When Reverend Zachariah Bonham was born on 29 February 1764, in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Hezekiah Bonham, was 24 and his mother, Mary Cordrey, was 22. He married Sophia Johnson in 1788. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 10 March 1837, in Jackson, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Irville Cemetery, Nashport, Muskingum, Ohio, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
English (of Norman origin):
nickname from Old French bon homme ‘good man’ (from Latin bonus homo), or from a Middle English personal name of the same etymology.
possibly also a habitational name from Bonham in Stourton (Wiltshire), which is likely manorial in origin, taking its name from that of an early owner with the same name as in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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