Toni,
Try the Bonneau genforum surname board. There is a huge amount of
information and lots of people researching there:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/bonneau/
For Ewing try here:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/ewing/
ALSO, for Calhoun connections see if this helps anyone:
Rebecca Floride Calhoun 1745-1814
Married Gen Andrew Pickens 1739-1817
Daughter was Jane Bonneau Pickens 1774-1848
http://www.brazoriaroots.com/p6316.htm
Pickens Family information:
General Andrew Pickens of Revolutionary War fame wrote on 28 August 1811 in
a letter to General Harry "Light Horse" Lee (father of Robert E. Lee), "My
father and mother came from Ireland. My father's progenitors emigrated from
France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes."2,1
Referencing the above quote, Alice Noble Waring wrote in her book,
Pickens Genealogy, Southern Branch, "The first progenitor of whom he
[General Andrew Pickens] wrote was Robert (Andre), born ca 1644, who held an
obscure diplomatic post at the court of Henry IV of France. A Protestant of
the Presbyterian faith, he presumably went to France from Scotland in 1661
during the time Charles II of England attempted to restore Catholicism in
that country. Therefore, when the Edict of Nantes was revoked on October 22,
1685, and the persecution of Protestants became intense, he and his French
wife, Esther Jane (Benoit) Bonneau, fled to Scotland by way of La Rochelle,
France. It is not known how long he stayed in Scotland, but at the end of
the seventeenth century, he was living in Limerick, Ireland, where he is
believed to be buried. It is presumed that his sons were born in France.
They were Andrew, John, Robert, and William."3
An accomplished young widow, Madam Bonneau
In Cousin Monroe's History of the Pickens Family (19-20), Mrs. Day included
"A Pretty Little Family Tradition" that was furnished by Robert Welborn
Pickens that says in part, ". . .According to this tradition, Robert (or
Andrew) Pickens was living in France, when the Edict of Nantes was revoked
October 22, 1685, and held a very responsible position in the French courts.
He had married a widow, Madame Esther Jane Bonneau, who was a Huguenot with
deep convictions. She was said to have had a strong personality and to have
possessed unusual beauty." Following the Revocation, they escaped France by
way of La Rochelle on the west coast. They went to Scotland briefly, and
then to Northern Ireland where their sons who came to America were born. The
names of these sons were Andrew, John and Robert Pickens.
http://aboutitall.com/F188/F188110.htm
HUSBAND
Name: John Henry Miller (physician)
Born: 16 Nov 1777 at Abbeville District, SC
Married: 8 Jan 1805 at Abbeville Co., SC
Died: 7 Oct 1851 at Pontotoc Co., MS
Father: Robert Miller 1717-1781
Mother: Jane Pickens 1738-1803
WIFE
Name: Jane Bonneau Pickens
Born: 9 Nov 1774 at Abbeville District, SC
Died: 28 Apr 1848 at Pontotoc Co., MS (cemetery headstone lists
death date as 28 March)
Father: Andrew Pickens, General
Mother: Rebecca Floride Calhoun 1745-1814
Name: Eliza Miller
Born: Abt 1806 at Abbeville Co., SC
Died: 1875 at Mobile, AL
Husband: John Simpson
Name: Robert Andrew Miller
Born: Abt 1810 at Pontotoc Co., MS
Died: 1881 at Pontotoc Co., MS
Wife: Narcissie Cheek
Name: John Henry Miller Jr
Born: Abt 1810 at Pontotoc Co., MS
Died: at Dallas Co., AL
Wife: Eliza Dicea Givhan
OTHER INFO ON CALHOUN/ BONNEAU and EWING CONNECTIONS:
http://www.brazoriaroots.com/p6287.htm
Jane Ewing1
born between 1720 and 1725
Jane Ewing was born between 1720 and 1725 in Pennsylvania.
She married Ezekiel Calhoun in 1742 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
Child of Jane Ewing and Ezekiel Calhoun
Rebecca Floride Calhoun+ b. 18 Mar 1745, d. 19 Dec 18141
Robert Ewing and Jane Bonneau:
Robert Ewing born abt 1740 Ireland
Married 1st to? _____
married 2nd on 26 Sept 1785 to Jane Bonneau
Children of Robert Ewing and unkn first wife:
Robert (2d) born 1766
Samuel born 1779
Esther or Easter born 1783
John (1st child of Robert and Jane) born 1786 shortly after they
were married.
From an individual submitter:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/ewing/messages/3005.html
Loraina/Lorena Ewing born 1846 Schuyler Co IL,
father: Robert Ewing,
mother Elizabeth Melton.
Robert Ewing 2nd born 1766 Ireland? Scotland?
Spouse Carrie unk.
Then from their Robert Ewing 1st born 1740 Ireland? Scotland?
Spouse Jane unk (1st wife),2nd wife Jane Bonneau.