Name and location of oldest ancestor

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Saxony state, Germany

Jorg Bonitz of Kühnheide (* bef 1480)
Kühnhaide (Zwönitz).

Family names:
Bonitz, Ponitz, Götel, Neukirchner, Scheibner, Reissig.

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Peter Bonitz (* bef 1515, + 1594),
farm owner in Kühnhaide (Zwönitz). His children Jacob (* abt 1534; + 26 May 1614) and Oswald are mentioned in the court books of 1597. Some of his descendants can be traced to present times.

Family names:
Bonitz, Ponitz, Günther, Oeser, Vogel, Neukirchner, Friedrich, Goedel, Wetzel, Grefner, Roscher, Sieber, Fischer, Thierfelder.

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Oswald Bonitz (the Elder) (* abt 1543; + Jul 1619) & Dorothea NN
Judge in Kühnhaide (Zwönitz)

Family names:
Bonitz, Wetzel, Höfer, Fischer, Neukirchner, Mühlenderlein, Grefner, Roscher, Hinrichs, Keller, Vogel.

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Simon Bonitz (* abt 1544; + 1620) & Christina Hain
Kühnhaide (Zwönitz).

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Michel Bonitz (* bef 1550), in Zwönitz.
His sons were Abraham Bonitz "the younger" (bef 1570 - 1632) and Georg Bonitz (* abt 1570, + 1613).

Family names:
Bonitz, Hintermeyer, Mertens Müller.

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Tobias Bonitz (also: Ponitz) (* abt 1551; + 11 Nov 1629) & Barbara NN
Judge in Zwönitz.

Family names:
Bonitz, Göthel, Wolf, Wetzel, Thierfelder, Scheibner, Reissig, Auerswald.

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Görge (George) Bonitz (* bef 1570), Kühnhaide (Zwönitz).
His sons were Valten Bonitz (* bef 1590) und Hans Bonitz (* bef 1600).

Family names:
Bonitz, Lindenberg, Honrath, Vierkötter, Kudoke, Schreiber, Müller, Kappler, Lüghausen, Peters, Breideneichen, Rabenschlag, Schöffler, Bleifeld.

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Michel Ponitz (* bef 1585) & Dorothee NN
Kühnhaide (Zwönitz).

Family names: Bonitz, Ponitz, Sieber, Wetzel, Vogel, Reinhold.

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Jacob Bonitz (* 20 Aug 1603; + 8 Jun 1660) & Margaretha Bachmann
Citizen and house owner in Zwönitz.

Family names: Bonitz, Pietzsch, Bechler, Austel, Weidenmüller, Fiestas, Adam, Kunze, Frasch, Weißenborn, Börner, Schmidt, Gerber, Aguirre, Schröer, Schneckenberg, Günther, Biehler, Barros.

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Johannes Bonitz (* abt 1607; + 26 Sep 1665) & Maria Nietzel
Comunity herdsman in Zwönitz.

Family names: Bonitz, Lang, Friedrich, Bergmann, Heeg, Walther.

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Georg Bonitz (* 14 Mar 1613; + 11 Mar 1680) called "Georg the red", also "the lower" & Christina Lange
farm owner, judge in Kühnhaide (Zwönitz).

Family names:
Bonitz, Ponitz, Günther, Roscher, Rebhardt, Viehweger, Neukirchner, Colditz.

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Jacob Bonitz (* 27 Jun 1617; + 6 Aug 1676) called "little Jockel" & Sabina Bonitz (daughter of Andreas Bonitz)
farm owner in Kühnhaide (Zwönitz).

Family names:
Bonitz, Vogel, Neukirchner, Oeser, Thierfelder.

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Nicol Bonitz (* bef 1625) & Barbara NN
Chemnitz

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Georg(e) Bonitz (* abt 1677; + 1724) & Regina Keller
Altendorf near Chemnitz.

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Gottfried Bonitz (* bef 1690) & Justina Günther
Zwönitz, tenant of the Eckhard farm in Schwarzbach.

Family names: Bonitz, Eckert, Vogel, Noblit, Schelter, Klinger, Merkel, Günther, Neubert, Böhm.

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Georg Boenitz (* bef 1705) & Rosina Hoepfner
Mockritz, Saxony.

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Johann Georg Poniz (* abt 1710; + bef 1760) & Eva Regina Bachmann (Bochmann?)
Brünlos.

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Christian Friedrich Bonitz (* bef 1725) & Maria Dorothea Scheibner
Stollberg near Chemnitz. His father: Christoph Friedrich Bonitz (Boniz).

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Christoph Friedrich Bonitz (* bef 1745) & Sophie Dorothea Meiner
Gablenz near Stollberg. His father: Christoph Friedrich Bonitz.

Family names: Bonitz, Claus, Spaeth, Auerswald, Nobis, Casta.

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Andreas Bonitz (* bef 1765)
lived in Parchau, Elbe, where Bonitz families can still be found today.

Family names: Bonitz, Gereke, Finke, Wittenborn, Schulz, Mätlau, Meseberg.

