Thomas Bonney (1665 - bef. 1735)

Born 1665 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Dorcas (Samson) Bonney — married before 24 Dec 1684 (to before 18 Jul 1695) in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Husband of Sarah (Studley) Bonney — married 18 Jul 1695 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died before 19 Aug 1735 before age 70 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary (unknown) Bonney, was born prior to 1665. He married Dorcas Samson before December 24, 1684, the date of her father's will where she is called "Dorcas, wife of Thomas Bony." Dorcas is the daughter of Mayflower passenger Henry Samson and his wife Ann Plummer.

Thomas and Dorcas resided at Duxbury where they had three children: Ebenezer, Elizabeth, and Mercy. Dorcas probably died during childbirth with her last child or shortly thereafter.

Thomas married second Sarah Studley at Duxbury on July 18, 1695. There are no known children of this marriage. Sarah died prior to July 29, 1735, the date of Thomas' will where she is not named.

Thomas died between July 29, 1735, the date of his will, and August 19, 1735, the date his will was proved.

Probate

The will of Thomas Bonney, dated July 29, 1735, names daughter Elizabeth, wife of Ephraim Norcutt, and the children of his daughter Mercy, now wife of John Curtis, that she had when married to first husband Nathaniel Delano, namely Nathaniel, Mercy, Lydia, Zerviah, and Mary Delano.^[1]

His inventory was recorded on 20 January 1735/36 in Plymouth.^[2]

In 1750, his real estate was divided between his grandchildren, Nathaniel Delano, Mercy, wife of John Pryor, Lydia, wife of Ebenezer Delano, Zerviah, wife of Joshua Briggs and Mary Delano (a person non compos mentis)..^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-D247 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1732-1738 vol 7 > image 89 of 242; State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-DKYQ : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1732-1738 vol 7 > image 95 of 242; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-NFJN : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1748-1750 and 1841-1848 vol 11-11B > image 201-203 of 642; State Archives, Boston.

• Robert Moody Sherman, FASG, Ruth Wilder Sherman, FASG, comps., Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Henry Samson, Volume 20, Part 1 of 3, (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 6-7
• Bonney, Charles L., The Bonney Family (Chicago Legal News Co., Chicago, 1898) Page 13-31. Probate records.
• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QDJZ-S87 : accessed 5 August 2021), entry for Thomas Bonney, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.