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From: "David Tourison" <>
Subject: [NJ] New Jersey Wills, 1670-1750 - BONNELL
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 11:25:15 -0700


Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXIII, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME I, 1670-1730;
Paterson NJ, 1901
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)

BONNELL, page 45:

1724-5 Jan. 4. Bonnell, Robert, of Gloucester Co., yeoman. Frances,
widow of, relinquishes her right to the administration of her husbands
estate to Joseph Pidgeon.
1724-5 Jan. 11. Bond of Joseph Pidgeon, of Bucks Co., Penna.,
merchant, as administrator of the estate of Robert Bonnell (Bonell, Bonny).
Isaac DeCow and Charles Weston, both of Burlington Co., fellow bondsmen.

BOUNEL, beginning page 47:

1711-2 Jan. 15. Bounel, Bonnell, Isaac, of Elizabeth Town, Essex Co.,
planter; will of. Wife Elizabeth. Children Isaac, Abraham, Jacob, John,
William, all under age, Lydia and Sarah. Home farm on the South Branch in
Elizabeth Town bounds, partly derived from father Nathan Bounel, partly bot
of Samuel Bounel and Joseph Bounel, 50 [page 48] acres on the Middle Branch,
a tract called New Britain; personal estate. Executors brothers Joseph
and Benjamin Bounel. Witnesses Jonathan Dickinson, Cornelius Hetfeld,
Samuel Whitehead. Proved January 29, 1711-2. Lib. 1, p. 368.

The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:

BONNEL - Abigail, Benja., Benjamin, Joseph, Capt. Joseph.
BONNELL - Frances, Isaac, Nathll junior, Robert (Bonell, Bonny)
BOUNEL - Abraham, Benjamin, Elizabeth (Bonnell), Isaac, Jacob, John, Joseph,
Major Joseph, Lydia, Nathaniel, Samuel, Sarah, William.
BOUNELL - Samuel.
BONNY - Joseph

Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXX, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME II, 1730-1750;
Paterson NJ, 1918
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)

BONNEL, beginning page 51:

1746, Oct. 6. Bonnel, Joseph, of Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co.,
yeoman; will of. Being advanced in years. Wife, Martha. Children
David, Joseph, Phebe (wife of Noadiah Potter), Keziah (wife of Ebenezer
Sturgis) and Martha (wife of John Dickinson). Daughters of son Nathaniel,
deceased, viz., Temperance, Joana, Mary, Nancy, Phebe, all under age.
Daughter-in-law, Martha, wife of Benjamin Lyon. Brother, Benjamin Bonnel,
to have a weavers loom. Lands joining lands of Thomas Baker, David Bonnel,
Henry Pierson and Samuel Headley. Executors sons-in-law, Noadiah Potter,
Ebenezer Sturgis, and son David. Witnesses Benjamin Lyon, John Clark,
David Tallon, John Wade 3rd, Samuel Lunn, Ebenezer Sturgis, Jr. Proved
March 22, 1747-8. Lib. E, p. 154.
1747-8, March 17. Inventory of personal estate, 803.19.06; made by
Timothy Whitehead and John Potter.

1736, June 19. Bonnel, Nathaniel, of Elizabeth Town, Essex Co.,
carpenter; will of. Children Abigail Norris, Sarah Thompson, Mary
Chanler, Nathaniel, Isaac and James. Three children of daughter, Hannah
Broadwell, deceased; names not given. Land joining lands of John Crane,
John Clark, deceased, William Broadwell, William Jones; 140 acres of Scotch
Plains, joining lands of Richard Beech and John Shadwell. Executors wife,
Mary, and son, Nathaniel. Witnesses Jeremiah Mulford, William Jones,
Benjn Bonnel. Proved Sept. 13, 1736. Lib. C, p. 141.
1736, Sept. 20. Inventory of personal estate, 80.15.02; made by John
Megie and Elijah Davis.

1745, April 19. Bonnel, Nathaniel, of Elizabeth Town, Essex Co. Bond
of Joseph Bonnel, Esq., father, as administrator. John Crane, Esq., fellow
bondsman. Lib. D, p. 268.
[page 52]
1745, April 2. Inventory of personal estate, 230.15.10 ; made by
Benjamin Bonnel and John Tooker.

The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:

BONNELL (BONNEL) - A., Andrew, Abraham, Benjamin, David, Isaac, Jacob,
James, Joana, John, Joseph, Martha, Mary, Nancy, Nathaniel, Phebe, Samuel,
Temperance, Thomas. (See Bunnell)
BONNY - Joseph
BUNNELL - Abigail, Edward, James, Nathaniel, Samuel (See Bonnell).

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