Christian Bonus1

#11633, (between 1590 and 1610 - )
Relationship2nd cousin 9 times removed of William David Lewis
Father*James Bonus1 ( - b 1622)
Mother*Jane Baldwin1 (s 1567 - b 1622)
Birth*between 1590 and 1610She was born between 1590 and 1610 at EnglandG.1 
4 June 1622In Alice _____'s will dated 4 June 1622, Christian Bonus was named as an heir.2 
18 February 1632/33In Richard Baldwin's will dated 18 February 1632/33, Christian Bonus was named as an heir; as "Richard Baldwin, of Dun-Dridge...Yeoman."3 

Citations

  1. [S311] Charles Candee Baldwin, Baldwin Genealogy, from 1500 to 1881 (Cleveland, O.: The Leader Printing Company, 1881), p. 37; dates of birth estimated.
  2. [S324] Col. Joseph L. Chester, "Report of Investigations concerning the Family of Baldwin, of Aston Clinton, Co. Bucks", New England Historic Genealogical Register 38 (1884): 166, abstract: "To be buried in the parish church of Aston Clinton, near my late husband Henry Baldwin—to my sons Richard, Sylvester, & John Baldwin, each £20.—to my daughter Mary Salter, £10., my best gold ring, best gown, &c.—to the children of my said son Sylvester Baldwin, viz. John, Henry, Sylvester, Richard, William. Alice, & Jane, each 40 shillings—to the children of my son John Baldwin, viz. Richard, John, Mary, Agnes, & Martha, each 40s—to the children of my daughter Mary Salter, viz. Richard, Thomas, John, David, Susanna, Mary, & Sarah, each 40 shillings—to the children of my daughter Jane Bonus, viz. Henry, James. John, Christian, Faith, Mary, & Jane, each a sum varying from £4. to £10.-—to Henry Stonehill my son in law, & his children Henry. Jane & Agnes, each 40 shillings—to Anne, daughter of my son Robert Baldwin, 40 shillings—to my brother Thomas King 10 shillings & to his children 20 shillings among them—to William son of Thomas King 10 shillings—to my sister Marie Mountegue 10 shillings—all residue equally to my sons Richard, Sylvester, & John Baldwin & my daughter Mary Salter—(she mentions incidentally that she and her son Richard occupy the manor of Dunridge)—my said sons Richard & John to be my executors—overseers, my friends Richard Crippes, of St. Leonard's, Clerk, & Richard Salter, senior, of Hemel-Hempstead stead—if my said sons Richard & John decline to act, then my said son Sylvester & my son in law Richard Salter, to be executors."
  3. [S324] Col. Joseph L. Chester, "Family of Baldwin": pp. 167–168, abstract of the will of as "Richard Baldwin, of Dun-Dridge...Yeoman":
    To Mr. Hall, now the minister of St. Leonard’s, £5.—to Henry Baldwin, son of my brother Sylvester, and my next heir, a close called Brays Bush in Great Chesham & Wendover, paying to the poor of St. Leonards 20 shillings yearly for 100 years; also £20. on condition that he allows those men who have bought wood & timber of me, to cut down and carry the same away peaceably; also 'one coffer with evidences concerninge this mannor of Dundridge & also the evidences concerninge the Chappell land' ; also a malt mill, a Corslet & its furniture, the furniture for one horse for service of the musters, & the tables, frames, forms, cupboards, wainscot, benches & armor in the hall, & the best bedstead in the new chamber—to Christian my wife half my bedsteads not bequeathed, half my bed clothes & linen, half my pewter & brass, and the other moveable goods in the dwelling house to be divided equally between her & my executor; also to my wife Christian 2 of my best beasts, 20 sheep, 3 hoggs, all my poultry, one quarter of wheat & one of malt, & all my wearing apparel, also £20. per annum for her life, and she to have sufficient house room & firewood—to my brother John Baldwin & his son John each £20, the rest of my money in their hands to be paid to my executor— to my sister Mary Salter & her children John, David, Mary & Sarah Salter, each £10— to the children of my sister Jane Bonus, viz. to Henry Bonus £20, James Bonus £10, Christian Bonus £30, Mary Bonus £100 & Jane Bonus £50, to the two latter in full payment of their grandmother’s gifts & of their mother’s goods— to Anne Bryant, daughter ol my brother Robert Baldwin, and to her son Richard Bryant, a freehold tenement &c. in Wendover, also £48. 6. 8— to Henry Stonhill, son of my sister Anne Stonhill, £30. when 21, & 20 acres of free land in Drayton Beauchamp— to Anne Stonhill, daughter of my sister Anne Stonhill, £10.— to Richard Baldwin, son of my brother Sylvester Baldwin, £10— to William Baldwin, son of my brother Sylvester, £10— to Richard Baldwin, son of Silvester Baldwin of Aston Clinton, £10— to each of my brothers & sisters children living at my death, 40 shillings— to Joane Chasse, my wife’s sister, 40 shillings— to William Darley a year’s rent of the messuage wherein he now dwelleth— to Joyce Bernard, widow 20 shillings— to Silvester Tomkins, John Tompkins, & George Baldwin, all of St. Leonards, each 20s. — to Richard Gravener, widow Wilkins, widow Gourney, & Edward Springall, all of Buckland, each 20 shillings— to Richard Arnoll of Chesham, his sister Mary Garratt, Jonas Nuton of Cholsbury, widow Childe of Harridge, Robert Wilkins of Buckland, & Shem Ginger of St. Leonard's, each 20 shillings— to the poor of Aston Clinton 20 shillings, of St. Leonard’s 20 shillings, & of Cholsbury 20 shillings— to each servant in my service at my death 10 shillings—to widow Cocke of St. Leonard’s 20 shillings— residue of all my goods &c. to Sylvester Baldwin of Aston Clinton, son of my brother Sylvester Baldwin, & he to be my executor. (Witnesses, William Grange & Henry Stonhill.).