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Christian August Bonitz (* 26 May 1776; + 26 Jul 1829) & Johanna Mariana Friederike Port,
Dr. of philosophy, since 1816 pastor in Lengefeld. His father: Johann Gottlieb Bonitz in Wittgensdorf.

Family names: Bonitz, Port, Gutwasser, Endmann.

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Traugott Christian Bonitz (* 23 Oct 1776, + 3 Jan 1854) & Johanna Dorothea Lasch
farm and real estate owner in Brünlos.

Family names: Bonitz, Freitag, Öhme, Lasch, Bochmann, Auerswald.

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Johann Gottlieb Bonitz (* bef 1790) & Beate Sophie Müller,
Taura and Murschnitz.

Family names: Bonitz, Geißler, Simon, Paul, Müller.

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Christian August Bonitz (* bef 1795) & Christine Friederike Zschäk,
weaver in Greiz.

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Johann Christoph Ponitz (* abt 1795) & Johanne Marie Dürrschmidt
Sergeant of the grand duke in Weida.

Family names: Bonitz, Ponitz, Tromsdorf, Schmidt, Tismer, Jupe.

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Christoph Friedrich Bonitz (* 19 Nov 1805; + 16 Jul 1851) & Christiane Caroline Hofmann
Gablenz.

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Frederick Christopher Bonitz (* abt 1818) & Alwine NN
emmigrated from Saxony to Texas where he worked as a farmer. His family today can be found mainly in Oklahoma and Oregon.

Family names: Bonitz, Durr, Bowen, Moore.

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Johann Gottlieb Bonitz (* < 1820) & Johanna Friedericke Neuhaus
Niederrabenstein

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Gottfried Bohnitz (* bef 1820) & Wilhelmine Stutzer
Skipper in Derben

Family names:
Bonitz, Bohnitz, Ulrich, Hünecke, Knochenhauer, Kohlmann, Stutzer, Steinke.

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August Friedrich Bonitz (* bef 1830) & Christiane Amalie Förster

Family names: Bonitz, Estler.

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Herman Robert Bonitz (* Dec 1842) & Frederika Duwein
Emmigrated to the U.S. in 1864, comming from Lengenfeld, Saxony.

Family names:
Bonitz, Leary, Stone, Bentley, Cannon, Ribeiro, Vogel.

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Karl Friedrich Bonitz (* abt 1844; + 20 Jun 1894) & Karolina Rudolf
Railroad Hand in Alberoda and Lenkersdorf. Father: Anthony (Anton?) Bonitz.

Family names:
Bonitz, Brand, Koosmann, Meiselwitz, Kerr, Langley, Dahlke, Lawver, Lawrence, Moon, Gribbins, Lattimer, Krause, Hankins, Toldness, Heglund, Forster, Mattson, Schneider.

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Johann Traugott Bonitz (* bef 1850, + bef 1891) & Carolina Wilhelmina Kupfer
Real estate owner in Altendorf near Chemnitz.

Family names:
Bonitz, Borde, Kupfer, Gerstenberger.

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Karl Richard Bonitz (* 30 Jul 1850) & Maria Florentine NN
Oberhondorf

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August Bonitz (* abt 1851) & Carolina Ackstedt
Ottendorf near Rochlitz

Family names: Bonitz, McGregor, Toro, Newman.

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Friedrich Oscar Bonitz (* abt 1865) & Anna Hedwig Dohle
Paperhanger and furniture salesman in Chemnitz

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Theodore Albert Bonitz (* 18 Jul 1873; + 2 May 1955) & Anna E. Wambold
Hosiery Knitter who immigrated to the U.S. with his parents and brother Bruno from Saxony (Thalheim?) abt. 1890.

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Max Bonitz (* abt 1877)
Carpenter and merchant in Kleinolbersdorf

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Albin Bonitz (* bef 1885) & Fanny NN
Niederwürschnitz => Pfreimd, Oberpfalz.

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Emil Bonitz (* abt 1894; + 1971)
Saxony => Kempten (Allgäu)

Family names: Bonitz, Foth, Schmitt, Heise.

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Kurt Ernst Eberhard Bonitz (* bef 1905) & Kläre Hentschel
Dresden and Lingen.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Bonitz (* bef 1915) & Frieda Schmitz
Potsdam

Family names: Bonitz, Buße, Hartly, Hoefker.

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Hannover area / Harz Mountains

Hans Jurg (Georg) Bonitz (* abt 1658; + 14 Oct 1711) & Lisa Lindemann
Mining Master in Zellerfeld

Family names:
Bonitz, Andrews, Quelch, Hunken, Huth, Wachsmuth, Helbig, Volkmann, Mansfield, Burns, Wootten, Moses, Blalock, Reisinger, Müller, Taylor, Fuchs, Stegner, Mahns.

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Wenzel Bonitz (* 1750 in Prag/Praha) & Elisabeth Schmölzer.
They lived in Weisskirchen (Banat, formerly to Hungary, today in Serbia). His parents came supposingly from Zellerfeld.

Family names:
Bonitz, Kuhn, Krubinski, Massjung, Schuster, Fischer, Müller, Weisz, Harlacher, Wagner, Hellebrand, Erger, Habschied, Hummel, Schmidt, Böhm, Marter, Filipon.

