Ebenezer Bonney (1735 - 1802)

Born 2 Mar 1735 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 13 Jul 1802 at age 67 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Ebenezer Bonney BIRTH 2 Mar 1735 Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

DEATH 13 Jul 1802 (aged 67) Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

BURIAL Hillcrest Cemetery Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA PLOT R7-P12-S2 MEMORIAL ID 44045274

The first store of which there is any knowledge was kept by Ebenezer Bonney, at his place near Indian Head River bridge. People came a long distance to buy. An aged lady remembers hearing her grandmother relate her going there with her husband in the fall to buy sufficient for the coming winter. Mr. Bonney also kept tavern.

Military

Ebenezer Bonney performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

"Ebenezer Bonney (1735-1802) responded to the Lexington Alarm as a private in Capt. Thomas Loring's company, and 1777, as Sgt. in James Harlow's company, Col. Thomas Lothrup's regiment. He was born and died in Plympton."^[1]

Probate

Ebenezer Bonney of Plympton, yeoman died intestate and on 20 September 1802, Isaac Bonney of Plympton was granted the administration of his estate.^[2]

His inventory was taken on 12 November 1802 in Plympton.^[3]

In 1803, his real estate was recorded again.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ DAR NA Fam Histories in entry 66644 (formatting needed)
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-V4KL : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1793-1804 vol 34-35 > image 180 of 545; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-XFK8 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1801-1813 vol 38-39 > image 142 of 544; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-XFDQ : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1801-1813 vol 38-39 > image 168-169 of 544; State Archives, Boston.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 December 2020), memorial page for Ebenezer Bonney (2 Mar 1735–13 Jul 1802), Find a Grave Memorial no. 44045274, citing Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Joan Ellis Pulis (contributor 47051328) .
• Birth date/place Source Citation

Book Title: The Bonney family Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

• https://usgenwebhansonma.wordpress.com/history/1884-history-of-hanson

Acknowledgments

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