Amos, born May 11, 1752
\nDinah, born Feb. 21, 1756
\nMary, born about 1758
\nHannah, born about 1760
\nZedekiah, born Feb. 24, 1762<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In 1774, Uriah Bonham made the Inventory of the estate of Joseph Howell dec\u2019d with William Hoagland. Hoagland had mortgaged the Fox property<\/a> northwest of Rosemont this year, the tract that the elder George Fox had purchased in 1719. Actually, Uriah Bonham and William Hoagland (usually spelled Hoogland) seem to have had a partnership in making inventories in Kingwood. I have found six instances when Bonham and Hoogland made inventories together: 1773 for Thomas Wilson of Kingwood, 1773 for John Woolverton of Amwell, 1774 for Joseph Howell of Amwell, 1774 for Dennis Woolverton of Kingwood, 1783 for Gideon Rowzer of Amwell, 1785 for Thomas Hankinson of Amwell. Uriah Bonham made many inventories with other partners over the years. I count 20 inventories made from 1772 to 1797.<\/p>\n There was only one time when Bonham and Hoogland witnessed a will together; that was in 1790 for Joel Woolverton of Amwell. When it came to witnessing wills, Uriah Bonham was the man to have on hand if you lived in Kingwood Township. Perhaps he was a witness so often because he was called on to write out the wills. I have found 27 instances of his witnessing wills, from 1749 to 1799.<\/p>\n In 1778, Uriah Bonham was taxed in Kingwood on 60 acres, 3 horses, 6 cows, 5 pigs and a single man (his son Amos). By this time, his wife Anchor Fox had died. She died sometime after 1773, the year that her daughter Dinah married John Sutton. The marriage record states that Anchor and Uriah were witnesses.<\/p>\n Daughter Mary was probably married the next year, to James Emmons (c.1740-1810). About 1780, son Amos married Rebecca Rittenhouse (1758-1830), and daughter Hannah married Job Emmons (c.1755-c.1813). (It seems likely that James and Job Emmons were brothers, but I have very little information on the origins of this family. They were not the same family as the Emans of Readington.) Celebrations continued that year with the marriage of Uriah Bonham to his second wife Magdalene, widow of Andrew Heath (c.1720-c.1777) on Aug. 30, 1780.<\/p>\n Despite these festivities, times were difficult. Thanks to the war, rampant inflation had taken hold and Continental currency had become worthless. In an attempt to retire useless paper and to raise taxes to support the Continental army, the state ordered two tax collections in 1780. The valuations of property went through the roof, and so did the amount of taxes. Uriah Bonham was again taxed in Kingwood, but this time as a householder with no horse, no pigs and 3 cows. It is quite possible that some of his livestock had been requisitioned by the army, although I did not find evidence of that in Quartermasters’ accounts.<\/p>\n Bonham was also taxed on a fishery, which was probably a good source of income during these times. But apparently not enough to prevent the loss of his farm of 60 acres. I haven\u2019t checked the deeds, but I do wonder if his farm was sold at a sheriff\u2019s sale to cover his debts. As to the fishery, I do not know the name of it or where it was located. Bonham\u2019s name does not appear in Phyllis D\u2019Autrechy\u2019s book on Hunterdon County Fisheries.<\/p>\n Whatever the case, Bonham managed to reestablish himself after the war, as can be seen by examining his will, written on May 24, 1802. To his wife Magdalene he left the dwelling house, household furnishings and his whole plantation in Kingwood to use during her widowhood (the abstract does not state the acreage). Included with the furnishings were a ten-plate stove, a feather bed, three chairs and a blue chest. After her death, the plantation and his fishery were to be sold and the proceeds divided among his heirs.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Uriah Bonham was buried in the Rosemont Cemetery. I am assuming his wife Anchor Fox was buried there too, but apparently her stone is gone. I do not know when Uriah\u2019s second wife Magdalene died, but in 1802 she was about 77 years old. She probably lived out her life on the farm that was left to her during her lifetime.<\/p>\n