Nehemiah Bonham (abt. 1707 - abt. 1742)

Born about 1707 in Hopewell, New Jersey, County of Mercer, Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Martin) Bonham — married 1740 in Hunterdon, Province of New Jersey

Descendants

Died about 1742 at about age 35 in Hopewell, New Jersey, County of Mercer, Colonial America

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Biography

Nehemiah was born in 1707.

Samuel Fuller was a lad on the Mayflower in 1620. He was the son of Edward Fuller. Both parents were Mayflower passengers and both died in that first hard winter in America. Hannah, born in 1636, was the first of nine children of Samuel and Jane (Lathrop) Fuller. Her father was the last survivor of the Mayflower Company; he died 31 Oct 1683, Barnstable, MA. Hannah died, probably after 1 Jan 1696/7 and before 1 May 1697^[1].

Nicholas & Hannah (Fuller) Bonham had ten children including 6. ^Hezekiah Bonham, b 6 May 1667/8; m (1) Mary Dunn; m (2) Mary Bishop, daughter of David & Mary (Alger) Bishop, who was born ca 1682/3 and died 1734^[2]. Hezekiah & (2) wife, Mary (Bishop) Bonham had ten children including 6f. Nehemiah Bonham, b ca 1703, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; m (1) Ann Stout; m (2) Elizabeth Martin. Nehemiah & (1) wife, Ann (Stout) Bonham had three children including 3) . Mercy/Marcy Bonham, b ca 1727; m (1) her cousin, John (?) Smith; m (2) Vincent Runyon; continued p. 130^[3][4].

