An American Family History

"[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood." -- John Adams, 1765

Jeremiah Bonham was born about 1715 at Maidenhead, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was the son of Hezekiah Bonham and his second wife.

He became a settler at Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey,

He was a member of the Committees of Freehold and Shewsbury, in Monmouth County at the opening of the Revolution. “Shrewsbury 23, Septr, 1775 “At a meeting by appointment of the township of Shrewsbury to chose a township committee. They mett at the house of Mr. Bonham. . .”

Jeremiah died in Shrewsbury in 1782.

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