Bonham (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of Oct. 23, 2022:
- Recruiting additional direct male-line Nicholas Bonham descendants for NGS/WGS SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
Still to do as of March 24, 2021
- NGS/WGS test multiple Bonham (and hopefully through son Nicholas) descendants to firmly place family clade as well as discover any subclades unique to descendants lines
Biography
First Generation
(Sgt.) Nicholas Bonham poaa. son of George Bonham, was likely born in England about 1635 and died Piscataway, East Jersey (now New Jersey) about 20 Jul 1684. He married Barnstable 1 Jan 1658/9 Hannah Fuller and they had at least nine children:[1] Hannah (1659), Mary (1661), Sarah (1663/4), Elizabeth (c1666), Hezekiah (1667), Nicholas (c1670 d.y.), Samuel (1672), Jane (1675/6) and Priscilla (1677).
Second Generation
(Hon.) Hezekiah Bonham was born Piscataway, NJ 6 May 1667 and died Maidenhead, NJ after Jan 1733/4. He married twice, first Piscataway 1690 Mary Dunn and second bef 1701 Mary Bishop. By his first wife he had four children (Piscataway): Mary (1691), Samuel (1693), Hannah (1695/6) and Sarah (1698). By his second wife he had: Nicholas (1701/2), Nehemiah (c1703), Zedekiah (c1705), Jeremiah (c1707), Amariah (c1708), Temperance (1710) and Malachia (1713).
Third Generation
Samuel Bonham was born Piscataway 6 Feb 1693 and died bef 28 Dec 1743. He married in 1713 Catherine Anderson and they had two children: Samuel (c1714) and Ephraim (c1716).
Hezekiah Bonham was born Piscataway 1701/2 and died about 1753. He married Hopewell 1726 Martha Runyon and they had at least three children: Hezekiah (c1725), Jacob (1726) and Joseph (c1732).
Nehemiah Bonham was born Piscataway about 1703. He married twice: Ann Stout and Elizabeth Martin. By his first wife he is said to have had three children including Anne (b1724) and Mercy (c1727).
Zedekiah Bonham was born Piscataway about 1705. He married He married twice: Sarah Compton and Ann(a) Martin.
Jeremiah Bonham was born Piscataway about 1707. He married Esther/Hester Dunn.
Amariah Bonham was born Piscataway about 1708. He married twice: Eunice King and Mary Drake.
Malachia Bonham was born Maidenhead 1713. He married thrice: Jemima Harker, Hannah BUCKINGHAM Heath and Mary Fox.
- ↑ Some sources include Elijah (c1665)
DNA Results R-FT266055
Previous testing
NGS/WGS testing
NGS/WGS testing of known Nicholas Y-DNA descendants would sollidify the haplogroup for the family and possibly define subclades for descendants.
