catherine Kraus
unk 1737 m Leonard Herringer d in Loudoun
Johannes 1739-1833 Loudoun
m Christena Mertz

Samuel* married Catherine* Ackley about 1768 in Frederick Co, Virginia. Catherine* (daughter of Thomas* Ackley) was born in 1750 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died before 6 Mar 1809 in Frederick Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Between 1770 and 1774, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables
• Residence: Between 1775 and 1781, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables

Notes:

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 is listed. Unk if Sr. or Jr.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Benjamin Reeder about 1744. Benjamin was born about 1724 in of, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died after 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mercy married (..) Smith, Mr about 1747. (..) was born about 1727; died after 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mercy married Vincent Runyon after 1748. Vincent (son of Thomas* Runyon and Martha* Dunn) was born about 1701 in Hopewell,Burlington Co (later Hunterdon Co), New Jersey; died in Nov 1771. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Between 1770 and 1774, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables

Notes:

Stated in grandfather Benjamin Martin's will: "bequeath unto my grandson Hezekiah Bonham son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth Bonham the proprietor right which I have and not taken up for West Jersey," dated 1 Jul 1755.
A Hezekiah Bonham in Index to 1787 Census of VA Vol 3, p55.

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

Hezekiah married Mary M. (or Marcy) Bonham on 17 Mar 1762 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Mary (daughter of Zachariah Bonham and Maria Marlett) was born in 1742; died after 1768. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hezekiah married Mary Cordrey about 1784. Mary was born about 1760; died after 1788. [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:

• 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]

Mary married Hezekiah Bonham on 17 Mar 1762 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Hezekiah (son of Nehemiah Bonham, Sr (dna) and Elizabeth Martin) was born in 1741 in New Jersey; died in 1814 in Jackson, Muskingum Co, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Census:
Name: Hezekiah Bonham
State: NJ
County: Cumberland County
Township: Hopewell Townshiptx
Year: 1774
Record Type: August Tax List
Page: 003
Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822


Census:
Name: Hezekiah Bonham
State: NJ
County: Cumberland County
Township: St.Ow Creek Township
Year: 1779
Record Type: September Tax List January Tax List
Page: 001
Database: NJ Early Census Index

Hezekiah married Sarah (..) Bonham about 1773 in Shiloh, New Jersey. Sarah was born about 1755; died after 1776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was tried in 1778 as a Loyalist. He sold his land to his brothers and left New Jersey.

Ephraim married Julia Tomlinson about 1786 in Shiloh, New Jersey. Julia was born about 1766; died after 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Malachi FitzRandolph on 7 Oct 1746 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey. Malachi (son of Jonathan FitzRandolph and Mary Dunn (MF) Bonham) was born on 05 Apr 1718 in Piscataway Twp, Middlesex Co, New Jersey; died in 1776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mentioned in Grandfather Martin's will, dated 1 July 1755, granddaughter Zerviah Bonham, (dau of Zedekiah and Anna Bonham)

Notes:

Not mentioned in her Grandfather Martin's will dated 1 July 1755.

Notes:

He married Margaret Cook on May 24, 1758, in Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Their children were Mary and Ann. Living in NJ in years 1779-1784, also listed as a taxpayer. A Jeremiah Bonham lived opposite St. James Church in Eaton Town in 1775. He was elected assessor Mar 12, 1776.
On Oct 6, 1775 the "Committee of Correspondence" met at his home and decided to get the names of all citizens holding arms and also to proceed against riotous negro meetings.

Jeremiah married Margaret (Cock) Cook on 24 May 1758 in Monmouth Co, New Jersey. Margaret was born about 1740 in of, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, New Jersey; died after 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christina married Absalom Fox about 1760 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania. Absalom (son of George Fox, the Elder - Immigrant and Mary Maybury) was born in 1738 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died on 13 Feb 1797 in Lone Pine, Washington Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married Abraham Johnson.

Rebecca married Abraham Johnson in 1763 in New Jersey. Abraham was born in 1737 in New Jersey; died in 1798 in Strabane Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 1789, Washington Co, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Other-Begin:
Witnessed the will of Abraham Johnson, his sister Rebecca's husband

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Between 1740 and 1774, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables
• Residence: Between 1775 and 1781, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tithables
• Other-Begin: 1778, Frederick Co, Virginia; oath of fidelity
• Residence: 1782, Loudoun Co, Virginia; tax rolls
• Residence: 1803, Sewickley, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1814, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania; tax list
• Census: 1820, Ohio Twp, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania
• Census: 1830, Ohio Twp, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania

Notes:

His name first found in Loudoun County, Virginia, records of 1774 when his father leased land in the county of Francis Lightfoot Lee. The old records Division of the Adjutant General's Office, Archives Bilding, Washington, D. C. has muster and pay rolls to show that Peter "BENHEM" enlisted February 8, 1776 for a period of two years. He was Sergeant in the 3rd Virginia Regiment, under Capt. Charles West and Capt. Reuben Briscoe, Lt. Col. William Heth, and Col. Thomas Marshall. He was discharged February 2, 1779, and the balance of pay due him, 19 lbs, 7 shillings, 6 pence was paid to him through A. Russell April 20, 1785.
Loudoun County Titheables by Marty Hiatt and Craig Scott, Vol 1:
(Virginia) Peter - 1767, 1768

------------------
Sergeant Peter Bonham was born about 1741 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon County (now Lawrence, Mercer County), New Jersey. His father was Amariah Bonham.

