P_10433_2394 – Henry Bonham
Captain of two voyages in 1742 and 1747, and owner-captain of two further voyages in the Kouli Kan in 1751-53. The will of Henry Bonham proved in 1791 identifies his father as Capt. Samuel Bonham.
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First name: Henry
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Last name: Bonham
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Social background: Trade
Primary outcome: Gentry
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Sources: PROB 11/1210/708. Emmet L. Smith, 'Bonham 1631-1959' pp. 4-5.
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Crossings (4)
77832 - James Gally (1747 - 1747)
Role: Captain
77618 - Kouli Kan (1752 - 1753)
Role: Captain-owner
77586 - Kouli Kan (1750 - 1751)
Role: Captain-owner
77549 - Defence (1742 - 1742)
Role: Captain
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate): £8,000
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Courts: PCC
The will of Henry Bonham made 28/09/1783 proved in 1791 identifies his father as Capt. Samuel Bonham. Under the will he left Orsett House and the real estate he had himself built up in trust (his trustees were his nephews Henry Bonham - son of his brother William - and Thomas Day) to his brother Samuel for life and then to his nephew Henry, son of his brother Samuel, and his male heirs failing whom to his nephew Pinson, another son of his [the testator's] brother Samuel. He left his four houses in Whitechapel Road facing the London Hospital and his house No. 16 Stepney Causeway to his nephew Henry, son of his brother William. He left a house at Orsett called Mills for life, and £600 in 3% consols, to Elizabeth Dowsett 'that now lives with me.' He left £4000 in 3% consols to his nephew Henry son of his brother William; £3000 in 3% consols among William's three daughters Jane, Cartaret and Sarah Pinson. His residuary heirs were his brother Samuel and nephew Henry, son of William. In a codicil of 1785 he left a further £1000 in consols in trust for Elizabeth Dowsett.
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