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.
American colonists continued to use British monetary units, namely the pound, shilling and pence for which £1 (orli) equalled 20s and 1s equalled 12d. In 1792 the dollar was established as the basic unit of currency.
Uriah Bonham was born about 1724 at Maidenhead, Hunterdon County, (now Lawrence, Mercer County), New Jersey. He was the son of Hezekiah Bonham and his second wife. He was a school teacher in Kingwood, Hunterdon County.
In 1763, and how much earlier I know not, a Uriah Bonham of Piscataqua, was in this neighborhood as a school teacher. He married Ancher, daughter of George Fox, the elder. They had 5 children, 2 sons and 3 daughters. (From Traditions of Hunterdon)
Their children included:
Amos Bonham (1752, married Rebecca Rittenhouse),
Mary Bonham Emmans (1753, married James Emmons),
Dinah Bonham Sutton (1756, married John Sutton-son of Jonas, Richard, William, George),
Zedekiah Bonham (1760, married Prudence Heath) and
Hannah Bonham Emmons (1762, married Job Emmons).
His second wife was named Magdalena and may have been the widow, Magdalena Heath.
Kingwood Township is on the western border of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It was founded in 1798.
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.
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.
New Jersey's first permanent European settlement was in 1660.
