culture. Their name comes from having lived in the region of
in Yorkshire.
from ancient times.
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Another 143 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 163 and 1637 are included under the topic Early Bonwach History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Bonwach has undergone many
spelling variations, including Bonwick, Bonnick and others.
To escape the unstable social climate in
England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Bonwach were among those contributors: Thomas Bonewick, settled in Virginia in 1790.