During the American Revolution, Peter served as a sergeant in Captain Charles West's company known also as Reuben Briscoe's company, Third Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall. On March 6, 1778 his name was on the Rolls of Samuel Barrit?s return for Maryland. He was appointed Ensign on May 12, 1778. He was made sergeant on April 1, 1778 in Company 6 of Frederick County, Virginia. Peter signed the ?Patriots? Oaths of Fidelity and Support, 1778.?

He married Rebecca Lewellyn (Luallen, Luellen, Lewelling) who was born in Pennsylvania about 1751. Philip Luallen was witness to Amariah Bonham's will.

Peter and Rebecca's children were Elisha Bonham (1772), Jesse Bonham (1777), Jacob Bonham (1779), Llewellyn Bonham (1805), Christian Bonham (1812), and Ellenor Bonham (1815).

In 1782 he appeared on the tax rolls of Loudoun County, Virginia.

After leaving Maryland, Peter moved to Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He was living in Allegheny County in 1803 when his father died.

http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bonham%20Family/BonhamPeter1741.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

Other-Begin:
He was appointed Ensign on May 12, 1778. He was made sergeant on April 1, 1778 in Company 6 of Frederick County, Virginia. Peter signed the ?Patriots? Oaths of Fidelity and Support, 1778.?


Census:
man and woman over 45
2 males 16 to 25
1 male 16 to 18
1 male 10 to 15
3 females under 10

Peter married Rebecca Lewellyn (Luallen) about 1771. Rebecca was born about 1751 in Pennsylvania; died about 1830 in Ohio Twp, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was mentioned in her father's will as Sarah Batey.

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Killed by Indians. The Bonham family does not list John and Daniel.

Jacob married about 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

("The Bonham Family" - his wife: Jemimah Harker. Possibly Jemima Harken, his mother, is Harker, his wife; his wife was cousin to his mother
Mbmackie123@cs.com
He served in the NJ Continental Line as a colonel. Moved to SC after the revolution.

From: Mbmackie123@cs.com
Date: 03/06/05 13:51:27
To: BONHAM-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [BONHAM] Re: Mary Bonham

I'm descended from Malachiah, son of Hezekiah, and his controversial
"cannot be proved" wife, Jemimah Harker (Harper, Harken?), and Malachiah's son, Absalom and his second wife that everybody had wrong until I proved otherwise a few years ago...Rebecca Cox . Absalom's first wife was a cousin of his mother and was named either Deborah or Jemimah or Deborah Jemimah Harker (Harper, Harken?). What a pain.

Absalom married Deborah Jemmia Harker about 1760. Deborah was born about 1739; died after 1768. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Absalom married Rebecca (Morris) Cox after 1765. Rebecca (daughter of John Cox and Rebecca Morris) was born about 1739; died after 1771. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amos married Rebecca Rittenhouse about 1780 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Rebecca (daughter of William Rittenhouse and Rebecca Harned) was born about 1765; died after 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married James Emans about 1773 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. James was born about 1753; died after 1794. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the NJ Archives, Vol. XXXVII, page 349: Oct. 28, 1795: Int. probate of the estate of John Sutton of Kingwood, Hunterdon Co. Adm'rs: Dinah Sutton and Amos Bonham. Fellowbondsmen: Richard Opdycke and Luther Opdycke; all of Kingwood Twsp., said Co. Inventory of 360 pounds, 3 shilling and 7 pence, was made 28 Oct 1795 by Luther Opdycke and Uriah Bonham.
     

Dinah married John Sutton on 8 Dec 1773 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. John (son of Jonas Sutton and (..) Sutton, Mrs) was born on 25 Jul 1748; died before 28 Oct 1795 in Sandbrook, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard Opdyke (Opdycke), Justice. Richard was born in 1740; was christened on 7 Dec 1788 in Baptisttown, Kingwood, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died in 1825 in Kingwood, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; was buried in Sutton Cemeter, Sand Brook, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Job Emans about 1777 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Job was born about 1762; died after 1783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Zedekiah Bonham was born February 24, 1762 in Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ, and died April 22, 1835 in Wayne Co., PA (Source: War of 1812 Pension Records.).0op----------------6tyuhyyyting the Revolutionary War, he enlisted June 1778 as a private, fought in the battle of Monmouth, and in skirmishes at Trimbly's Point and Morse's Mills. This battle was declared a "draw" between the English and American troups. He also, in 1792, served in Hunterdon Militia. Three years before his death, he was granted a pension for his service. From Old COCHRAN genealogy written early 1900's:
 "After the close of the Rev. War, Zedekiah Bonham settled on a farm in the Jerseys. He was married to Prudence Heath, a woman of Dutch descent. From here they started in a covered wagon for Otsego, NY, but winter was coming on, and they were compelled on account of snowdrifts, to stop at Mt. Pleasant, PA. Here he purchased a farm, where a daughter of Harriette Houser now resides, and erected a grist mill on the Youghiogheny River. When the War of 1812 broke out, he enlisted and was wounded in a limb. On returning home, he became a weaver of coverlids and of woolen cloth." His line of descendents is traced in this old unpublished genealogy.

Notes for Prudence Heath:
Prudence and her daughter Mercy (age 51yrs.) are found on the 1850 Mt. Pleasant, Wayne Co., PA census, page 17, house 80-86. She filed application for bounty land in Wayne Co., PA, Dec 4, 1856.      

Zedekiah married Prudence Heath on 30 Aug 1780 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Prudence (daughter of Andrew Heath and Magdalene (..) Heath, Mrs) was born about 1768 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died on 29 May 1858 in Mt.Pleasant, Wayne Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]