Edward Bonnet

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Pedigree
ChartsAncestors of Harriet Hanson Robinson
Edward Bonnet, son of Thomas Bonnet and Mary (…), was born probably shortly before his baptism at Christ Church Parish, Barbados, June 1657.1,2 He died before 6 June 1694,3 when he was buried at St. Michael's Parish, Barbados.4

Edward married Sarah Stevens, whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), at Christ Church Parish, Barbados, 27 June 1686.5

Edward left a will dated 5 June 1694, and proved 12 June 1694. Of St. Michael's Parish, he mentioned:
friend Michael Glyd;
father in law John Whetstone Esq executor and guardian of children Stede Bonnett, daughter Frances bonnett under age 6, and child wife goes with;
land joining Hon. Francis Bond Esq.
signed Edward Bonnett
Witnesses: Anthony Harris, Gabrill Studdard, Thomas Brewster, John Stevens, Ellizabeth Yeamans, Symon (x) Cooper, Henry Doldren, Samuel Cornish.6

Family

Sarah Stevens
Children
  • Stede Bonnet+7,8 b. 29 Jul 1687, d. 10 Dec 1718
  • Frances Bonnet3 b. 14 Apr 1691
  • Sarah Bonnet3 b. aft. 5 Jun 1694
This person was last edited on23 Apr 2023

Citations

  1. [S415] Joanne McRee Sanders, compiler, Barbados Records: Baptisms, 1637-1800 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984), 257, further cited as Barbados Baptisms.
  2. [S410] Joanne McRee Sanders, compiler, Barbados Records: Wills and Administrations, 3 volumes (Houston, Texas: Sanders Historical Publications, 1979-1981), 1:37-38, further cited as Sanders, Barbados Wills.
  3. [S410] Sanders, Barbados Wills, 2:35-36.
  4. [S837] Blackrock, Barbados, Barbados parochial registers, Series A, 1637-1850 (Anglican), St Michael's Parish - Burials: 1A:484, FHL microfilm 1157923, further cited as Barbados Registers.
  5. [S413] Joanne McRee Sanders, Barbados Records: Marriages 1643-1800, 2 volumes (Houston, Texas: Sanders Historical Publications, 1982), 1:340, further cited as Sanders, Barbados Marriages.
  6. [S410] Sanders, Barbados Wills, 2:35-6.
  7. [S415] Sanders, Barbados Baptisms, 277.
  8. [S1673] Gregory Don Cooke, "Historic Ancestors: Major Stede Bonnet, Pirate of the Caribbean," The Genealogist 25 (Spring 2011): 31-33, at 31, further cited as Cooke, "Major Stede Bonnet."