Family History: The Boone Family: Berks Co, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Linda Thompson. rthomp@flatoday.infi.net USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within 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. [Archivist's NOTE: Other Boone information located in the Bios and Wills sections of the Berks County USGW Archives.] ____________________________________________________ The Boone Family A History and a Genealogy By Rev. J.W. Early, Reading, Pa. Dr. R.N. Mayfield, connected directly with the family of Daniel Boone, claims great antiquity for it and asserts that it may be traced back to the fourteenth century, or even beyond, when the Bohuns of Norman origin, settled in Linclonshire, and afterwards in Devonshire, England. He also tells us, that in the sixteenth century, both spellings, Bohun and Boone, are found in the same documents. He gives an account of Ralph Boone, Bucks county, who settled there in 1690, and left his estate to his sons. Joseph, Solomon and Ralph Boone served in the Revolutionary War, as did also John Hawkins and Moses Boone. Moses, and possibly John also, was descended from George Boone, Ralph and Solomon were the sons of Ralph snr. But nothing to show which family Hawkins belonged. Here is a sample of the style in which the "Genealogy or Pedigree" was originally given. "George Boone II (son of George Boone the first) was born in or near the city of Exeter in Devonshire, being a blacksmith; his wife's maiden name was Sarah Uppen. He died aged 60; and she died aged 80 years, and never had an aching bone, or a decayed tooth." The genealogy, stripped of needless verbiage, would read about thus: 1. GEORGE BOONE, born in England. This is all that is definitely known. 2. GEORGE (2) BOONE [GEORGE(1)], as sketched above. 3. GEORGE (3) BOONE [GEORGE(2), GEORGE(1)], a weaver born at Stoak, near Exeter, 1666, married Mary Maugridge [generally pronounced Mogridge] who was born 1669, at Bradninch. She was a daughter of John Maugridge and Mary, nee Milton. He died July 2, 1744, aged 78 years. She died at Exeter Feby. 2, 1740, aged 72 years. There is a quaint entry in one of the old Bibles. "Great grandfather George Boone (the 3rd) departed this life on the sixth day of the week, near 8 o'clock in the morning, May 27, 1744, in the 79th year of his age. Great grandfather left 8 children, 52 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren living, in all 70, as many as the house of Jacob when he came to Egypt." Children: 4. i George, b. at Bradninch, July 13, 1690. ii Sarah, b. Feby 18, 1691-2, m. to Jacob Stuber, March 15, 1715 5. iii Squire, b. Nov. 25, 1696. Died 1755-56, and is buried at Jope Cemetery, Dane Co., North Carolina. iv Mary, b. Sept. 23, 1699, m. John Webb. He died Oct. 18, 1744, aged 80 years. She died Jan. 16, 1774. v John, b. Jan. 3, 1701-2. Died single person Oct. 10, 1785, at Exeter. 6. vi Joseph, b. Apr. 5, 1704. Died at Exeter Jan. 30, 1776. Aged 72 years. 7. vii Benjamin, b. July 16, 1706; died Oct. 14, 1762. 8. viii James, b. July 18, 1709; died, Sept. 1, 1785, at Exeter. 9. ix Samuel, died Aug. 6, 1745. 4. GEORGE (4) BOONE [GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], 1713, he married Deborah, dau. of Wm. and Mary Howell, who was born Aug. 28, 1691 and died Jan. 26, 1759. She was a preacher among the Quakers. He taught school for several years near Philadelphia, and was a good mathematician. He also filled the office of magistrate several years. Two dates of death are given, Nov. 20, 1753 and Nov. 20, 1755, at Exeter. Children: i George, date of birth not known; died s. p. at Exeter. Recorded at Gwinedd. ii Mary, recorded at Gwinedd--but no dates are given (R. N. Mayfield). iii Hannah, m. to ________ huges, s. of George and Jane Hughes. iv Deborah, --no futher information. v Dinah, or Diana, m. to a son of Abner Williams (?) --(R. N. Mayfield) 10. vi William, b. 1734, m. Sarah Linclon vid x. vii Josiah, --no futher infomation. (May have gone west.--J.W.E.) viii Jeremiah, died 1787--all that is known. ix Abigal.--is said to have been married to Adin Pancoast (M.J.R.) x Hezekiah. There may be some doubt whether this is Hezekiah of Roaring Creek, --as that would make him between 40 and 50 years of age before he married. 