Hezekiah Bonham, born 1667 to Nicholas Bonham and Hannah Fuller of Barnstable, Mass., moved to Maidenhead Township in New Jersey when it was still a part of Hunterdon County. Some of his descendants settled in Kingwood Township, others in Clinton Township, others in Amwell Township. Hezekiah died in Maidenhead in 1739 at the age of 71. One of the distinctive things about this family is the naming pattern—it’s very biblical.
In my first version of this family, I had listed a third wife for Hezekiah, Anna Hunt, daughter of Samuel Hunt & Mary Burroughs of Maidenhead, NJ. But a reader has called my attention to the lack of evidence for this third marriage, and the fact that second wife Mary Bishop was alive during the years that all the Bonham children were born after 1700. Also, the first version only listed four generations. This updated version includes six generations.
For the ancestry and descendants of Hezekiah Bonham, see Olive Barrack Rowland, An Ancestral Chart & Handbook; Genealogical Notes on Sutton and Rittenhouse Families of Hunterdon County, NJ. Richmond, VA, 1935, Chart IV, et seq.
First Generation:
(1) Hezekiah Bonham (1667 – 1739)
| m. 1) Mary Dunn (1672 – 1699) in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ
| m. 2) Mary Bishop (c.1683 – 1734), c.1700 Maidenhead, Hunterdon, NJ
Second Generation:
(1) Hezekiah Bonham & 1) Mary Dunn
| (2.1) Mary Bonham (1691 – 1779)
| | | m. 1) Daniel Howell (c.1680 – 1732)
| | | m. 2) Jonathan Fitzrandolph (1693 – 1783)
| (2.2) Samuel Bonham (1693 – ) & Catherine Anderson (c.1695 – )
| (2.3) Hannah Bonham (1696 – 1770) & Benjamin Stout (1691 – 1782)
| (2.4) Sarah Bonham (1698 – ) & Thomas Runyon Jr. (1701 – 1770)
(1) Hezekiah Bonham & 2) Mary Bishop
| (2.5) Hezekiah Bonham Jr. (c.1701 – 1763) & Unknown wife
| (2.6) Gabriel Bonham (c.1702 – 1709)
| (2.7) Nehemiah Bonham (c.1703 – 1789)
| | | m. 1) Anne Stout (1704 – )
| | | m. 2) Elizabeth Martin (1710 – 1789)
| (2.8) Zachariah Bonham (c.1706 – 1773)
| | | m. 1) Patience Ayers (c.1705 – )
| | | m. 2) Anna Martin (1714 – )
| (2.9) Zedekiah Bonham (c.1707 – bef. 1777)
| | | m. 1) Sarah Compton (c.1707 – )
| | | m. 2) Anna Martin (1714 – )
| (2.10) Amariah Bonham (c.1708 – )
| | | m. 1) unknown (c.1710 – bef. 1750)
| | | m. 2) Mary Drake (c.1720 – )
| (2.11) Temperance Bonham (1710 – ) & Zebulon Ayers (1708 – )
| (2.12) Rev. Malakiah Bonham (1713 – 1789)
| | | m. 1) unknown (c.1715 – bef. 1750)
| | | m. 2) Hannah Buckingham (c/1705 – c.1778)
| | | m. 3) Mary Fox (c.1738 – )
| | | m. 4) Deborah (c.1725 – )
| (2.13) Amaziah Bonham (1714 – ) & Rebecca Rittenhouse (c.1715 – )
| (2.14) Jeremiah Bonham (1715 – ) & Mary Margaret Cook (c.1715 – )
| (2.15) Ephraim Bonham (1716 – 1785)
| | | m. 1) Elizabeth Morris
| | | m. 2) Susannah Jones (c.1720 – )
| (2.16) Josiah Bonham (1717 – )
| (2.17) Isaiah Bonham (1720 – )
| (2.18) Obadiah Bonham (1721 – )
| (2.19) Zephaniah Bonham (1722 – )
| (2.20) Uriah Bonham* (c.1724 – c.1809)
| | | m. 1) Anchor Fox (c.1728 – after 1762)
| | | m. 2) Magdalena (1724 – 1816)
Third Generation:
(1) Hezekiah Bonham & 1) Mary Dunn
| (2.1) Mary Bonham & 1) Jonathan Fitzrandolph
| | (3.1) Kezia Fitzrandolph (1720 – 1770) & Jonathan Dunham Jr. (1721 – c.1752)
| | (3.2) Abel Fitzrandolph (1716 – )
| | (3.3) Malachi Fitzrandolph (1718 – 1776) & Sarah Bonham (c.1725 – 1810)
| (2.3) Hannah Bonham & Benjamin Stout
| | (3.1) Hosea Stout (1719 – 1752)
| (2.4) Sarah Bonham & Thomas Runyon Jr.
