Joseph BONHAM

Name:

Joseph BONHAM¹^{, 2}

Gender:

Male

Father:

Jacob BONHAM

Mother:

Polly WARFORD

Facts and Events

Birth:

1751, Chester, PA.

Death:

1804, Wythe County, VA.

Notes

The Society of the Descendents of the Colonial Clergy; Lancaster, Mass ; p 617

The Bonham family of Grayson County trace their ancestors to a Massachusetts family of English descent. There is a record of Nicholas Bonham who married Hannah Fuller, the granddaughter of two Pilgrims. Some members of the Bonham family moved to Burlington County, NJ, (ca) 1666, then to Chester County, Pennsylvannia, to Loudon County, VA and then to Wythe County, VA. Joseph Bonham was on the 1782 tax list in Loudon County, then his will is recorded in Wytheville in 1803.

The widow of Moses Bonham, Reecca Park Bonham, came with five sons and daughters to the Rye Valley. In 1815, William Bonham owned one farm on Fox Creek, joining the lands of Jonathan Anderson, 207 acres, having thereon one dwelling house of logs (20'X18'), one kitchen, stable, valued at $450. There was also another tract on Fox Creek, joining the lands of P. Gains, 50 acres, no improvements, valued at $15.

William Bonham b. ca 1768 d. ca 1853 came to the Grayson Co area with his parents, Joseph and Naomi Parks Bonham.

Marriages/Children

Naomi PARKE

Marriage:

about 1767, Grayson County,VA.

Children:

William BONHAM
Rachel Scott BONHAM
Catherine BONHAM
Zilphia BONHAM
Ephriam BONHAM
Hezekiah BONHAM
Elizabeth ÒBetsyÓ BONHAM
Alsa BONHAM
Mary BONHAM
d: 1853
d: about 1830

d: 23 JUN 1847
d: 12 DEC 1863

b: about 1768
b: 5 SEP 1770
b: about 1771
b: about 1772
b: about 1774
b: about 1775
b: 8 AUG 1781
b: about 1785
b: about 1792

Sources

1. Bonham Family line Blevins, Linda. lindablevins11@yahoo.com 22 Aug 1998.

2. GEDCOM File : Robert G Nohavec 29 OCT 2002.

                           Hezekiah Jr. BONHAM
              Jacob BONHAM|
             |            |Martha RUNYON
Joseph BONHAM|
             |Polly WARFORD