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Franz (Francis) Bonitz (* 18 Feb 1826; + 30 Mar 1895) & Wilhelmina Lyding (Lerding)
Upholsterer, Hannover => NY, USA. Parents: Friedrich Bonitz and Katharine.

Family names: Bonitz, Keeney, Carey, Haynes, Bigg, Scheck, Vago, Palmedo, Harris.

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Karl Bonitz (* bef 1895)
Duderstadt/Harz

Family names: Bonitz, Hinzen, Derichs.

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Rhineland Area

Laurentius (Lorenz) Boenitz (also: Benitz) (* abt 1695, + 7 Sep 1756) & (1) Anna Catharina Schwobthaler, & (2) Francisca Wagner
Endingen near Freiburg (Baden).

Family names: Benitz, Boenitz, Böniz, Wagner.

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Charles (Karl?) Bonitz (* abt 1850; + abt 1925) & Katharine Worth (Wirth?)
from Koblenz?, moved to the USA before 1880

Family names:
Bonitz, Scott, Kokinda, Grabowski, Wall, Fabricatore, Black, Argust, Aten, Roth, Lopez, Rose, Travis, Rassmusson, Phipps, Hammerstone, Adams, Ingold, Suminski, Love, Nahlen, Lower, Ames, Berry, Decker.

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Rudolf Bonitz (* abt 1870)
Lived in the Köln (Cologne) area. His son Heinrich (Henrique) emmigrated to Brazil in 1922.

Family names:
Bonitz, de Oliveira, Gomes.

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Others

Antonio (Tony) Bonitz (* 11 Sep 1882; + 16 Mar 1970) & Giovina DiCamille
of Castelfrentano, Italy. Antonio emmigrated to the U.S. in 1910. The Bonitz family name was derived from the Italian name Abbonizzio. Tony had 8 children, whose families mainly live in Ohio.

Family names: Abbonizzio, Bonitz, Furmanchik, Fuschino.

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Edward Bonitz (* abt 1840)
Taylor, Harlem, NY, USA

Family names: Bonitz, Bernardo, Clabault.

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Paul Bonitz (* bef 1915) & Adelia Rumpel
Milwaukee, WI, USA

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Jorg Bonitz of Kühnheide is mentioned in 1497 owning the largest landed property in Kühnhaide near Zwönitz. His asset is an estimated "80 Schock" in size. Jorg is also referred to in a note of 1497 in his position as guarantor. In this document he is granting permission to use his estate as pawn.
Documents can be found in the Weimar and Dresden historical collections (Landeshauptarchiv).
The precise descendants lines of Jorg are currently not finally documented. Some individual researchers have partly reached different conclusions than the Kühnhaide family book. In this book his descendants line stops after 7 generations. Other researchers, however, have connected him to younger lines like the one linking to reverend Carl Friedrich Bonitz from Langensalza. His son, philologist Hermann Bonitz, was well-known in Austria and Prussia for his achievements in reforming the countries' schooling systems.
In 1962 a (potential) descendant of Jorg Bonitz registered a Bonitz family coat of arms. This coat of arms is assigned to the descendants of Friedrich Gottlob Bonitz (1773-1840) who, according to this particular research, is an 8-fold great-grandson of Jorg Bonitz of Kühnheide.

Hans Jurg Bonitz (also called Georg) lived in the late 1600s in the little town Zellerfeld in the Harz Mountains. As the city was a mining location, his profession was "Mining Master", too. He and his wife Lisa Lindemann had 6 children, but further family details are only known of his oldest son Andre Friedrich (called Bunitz).
Andre was also in the mining business, and he married 1706 Maria Lastenbein. They had 5 children.
A great-great-great-grandson of Hans Jurg, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Bonitz, moves about 1855 to the U.S., accompanied by his family. There he founds the large branch of Bonitz families from the Wilmington / Goldsboro area (North Carolina).

Karl Friedrich Bonitz was a railroad hand in Alberoda and Lenkersdorf (Saxony). His father is mentioned as Anton Bonitz, but he is not known any further, so far. Karl Friedrich only reached the age of 50 years, but it is recorded that he had 11 children. As seven of them died during childhood, the remaining four sons kept up the family. The three youngest of them moved about 1910 to the USA and settled in Wisconsin. Many of today's Bonitz families in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and California have their origin in this lineage.
Unfortunately there is very few information about the remaining family of Karl Friedrich Bonitz that stayed in Germany.

Wenzel Bonitz was born 1750 in Praha (Czech Republic). His parents are supposed to have come from Zellerfeld in the Harz Mountains. At the approximate age of 20 years, Wenzel moved to Weisskirchen in the Banat region (hungarian: Fehértemplom, serbian: Bela Crkva). The region once belonged to Hungary and is a part of Serbia today.
All Bonitz families of Weisskirchen have their common origin in this lineage.
Many of today's members of this family can be found in Austria and southern Germany.
A great-grandson of Wenzel, Anton Bonitz, moved to the U.S. in 1895. He settled in Pennsylvania as farmer and hotel owner.