Resources Available at Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey

Ronald L. Becker Head of Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University Libraries, has replied to queries about information available at Rutgers:

Information on their genealogical resources guide is available online at

Rutgers Genealogical Resources. Also available is pdf document 

"Genealogical Resources Available at the Archibald S. Alexander Library, Rutgers"

He did a search of their online catalog under "Bonnell family," with the following results

Genealogy of the Bonnell family as it pertains to Edgar Marsh Gibby and his descendants.

by Gibby, Edgar Marsh, 1877-1968. Published 1962.

Catalogue of the Bonnell collection in the Brontë parsonage museum. Published 1932.

Thunder over New England, Benjamin Bonnell, the Loyalist /; by Bunnell, Paul J. 1946- 
Published 1988.

Harold Frederic Powell genealogy / by Powell, Harold Frederic, 1912- Published 1991.

From distant lands : nine family genealogies: by Siegel, Alan A., 1939- Published 1993.

I did a search for "Bonnel" and "Bunnell" and found, in addition to the above:

The Bonnell House ... Elizabeth, N.J. by  Gibby, Edgar Marsh, 1877-1968. Published 1965.

People with Bonnell/Bunnell in their names have written many books on a variety of subjects.

Mr. Becker also reported the Middlesex County records at Rutgers consist generally of:

Marriage registers and indexes, 1795-1928
Public road surveys, 1705-1828
Deeds and land conveyances, 1714-1722
Official oaths, 1779-1831
Sheriff bonds, 1807-1929
Slave manumissions, 1800-1825
Court of Common Pleas minutes, 1683-1736, 1755-1771, 1783-1793, 1798, 1802-1871
Court of Common Pleas judgements, 1799-1858
Court of General Quarter Sessions minutes, 1683-1736, 1755-1771, 1783-1793, 1798, 1802-1871
Court of Oyer and Terminer minutes, 1799, 1805-1835, 1842-1869,
Circuit Court docket, 1839-1873
Circuit Court minutes, 1799, 1805-1826, 1838-1857
Circuit Court judgements, 1838-1855, 1858-1861