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     Adaline Stanton was the daughter of Deacon Joseph Stanton and Grace Winchell.
     Her married name was Collins. She resided at Huntington, Mass, in 1891.

     Catherine Amelia Stanton was the daughter of Deacon Joseph Stanton and Grace Winchell.
     Her married name was Holland. Her married name was Bowles. She resided in 1891.

     Rosamond Forbes Knight was born on 30 June 1819.. She married Henry Stanton on 20 October 1840.
     Her married name was Stanton. Rosamond Forbes Knight lived in 1891 at Huntington, MA.

     Sophronia Stanton was born on 26 September 1807.. She was the daughter of Weedon Stanton and Ann Wait. She married James Jones in February 1840. Sophronia Stanton died on 16 February 1856.
     Her married name was Jones.

     James Jones was born on 21 October 1804 at Lisle, NY.. He was the son of James Jones and Mercy Dewey. He married Sophronia Stanton in February 1840.
     James Jones lived in 1891 at Newark Valley.

     Nelson was born on 25 June 1817. He was the son of Merill Stanton and Elizabeth Neer. He married Polly Chandler in September 1871. No issue..
      He was an Episcopalian and a farmer.

     Ann Letta Stanton was the daughter of Merill Stanton and Elizabeth Neer.
     Her married name was Baker. She resided in 1891.

     Jane Elizabeth Stanton was the daughter of Merill Stanton and Elizabeth Neer. She married Paul C. Palmer. Jane died.
     Her married name was Palmer.

     Henry was born at Canada on 27 November 1815. He was the son of Merill Stanton and Elizabeth Neer. Henry died on 9 July 1816.

     He married Jane Elizabeth Stanton. Paul died in 1847.
      Of St. Albans, VT.

     Polly was born on 19 October 1837. She was the daughter of John Chandler and Susan Free. She married Malcom Rykerd. She married Nelson William Stanton in September 1871. No issue..
     Her married name was Rykerd. As of September 1871,her married name was Stanton.

     He married Susan Free.

     She married John Chandler.
     Her married name was Chandler.

     He married Polly Chandler. Malcom died before September 1871.

     Horatio Stanton was the son of Daniel Stanton and Lydia Wheeler. Horatio died.

     William Stanton was the son of Daniel Stanton and Lydia Wheeler.
     He resided in 1891.

     Daniel Stanton Jr. was the son of Daniel Stanton and Lydia Wheeler. Daniel died before 1891.

     Merill was born on 1 May 1834. He was the son of Daniel Stanton and Lydia Wheeler. Merill died on 21 May 1860.

     She married Leonard Lull circa 1810. Mary died on 29 October 1834 at near Zanesville, Washington twnship, Muskingum Co., OH. Her body was interred at Lull or Vernon Cemetery.
      As of circa 1810,her married name was Lull.

     Benjamin Holmes was born on 11 November 1751 at Pomfret, Connecticut..¹ He was the son of James Holmes and Lydia Barrows. Benjamin Holmes married Mary Cleveland, daughter of Phinehas Cleveland and ZeruiahZerviah Davis, on 23 December 1784 at Brooklyn, Connecticut.¹ Benjamin Holmes died before 1825 at Stafford, Connecticut.¹
     He Benjamin Holmes served in the Revolutionary War; he was a private inCaptain Caleb Clark's Company, 11th Regiment, Connecticut Militia.¹

     Mary Cleveland was born in 1763 at Brooklyn, Connecticut..¹ She was the daughter of Phinehas Cleveland and ZeruiahZerviah Davis. Mary Cleveland married Benjamin Holmes, son of James Holmes and Lydia Barrows, on 23 December 1784 at Brooklyn, Connecticut.¹ Mary Cleveland died before 1825 at Stafford, Connecticut.¹
      Mary Cleveland was also known as Holmes.¹

     Nancy was born circa 1808. She married Leonard Lull circa 1837. Her body was interred at Lull or Vernon Cemetery.
      As of circa 1837,her married name was Lull.

     Jacob was born on 9 March 1720. He was the son of Daniel Galusha. He married Lydia Huntington at Norwich, Conn, on 10 September 1745. He married Thankful King on 9 September 1764. The widow King.. He married Desire Andrus (Andrews) Metcalf. Jacob died on 13 February 1792.
      He was a farmer and blacksmith, in moderated circumstances, but of unblemished character, sound judgement and native shrewdness. His sons served in the Revolution and later became prominent in Vermont politics, his third son becoming the 5th Governor of Vermont. He moved his family from Norwich to Preston, Conn., on the eastern side of the state, then to Salisbury, VT. Distinguished early families in Vermont were from Salisbury, Conn. Chittenden, Allen, Chipman, and Galusha.

