Lawrenceville, Mercer County, New Jersey was founded as Maidenhead in 1697, as part of Burlington County in the colony of West Jersey. In 1714, the village became a part of Hunterdon County.
Pennsylvania is one of the 13 original states and was originally founded in 1681 as a result of a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts was created on May 10, 1643. The county originally included Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, Sudbury, Concord, Woburn, Medford, Wayland, and Reading.
Ephriam (Ephraim) Bonham was born about 1716 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon County, (now Lawrence, Mercer County), New Jersey. He was the son of Hezekiah Bonham and his second wife.
His first wife was Elizabeth Morris. Elizabeth died before 1742.
He married Susannah Jones on December 23, 1742 in Maidenhead. Susannah was born on September 25, 1722 in Lawrence, Mercer County, New Jersey. Her parents were Gibbs Jones and Jane Crapp.
They lived in Philadelphia where he was a maker of tallow candles.
Ephriam and Susannah's children included:
Jane Bonham (1743, died as a baby),
William Bonham (1745, died as a baby),
Susannah Bonham (1746),
Jane Bonham (1748),
William Bonham (1750),
Ephriam Bonham,
Mary Bonham (1754),
Humphrey Bonham (1755),
Sarah Bonham Covenhoven (1756, married Albert Covenhoven),
Rebecca Bonham (1757),
Susannah Bonham (1758),
Mary Bonham (1760), and
Blethwaite Bonham (1762).
On May 23, 1745 Ephriam Bonham advertised in The Pennsylvania Gazette
To be SOLD, Eighteen Lotts Of Land, fronting on Second Street, in Trenton; containing one Quarter of an Acre in each Lott. Enquire of Ephraim Bonham, next Door to William Fisher's Haiter in Arch Street, Philadelphia, where the Plans of said Lotts may be seen.
Only two sons, William and Blathwaite, survived to adulthood and were named in their mother's will in 1794. Some of their children who died young were buried in Christ’s Church graveyard.
BONAM
Aug. 19, 1744, Jane, dau. of Ephraim,
Feb. 29, 1752, Jan, dau. of Ephraim,
June 16, 1756, (???), son of Ephraim,
Dec. 7, 1756, (???), dau. of Ephraim,
Oct. 6, 1757, (???), child of Ephraim.
BONHAM:
Aug. 15, 1746, William, son of Ephraim,
Aug. 3, 1748, Elizabeth, dau. of Ephraim,
July 19, 1759, Ephraim, son Ephraim,
Aug. 28, 1759, Susannah, dau. of Ephraim.
In July, 1774, Rebecca Crapp of Philadelphia named Ephriam Bonham as executor of her estate. Rebecca was Susannah's aunt.
The names of Ephriam Bonham and his son, William, appeared on tax lists for the city of Philadelphia in the years 1780 and 1781.
Ephriam died on May 22, 1785 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Susannah died on January 28, 1794 in Philadelphia.
Hunterdon County was originally part of Burlington County, West Jersey. It was set off from Burlington County on March 11, 1714. It included Amwell, Hopewell, and Maidenhead Townships.
Piscataway Township in New Jersey was first settled in 1666 by Quakers and Baptists who had left the Puritan colony in New Hampshire.
Christ Church in Philadelphia was founded in 1695 as a condition of William Penn’s Charter. The current building dates to 1744.
New Jersey's first permanent European settlement was in 1660.
The Dutch were the first Europeans claim land in New Jersey. The region became a territory of England in 1664 when an English fleet sailed into New York Harbor and took control of Fort Amsterdam.
