George Boone, III

Family

George Boone was christened on 19 March 1666 at Stoke Canon (near Exeter) in Devonshire, England. [1], the son of George Boon and Sarah Uppey.

He married Mary Maugridge in 1689 before emigrating to America. [2]He and Mary had several children before George died July 27, 1744, in Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania.

According the bishop's transcripts of the Bradninch parish register, Mary, the daughter of John Moggridge, was baptized in Bradninch sometime between Easter 1668 and Easter 1669.[1]

Daughter of John Maugridge & Mary Milton; wife of George Boone. Came to America in 1717. They (the said George & Mary Boone) had nine Children that lived to be Men and Women: namely,

1. George,
2. Sarah,
3. Squire,
4. Mary,
5. John,
6. Joseph,
7. Benjamin,
8. James &
9. Samuel, having each of them several Children, excepting John who was never married.
10. (A daughter named Mary died in infancy,
11. so they named a later daughter Mary also.)[2]

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George Boone III
M, b. 19 March 1665/66, d. 7 August 1744

George Boone III was born on 19 March 1665/66 at Stoke Cannon, Devonshire, England. He was the son of George Boone II and Sarah Uppey. George Boone III married Mary Maugridge, daughter of John Mauridge and Mary Milton. George Boone III died on 7 August 1744 at Berks County, Pennsylvania, at age 78.
Children of George Boone III and Mary Maugridge

1. Sarah Boone b. 18 Feb 1690/91, d. 1744
2. Squire Boone , Sr+ b. 25 Nov 1696, d. 2 Jan 1765
3. Mary Boone+ b. 23 Sep 1699, d. 16 Jan 1774
4. John Boone b. 3 Jan 1700/1, d. 10 Oct 1785
5. Joseph Boone b. 5 Apr 1704, d. 30 Jan 1776
6. Benjamin Boone+ b. 16 Jul 1706, d. 14 Oct 1762
7. James Boone Sr+ b. 7 Jul 1709, d. 1 Sep 1785
8. Samuel Boone b. 1711, d. 6 Aug 1745
9. George Boone IV+ b. 3 Jul 1714, d. 20 Nov 1753

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Biography

http://www.boonesociety.org/boonegenealogy/Boone1st5Gens.pdf

GEORGE BOONE, III. (son of George & Sarah Boone) was born at STOAK (a Village near the City of Exeter) in A.D. 1666, being a Weaver; his Wife's Maiden Name was MARY MAUGRIDGE, who was born in BRADNINCH (eight Miles from the City of Exeter) in the Year 1669, being a Daughter of John Maugridge & Mary his Wife whose maiden Name was MILTON. They (the said George & Mary Boone) had nine Children that lived to be Men and Women: namely, George, Sarah, Squire, Mary, John, Joseph, Benjamin, James & Samuel, having each of them several Children, excepting John who was never married.

The said George and Mary Boone with their Family, came from the Town of Bradninch in Devonshire, Old-England (which is a Town at 8 miles Distance from the City of Exeter, and 177 measured Miles Westward from London); they left Bradninch the 17 Aug. 1717, and went to Bristol where they took Shipping, and arrived at Philadelphia in 1717 September 19, Old-Stile, or October 10th New-Stile; three of their Children, to wit, George, Sarah & Squire they sent in a few Years before. From Philadelphia they went to Abingdon, and staid a few Months there; thence to North-Wales, and liv'd about 2 Years there; then to Oley in the same County of Philadelphia, where Sarah (being married) had moved to some Time before. This last Place of their Residence (since the Divisions made in the Township of Oley & County of Philadelphia) is called the Township of Exeter in the County of Berks: It was called Exeter, because they came from a Place near the City of Exeter. And, He the said George Boone the Third, died on the Sixth Day of the Week, near 8 o'clock in the Morning, on the 27th of July 1744, aged 78 years; and Mary his Wife died on the 2d Day of the Week, on the 2d of February 1740-1, aged 72 years; and were decently interred in Friends Burying-Ground, in the said Township of Exeter. When he died, he left 8 Children, 52 Grand-Children, and 10 Great-Grand-Children, LIVING; in all 70, being as many Persons as the House of Jacob which came into EGYPT

