At 10:15 PM 9/14/2008, Lois Kortering wrote: > 1. THOMAS1 BONNEY was born Abt. 1604 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex Co., >England, and died 1693 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusets. The place of his birth is not known, although it was almost certainly England, as he was a passenger in the Hercules in 1635 [NEHGR 75:219]. The estimate of 1604 for a birth year appears in Richard Whiting Bonney, "The Thomas Bonney Genealogy" (Needham, MA: The Author, 1983), but I have never seen any support for that assumption. The place and year of his death are not known. He died between 02-Jan-1688/89, when he signed his will, and 01-May-1693, when it was proved [Plymouth Co. Probate 1:146, Docket #2279; MD 34:182]. He was "Liveing in Duxburrough" when he signed his will [ibid.] so he probably died there. >He married (1) MARY TERRY Abt. 1635. He married (2) MARY HUNT Abt. 1650. >She was born 1604. The assumption of two wives for Thomas is based solely upon the account of Perez Bonney, partly printed in Charles L. Bonney, "The Bonney Family," 2nd Edition (Chicago: Chicago Legal News Co., 1898). There is no confirmation for that assumption. All that can be firmly stated is that Thomas had a wife named Mary, whom he named in his will [Ply. Co. Probate & MD, op. cit.]. >Children of THOMAS BONNEY and MARY HUNT are: > > i. THOMAS2 BONNEY, b. 1640. Thomas and Mary (___) Bonney had as many as eight children, shown in Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr. and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, "The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635," Vol. I: A-B (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), pp. 341-342. The estimated years of birth for the children, as given in that work and below, are based upon events such as marriage dates and births of first children. Only in the cases of John and James do we have ages at death, yielding firmer estimates for the birth years of both. 1) Mary, born about 1655 2) Thomas, born about 1659 3) Sarah, born about 1660 (but note that Perez Bonney is the only authority for her as a child of this couple) 4) Hannah, born about 1663 5) John, born about 1664 6) William, born about 1668 7) James, born about 1672 (died 24-Jan-1723/24, a. 52, Pembroke VR 390) 8) Joseph, born about 1674 >2. JOHN2 BONNEY (THOMAS1) was born 1642. He died at Pembroke 16-Nov-1745, aged 81 [Pembroke VR 390, citing a Bonney family private record], so he was born about 1664. >He married ELIZABETH BISHOP, >daughter of JAMES BISHOP and MARY HUDSON. I am not certain that the surname of Mary, wife of James Bishop, was Hudson. I will look into it. >Child of JOHN BONNEY and ELIZABETH BISHOP is: > >3. i. RUTH3 BONNEY, b. 07 February 1699/00, >Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. That is correct [Pembroke VR 45] but I have nothing further on this line. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net ____________________________________________________________ Click here for free information on nursing degrees, up to $150/hour http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nEnkl6XOKwTZuO8FndRP7kj3O1UtultoQPtg53XtBe9Mekd/