5. SQUIRE (4) BOONE [GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], July 23, 1720 m. Sarah. dau. of General Morgan, of the Revolutionary army. There is a record of the transfer of 500 acres of land, secured August 1682 to Ralph Asheton, Philadelphia, who conveyed one half of it to Squire Boone. This was patented to the latter April 10, 1750. He, with his wife, Sarah, conveyed 158 acres of it to Wm. Mogridge (Maugridge) April 11, 1750. This is found among the papers deposited with the Historical Society of Berks Co., by Mort. L. Montgomery. The tract is described as situated in Exeter township. This last transfer was made only 19 days before Squire Boone set out for N. Carolina, viz, May 1st, 1750. The names of his children as furnished by R. N. Mayfield are: i Sarah, b 1724. ii Israel, b. 1726. iii Samuel, b. 1728. iv Jonathan, b 1730. v Elizabeth, b. 1732. 11. vi Daniel, b. "Oct. 22, 1733." 6. JOSEPH BOONE [GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. Elizabeth, who died Jan. 10 1788. They had ten children. In 1779, when the widow, as administratrix, applied for an order of sale, (12) Hugh, Anna and Catharine were over 21 years of age. Thomas, Ovid, Sarah and Jacob were over 14; Hannah, Abner and Joab were under 14. 7. BENJAMIN (4) BOONE [GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. Susanna-- who died Nov. 1784. Children: John, Benjamin, James, Samuel (m. Jane Hughes) Dinah or Diana. 8. JAMES (4) BOONE [GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. first Mary, dau. of Hugh andAnna Foulk, May 15, 1735. She was born Nov. 24, 1714; died Feby 20, 1756. He m. 2nd. Anna Griffith, Oct. 20, 1751. She died June 22, 1790. We have no further information. Children by first wife: i Anne, b. Apr. 14, 1737, m. to Abraham Lincoln July 10, 1760. Was the mother of ten children. Died at Exeter Apr. 4, 1807. ii Mary, b. Jan. 28, 1739. iii Martha, b. July 11, 1742, m. to George Hughes, who died Aug. 18, 1795. She died May 25, 1798. iv James, b. Feby 6, 1744, died Oct. 16, 1795. 14. v John, b. Nov. 21, 1745 vi Judah, b. Dec 19, 1746; died May 15, 1787. Is buried at Friend's Meeting House, Exeter. No further information. vii Dinah, b. Mar 19, 1749; died in infancy. 15. viii Joshua, b. Apr. 4, 1749. ix Rachel, b. Apr. 21, 1750, m. to _________Wilcockson--moved to N. Carolina Sept. 13, 1790. 16. x Moses, b. Aug. 3, 1751. xi Hannah, b. June 10, 1752; died in infancy. xii Nathaniel, b. Feby. 5, 1753; died in infancy. 9. SAMUEL (4) BOONE [GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. Elizabeth _________. They had four children, Sarah, Samuel and others. 10. WILLIAM (5) BOONE [GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. Sarah Lincoln (?). He died Aug. 1790 at his residence about 20 miles from Fredrick, Fredrick Co., Md. She died April 20, 1810, in Oley Valley aged 84 years. Children: i Mordecai, --died s. p. Aug., 1774. ii William, m Susansa Parks (?). 17. iii George, b. 1757 or 1759. 18. iv Thomas, b. 1760 or 1761. v Jeremiah, b. 1762 or 1763 (?) m. Rebecca ________ . vi Hezekiah, b. 1764 (?). vii Abigal, m. Adin Pancoast (R.N.M.) viii and ix Mary and Esther.--both baptized as adults at the Trappe ("Quakers") June 19, 1748. Apparently they were the oldest; b. about 1732 or 1733. 11. DANIEL (5) BOONE [GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. Rebecca Bryan. He and the rest of the family left Exeter May 1, 1750, and "moved to N.Carolina where they settled. But at present he is settled on the Ohio, at Kentucky. 1781, Oct. 20, then Deniel came to see us the first time--1788, Feby. 12, then Daniel Boone (with Rebecca his wife and their son Nathan) came to see us. He died at Charlotte, a village in Missouri, Sept. 21, 1820, aged 87 years. 1790, Sept. 13, then Wm. Wilcockson (a relative) and family removed from N. Carolina." This is in the language of the old family Bible. 12. HUGH (5) BOONE [JOSEPH (4), GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], bought his father's property June 1779. He had nine brothers and sisters, the youngest about 8-10 years old at the time of his father's death Jan. 1776, when 72 years old. 13. SAMUEL (5) BOONE [BENJAMIN (4), GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. Jane Hughes between 1760 and 1766. In this connection the statement is made: "Heezekiah Boone was born 1764 and moved to Roaring Creek, apparently with his grandfather's cousin, Joshua. And had a family of six children." But Hezekiah of Roaring Creek had seven children. Besides he would seem to fit better into the family of William Boone, one of whose sons, born 1764, was named Hezekiah. 14. JOHN (5) BOONE [JAMES (4), GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. sophia, dau. of Peter and Susanna Weidner. They had: Hannah, b. Nov. 1, 1765; James, b. Jan. 21, 1769; Susanna, May 1, 1771. He died March 29, 1773. She contracted a second marriage with John Biddle in Feby. 1774. 