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 poss. 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)[2], 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.
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.
Jeremiah Bonham was born Maidenhead about 1715. He married Esther/Hester Dunn.
Ephraim Bonham was born Maidenhead about 1716.
Josiah Bonham was born Maidenhead about 1717.
poss. Isaiah Bonham was born Maidenhead about 1718.
Uriah Bonham was born about 1724
Obadiah Bonham was born Maidenhead bout 1725.
- ↑ Some sources include Elijah (c1665)
- ↑ Currently, it is unknown whether there are any surviving patrilineal descendants of Samuel.
DNA Results R1b-PF6658
Previous testing
The Bonham DNA Project Group: BONHAM 1 currently has 25 individuals claiming their Most Distant Known Patrilineal Ancestor (MDKPA) was George Bonham. Some testers have only done Y12 STR testing while others are at various levels including Y111 STR testing. FTDNA has predicted they all fall under the R1b-M269 Haplogroup. One individual has done some Y-SNP testing and been determined to fall under: R-P312>Z46516>ZZ11>U152>PF6658
NGS/WGS testing
NGS/WGS testing of known Nicholas Y-DNA descendants would futher refine the haplogroup for the family and possibly define subclades for descendants.
