BONNEY FAMILY IN ENGLAND. Mr. Fred K. F. Bonney, of London, states that "the Bonneys came over with the Huguenots, and are decended from "the Bourbons. My crest is the martlet and the arms three "Fleur-de-lis on a blue band. 29 Septr. 1891. 66 66 Burkes Encyclopædia of Heraldry, London, 1844, shows: Bonney (as borne by Henry Kaye Bonney, D. D. Archdea"con of Bedford, by Thomas Kaye Bonney, D. D. Archdeacon of Leicester, and by their uncle, the late John Augustus "Bonney, of London, Esq.) Arg. on a bend az. three Fleur"de-lis or. Crest a martlett ppr. Bonny Az. three pairs compasses or. pointed sa. Prof. Thomas G. Bonney, of Cambridge College, and secretary of the British Association," states that the family are supposed to be of Huguenot origin, and show occasionally French characteristics in some of its members. Hasted, Hist. of Kent, Vol. IV, p. 17-18, shows: Graduates at Cambridge, 1884. Bonney, Hen. Kaye, Chr. A. B. 1802, A. M. 1805, S.T.P. 1824. Tho. Kaye, *Cla., A. B. 1803, A. M. 1806. Tho. Geo. Cla. A. B. 1825, A. M. 1829. *Joh. A. B. 1856, A. M. 1859, S.T.B. 1867, Sc. D. 1884. Calendar of ecclesiastical Dignitaries of England and Wales, by John Le Neve, 1854, Vol. 1, p. 353, shows: Henry Kaye Bonney, 10th Dec., 1821; appd. archdeacon of Bedford. Vol. III, p. 632, 1811, Thomas Kaye Bonney, of Clare Hall, elected proctor at Cambridge. There is a street in Camden Town, London, called Bonny St. On the west coast of Africa, east of the Niger river, is a town named Bonny, called from an assistant to Henry M. Stanley when the latter, in 1887-8, brought Emin Pasha from the Equatorial province of Africa. Stanley, in his book on The Congo, speaks of Bonny River as the main channel to New Calabar River. An examination of books in the British Museum, London, did not show that the family had any history in England prior to the time Thomas Bonney emigrated to Duxbury. Mr. Geo. P. Bonny of London writes: "I have not been "able to ascertain any particulars re History of the Family 66 unless the enclosed from The World of Wonders which a "Cousin of mine found among some Waist paper should relate "to it. The Anne Bonny Female Pirate therein referred to appears to have escaped hanging which is perhaps some "consolation. 66 "Anue The inclosure after describing a Mary Read says: "Bonny was born in the County Cork where her father was "an attorney. He deserted his home and Emigrated to Car"olina, taking Anna with him. Here she incurred his displeasure by marrying against his will, and being turned out "of doors found her way to the island of Providence where "she made the acquaintance of a pirate captain named Rockam. "On board his ship she fell in with Mary Read. 66 Anne Bonny showed courage to the last. The pirate cap"tain having been admitted to see her, by special favor, on "the day he was to be executed, she told him contemptuously "that "if he had fought like a man he need not have been hanged like a dog.' 66 The enclosure says: "fifty years ago. 66 they lived about one hundred and BRITISH MUSEUM, August 29th, 1895. SIR: I have examined the various authorities respecting the Bonnay pedigree, and am of opinion that altho' the link does not appear there is not much doubt that your family is the same with that of De Bonnay, the translation of whose pedigrees you have. Also Haag says that one branch professed Protestantism. Then again one member of the family was in favor with Henry IV, a strict protestant. Nothing is easier or more common than for some one of the name to have come over to this country, possibly in the suite of some ambassador, and to have stayed here in order to remain in the peaceable enjoyment of his reformed religion. I remain, yours faithfully, ELLEN SALMON. |