15. JOSHUA (5) BOONE [JAMES (4), GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. 1st Hannah___. 1780 or 81; died Aug. 29, 1794. m. 2nd Jane ____; died Aug. 15, 1834, in Exeter. Children by first wife: i Amos, b. March 10, 1782. ii Mary, b. July 26, 1784; died May 10, 1821. iii Joshua, b. Jan 29, 1786; died in infancy. iv Joshua, b. Sept. 21, 1787; died dec. 23, 1803. v Sarah, b. Aug. 2, 1789; died Jan. 28, 1873. vi Samuel, b. Aug. 22, 1794; died May 12, 1877. Children by second wife: vii Isaac, b. May 31, 1796. viii Hannah G., b. March 24, 1798. 16. MOSES (5) BOONE [JAMES (4), GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. Sarah, dau. of Phinehas and Elizabeth Griffith Dec. 20, 1778. She was born June 9, 1762, and died Oct. 6, 1821. Children: i John, b. March 16, 1780; died Feby. 22, 1858. ii Elizabeth, b. Apr. 10, 1782. iii Judah, b. Jan. 16, 1788. iv Phinehas, b. June 22, 1790; died Feby. 2, 1858. 17. GEORGE (5) BOONE [WILLIAM (4), GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. Margaret, dau. of William and Anna Mayberry of Hereford Township: died June 30, 1824. Children: i Sarah, b. May 10, 1782. ii William S., b. Nov. 12, 1783. iii Ann, b. Aug. 21, 1785. iv Charles, b. Dec. 21, 1786. v Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1788. 20. vi George, b. Aug. 7, 1790; died May 30, 1860. vii Elizabeth (Avton) at first called Margaret, b Aug. 23, 1793 --so given in family record. viii Harriet, b. Nov. 20, 1795. ix Margaret, b. May 25, 1798. x Rachel, b. Feby., 1801. 18. THOMAS (6) BOONE [WILLIAM (5), GEORGE (4), GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. Ann Tea April 20, 1788. He died Nov. 1, 1823; she Oct. 23, 1821, in Amity Township. Children: i Sarah, b. Apr. 13, 1790; died s.p. Ict. 22, 1866. ii Lincoln, June 26, 1792; died Dec. 27, 1826. iii Richard, b. March 12, 1784; died Sept. 23, 1881. iv Rebecca, b. Dec. 24, 1795; died s.p. Nov. 16, 1883. v Jeremiah, b. Jan. 21, 1797; died Nov. 23, 1867. vi Daniel, b. July 7, 1799; died March 26, 1824. vii Mary Ann, b. Jan. 11, 1804; m. to Matthas_______ . Died July 15, 1889. viii William, b. June 12, 1806; died Aug. 7, 1831. ix Thomas, b. Apr. 26, 1806; died Nov. 5, 1867. 19. HEZEKIAH (6) BOONE [WILLIAM (5), GEORGE (4), GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. Elizabeth ________ April 13, 1804. Took up residence at Roaring Creek, Columbia Co., Pa. Died April 1, 1827. Children: i Milton, b. May 26, 1810. ii Louisa, or Louvissa, b. March 10, 1812. iii Hannah, b. Apr. 11, 1814. iv John, b. Apr. 4, 1817. v Judah, b. Sept. 20, 1819. vi Isaiah, b. Feby. 11, 1822. vii Elizabeth, b. March 16, 1824. 20. GEORGE (6) BOONE [GEORGE (5), WILLIAM (4), GEORGE (3), GEORGE (2), GEORGE (1)], m. Hannah, dau. of Ellis and Elizabeth Hughes 1816 (?). She was born Feby. 1794 and died March 11, 1844. He died May 30, 1860. Children: i Edward--died in infancy. ii Eliss H., b. Dec. 30, 1818. iii Margaret, b. Dec. 29, 1820; died July 7, 1837. iv Thomas Ellwood, b. Dec. 26, 1822; died Sept. 26, 1837. v George, b. Apr. 14, 1825. vi Wm. Ridgeway, b. Sept. 27, 1827; died Oct., 1845, in Union Township. vii Joseph M., b. Sept 23, 1830; died March 3, 1837. viii Elizabeth, b. Nov. 27, 1832; died July 23, 1837. ix Jeremiah, b. Dec. 1, 1835. There are quite a number of the Boones still living. R. N. Mayfield gives a rather extended account of Daniel Boone, and his descendants. It would extend this article to undue length to attempt even an abstract, as they were intermarried with the Armstrongs, the Wests, the Houstons, the Mayfields, the Shorts, the Owens, the Yates and many other families. It may not be amiss to copy a few items from an old Bible formerly in the possession of Edwin Boone, who died in Reading about two years ago. "Our Boone family--George Boone's sons: John, Squire and James; James Boone, the son of George; Joshua, the son of James; Samuel, the son of Joshua; Amos Schneider, son of Samuel; Frederic L., Samuel L., Wm. J., Daniel S., Huizinga N. Boone, the sons of Amos S. Boone and Sarah Yost Linderman." This does not include some of the families still living, and possibly some of those of former generations have been overlooked. =========================================================================== The above article is from a monthly magazine , "The Pennsylvania-German", Vol. XI No. 12, December, 1910. Publishers: The Express Printing Co. Editor: H.W. Kriebel, Lititz, Pa. Copyright 1910 by H. W. Kriebel. This copy is in my possession.... Linda Thompson rthompso@flatoday.infi.net Melbourne, Florida