Mercy/Marcy Bonham, daughter of Nehemiah & Ann (Stout) Bonham, born ca 1727; married (1) her cousin, ? Smith (perhaps John Smith) who died 1744, son of Andrew & Sarah (Stout) Smith. She married (2) Vincent Runyon, (as his second wife). Vincent had married (1) Alice/Alse Curtis, who died ca 1744. Vincent was grandson of Vincent & Ann (Boutcher) Runyon^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ Bonham and related family lines : a family genealogy from the Mayflower to the 1990’s, Howard E Bonham 1996. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE938273. Pages 3 and 4: Samuel Fuller was a lad on the Mayflower in 1620. He was the son of Edward Fuller. Both parents were Mayflower passengers and both died in that first hard winter in America. Hannah, born in 1636, was the first of nine children of Samuel and Jane (Lathrop) Fuller. Her father was the last survivor of the Mayflower Company; he died 31 Oct 1683, Barnstable, MA. Hannah was mentioned in her father's will, which was drawn 29 Oct 1683; proved 5 Jun 1684. She received four pounds and two cows. Hannah died, probably after 1 Jan 1696/7 and before 1 May 1697. Nicholas & Hannah (Fuller) Bonham had: 1. Hannah Bonham, b 8 Oct 1659, Barnstable, MA; m Daniel Lippington, 19 Sepl677;continuedp.l7. 2. Mary Bonham, b 4 Oct 1661, Barnstable, MA; m Rev. Edmund Dunham, 15 Jul 1681; continued p.23. 3. Sarah Bonham, b 16 Feb 1664/5, Barnstable, MA; m John Fitz Randolph, 1 Oct 1681; continued p.35. 4. Elizabeth Bonham, b ca 1665; m (1) Edward Slater 9 Jan 1684/5; m (2) Rev. John Drake ca 1703; continued p.53. 5. Nicholas Bonham, ca 1666/7; died young. NOTE: We found no evidence to support Monnette's suggestion of sons, Nicholas and Elijah.[Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, p. 14.] 6. ^Hezekiah Bonham, b 6 May 1667/8; m (1) Mary Dunn; m (2) Mary Bishop; continued CHAPTER 2. 7. Elijah Bonham, b ca 1669; possible son who received allotment in Piscataway, aged 26; n.f.r. 8. Samuel Bonham, b 7 Sep 1672, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; d 1 Oct 1682, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ. NOTE: Samuel is the first child of Nicholas Bonham to have been recorded in Piscataway, New Jersey records. 9. Jane Bonham, b 29 Jan 1675/6, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; d 25 Feb 1675/6 Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ. 10. Priscilla Bonham, b 11 Nov 1677, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; m John Langstaff after 13 Nov 1694; continued p.67.
2. ↑ Bonham and related family lines : a family genealogy from the Mayflower to the 1990’s, Howard E Bonham 1996. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE938273. Page 79: SECOND GENERATION: Child # 6 6. * Hezekiah Bonham, Sr.; continued from p.4: Hezekiah Bonham, Sr., son of Nicholas & Hannah (Fuller) Bonham, was born 6 May 1667/8, place unknown. He married (1) Mary Dunn ca 1690, in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ. She was the daughter of Hugh Dunn, Sr.(1650-1694) and Elizabeth Drake (1654-1711), who was born 19 Jan 1671/2, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ and died there 7 Nov 1699. Hezekiah died in 1732 in Hunterdon Co., NJ. [Bonham Revised 1973, pp.14, 15, 18, 19 and The Hunt Connection.] Hezekiah married (2) Mary Bishop ca 1700, daughter of David & Mary (Alger) Bishop, who was born ca 1682/3 and died 1734. [Source for death of Mary (Bishop) Bonham: A grave marker found exposed in a house foundation in Princeton some 20 years ago records, "Mary Bonham d May 3. 1734. age 51."1 See p. 114.
3. ↑ Bonham and related family lines : a family genealogy from the Mayflower to the 1990’s, Howard E Bonham 1996. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE938273. Page 80: Hezekiah, Sr. & (1) wife, Mary (Dunn) Bonham had: 6a. Mary Bonham, b 4 Oct 1691, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; m Jonathan Fitz Randolph; continued p.89. 6b. Samuel Bonham, b 6 Feb 1693, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; m Catherine Anderson; continued p.93. 6c. Hannah Bonham, b 14 Mar 1695, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; m BenjaminStout; continued p. 111. 6d. Sarah Bonham, b 15 Feb 1698/9 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ. No further records - perhaps died young. Hezekiah, Sr. & (2) wife, Mary (Bishop) Bonham had: 6e.*Hezekiah Bonham, Jr., b 1701/2, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; m Martha Runyon, b 1706; continued CHAPTER 3. 6f. Nehemiah Bonham, b ca 1703, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; m (1) Ann Stout; m (2) Elizabeth Martin; continued p. 125. 6g. Zedekiah Bonham, b ca 1704, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; m (1) Sarah Compton; m (2) Ann/Anna Martin; continued p. 143. 6h. Jeremiah Bonham, b ca 1706/07, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; m Ester/Hester Dunn; continued p. 149. 6i. Amariah Bonham, b ca 1708, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; m (1) Eunice King; m (2) Mary Drake; continued p. 157. 6j. Temperance Bonham, b 1710, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; m 1728 Zebulon Ayars; continued p. 171. 6k. Malachia Bonham, b 1713, Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co., NJ; m (1) Jemima Harker; m (2) Hannah (Buckingham) Heath; m (3) Mary Fox; continued p. 179.
4. ↑ Bonham and related family lines : a family genealogy from the Mayflower to the 1990’s, Howard E Bonham 1996. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE938273. Page 125: THIRD GENERATION: Child # 6f 6f. Nehemiah Bonham; continued from p.80: Nehemiah Bonham, son of Hezekiah, Sr. & (2) wife, Mary (Bishop) Bonham, was born ca 1703, Piscataway, Middlesex Co, NJ; married (1) ca 1723, Anne Stout, who was born 1704, a daughter of Jonathan & Anne/Anna (Bollen) Stout; Ann died ca 1738 and Nehemiah married (2), in 1740, Elizabeth Martin, daughter of Benjamin, Jr. & Philoreta (Slater) Martin. Anne Stout was born in 1704, probably in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co, NJ. Her brother, Benjamin, married Hannah Bonham, who was the daughter of Hezekiah, Sr. & (1) wife Mary (Dunn) Bonham; Hannah was Nehemiah's half-sister. Nehemiah & (1) wife, Ann (Stout) Bonham had: 1) . Nehemiah Bonham, Jr., b ca 1724; moved to Loudoun Co, VA in 1764; continued p.129. 2) . Amy/Anna/Anne Bonham, b 18 May 1725; d 1766, aged 41 years; m Benjamin Reeder, who was b 20 May 1718, Newtown, LI & d 1783, aged 64/5 years, a s/o Jacob Reeder. [Source; Janet McCrosky, letter 21 Aug 1978.] 3) . Mercy/Marcy Bonham, b ca 1727; m (1) her cousin, John (?) Smith; m (2) Vincent Runyon; continued p. 130. Jonathan Stout mentioned daughter Anne in his will.
5. ↑ Bonham and related family lines : a family genealogy from the Mayflower to the 1990’s, Howard E Bonham 1996. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE938273. Page 130: FOURTH GENERATION : Chil d # 3) 3). Mercy/Marcy Bonham; continued from p. 125: Mercy/Marcy Bonham, daughter of Nehemiah & Ann (Stout) Bonham, born ca 1727; married (1) her cousin, ? Smith (perhaps John Smith) who died 1744, son of Andrew & Sarah (Stout) Smith. She married (2) Vincent Runyon, (as his second wife). Vincent had married (1) Alice/Alse Curtis, who died ca 1744. NOTE: Sarah Stout, born 10 Sep 1689 in Middletown, NJ, daughter of Jonathan & Anne (Bollen) Stout; married in 1708 Andrew Smith; died 24 Apr 1767. [Stout Family by Kemble Stout.] John Smith, son of Andrew & Sarah (Stout) Smith, was one of the four brothers and one sister-inJaw, Anna Hixon, all of whom died in the period of Aug 8 to Sep 7, 1744 of "sore trote" (sic) being either scarlet fever or diphtheria, according to the records. After the death of John (?) Smith, Mary married (2) Vincent Runyon as his second wife. Vincent had married (1) Alse/Alice Curtis, who was a daughter of Thomas & Alse (Merrill) Curtis. Vincent was a son of Thomas, Sr. & Martha (Dunn) Runyon; grandson of Vincent & Ann (Boutcher) Runyon.