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Old Style (O.S.) refers to the use of the Julian Calendar prior to 1752 when the Gregorian Calendar was adopted by Parliament: [Note 3]. An act of Parliament was passed in 1751, prescribing the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar throughout Great Britain and her colonies; making the succeeding year begin with the first of January and dropping eleven nominal days (3-13) from the month of September, 1752, so that what would have been the third of the month was called the 14th. The Quakers at their yearly meeting adopted this method, directing the members to recognize the change of style, and decreeing that thereafter the months should be numbered beginning with January. Formerly their numbering had begun with the month called March. The corresponding date on the current Gregorian calendar may be determined by adding eleven days to a date given in Old Style. Under the Julian calendar, the year began on 25 March which was called the 1st month by the Quakers who did not approve of the names given to the months and referred to them by numbers, a practice which they followed under the new calendar as well. [Note 4] Historians and genealogists frequently show years as in the foregoing baptismal date of John Boone for example, 1701/2, to cover the months of January, February and March which, in this instance, was at the end of 1701 under the Julian calendar and the beginning of 1702 under the Gregorian calendar.

The baptisms of three sons of George Boone and Sarah Uppey are recorded in the register of Stoke Canon Parish in Devonshire, England, along with the burials of two of them, as well as the nterment of George and Sarah: [Note 5]

Baptisms:

• 1663 Oct 19 Boone Henry s of George
• 1666 Mch 19 Boone George s of George
• 1673 Apr 20 Boone John s of George

Burials:

• 1663/4 Feb 8Boone Henry s of George
• 1695 Apr 18 Boon John
• 1696 May 31 Boon George
• 1708/9 Feb 5 Boon Sarah

The Stoke Canon Parish register discloses only one Boone marriage. Nicholas Boone and Mary Kelley were married there on 28 December 1669. Nicholas may have been a brother of George Boone, Jr. He and Mary Kelley had three daughters baptized at Stoke Canon: Elizabeth on 20 October 1670, Anne on 01 May 1673 and Mary on 20 September 1674. Anne was buried there on 04 September 1673, Nicholas was buried there on 09 April 1689 and Mary Kelley Boone was interred there on 25 February 1714/5. The Stoke Canon Parish register begins with the records of 1654. The records for prior years are lost. Parish registers were started in 1539. The parish register for Nether Exe, which is just north of Stoke Canon and could have been a source of Boone records, is missing for the years before 1686. [Note 6]

Stoke Canon is located in the lowlands of the beautiful rolling countryside of Devon. It is situated between the merging of the River Culm into the River Exe, about five miles north of the city of Exeter. Originally called Hrocastoc (Rooks' Farm), the village name was changed to Stoke Canon after King Athelstan granted the manor to the Exeter monastery in 938. The long and ancient bridge spanning two branches of the Culm at Stoke Canon received a legacy in the will of Bishop Stapledon in 1326. [Note 7]

As a blacksmith in Stoke Canon, George Boone, Jr. and his family were entitled to a pew in the front of their parish church and their house undoubtedly was one of the better ones in the village, perhaps similar to this description: [Note 8] It had probably been recently remodeled, as many were during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, to have instead of just one large hall, several rooms, including a parlor, a buttery and kitchen, a hall, and a shop in which the father and his apprentices and journeymen worked at their trade.

The name Uppey undoubtedly is a phonetic spelling of Uphay. No records of persons bearing the name Uppey have been discovered in or about Exeter, but the name Uphay appears in the Calendar of Wills for Farringdon in 1688 and 1704. The name Uphay appears in Devon as early as 1299 when Robert Uphay (Upphaye) was mentioned at instance of the community in Freemen of Exeter under the Mayor's Court Roll, 26-27 Edward I, January 12 (1299). The records of the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter, 1630-1700, contain the following references: [Note 9]

• 1646 Christopher Boone, Tiverton
• 1647 Robert Boone, Churchtawton
• 1671 John Boone, Churchstanton
• 1680 William Bone, Faringdon
• 1681 Henry Bone, Exeter
• 1681 Edith Bone, Faringdon
• 1688 William Uphay, Faringdon
• 1699 George Boone, Bickleigh
• 1704 Mary Uphay, Faringdon

It is not known how George Boone of Bickleigh in 1699 was related to George Boone III. Bickleigh, which is four miles north of Exeter, is four miles northwest of Bradninch where George Boone III married Mary Mogridge. Farringdon is about four miles east of Exeter. Mary Mogridge (Maugridge) who married George Boone III was a daughter of John Mogridge and Mary Milton of Bradninch, a village about nine miles north of Exeter.

