Bonwitch History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Bonwitch family

Early History of the Bonwitch family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bonwitch research. Another 72 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1637, 1652, 1692, 1714 and 1722 are included under the topic Early Bonwitch History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bonwitch Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Bonwitch family name include Bonwick, Bonnick and others.

Early Notables of the Bonwitch family

Notables of the family at this time include Ambrose Bonwicke the Elder (1652-1722), English schoolmaster and nonjuror, son of the Rev. John Bonwicke, B.D., rector of East Horsley, Surrey. "He was born on 29 April 1652, and entered the Merchant...
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Migration of the Bonwitch family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Bonwitch surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Thomas Bonewick, settled in Virginia in 1790.