There seems to be cosiderable controversy over whether Dorcas Samson, daughter of Mayflower passenger Henry Samson, was the wife of Thomas Bonney, Sr. or Jr. The somewhat outdated Bonney genealogy that I consulted states that Thomas Bonney, Sr. married Mary Hunt and that Thomas Jr. married Dorcas Samson, but there seems to be some controversy among Bonney descendants about this scenario, with some claiming that there was only one Thomas, married to both women, some claiming that there were two unrelated Thomas Bonneys, some claiming that there was one and that one wife (or the other) was the mother of all of his children, etc., etc., etc. I emailed my state's chapter of the Mayflower Society to see if they accept any lines through Dorcas and Thomas, or had any information to sort out the multiple theories, but never received a response. There don't seem to be too many reliable secondary sources on this family, and the internet is full of misinformation, so I thought this list would be a good place to start. I would appreciate any good discussion on this family, source referals, opinions, etc. FYI, my line comes through James Bonney who married Desire Billington and Abigail Bishop ~ incidently I have a proven Henry Samson line a few generations down from here! Many thanks, Anna