Mary Mogridge was baptized in Bradninch Parish, where she and George were married: [Note 10] 1668 Mary the daughter of John Moggridge was baptized the 23 day of December 1689 George Boone married unto Mary Moggridge the 16 day of August

NOTES

1.  The Boone Family, Hazel Atterbury Spraker, Rutland, VT, 1922, reprinted Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1974.

2. ibid.
3. Supra note 1, from Our Calendar, Gilbert Cope, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
4. Julian to Gregorian, John W. Heisey, article, Antique Week/Tri-State Trader, Genealogy Section, Knightstown, IN, 1986.
5. Abstracts from original Stoke Canon Parish Registers, Mrs. M. L. Long, Exeter, England, 1981.
6. Research report, Mrs. M. L. Long.
7. Devon Villages, S. H. Burton, Robert Hale, London, 1973.
8. Daniel Boone, Backwoodsman; the Green Woods were his Portion, James Van Noppen and Ina Woestemeyer Van Noppen, Appalachian Press, Boone, North Carolina, 1966.
9. Supra note 6.
10. Abstracts from original Bradninch Parish Registers, Mrs. M. L. Long.

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from http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/Genealogy/Simmons/d0001/I459.html

Weaver and a Quaker. Born in Stoak, a hamlet near Exeter in Devonshire England, 1666. In 1712 his son, George Jr, Sarah, and Squire went to Pennsylvania to spy out the land. On the 17th of August 1717, the parents went to Bristol and sailed for Philadelphia. They arrived October 10, 1717. George went on to serve for many years as justice of the peace, and when he became too old and frail to continue, the position passed to his oldest son, George Jr. They "joined themselves to Gwynedd Meeting." When population growth led to the division of Oley township in 1741, the section in which the Boones resided was renamed Exeter, in honor of their English origins.

"The First 5 Generations of the George Boone Family"

The Boone Society, Inc., October 2006

http://www.boonesociety.org/

"Also, the Boone Society has Stoke Canon Parish baptism records for three children of George Boone II and wife Sarah: (1) Henry; (2) George III; & (3) John. Although they may have had other children, only records of three children have been found. These 3 records are:

(1) 'Henry Son of George Boone was baptized the nineteenth of October 1663. Henry Son of George Boone was buryed ye eighth of February 1663.' (Note: In the old style reckoning [Julian calendar], March 25 was the beginning of the year, therefore the infant Henry would have been about 4 months old at his burial.)

(2) 'George Son of George Boone was baptized the Nineteenth of March 1666.'

(3) 'John Son of George Boone was baptized the twentieth day of April 1673. John Boone was buryed the 18th day of April 1693'."

"The Boone Family; a Genealogical History"

Hazel Atterbury Spraker

Rutland, VT, 1922

(Reprinted, Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, MD. 1974)

pp19-23: "George Boone Third (son of George Boone Second and wife Sarah Uppey), born in 1666 at Stoak, England, a village near the City of Exeter in Devonshire; died 27 July (Old Style) or 7 Aug. (New-Style), 1744, in Exeter township, Berks Co., Pa., aged seventy-eight years. Married Mary Maugridge

(b. 1669 in Bradninch, England, eight miles from Exeter in Devonshire), a daughter of John and Mary (Milton) Maugridge. George Boone and wife Mary were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers;) in Callumpton, Devonshire, from which Meeting they took a letter of recommendation to the Society of Friends in America. Whether they were dissatisfied with their condition as Quakers in England, or whether they were impelled by that desire for adventure and travel which was later so strongly manifested in Daniel Boone and his brothers, will never be known. On the 17th of August, 1717, with six children, George Boone and his wife left the town of Bradninch in Devonshire and went to Bristol, where they set sail for America."

"A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri"

William S. Bryan and Robert Rose

Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis, MO, 1876

pp3-8: "Life of Daniel Boone"

"Daniel Boone was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1734. His grandfather, George Boone, was a native of England, and resided at Brandwich, about eight miles from Exeter. In 1717 he emigrated to America, with his family, consisting of his wife and eleven children, two daughters and nine sons. Soon after his arrival in America he purchased a large tract of land in what is now Bucks county, Pennsylvania, settled upon it, and named it Exeter, after his native town."

"The Jess M. Thompson Pike County History"

Thompson, Jess M.