     Daniel Galusha was the son of Daniel Galusha.

     Lydia Huntington was the daughter of Matthew Huntington and Lydia Leonard. She married Jacob Galusha at Norwich, Conn, on 10 September 1745. Lydia died on 6 May 1764 At the birth of her daughter Anna.. At the birth of her daughter Anna..
      As of 10 September 1745,her married name was Galusha.

     He married Lydia Leonard.

     She married Matthew Huntington.
     Her married name was Huntington.

     She married Jacob Galusha on 9 September 1764. The widow King..
      As of 9 September 1764,her married name was Galusha.

     She married Jacob Galusha. Desire died on 28 September 1775 at Salisbury, Conn.
     Her married name was Galusha.

     Alfred Gallup was the son of Henry Gallup and Desire Stanton.
      Had seven children.

     Desire Gallup was the daughter of Henry Gallup and Desire Stanton.
      Had nine children.

     He married Lucy Hancock.

     She married David Gallup.
     Her married name was Gallup.

     Betsey was born on 7 January 1816. She was the daughter of David Gallup and Lucy Hancock.

     Peleg was born on 3 May 1817. He was the son of David Gallup and Lucy Hancock. Peleg died. His body was interred.

     Lucy was born on 30 July 1824. She was the daughter of David Gallup and Lucy Hancock.

     John was born on 15 December 1826. He was the son of David Gallup and Lucy Hancock.

     Mary was born on 4 March 1832. She was the daughter of David Gallup and Lucy Hancock.

     James Bonner was the son of James Bonner. He married Martha Reid. James Bonner died in 1784 at Mifflin, PA. Note that there is a James Bonner listed on the 1790 PA Census.¹
      The First Church (Presbyterian) in Fermanagh, Pennsylvania was organized on James' land at "the meeting place in the woods". It was known as the "Old Seceeder Church and Burying Grounds". In 1970 it then known as the Adams Cemetery. James was listed as the head of a family on the 1790 Census at Fermanagh, Juniata Twp, Mifflin Co., PA.

     Martha Reid was the daughter of James Reid and Anne (?). She married James Bonner. Martha Reid was buried at Firmnaugh, Mifflin County, PA.¹
     Her married name was Bonner.

      The family tradition is that the family is of Scotch-Irish ancestry though nothing is known of the family before arriving in America. The supposition is based on some early references to the family among the Scots-Irish and their membership in the Presbyterian church for many generations.

In the "Surnames of County Donegal" by Arthur Spears that appeared in "Irish Roots Magazine" Issue 2, 1995 pages 27-29 there is this information about the surnames Crampsey, Bonner. "Crampsey, Crashy, Boner, Bonar, Bonnar are names which, when totalled, are quite high on the list of County Donegal names. The names are particularly evocative of the county. McLysaght gives these names little attention and then only under Kneafsey, a form unknown in Donegal. McCrampsey, O'Crawsey are also believed absent today. Formerly, the name approximating to these forms was usually spelled Crampsey in Donegal, but by far the more usual was Bonner or Boner and is so today. On the face of it, the Gaelic Cnamsighe seems to connote something like "Boneman" in English (cnamh, accent over the a, is the Irish for 'bone'). The user of Bonner especially, but also to some degree Boner, as anglicised, was probably to avoid the suggestion that the holders might be of the knacker trade. It is suggested that the name may derive from an old Irish word for priest 'Cruimthir' the suffix 'thir' being easily interchangeable with 'sighe'. The alternative derivation seems doubtful unless it has some reference to a skeletal ancestor, hardly someone to be proud of.

In Ulster the Bonner, Bonnar forms are most commonley met with. Besides the Irishowen part of County Donegal, it is concentrated in Derry and in Counties Londonderry and Tyrone. Dublin has one Cramsie in the telephone directory and a small number of Boner/Bonners. The family are apparently not given to roving. No doubt they emigrated to America in the early seventeenth century as did many others and the name will appear there in any of its several forms including Neaphsey or O'Crawsey as well.