| | (3.1) Absalom Runyon (1733 – 1809)
| | | | m. 1) Ann Lake (1746 – c.1773)
| | | | m. 2) Winifred Johnson (c.1748 – )
| | | | m. 3) Ann Johnson (1746 – 1815)
| | (3.2) Rosanna Runyon (c.1740 – ) & Francis Pierce (c.1740 – )
| | (3.3) Elizabeth Runyon & Thomas Jewel
| | (3.4) Sarah Runyon & Adam Conrad (1744 – after 1834)
| | (3.5) Catherine Runyon
| | (3.6) Rachel Runyon
| | (3.7) Bonham Runyon
(1) Hezekiah Bonham & 2) Mary Bishop
| (2.5) Hezekiah Bonham Jr. & Unknown wife
| | (3.1) Hezekiah Bonham (1724 – 1771) & Martha Runyon (1726 – )
| | (3.2) Jacob Bonham (1726 – )
| | (3.3) Samuel Bonham (1729 – )
| | (3.4) Daniel Bonham (1730 – )
| (2.7) Nehemiah Bonham & 1) Anne Stout
| | (3.1) Mercy Bonham (c.1726 – 1797) & Vincent B. Runyon (c.1701 – c.1771)
| | (3.2) Benjamin Bonham (c.1727 – )
| | (3.3) Nehemiah Bonham (c.1730 – )
| (2.7) Nehemiah Bonham* & 2) Elizabeth Martin
| | (3.4) Anne Bonham (c.1745 – )
| (2.8) Zachariah Bonham & 1) Patience Ayers
| | (3.1) Hezekiah Bonham (c.1752 – )
| | (3.2) Malachia Bonham (c.1753 – )
| | (3.3) Ephraim Bonham (c.1756 – ) & Juliana Tomlinson (c.1760 – )
| (2.9) Zedekiah Bonham & 1) Sarah Compton
| | (3.1) Sarah Bonham (c.1725 – 1810) & Malachi Fitzrandolph (1718 – 1776)
| (2.10) Amariah Bonham* & 1) unknown
| | (3.1) Christian Bonham (1737 – 1821) & Absalom Fox (c.1734 – c.1793)
| (2.12) Rev. Malakiah Bonham & 1) unknown
| | (3.1) Daniel Bonham (c.1735 – )
| | (3.2) Zephaniah Bonham (c.1737 – )
| | (3.3) Absalom Bonham* (1739 – 1794)
| | | | m. 1) Jemima Harker
| | | | m. 2) Rebecca Morris Cox (c.1740 – )
| | (3.4) Zerviah Bonham (c.1740 – )
| (2.12) Rev. Malakiah Bonham & 3) Mary Fox
| | (3.5) Malakiah Bonham (c.1756 – ) & Mary Williamson (c.1760 – )
| (2.15) Ephraim Bonham & 2) Susannah Jones
| | (3.1) Jane Bonham (1743 – 1744)
| | (3.2) William Bonham (1745 – 1746)
| | (3.3) Sarah Bonham (1756 – 1856) & Pvt. Albert Covenhoven (1756 – 1835)
| | (3.4) Rebeccah Bonham (1757 – 1819) & John Yost (1743 – 1826)
| (2.20) Uriah Bonham & 1) Anchor Fox
| | (3.1) Amos Bonham (1752 – 1817) & Rebecca Rittenhouse (1758 – 1830)
| | (3.2) Dinah Bonham (1756 – 1810)
| | | | m. 1) John Sutton (1748 – 1795)
| | | | m. 2) Richard Opdycke Esq. (1740 – 1825)
| | (3.3) Mary Bonham (1753 – 1836) & James Emmons (c.1740 – 1810)
| | (3.4) Hannah Bonham (c.1760 – >1812) & Job Emmons (c.1750 – ~1813)
| | (3.5) Zedekiah Bonham (1762 – 1835) & Prudence Heath (c.1765 – 1838)
Fourth Generation:
(1) Hezekiah Bonham & 2) Mary Bishop
| (2.5) Hezekiah Bonham Jr. & Unknown wife
| | (3.1) Hezekiah Bonham & Martha Runyon
| | | (4.1) Elijah Bonham (c.1753 – 1829) & Margaret
| (2.7) Nehemiah Bonham & 1) Anne Stout
| | (3.1) Mercy Bonham & Vincent B. Runyon
| | | (4.1) Bonham Runyon (c.1740 – )
| | | (4.2) Vincent Runyon (c.1745 – )
| | | (4.3) John Runyon (c.1745 – )
| | | (4.4) Absalom Runyon (c.1750 – )
| (2.9) Zedekiah Bonham & 1) Sarah Compton
| | (3.1) Sarah Bonham & Malachi Fitzrandolph
| | | (4.1) Zedekiah Fitzrandolph (1748 – 1835) & Sarah Coriell (1759 – 1840)
| | | (4.2) Mary Fitzrandolph (1749 – 1810) & Jeremiah Dunn (1743 – 1825)