Pittsfield, IL; Pike County Historical Society; 1967

Chapter 32: "George Boone (the third known Boone of that name) and his wife, Mary Maugridge Boone, left Devonshire, England, August 17, 1717, to take ship at Bristol for America. They arrived in Philadelphia October 10, 1717, and were met there by two sons and a daughter, George (fourth of the name), Squire (destined to father Daniel) and Sarah Boone, George Boone III, first Boone ancestor in America, had been a weaver in England."

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They (the said George & Mary Boone) had nine Children that lived to be Men and Women: namely, George, Sarah, Squire, Mary, John, Joseph, Benjamin, James & Samuel, having each of them several Children, excepting John who was never married. (A daughter named Mary died in infancy, so they named a later daughter Mary also.) The said George and Mary Boone with their Family, came from the Town of Bradninch in Devonshire, Old-England (which is a Town at 8 miles Distance from the City of Exeter, and 177 measured Miles Westward from London); they left Bradninch the 17 Aug. 1717, and went to Bristol where they took Shipping, and arrived at Philadelphia in 1717 September 29, Old-Stile, or October 10th New-Stile; three of their Children, to wit, George, Sarah & Squire they sent in a few Years before. From Philadelphia they went to Abington, and staid a few Months there; thence to North-Wales and liv’d about 2 Years there; thence to Oley in the same County of Philadelphia, where Sarah (being married) had moved to some Time before. This last Place of their Residence (since the Divisions made in the Township of Oley & County of Philadelphia) is called the Township of Exeter in the County of Berks: It was called Exeter, because they came from a Place near the City of Exeter.

A weaver by trade and a Quaker by religion. Born in the hamlet of Stoak near Exeter in Devonshire, England, he was persecuted and oppressed because of his religion. Inquired of William Penn as to the colony Penn had established in America. In 1712 he sent George, Sarah and Squire to America to see the land. Squire and Sarah stayed in America and George returned to England to report the news of the wonderful land to his father.

On August 17, 1717, George Boone went to Abingdon, a Quaker farming community. Later they moved to the frontier hamlet of North Wales, a Welch community which had turned Quaker.

Owned 400 acres in Olay in the subdivision of what was later called Exeter and lived with his family in a log cabin.

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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rice/master2-o/p5.htm#i276

George Boone III was born on 19 March 1665/66 at Stoke Cannon, Devonshire, England. He was the son of George Boone II and Sarah Uppey. George Boone III married Mary Maugridge, daughter of John Mauridge and Mary Milton. George Boone III died on 7 August 1744 at Berks County, Pennsylvania, at age 78.

Children of George Boone III and Mary Maugridge

Sarah Boone b. 18 Feb 1690/91, d. 1744

Squire Boone , Sr+ b. 25 Nov 1696, d. 2 Jan 1765

Mary Boone+ b. 23 Sep 1699, d. 16 Jan 1774

John Boone b. 3 Jan 1700/1, d. 10 Oct 1785

Joseph Boone b. 5 Apr 1704, d. 30 Jan 1776

Benjamin Boone+ b. 16 Jul 1706, d. 14 Oct 1762

James Boone Sr+ b. 7 Jul 1709, d. 1 Sep 1785

Samuel Boone b. 1711, d. 6 Aug 1745

George Boone IV+ b. 3 Jul 1714, d. 20 Nov 1753

http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/Genealogy/Simmons/d0001/I459.html

George BOONE III

1666 - 7 Aug 1744

BIRTH: 1666, Stoke, Devonshire, England [528]

BAPTISM: 19 Mar 1666, Stoke Canon Parish, Exeter, England

EMIGRATION: 17 Aug 1777, Philadelphia, PA

DEATH: 7 Aug 1744, Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania [529]

BURIAL: Aug 1744, Friends Burying-Ground, Exeter, PA

Father: George BOONE II

Mother: Sarah UPPEY

Family 1 : Mary Milton MAUGRIDGE

MARRIAGE: 16 Aug 1689, St. Disens Church, Bradninch, England [667]

George BOONE IV

Sarah BOONE
Mary BOONE
+Squire BOONE

Mary BOONE

John BOONE
Joseph BOONE
Benjamin BOONE
James BOONE
Samuel BOONE
Weaver and a Quaker. Born in Stoak, a hamlet near Exeter in Devonshire England, 1666. In

1712 his son, George Jr, Sarah, and Squire went to Pennsylvania to spy out the land. On the

17th of August 1717, the parents went to Bristol and sailed for Philadelphia. They arrived

October 10, 1717. George went on to serve for many years as justice of the peace, and when

he became too old and frail to continue, the position passed to his oldest son, George Jr. They

"joined themselves to Gwynedd Meeting." When population growth led to the division of Oley

township in 1741, the section in which the Boones resided was renamed Exeter, in honor of their

English origins.

