James Bonine (abt. 1705 - 1783)

Born about 1705 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Bonine — married 1735 in New Castle County, Colony of Delaware

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1783 at about age 78 in Shelly's Island, Newberry Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

The Lindenschmidt/Lindensmith Family Tree says that James Bonine (Sr) was born in 1715 in York County, Pennsylvania (Birth-place is an Error and the Tree also says he married in New Castle County, Delaware, where the Bonines lived before moving to York Co., Pennsylvania, around 1743).^[1]

This source: [The Lindenschmidt/Lindensmith Family Tree] also says James Bonine married a Mary (Unknown) Bonine, born 11 Jan 1716, in New Castle, Lawrence County, PA [this is clearly an error as New Castle, PA was not surveyed until 1798]. Their marriage date is 1735 in New Castle, Delaware [this seems accurate].

This source gives James (Sr.) & Mary five children: ^[1]

1. Daniel Bonine "Baumann" b: 11 JAN 1736 in Warrington, York, Pennsylvania [sic = he married "Elizabeth, widow Baumann" in 1759]
2. James Bonine Jr., b: 1740 in York, York, Pennsylvania
3. Elizabeth Bonine, b: 1745 in York, York, Pennsylvania
4. Thomas Bonine, b: 1753 in Shelleys Island, York, Pennsylvania
5. David Bonine [no dates] No descendants; died an infant (?)

The Bonine family history (and oral tradition) only records 3 sons for James & Mary Bonine: Daniel, Thomas & James (Jr). with these same birth dates. The David listed above may be confused with Daniel's son named David or he may have died as a child. Elizabeth Bonine is listed as being married to "Thomas Prier" in James Bonine Sr.'s Will that was signed at his deathbed on 21 October 1783 and proven on 10 November 1783 (after his death: ^[2]

"Executors: Daniel and Thomas Bonine. Children: Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Prier; Daniel, Thomas and James./Newberry, York, Pennsylvania." ^[1]

A Pennsylvania tax roll for June 1783 lists James Bonine's household as totalling 5 free white persons, no negroes or slaves. His land was valued at $80, a below-average sum for that tax page (Average: about $125). ^[3]

James Bonine (Sr.), if born in 1715, would have been just 11 years old when his father died in October 1726. This is impossible as he received the major land bequest in his father's Will and only adults could receive property directly. The Will's provisions also argue that he was the first-born son. It is more probable that he was born in England, ca. 1705, as Elias Bonine's oldest son, making him 21 years old in 1726. His sister Mary is listed as born in 1712 and Elias Jr., is listed as born in 1714, both in England. The Bonine family most-likely immigrated to Burlington Co., New Jersey in about 1715, when James was 10 years old and his siblings were babies, and from there moved down to New Castle, Delaware, ca. 1720.^[4][5]

Elias Bonine Sr.'s will of 1726 gave 169 acres of land at Drawers Creek, Delaware, to "my beloved son James." James' first recorded child, Daniel Bonine, was born in January 1736, when James would have been 30 years old, if born in 1705.^[6]

Most published Bonine family history concentrates on Daniel's descendants as he is our direct ancestor; I am still researching Elias Jr. and Thomas Bonine (1753-1785).^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Lindenschmidt/Lindensmith Family Tree - James Bonine
2. ↑ Wills: Abstracts 1749-1819: Surnames A - E: York Co, PA Note: Bonine, James' Will is about #67 in the "Bs". His son: Bonine, Thomas' Will of 1785 is about 10 more down the Bs list. Arranged in DATE order.
3. ↑ https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/imageviewer/collections/2497/images/33020_254666-00410?pId=1579958 Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 for James Bonine: York, Newberry]; on the Bonine Family Tree, Ancestrylibrary.com. Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801; Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 343. Free view at a US public Library or by $ paid subscription to Ancestry.com
4. ↑ Ancestry.com - Public Member Trees - Record for Elias Bonine
5. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lalindy1&id=I3326
6. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lalindy1&id=I3326
7. ↑ Note by Chet Bonine Snow, Dec. 2013. Update: Thomas Bonine (1753-1785) & family have now been found in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and added to WikiTree Chet Bonine Snow, May 2020. It's widely believed that Elias Bonine, Jr., died without any male heirs that reached adulthood. The surname "Bonine" is not common and no one with that name has been found in early Delaware records unless tied to known Bonine descendants.

• Oral Bonine family history as told to Chet Bonine Snow by his grandfather, Dr. C.A. Bonine, who also had an unpublished family genealogy, now in Chet B. Snow's possession [as of 11 Apr 2020].

• ""Bonines in America: 1700-1976"" - by Kenneth L. Bonine. This is the main Bonine family genealogy for the 18-20th Centuries; well-researched by Kenneth L. Bonine of Michigan with help from Prof. C.A. Bonine of Delaware. A .pdf version of the 3rd printing (2008) is available from Chet Bonine Snow, sent by e-mail on request. [May 2020].

• http://www.aaronbonine.com. Has a reference to the "Bonines in America" book.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to descendant Chet Bonine Snow for starting WikiTree profile Bonine-39 in December 2013 and for researching and editing it in August 2015; and updating on 11 Apr 2020. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Chet and others.

• WikiTree profile Bonine-87 was created by descendant Gina Poremba through the import of Gina's Family Tree.ged on Mar 5, 2016. Merged into Bonine-39 by Chet Bonine Snow.