Cemeteries: EXETER QUAKER Burying Ground: Exeter Twp, Berks Co, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Justine Walter genphotos@geocities.com Visit http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/3968/ for photos of this cemetery USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE IN EXETER TOWNSHIP. In 1718, members of the English Friends from North Wales in Philadelphia County, settled in Oley Township. Meeting were held in the homes of George Boone Sr. and Anthony Lee. In 1737, a log Meeting House was built. In 1750, a stone building was erected. The first interment in the Exeter Meeting burying ground was that of John Hughes who died Oct. 10, 1736 at the age of 84. By 1817, the burying ground was filled. As no additional land could be purchased, ground was hauled in and filled to a depth of four feet and a second tier of graves was begun. There are no headstones or markers on the graves. Some markers at this site: __________________________________________________ A.D. 1736 HERE ARE BURIED DISTINGUSHED PIONEERS AND FOUNDERS OF BERKS COUNTY. LEE...BOONE...ELLIS...WEBB THIS TABLET IS PLACED BY THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS NO.36..THE HISTORICIAL SOCIETY OF BERKS COUNTY 1944 __________________________________________________ EXETER FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE AND BURYING GROUND ANCESTORS OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND DANIEL BOONE ARE BURIED HERE. HISTORICIAL SOCIETY OF BERKS COUNTY 1915 __________________________________________________ EXETER FRIENDS MEETING ESTABLISHED 1725 AS OLEY NAME CHANGED TO EXETER 1742. PRESENT STONE MEETING HOUSE 1750 NEAR SITE OF TWO PREVIOUS LOG STRUCTURES. BURIED HERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE BOONE, ELLIS, HUGHES, LEE, AND LINCOLN FAMILIES. MEETINGS DISCONTINUED 1899, BUILDING REOPENED FOR WORSHIP 1940. __________________________________________________ EXETER QUAKER Burying Ground OCCUPIES GROUND BESIDE EXETER MEETING HOUSE. NAME COMMENTS DATE ROW ONE James Lewis (No Date) William Lee 1818 Sarah Brumfield (No Date) Hugh Jones 1820 Mary Boone Daughter of Joshua 1821 William Cherrington 1823 Sarah Boone Wife of Moses 1821 Margaret Lee Wife of John 1823 Ann T. Boone Wife of Thomas (No Date) Benjamin Wright 1822 Moses Boone 1823 James Boone Son of Joshua 1823 Catharine Lee Wife of Thomas 1824 Jane Evans 1827 Francis Wright 1829 Mary P. Lee Wife of Ellis 1831 Catharine Boone Wife of James 1831 Edward Boone 1832 Mary T. Lee Daughter of Thomas 1836 Ellis Lee Son of Thomas 1838 Catharine Lee Daughter of Thomas 1838 Mary Wright Wife of Francis 1844 Elizabeth John 1839 Ellis Lee 1832 Thomas Lee 1830 Mary Lee Wife of Thomas 1832 ROW TWO Samuel Lewis (No Date) Mordecai Lincoln 1822 Mary Harrison 1822 Catharine Harrison Wife of Richard 1822 Benjamin Miller 1822 William Lewis 1823 Charles Boone 1823 Ann Boone Wife of David 1823 Rachel Millard 1823 Thomas Boone, Esq. 1823 George Boone, Esq. 1824 Margaret Boone Wife of George 1825 Lincoln Boone Son of Thomas 1826 Mary Thomas Wife of Jacob 1828 Jacob Thomas 1828 Hannah Jones Wife of Hugh 1830 Priscilla Thomas 1832 Mary Lee Wife of William 1834 Mary Lee Wife of Mordecai 1839 John Lee 1847 Elizabeth Lee Wife of John 1853 Eleanor Lee Daughter of Samuel 1842 Rachel Lee Wife of Samuel 1839 Amos