Samuel Bonnett

Samuel Bonnett (1738 – 1789) – Samuel Bonett was born in 1738 in Paoli, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of Jean Jacques and Anna Marie Bonett.  He married Mary Elizabeth Lorentz in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1755.  They had twelve children.  Samuel moved to the Cedar Creek area of Frederick County, Virginia (later Hampshire County, West Virginia).  Samuel received a land patent dated 1766 for the purchase of 205 acres of land in that area.  This land was sold in 1777 and the family, with the exception of their son Henry, moved over the mountains to Harrison County, (West) Virginia.  He obtained a land grant there for 400 acres.[1]  Samuel died on December 17, 1789, from the fall of a tree.[2]

[1] Index to Land Grants of Harrison County, Book 2, page 83

[2] The Bonnet-t-e’s & Kin, Vol. 18, pages 1 – 7

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Father*                      Jean Jacques Bonnett (b. circa 1701, d. before 1753)

Mother*                      Anna Marie Deseux (b. circa 1702, d. )

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Birth*               __ ___ 1738                Chester County, PA.

Marriage*        __ ___ 1755                Mary Elizabeth Lorentz ; Chester County, PA.

Son:           cir __ ___ 1756                John Bonnett (b. circa 1756,          ); Harrison County, WV.

Daughter:   c ir __ ___ 1757                Margaret Bonnett (b. circa 1757,          )

Son:                08 Oct 1761                Henry Bonnett (b. 08 Oct 1761,          ); Harrison County, WV.

Son:           cir __ ___ 1762                Jacob Bonnett (b. circa 1762,          )

Son:           cir __ ___ 1762                Lewis Bonnett (b. circa 1762,          )

Son:                __ Oct 1764                Peter Bonnett (b. Oct 1764,          )

Daughter:    cir __ ___ 1766                Susannah Bonnett (b. circa 1766,          )

Son:               04 Apr 1770                Samuel J. Bonnett (b. 04 Apr 1770,          ); Harrison County, WV.

Son:              14 Sep 1774                William B. Bonnett (b. 14 Sep 1774, d. 10 Jul 1858); Hampshire County, WV.

Son:           cir __ ___ 1775                Phillip Bonnett (b. circa 1775,          )

Death*            17 Dec 1789                Lewis County, WV.

Daughter:   cir __ ___ 1872                Mary Bonnett (b. circa 1872)

Daughter:   cir __ ___ 1873                Elizabeth Bonnett (b. circa 1873)

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