Elam Bonham, (not son of Samuel & Ruth Bowyer)

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

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:

• Residence: 1790, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania
• Will: 3 May 1806, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Residence:
living with one slave, probably the same one to whome she devised $40 in her will.


Will:
Name: Jeremiah Baker
Residence: Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, PA
Description: Deceased husband
Date: 1805
Prove Date: 3 May 1806
Title: Innholder
BookPage: 1:483
Remarks: Ruth Baker. Northern Liberties, City of Philadelphia. Widow of Jeremah Baker, late of sd. Liberties, innholder. Bequests to Bowyer Brooke, Junr.; to his bro. Reese Brooke; to their father Bowyer Brooke, Senr.; to eldest son of late husband's cousin John Baker; to Priscilla Wilson dau. of sd. Bowyer's bro. Roger; to John, Cornelius and Lydia Dellap, children of my late husband's step-sister Catharine Philpot; to Ely Armstrong; to Robert, Mary and Edward Sutton, three grandchildren of late husband's half-sister Mary Sutton, decd.; to mulatto girl Elizabeth Jackson and to her mother. To Jane Nixon, widow of Capt. Andrew Nixon. Annuity to Niece Sarah Welsh; to Martha Douglass, granddau. of Sarah Welsh. Remainder of estate to said Bowyer Brooke, Junr., Reese Brooke, Thomas Eyre (son of Benjamin), Martha Douglass, Hannan and Sarah Austin, two daus. of Wm. Austin, decd., two grandchildren of sd. niece Sarah Welsh. Exec: Bowyer Brooke, Senr., Anthony James Morris. Letters granted to Bowyer Brooke.

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=jeremiah&gsln=baker&msbdy=1720&msrpn__ftp=Pennsylvania%2c+USA&msrpn=41&msrpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3244%7c41%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=pi6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=4699&recoff=9+10&db=philpa1682

To Bowyer Brooke, Jr. silver tankard
to his brother Reese Brooke, silver watch and spice ball
to their father Bowyer Brooke Sr, sleeve buttons.
Priscilla Wilson, daughter of the latter's brother Roger Brooke - $100
AFter, residuary estate divided equally among her own relatives:Bowher Brooke, Jr., and his brother Reese, Thomas Eyre, son of Benjamin, and unnamed two grandchildren of her niece Sarah Welsh. Martha Douglas and Hannah and Sarah Austin, the two daughters of William Austin, deceased, included among the residuary heirs, were possibly also her relatives. Executors of the will, proved 3 May 1806, were Boyers Brooke, Sr., and Anthony James Morris. She appears to have had no issue by her 2nd husband.

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

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Ruth was disowned by the Philadelphia Meeting 30 10 1748, for marrying out of unity a non-Friend.


Married:
Name: Ruth Bowyer
Residence: Philadelphia
Spouse: Samuel Bonham
Marriage Date: 29 May 1747

KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that we Samuel Bonham of the City of Burlington, Shipwright, and Richard Fordham, both of the same place, Shipwrights, so hold firmly do stand bound unto the Honorable John Hamilton, Esq., President of the Majesty's Council & Commander-in-Chief of the Majesty's Council & Commader-in-Chief of the Province of New Jersey in the sum of five hundred pounds of lawful Proclamation Money to be paid to the said John Hamilton, Esq., or to his Survivors(?) or to his Assigns. To the which payment whole and inity to be made we do bind ourselves, our heirs, our Executors & Admin d. and (...?) of the both, jointly and Personally, firmly by these presents. Sealed in this our Seals & Dated this twenty-ninth day of May Anno Domini on thousand seven hundred and forty-seven.
Condition of this obligation is such that whomsoas the said bound Samuel Bonham hath obtained License of Marriage for himself on the one part and for Ruth Bowyer of the City of Philadephia in the Province of Careasa (sic - Caesarea, but probably should have read Pennsylvania), spinster of the other part. Now if it shall not after appear that they the said Samuel Bonham and Ruth Bowyer has so any Lawful lot or imposition (...?) to hinder their being joined in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony and afterwards living together as man & wife then this above Obligation to be void otherwise to be and remain in full forever.
Signed & Delivered in the presence of: Samuel Bonham and Richard Fordman (sic - Fordham) (Marriage Bond, Lib. B/B, Burlington Co., NJ, pg. 77. (cited op. cit. (H. E. Bonham): pg. 102.))

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

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

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

Notes:

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

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


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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Front Street

John married Sarah Hastings about 1725. Sarah was born about 1700; died before 5 Jul 1757 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 5 Jul 1757, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Will:
Name: Ruth Bowyer
Description: Daughter
Date: 4 May 1757
Prove Date: 5 Jul 1757
BookPage: K:550
Remarks: Bowyer, Sarah. City of Philadelphia. Widow. May 4, 1757. July 5, 1757. Children: Martha (Williams), Elizabeth (Austin), Hester (Boyt), Ruth (Bonham), Sarah (Brook) and Rebecca (Warner). Grandchildren: Sarah Williams, Boyer Brook, Elizabeth and Sarah Brook and Sarah Warner. Son-in-Law: Joseph Warner. Exec: Dr. Thomas Say, Hester Boyt.

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=ruth&gsln=bowyer&msbdy=1727&msrpn__ftp=Pennsylvania%2c+USA&msrpn=41&msrpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3244%7c41%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=pi6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=12050&recoff=14+15&db=philpa1682


"The following August (1757) her (Sarah Hastings Bowyer) household goods were advertised to be sold, and in July 1758 it was announced that her real estate would be put up for sale. Her executors disposed of the land between Front Street and the cartway to various purchasers, among them Robert Waln, John Doyle, Ruth Webb, and Mary Taggart."

source: For notices of the sale of her household goods and real estate see Pennsylvania Gazette, 4 Aug 1757, 20 July 1718. The sale of some of the Front Street lots is recited in Deed Book D-12, 157: 1 Sep 1758, Thomas Say et al, to Ruth Webb.
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Mary Taggert is probably Mary Bonham (or Vanderbilt), wife of Thyomas Taggert (Person No. I40596 in this file)

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]

Notes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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