| | | (4.3) Jonathan Fitzrandolph (c.1751 – ) & Marcy Dunn (c.1755 – )
| (2.10) Amariah Bonham & 1) unknown
| | (3.1) Christian Bonham & Absalom Fox
| | | (4.1) Anchor Fox (1760 – )
| | | (4.2) Bonham Fox
| (2.15) Ephraim Bonham & 2) Susannah Jones
| | (3.3) Sarah Bonham & Pvt. Albert Covenhoven
| | | (4.1) Garret Covenhoven (1780 – 1844) & Sarah C. Montford (1785 – )
| | | (4.2) Joseph Covenhoven (1790 – 1858)
| | | (4.3) Abraham Conover (1792 – 1881) & Sarah Bodine (1793 – 1870)
| | | (4.4) Catherine Covenhoven (1793 – )
| (2.20) Uriah Bonham & 1) Anchor Fox
| | (3.1) Amos Bonham & Rebecca Rittenhouse
| | | (4.1) Ambrose Bonham (1782 – 1863) & Anna Nancy Lair (1787 – 1874)
| | | (4.2) Uriah Bonham (1783 – 1851) & Elizabeth Everitt (1791 – 1856)
| | | (4.3) Anna Bonham (1785 – 1861) & Uriah Sutton (1779 – 1849)
Dave Scharf
September 19, 2018 @ 6:44 am
I am trying to find the ancestry of Margaret Bonham who married Thomas Mann in either Gloucester or Monmouth County, NJ on January 20, 1776. Do you know if she was a member of this Bonham family and if so, how?
Karen Valentine
October 25, 2018 @ 4:46 pm
I’m trying to find the parents of Jerome A. Bonham born about 1828 in probably Lewis County, Kentucky. He married Martha Lucinda Lear in 1850.
Mary Perkins
December 26, 2018 @ 11:30 am
I am looking for the family of Mary Bishop.
Marfy Goodspeed
January 12, 2019 @ 6:56 pm
Mary, All I know about Mary Bishop is that her parents lived in Piscataway, NJ, father dying 1684 and mother dying in 1693. You should probably contact the Middlesex Co. Historical Society (if they have one) for more information.
Nicholas Mundy Sanborn, Sr.
December 30, 2021 @ 5:08 pm
Father David Bishop b. 8/26/1660, d. abt. 1683, m. 3/24/1680 Mary/Marie Alger of Woodbridge, NJ b. abt 1660, d. 4/28/1693, she is buried in the cemetery variously called the St. James Churchyard, but more lately the St. James Church Piscataway Town Burial Grounds, Edison, NJ.
Jonathan Bishop, Brother of David, and Sheriff of Woodbridge, NJ, was appointed Guardian of Mary Bishop in 1695
David Bishop’s parents John Bishop, Sr. 1637 to Newbury, MA, then to Nantucket, then to Woodbridge, NJ Will 9/9/1684, proven 11/27/1684 and Rebecca Kent b. abt. 1622, d. bef. 1684 (not in husband’s Will) she had married 1st Samuel Scullard from Abbots Ann, Hampshire, ENG to Newbury, MA 1637, his Will 3/27/1647, proven 7/28/1647. Rebecca came in 1638 with her Uncle Stephen Kent. her Father Richard Kent, Sr. Came 1634 on the “Mary & John” to Ipswich, then 1635 to Newbury, MA, Will 5/22/1654, d. 6/15/1654
Uncle Stephen Kent 1638 to Newbury, MA, 1650 to Haverhill, MA about 1666 to Woodbridge, NJ
Zac Bonham
June 30, 2019 @ 1:08 pm
I am the great-great grandson of Albert Pendelton Bonham (the son of Nehemiah Bonham and Regina Bonham), and he married Victoria Gadd in Mercer County West Virginia. If anyone has pictures of this part of the family please let me know. I have searched for a very long time without much success. Thank you in advance if you have any or can lead me in the right direction.