"The First 5 Generations of the George Boone Family"

The Boone Society, Inc., October 2006

http://www.boonesociety.org/

"Also, the Boone Society has Stoke Canon Parish baptism records for three children of George

Boone II and wife Sarah: (1) Henry; (2) George III; & (3) John. Although they may have had

other children, only records of three children have been found. These 3 records are:

(1) 'Henry Son of George Boone was baptized the nineteenth of October 1663. Henry Son of George

Boone was buryed ye eighth of February 1663.' (Note: In the old style reckoning [Julian

calendar], March 25 was the beginning of the year, therefore the infant Henry would have been

about 4 months old at his burial.)

(2) 'George Son of George Boone was baptized the Nineteenth of March 1666.'

(3) 'John Son of George Boone was baptized the twentieth day of April 1673. John Boone was

buryed the 18th day of April 1693'."

"The Boone Family; a Genealogical History"

Hazel Atterbury Spraker

Rutland, VT, 1922

(Reprinted, Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, MD. 1974)

pp19-23: "George Boone Third (son of George Boone Second and wife Sarah Uppey), born in 1666 at

Stoak, England, a village near the City of Exeter in Devonshire; died 27 July (Old Style) or 7 Aug.

(New-Style), 1744, in Exeter township, Berks Co., Pa., aged seventy-eight years. Married Mary Maugridge

(b. 1669 in Bradninch, England, eight miles from Exeter in Devonshire), a daughter of John and Mary (Milton)

Maugridge. George Boone and wife Mary were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers;) in Callumpton,

Devonshire, from which Meeting they took a letter of recommendation to the Society of Friends in America.

Whether they were dissatisfied with their condition as Quakers in England, or whether they were impelled by

that desire for adventure and travel which was later so strongly manifested in Daniel Boone and his brothers,

will never be known. On the 17th of August, 1717, with six children, George Boone and his wife left the town of

Bradninch in Devonshire and went to Bristol, where they set sail for America."

"A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri"

William S. Bryan and Robert Rose

Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis, MO, 1876

pp3-8: "Life of Daniel Boone"

"Daniel Boone was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1734. His grandfather, George

Boone, was a native of England, and resided at Brandwich, about eight miles from Exeter. In 1717 he

emigrated to America, with his family, consisting of his wife and eleven children, two daughters and

nine sons. Soon after his arrival in America he purchased a large tract of land in what is now Bucks

county, Pennsylvania, settled upon it, and named it Exeter, after his native town."

"The Jess M. Thompson Pike County History"

Thompson, Jess M.

Pittsfield, IL; Pike County Historical Society; 1967

Chapter 32: "George Boone (the third known Boone of that name) and his wife, Mary Maugridge

Boone, left Devonshire, England, August 17, 1717, to take ship at Bristol for America. They arrived

in Philadelphia October 10, 1717, and were met there by two sons and a daughter, George (fourth

of the name), Squire (destined to father Daniel) and Sarah Boone, George Boone III, first Boone

ancestor in America, had been a weaver in England."

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Tanner and Weaver

Sailed from Bristol, England 8/17/1717

Arrived in Philadelphia 10/10/1717

Event: Comment 1 Justice of the Peace after coming to America

Event: Event 1 1702 Quit St. Disen's Church to become Quakers

Event: Event 2 1713 Sent 3 eldest children-"investigate" America

Event: Event 3 17 AUG 1717 set sail for America from England

Event: Event 4 10 OCT 1717 came to America

Event: Fact 1- buried in Friends Burial Ground, Exeter Township

Residence: Oley Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania

Burial: Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania

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Date of death here is 2/27/1744, on Family search Peidgree shows buriel not until 7/28/1744.I believe dates are off just not sure which way

George Boone, III

[Suggest a correction]

Birth: Mar. 19, 1666, England

Death: Feb. 27, 1744

Berks County

Pennsylvania, USA

Note: GRANDFATHER OF DANIEL BOONE [There are no grave markers as the Quakers did not believe in them.]