Greg Coffey ([email protected]) quotes a letter from Aunt Mattie saying "James Bonner bought land of one James Patterson in 1768--of Firmnaugh Township, Mifflin Co., PA James and Martha Bonner deeded one and six-tenths acres of their land to the Associate Reformed Church of Firmnaugh to be used to the Church purposes and a God's acre forever. Here lies the bodies of James
and Anne Reid, James and Martha Bonner, and also John Bonner and other relatives. All his children settled at Chillicothe, Ohio about 1813--with the exception of John, who settled at Dayton, Ohio. Of the children, Nathaniel, John and Jane kept up a fellowship as long as life
lasted."¹
James was listed as the head of a family on the 1790 Census at Fermaanagh, Juniata Township, Mifflin Co., PA.

     John Bonner was the son of James Bonner. He married Sarah Walker at Cumberland Co., PA, circa 1778. John died circa January 1785 Deborah Coffey says died 1795 in Mifflin, PA. at Cumberland Co., PA. Deborah Coffey says died 1795 in Mifflin, PA.. John's will was probated. D244-245The notice of the sale of his property appears in "The Carlisle Gazette & The Western Repository of Knowledge" on Wednesday, 17 September, 1794: "To be sold agreeable to will of John Bonner, deed, plantation on which he lived, 300 a., in Mifflin Co, Milford Co., Midland Township., adj. river Juniata, 1/2 mile from George Patterson's Mill. James Bonner, near the premises, James Bigham & William Bigham, Lancaster Co., Chestnut Level, Ex'rs."¹
     John immigrated, on 6 February 1768. Destination: at Newcastle, PA. He bought property at Patterson's Landimg, across the river, in 1773.^2,3 He made a will on 13 November 1784. D244-245The will names his wife Sarah, his sons David and William, his daughters Judith and Margaret, his sister Mary and (her daughter?) Sarah. The executors are his bros. James Bonner, James Bigham, and William Bigham. The witnesses were Charles Cunningham, Samuel Patterson, and James Patterson. John will his land in equal shares to his wife Sarah, and his five children.

Because his son James died before John, his estate was administered by his son-in-law Thomas Ghormley, the husband of Judith Bonner. His heirs received the transfer of Thomas Ghormley land in Walker Township, Juniata Co., for 67 cents. They in turn sold the land to the heirs of Samuel Custer..¹ He was a Revolutionary War soldier. After his death his land went to his wife and children. In 1802 the son David sold hjis interest in the land to his sister Judith (now Ghormley) and his sister Margaret (now Curren). Judith and Margaret divided the land 111 March 1811 - Judith getting 122 Acreas and allowance and Margaret getting 159 acres and allowance. The widow's portion remained in Margaret's tract. Sarah, the widow, and her daughter Margaret sold their tract 16 May 1811 to Philip Kilmer and in 1879 this was the farm of Peter Kilmer. Judith sold her portion 23 Apr 1818 to Michael Brandt and this (in 1879) was the farm of Mrs. Hartman and W. Turbett and part of the A.J. Turbett farm. W. Turbett resided in the stone home built by Judith and Thomas Ghormley. The stream of water passing through these tracts is known as Bpnner's run.³

     Sarah was born at Mifflin Co., PA, in 1765. Greg Coffey indicates she was born in Northern Ireland. In the Old Family Tree mocknc2 indicates the born in 1761..^1,2 She was the daughter of Emmanuel Walker and Ann Carey. She married John Bonner at Cumberland Co., PA, circa 1778. She married John Turbet circa 1798.¹ Sarah Walker died in 1829 at Greenfield, Highland County, OH. In the Old Family Tree mocknc2 indicates died 1827.^3,2
     Her married name was Bonner. Her married name was McCord. Her married name was John Turbet.¹

     John Turbet was born circa 1765 at Mifflin Co., PA. The son of John Turbett..¹ He married Sarah Walker circa 1798.¹ John Turbet died after 1798 at Mifflin Co., PA. Nielson says March 1795, however John married Sarah about 1798.¹
      John Turbett may have been the brother of COl. Thomas Turbett. John held a tract of land adjoining that of John Bonner's children on the south-east in the year 1793. He willed this land to his wife Sarah and daughter Priscilla. The women moed to Chillicothe, Ross county, Ohio about 1812 and were residing there 25 Aug. 1813 when they sold this land to Michael Brandt.²

     Judith was born on 6 December 1770. "Luman-Iles Family" indicates born 8 Dec. No source cited..^1,2 She was the daughter of John Bonner and Sarah Walker. She married Thomas Ghormley at Ohio on 5 March 1787.^1,3 Judith died on 3 June 1839.¹ Her body was interred at Greenfield, Highland Co., OH, at Old Greenfield Cemetery.¹
      As of 5 March 1787,her married name was Ghormley. Judith was a at First Presbyterian Church member at Greenfield, Highland Co., OH. When her father died, she inherited land in Mifflin Co., Pennsylvania along the Juniata River, across from Mexico, Pennsylvania.