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• Bonham, Samuel Jeremiah • “Bonham Family” : privately published; Niles, OH 1955 pp 10-13, 27, 28 https://archive.org/details/bonhamfamily00bonh/page/10/mode/1up?view=theater

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• Rowland, Olive Barrick • “Ancestral Chart and Handbook of the Sutton and Rittenhouse Families of Hunterdon County, New Jersey” : Garrett & Massie, Richmond 1935 p 114 https://archive.org/details/ancestralchartha00rowl/page/14/mode/1up?view=theater

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• Hale, George • “History of the Old Presbyterian Congregation of the People of Maidenhead and Hopewell” : Henry B Ashmead, Philadelphia 1876 pp 11, 14 https://archive.org/details/historyofoldpr00hale/page/14/mode/1up?view=theater

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• Hopkins, Margaret Lail • “Index to Tithables of Loudoun County, Virginia and to Slaveholders and Slaves 1759-1786” : Genealogical Publishing Company Inc, Baltimore 1991 p 7 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/49197/images/FLHG_IndextoTithesSlavesLoudounCnty-0017?pId=51735 Nehemiah Bonham pp 65, 68, 70, 71c, 75c

• Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren, ‘New Jersey Historical Society’ Trenton, Archives - First Series, Calendar of Wills, Adminstrations, Etc Vol III 1751-1760 The Unionist-Gazette Assoc Printers, Somerville, NJ, 1924 Vol XXXII p 216 https://archive.org/details/documentsrelatin32newj/page/216/mode/1up?view=theater 01 Jul 1755 - Will of Benjamin Martin of Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey: “...wife Philerato...grandchildren...Benjamin and Nehemiah (sic), children of Nehemiah and Elizabeth Bonham”

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Ed Poor for starting this profile.