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An American Family History

Mary Dunn Bonham

Women played an essential role in American society as mothers and homemakers.

Mary Dunn Bonham was born on January 19, 1671/72 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey and was the daughter of Hugh Dunn and Elizabeth Drake, the daughter of Francis Drake.

She married Hezekiah Bonham about 1690 and was the mother of his first four children.

Her sister Martha Dunn may have married Thomas Runyan, Sr.

The Runyans and Dunns were early members of the First Baptist Church of Piscataway.

Mary died on November 7, 1799.

Children of Hezekiah Bonham:
  • Mary Bonham
  • Samuel Bonham
  • Hannah Bonham Stout
  • Sarah Bonham Runyan
  • Hezekiah Bonham
  • Nehemiah Bonham
  • Zachariah Bonham
  • Zedekiah Bonham
  • Amariah Bonham
  • Temperance Bonham Ayres
  • Amaziah Bonham
  • Malachiah Bonham
  • Jeremiah Bonham
  • Ephriam Bonham
  • Josiah Bonham
  • Zephaniah Bonham
  • Uriah Bonham
  • Obadiah Bonham
  • Piscataway Township in New Jersey was first settled in 1666 by Quakers and Baptists who had left the Puritan colony in New Hampshire.

    New Jersey's first permanent European settlement was in 1660.

     

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