     Margaret was born on 20 December 1772.¹ She was the daughter of John Bonner and Sarah Walker. She married Rev. William Stewart circa 1794.¹ Margaret Bonner died. Deborah L. Coffey says "!Information from Aunt Mattie's letter. States that Margaret died at the home of her daughter, Sarah Adams, where she had gone in her last illness."
     Her married name was Curran. As of circa 1794,her married name was Stewart. Margaret was a at First Presbyterian Church member at Greenfield, Highland Co., OH, in 1826.¹

     James was born circa 1775.¹ He was the son of John Bonner and Sarah Walker. He married Elizabeth Ellis in 1806.
      This note may or may not be this James Bonner.. "There was some manufacture of brick by the old and toilsome hand process prior to 1819 , when the Scioto Gazette [Chillicothe, Ohio] gave notice of a "wonderful invention," about to be introduced by J. C. Stubbs and James Bonner, by which the clay could be fed into a hopper, and by machinery run by horse-power, be converted into brick, shaped ready for drying and baking. IT was predicted that his machine would turn out brick at the rate of thirty a minute, and revolutionize building, making brick houses as cheap as frame." - State Centennial History of the County of Ross (Ohio) Vol II, Henry Holcomb Bennett Editor, orig 1902, reprinted 1981 by the Ross Co. Genealogical Society, Gateway Press Inc, Baltimore, 1981.

     David was born at Mexico, Juniata Co., PA, on 15 July 1776. In the 1920's William Thompson Bonner mailed a Christmas card which depicted four generations of Bonners with pictures of David, James Taylor, William Thompson, and William Thompson, Jr. That card has been duplicated and copies widely circulated among the Bonner descendants. The card states that David was Born 4 July 1776 and consequently that date has become a strong family tradition. However, David's tombstone says died 31 Mar 1853 77 y 8m 15d. That calculates to 15 Jul 1776. The date of 15 July is also cited by Carmen Ghormley in her "The Ghormley Story". I have not been able to find any colloborating evidence for the 4 July 1776 date..¹ He was the son of John Bonner and Sarah Walker. He married Eleanor "Nelly" Johnson at Mifflin Co., PA, on 11 September 1798.² He married Jane Woods at Ross Co., Ohio, on 13 March 1841. This was her second marriage. First husband's name is unknown. Although the Woods family publication says it's source for the marriage date is the Ancestral File, the Ancetral File actually gives the marriage date as 1 Apr 1841..^3,4,5 David died on 31 March 1853 at Greenfield, Highland Co., OH.¹ His body was interred at Greenfield, Highland Co., OH, at Old Burying Ground.
     He was tax roll in 1810 at Ross County, OH. He sold property at property purchased 27 Dec 1813, Greenfield, Highland Co., OH, on 28 August 1839. David was an expert wool carder, cotton spinner, farmer, millwright, and engineer. He moved to Chillicothe, Ohio in 1798 and took an active part in the construction of the Ohio canal and public buildings of that date (including the Old State House in Chillicothe,built 1801-2 of native stone, two stories tall).

David Bonner (b. 1776 PA) and David S. Bonner (b. 1780 Virginia) appear to have been in Ohio at the same time. One of them came from Pennsylvania and was a Presbyterian. The other came from Virginia and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Since both have entries as David
or David S. Bonner, they are often confused.

Chillicothe had been laid out by Nathaniel Massie and founded in 1796. It was part of the 6,570 square miles of territory between the Scioto and the Miami rivers set aside by Virginia to reward war veterans. Chillicothe was the site of a ferry across the Scioto and became a major center. In the early 1800's the town had 100 homes and a population of 1,982. By 1815 Ross County as a whole had 18,000 inhabitants. This is partly attributable to an Act passed in 1800 which allowed individuals to purchase tracts of 320 acres. This size was later reduced to 160 acres and the price was set to $2 per acre with five years to pay.

He then moved to Greenfield, Ohio, where he and his wife were among the earlist permanent settlers. David began negotiating in land at an early date and succeeded in putting over one oft he largest land deals ever to take place in Greenfield. In 1813 he purchased 50 inlots in the eastern section for $2.00 a lot (Purchased in Cincinnati District, Union County, 160 acres, SE 1/4-S33, 7 December 1813 at $2 per acre with 5 years to pay). Within four years he sold four of the lots for $750. For that era it was a tremendous land deal.

