3. John² Bonner (??¹) birth date unknown. John died 1785.

He married Sarah Walker in Cumberland Co., PA, 11 Jan 1785.

John immigrated, 6 Feb 1766. Destination: Newcastle, PA. He bought property in Mifflin Co., Pennsylvania, 1773. John never patented the land and in 1811 ownership passed to Thomas Ghormley, William Curran, and others. A house still stands on the property (1981). Although its origins are unknown its age would seem to indicate it was built during John's ownership of the property. It was later occupied by his daughter Judith and her children were born there. It could very well be the oldest "Bonner" house still standing.

He made a will 13 Nov 1784.⁽²⁶³⁹⁾ The 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's will was probated 11 Jan 1785.⁽²⁶⁴⁰⁾ The notice of the sale of his property appears in "The Carlisle Gazette & The Western Repository of Knowledge" on Wednesday, 17 Septembr, 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." Revolutionary Soldier.

John Bonner and Sarah Walker had the following children:

5 i. Jane³ Bonner. Jane died 6 Apr 1844.

6 ii. Judith Bonner was born 6 Dec 1770. Judith died 3 Jun 1839. Her body was interred in Greenfield, Highland Co., Ohio, Old Greenfield Cemetery. She married Thomas Ghormley 15 Mar 1787. Thomas was born 16 Oct 1766. Thomas was the son of Hugh Ghormley. Thomas died 17 May 1840. He resided in Greenfield, Fayette Co., Ohio Spring 1813. They bought 531 acreas in the Walter Dunn grant, survey 669 of the Virginia Military Survey for $1,062. The land is located 4 miles north of Greenfield in Fayette Co. and in 1970 was still owned by he Ghormley family.

Thomas was a First Presbyterian Church member in Greenfield, Ohio. (See Thomas Ghormley for the continuation of this line.)

Judith was a First Presbyterian Church member in Greenfield, Ohio. When her father died, she inherited land in Mifflin Co., Pennsylvania along the Juniata River, across from Mexico, Pennsylvania.

7 iii. Margaret Bonner was born 20 Dec 1772. She married Rev. William Stewart in Mifflin Co., Pennsylvania, ca 1794. William was a First Presbyterian Church member in Greenfield, Highland Co., Ohio, 1826. (See Rev. William Stewart for the continuation of this line.)

Margaret was a First Presbyterian Church member in Greenfield, Highland Co., Ohio, 1826.

8 iv. James Bonner was born 1775. He married Elizabeth Ellis 1806.

+ 9 v. David Bonner was born 15 Jul 1776.

10 vi. William Bonner was born 1780.

+ 11 vii. Nathaniel Bonner was born 27 Nov 1780.

12 viii. Sarah Bonner was born 1784.

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