Zac Bonham
June 30, 2019 @ 1:12 pm
I am the great-great grandson of Albert Pendleton Bonham (son of Nehemiah and Regina Bonham), and he married Victoria Gadd in Mercer County West Virginia. I have looked for pictures of this part of the family for a long time without much success. If anyone has or can lead me to pictures like these, then please let me know. Thank you.
Nancy Eckert
July 6, 2019 @ 6:20 pm
I am the 5th great granddaughter of Uriah Bonham and his wife, Anchor Fox. You have listed Uriah’s parents as Hezekiah Bonham & Anna (Hunt) Bonham. However, when I became a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants in November 2015, my lineage lists Hezekiah Bonham and Mary (Bishop) Bonham as Uriah’s parents. The documentation comes from the book, BONHAM AND RELATED FAMILIES by Howard E. Bonham, Bonham Book, 1996. Please give documentation that Anna Hunt was Uriah Bonham’s mother. Thank you.
Marfy Goodspeed
July 7, 2019 @ 7:18 am
Nancy, these seem to be murky waters. Not much hard evidence. And since these folks lived in Maidenhead (now in Mercer County), I have not looked closely at them. Have you seen FIrst Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge by Orra E .Monnette? She has Hezekiah’s wife Mary Dunn dying in 1699 with four children, and then claims that Hezekiah soon married Anna Hunt, d/o of either Ralph or Samuel Hunt, and had 13 children, the youngest born in 1723. I agree with you that most of Hezekiah’s children were born to Mary Bishop, but 14 is a lot of children, and adding Uriah to the list and his brother Zephaniah makes 16! Trouble is we don’t know exactly when Mary Bishop Bonham died. If it was after 1724, then I agree Uriah must have been her son. Definitely need more solid information here.
Richard Peterson
December 6, 2020 @ 12:35 pm
Mayflower Society now accepts the mother of the “IAH” sons as Mary Bishop. Recently (last two years) a membership was granted through Zachariah. I descend from his brother Nehemiah IF I can find any relationship for Harlan Bonham to his daughter Eliza Ann Bonham (Kerr). Both died in Texas.
Jack Kunze
July 12, 2019 @ 8:51 pm
My grandmother was Dorothy Bonham
Donna Tunison
November 1, 2019 @ 12:36 pm
Marfy,
Thanks for researching the Bonham family, it has been interesting seeing their connections to the Heath family.
Douglas K Ealy
January 7, 2020 @ 7:55 am
I’m glad you did this. The Bonhams are driving me batty. I am the 5th great grandson of Amariah Bonham (b: 1802) from Washington Co PA. Finding evidence of claims and keeping things straight has been a real challenge.
Richard Peterson
December 6, 2020 @ 12:28 pm
Any chance you have found my LAST connection to Samuel Fuller of the Mayflower?
I can find no birth record for Eliza Ann Bonham to her father Harlan. Have you seen ANYTHING?
Duane Dipert
January 17, 2021 @ 3:36 pm
I have just started looking at my links to the Bonham family. Most other sites show only two wives of Hezekiah Bonham (1667-1733). You show a third wife, Anna Hunt. Just curious as to the source of information for Anna. Thanks for your help.
Marfy Goodspeed
January 17, 2021 @ 7:30 pm
I’ve followed through and posted an updated version of the Bonham family tree.
Carol
February 27, 2021 @ 10:12 am
Looking for information on a Dorcus Bonham. My great-grandmother believed her maiden name to be Bronson. Recently discovered she is listed as Dorcus Sutliff (her married name to Miles, which we already knew) in the will of Samuel Bonham.
1850 Union Twp., Luzerne, PA census has Samuel Bonham age 69 b. New Jersey (abt 1780/81); will written Feb 22,1859; probated Feb 11, 1862 – no mention of son-in-laws.
Candice
August 22, 2021 @ 10:11 pm
Looking for info on Gilbert bonham born 1889. His wife is listed as Mary welland, I can’t find any info on her at all. No age, birthday, maiden name nothing. But they did have a child who is my grandfather. My grandfather’s last name was changed to Cross when he inlisted to the military. Im trying to find info as to why his name was changed and info on his mother, but I keep having no luck….
Marfy Goodspeed
August 23, 2021 @ 6:15 am
It would help if you could provide a location for your grandfather’s birth.