Thomas Chowns/Chouns & Mary Bonnum/Bonham

[Nell]

Thomas Chowns married Mary Bonnum/Bonham in Sydenham, Oxfordshire 11 Dec 1747.

I don't know any more than that!

[ElizabethHerts]

Nell, have you seen this Ancestry tree?

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/23275186/person/1416524389

[ElizabethHerts]

Could this be him?

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2410/32969_633870_1287-00050/2396055?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk %2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26ms T%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn%3dThomas%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln%3dChowns%26 msgdy%3d1747%26msgpn__ftp%3dOxfordshire%252c%2bEng land%26cpxt%3d0%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3dxt1%26 cp%3d11%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d2396055%26rec off%3d6%2b7%26db%3dUKPollBooks%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rp os%3d32&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

Geographically, Stokenchurch, Siddenham (Sydenham) and Bledlow are all very close to each other.

[Shona]

There's also a user-submitted genealogy on Family Search which says that Thomas Chowns was born in 1725 in Ashton Rowant with parents named as John Chowns and Joan/Jane.

Looking at the info on various trees in Ancestry and FS, it seems as if Thomas Chowns and Mary Bonnum had the following children:

- John b 1748
- Thomas, b 1750
- Mary, b 1751
- Thomas, b 1753
- Robert, b 1756
- Jane, b 1758
- Henry, b 1761
- William, b 1764

[Shona]

Could this be him?

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2410/32969_633870_1287-00050/2396055?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk %2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26ms T%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn%3dThomas%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln%3dChowns%26 msgdy%3d1747%26msgpn__ftp%3dOxfordshire%252c%2bEng land%26cpxt%3d0%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3dxt1%26 cp%3d11%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d2396055%26rec off%3d6%2b7%26db%3dUKPollBooks%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rp os%3d32&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

Geographically, Stokenchurch, Siddenham (Sydenham) and Bledlow are all very close to each other.

Great find.

[ElizabethHerts]

Someone else grappling with the same couple:

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BEDFORD/2007-01/1169654347

[ElizabethHerts]

Another tree:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/h/o/Mary-E-Chown/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1516.html

[ElizabethHerts]

I wonder if these wills are for descendants of your Thomas, Nell?

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D242973

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D22042

[Nell]

Elizabeth, I am only now aware of these posts, so sorry I did not respond. Am investigating now! Many thanks.