Lee 1832 Sarah Lee Wife of Amos 1823 ROW THREE Joseph Allison 1823 Sarah Wright Wife of Benjamin 1823 Solomon Brumfield 1823 Richard Harrison 1826 Mary Boone Wife of Joseph 1827 Jemima Harrison 1827 Agnes Foulk 1828 Abel Thomas 1828 Mary Lee Wife of Jeremiah 1828 Isaac Lee 1829 Joseph Boone 1829 Rachel Lee 1830 Mary Lee Wife of Isaac 1832 Thomas Evans 1832 Jesse Brumfield 1833 Jane Boone Wife of Joshua 1834 Joshua Boone 1833 Alice Lincoln Wife of Thomas 1836 Mary Dickinson Wife of Isaac 1845 Omission Anna Lincoln 1847 Anna Lee Daughter of James 1847 Martha Bailey 1857 Deborah Jones From Baltimore 1842 ROW FOUR Jeremiah Lee Son of William 1823 Judah Lee Son of William 1825 Edward B. Hughs 1827 Rachel Lee Daughter of Samuel 1830 Phineas Boone 1831 Frances Boone Wife of Hugh 1833 James B. Cherrington 1834 Margaret Cherrington Daughter of James 1834 Mordecia Lee 1834 Elizabeth Taylor 1835 Samuel John 1836 Thomas Elwood Boone Joseph Boone Children of 1837 Margaret Boone George And Hannah Boone Elizabeth Boone Elizabeth Lee Daughter of James 1837 Hannah Boone Wife of George 1844 William Boone Son of George 1845 Elizabeth John Wife of Samuel 1846 John Lee Son of Mordecai 1849 Hannah Lee Wife of Richard 1853 Judah Boone 1853 Hannah Lee Wife of Thomas of 1855 Maidencreek Daniel Harrison Son of Richard 1855 Mary Harrison Daughter of Richard 1858 Preston Lee Son of Francis 1862 Francis Pim Lee 1850 Rachel Lee Wife of Thomas P. Lee 1858 ROW FIVE Angelic Garey 1851 Elizabeth Leonard Wife of George 1857 Ellen Brumfield Wife of Solomon 1864 John Boone 1858 Julia Lincoln Wife of Mordecai 1858 Martha Kaub Wife of John 1858 George Boone 1860 Isaac Chrisman 1860 Samuel Lee Son of John 1862 Hannah Dickson 1862 Joshua Boone Son of Joshua 1863 Thomas Lincoln 1863 John Lincoln 1864 Ebenezer Lee 1865 Elizabeth Harrison Daughter of Richard 1865 Thomas Lee Son of Ellis 1866 Sarah Boone Daughter of Thomas 1866 Ellis Lee Son of John 1867 Maria Tally Wife of Job 1866 Margaret L. Crisman Wife of Isaac 1866 Elizabeth Kern Wife of Samuel 1868 Anna Bailey Daughter of Joseph 1868 Mary D. Lee Wife of Thomas E. 1870 Samuel Kern 1872 Joseph Dickinson 1872 Francis Bailey Son of Joseph L. 1872 Anna S. Bailey Wife of Joseph L. 1872 Thomas E. Lee Son of John 1872 ROW SIX John Jones 1857 Sarah L. Boone Daughter of Joshua 1873 Hannah Llewellyn 1873 Rebecca Lee Chrisman 1874 Sarah Pim Lee 1874 Daniel Lee 1874 Elizabeth Lee Wife of Samuel 1874 Sarah E. Lee 1876 Eleanor Lee 1877 James Lee Son of John 1878 Eliza W. Lee Wife of Daniel 1880 Thomas P. Lee 1880 Richard Boone Son of Thomas 1881 Sarah B. Scarlet Wife of Ephraim 1882 Johathan Thompson 1882 Joseph Bailey 1883 Rebecca Boone Daughter of Thomas 1883 Ephraim Scarlet 1884 Llewellyn Scarlet Son of James 1885 Rachel Ann Scarlet Wife of James 1887 Anna S. Shubert Daughter of James Scarlet 1887 Henry W. Bailey Son of Joseph L. 1888 Anna Warrington Bailey Wife of Joseph L. 1888 Lydia Lee 1889 Deborah Lee 1889 Jane E. Lee 1893 John Lincoln 1895 Hannah Bailey 1889 Margaret E. Lee 1902 ROW SEVEN Anna P. Lee Daughter of Francis W. Lee 1911 Rebecca H. Lee Wife of Francis W. Lee 1911 Francis W. Lee 1906 Sarah Bailey 1906 Joseph L. Bailey 1904 Catharine Lee 1907 Hannah Lee 1911 Elizabeth E. Lee 1911 Mary P. Lee 1921 Martha Lee 1932 The Last Male Member of Charles Lee The Exeter Friends 1934 Meeting