On 17 Nov. 1855, David acquired the northeast corner of Washington and Jefferson Streets where he erected a carding mill. The farmers around Greenfield brought wool here to be carded, saving a somewhat longer trip to Chillicothe. He operated the mill until 1822 when a new owner moved it to a new location on Jefferson Street. The old mill building became a grocery and hotel. At the new location he built a factory for wool and cotton. The factory's machinery was operated by horses, oxen, and cows which were worked on a horizontal wheel sweep nearly forty feet in diameter. He added a pair of millstones to grind corn and burrs to make wheat flour.

This advertisement appeared in the July 12, 1828 Hillsborough Gazette:
"COTTON SPINNING AND WOOL CARDING"
"Our cotton and woolen factory is now in good order, where common wool will be carded at five cents per pound, paid in cash at the time. Wool carding and spinning in all other respects, as to price and trade, the same as last year. Cotton yarns, assorted, can be had at our factory; as also summer and winter janes, in exchange for cash, wool, or such trade as is taken in the stores."
"Greenfield, May 20, 1828 - David Bonner"
     
In 1834 in Greenfield, Ohio, David Bonner replaced the horse and ox drawn power in the Greenfield mill with the first steam engine known in the area. This factory was completely destroyed by fire in the summer of 1837. He immediately started constuction of a new three story stone building on the northeast corner of Fifth and Jefferson (now the Odd Fellows building). Two years after the first he also constructed a beautiful manor house on Jefferson between Fourth and Fifth Street. He later gave up the mill and opened a bookstore around 1840 in a new brick building at 297 Jefferson Street.

David was a very principled man and his efforts were not always appreciated. For example, he was very conscientious in enforcing the observance of the Sabbath and many traveling through Chillicothe on the Sabbath were arrested at his insistence. He also opposed drinking and his signature appears on a petition to the Court on 4 February 1839 asking that a license not be granted to Samuel Wasson for dram drinking. He was an abolitionist and owned a large farm north of Greenfield where slaves were often hidden.

Elsie Johnson Ayres in "Hills of Highland" relates the following story. "One Sunday morning Bonner met three men, new to the area, on the Public Square. He talked to them and became aware that they were hunting the fugitives who were hidden in his own basement. He asked if they had been to breakfast and upon learning that they had not, he boldly invited them to participate in the family worship hours. They consented and their host proceeded to read one of the longest psalms in the Bible. Bonner's prayers were never longer than on that particular morning. In the meantime, the slaves had been carefully removed from their cellar hideout and conducted to another station." He was the defendant in a lawsuit at Greenfield, Highland Co., OH, on 14 January 1854. He In the records of the Recorders Office of Highland Co - deeds involving David Bonner.
Listed as Deed book #/page#/date/names. All of it for land in Greenfield.

2/53/8 Jul 1815 David and Elinor to Saml Crothers
2/204/17 Nov 1815 Heirs of Gabriel Wright to David
5/566/30 Nov 1825 David and Elinor to James McClintick
2/462/1 May 1834 David and Elenor to Jacob Turnipseed
5/420/1 Apr 1836 David and Eleanor to William Corner
5/543/27 Apr 1837 David and Eleanor to James McClelland
6/158/27 Apr 1837 David and Eleanor to Job Hire
7/461/28 Aug 1839 David to John H. Bonner
10/303/4 Feb 1841 -0 David to James T. Bonner
10/303/4 Feb 1841 David to Henry and James Bonner
10/304/27 Jun 1840 David to Henry J. Bonner
12/86/15 Mar 1845 David and Jane to Claiborn Lea
13/393/5 Sep 1846 David and Jane to Jeptha Davis
13/398/29 Nov 1845 David and Jane to James Morrow
13/600/11 Mar 1847 David and Jane to A.B. Wilson
14/61/222 Nov 1843 David and Jane to Daniel Bush
14/535/29 Nov 1845 David and Jane to Christian Shrock
16/438/9 Aug 1849 David and Jane to Solomon Turner
16/440/1 Mar 1849 David and Jane to James McClelland
16/543/7 Nov 1848 David and Jane to Edy Watkins
17/299/1 Jun 1850 David and Jane to George and William Logan
17/302/1 Mar 1849 David and Jane to Ansell Watkins.

     William was born in 1780.¹ He was the son of John Bonner and Sarah Walker.