The BONNELL / BUNNELL FAMILY in Sussex County, NJ From Cathy DiPietro Information located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~njsussex On a USGenWeb/NJGenWeb Web site TRANSCRIBED BY the County Coordinator of NJGenWeb Please see the web site foremail contact. ---------------------------------- The original source of this information is in the public domain, however use of this text file, other than for personal use, is restricted without written permission from the transcriber (who has edited, compiled and added new copyrighted text to same). ======================================================== SOURCES: From Cathy DiPietro Since I typed this up for another querier, here's the Bonnell - Bunnell genealogy from page 2 and 3 of Charles Stickney's "Old Sussex County Families", originally published as newspaper articles in the Wantage Recorder paper of the 1930's. Enjoy! Thomas Bonnell, of England, located at Morristown early. His son, James Bonnell, married Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham Shimer, and settled in Montague twsp in 1791. James served as Captain in the Rev. War. He wrote a very minute and concise history of the Indian depredations in the Minisink Valley, but unfortunately loaned it to some person at Washington D.C., who cut out all the most valuable incidents before returning it. He died in 1814. His children were: John and Joseph, who moved to Wantage and died there; Ellen, who married John LaForge, of Milford, PA; Catherine, who married Thomas Kelsey, of Newton; Isaac and Jacob. Isaac married Feb. 10, 1812, Roxanna Brink, of PA, who died Oct. 5, 1877. The children born to them were: Jams, Apr 13, 1813; Elizabeth, Jul 19, 1815; Jonathan, Nov 13, 1817; John L., Nov 24, 1820; Lansing, Nov 19, 1822; Sally J., Jan 5, 1829; Isaac Jr., Aug 14, 1831; Joseph, Aug 31, 1833; Jacob, Sep 8, 1835; Thomas J., May 2, 1838; George W., Jul 21, 1840, died in infancy. Another family in Sussex County have a name of very nearly similar orthography. And a stranger would be apt to regard the two names as having derived from a common ancestry; but such is not the case. William Bunnell, of Cheshire, England, came to New Haven, CT in 1638, where he married Anna, daughter of Benjamin Wilmot in 1640. They had five children. Their eldest son, born in 1642, married Rebecca, daughter of Peter Mallory, in 1664. He died in New Haven. They had ten children. Their son, Banjamin, born in 1686, married ______? His son, Solomon, born in 1705, married Mary Holdren. They had three sons. They settled in Hunterdon county, NJ but afterwards started for Susquehanna. The troublesome times with the Indians stopped them and they settled in Smithfield Twsp, (Monroe Co) PA. Their eldest son, Isaac, born Jul 13, 1738, married Lanah Barkalaw. They had eight children. Henry, their son, born Jul 3, 1778, married Mary Nihart of the same county. They had twelve children: George, Julia, Gershom, David, Robert, Isaac, James, Barnett, John, Mary, Henry and Eleanor. Henry Sr. in 1809 purchased a farm in Walpack, to which he moved and the last of his seven children were born there. He died Aug 4, 1826, and his wife, Apr 27, 1858, and both are buried in the Walpack churchyard. Of their children, David, born Mar 1, 1806, married Sep 16, 1828, Catherine, daughter of William Smith, of Walpack. Their children were: Thomas G; Sarah, married George Robert, of Sandyston; Mary, married George C. Stoll, of Sandyston; Martha, married John Youngs, of Pike County, PA; Henry; Joseph W., of Sandyston; and Frank P. of Blairstown, NJ. Jacob L. Bunnell is a lineal descendant of the latter. Their son, Thomas G., born Mar 14, 1834, married Sep 19, 1857, Mary A., daughter of Jonas and Sarah A. (Decker) Smith, of Walpack. His children are: Carrie, Alice A., Willard, John S. and Edith. He died Sep. 15, 1894.