George Boone III born in Stoake, near Exeter, in Devonshire, England, was the son of George Boone II & Sarah Mary Uppery; he had the following siblings: Percis Boone Henton (known sister), and perhaps Henry Boone b. 1663 and John Boone b. 1673.

George II married in 1689 in Bradninch, Devonshire, England, Mary Milton Maugridge (buried at this cemetery); they had the following children: Squire Boone (father of DANIEL BOONE), Benjamin, William, George, Sarah, Mary, John Joseph, James, & Samuel Boone.

George & Mary emigrated to America and arrived in Philadelphia, PA, on 10 Oct 1717 from Brandnich, Devonshire, England, settling in the town of Exeter, Berks Co., PA; their children Squire, Sarah, Squire, and George IV had come earlier to America to find land. George III was a weaver.

George Boone III

Male, #1222, b. March 10, 1665/66, d. July 27, 1744

George Boone III|b. Mar 10, 1665/66\nd. Jul 27, 1744|p62.htm#i1222|George Boone II|b. Nov 17, 1646\nd. May, 1696|p61.htm#i1220|Sarah Uphay|b. about 1640\nd. Feb, 1708|p62.htm#i1221|George Boone I|b. 1624\nd. Apr, 1672|p61.htm#i1219||||||||||

Relationship 8th great-grandfather of Garril Louis Kueber.

Father George Boone II b. Nov 17, 1646, d. May, 1696

Mother Sarah Uphay b. about 1640, d. Feb, 1708

Birth March 10, 1665/66 George was born March 10, 1665/66 in Stoke, Canon, Near Exeter, Devonshire, England.1

Occupation He was a weaver.

Marriage August 16, 1689 He married Mary Milton Maugridge, daughter of John Maugridge and Mary Milton, August 16, 1689 in St Disen's Church, Bradninch Parish, Devonshire, England.1

Residence He resided in Bradninch Parish, Devon, England.2

Immigration September 29, 1717 George immigrated to Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Colony , on September 29, 1717.

Death July 27, 1744 George died July 27, 1744 in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Colony at age 78.

Death - Conflict Inf August 7, 1744 Conflicting information indicates that he died on August 7, 1744 in Pennsylvania.1

Burial His body was buried in Friends Cemetery, Berks County, Pennsylvania Colony .2

Family Mary Milton Maugridge b. Dec 1668, d. 2 Feb 1740/41

Children 1. George Boone IV+ b. Jul 13, 1690, d. Nov 20, 1753

 2. Sarah Boone+ b. Feb 29, 1691/92, d. before 1738 

3. Squire Boone+ b. Nov 25, 1696, d. Jan 2, 1765
4. Mary Boone+ b. Sep 23, 1699, d. Jan 16, 1774
5. John Boone b. Jan 3, 1702/3, d. Oct, 1785
6. Joseph Boone b. Apr 5, 1704, d. Jan 30, 1776
7. Benjamin Boone+ b. Jul 16, 1706, d. Oct 14, 1762
8. James Boone+ b. Jul 7, 1709, d. Sep 1, 1785
9. Samuel Boone+ b. about 1711, d. Aug 6, 1745
Citations

[S3738] Janice Yount, (received) June 1, 2007.

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“GEORGE BOONE III. (son of George and Sarah Boone) was born at Stoak (a Village near the City of Exeter) in A.D. 1666, being a Weaver; his Wife’s Maiden Name was Mary Maugridge, who was born in Bradninch (eight Miles from the City of Exeter) in the Year 1669, being a Daughter of John Maugridge & Mary his Wife whose maiden Name was Milton.

They (the said George & Mary Boone) had nine Children that lived to be Men and Women: namely, George, Sarah, Squire, Mary, John, Joseph, Benjamin, James & Samuel, having each of them several Children, excepting John who was never married. (A daughter named Mary died in infancy, so they named a later daughter Mary also.) The said George and Mary Boone with their Family, came from the Town of Bradninch in Devonshire, Old-England (which is a Town at 8 miles Distance from the City of Exeter, and 177 measured Miles Westward from London); they left Bradninch the 17 Aug. 1717, and went to Bristol where they took Shipping, and arrived at Philadelphia in 1717 September 29, Old-Stile, or October 10th New-Stile; three of their Children, to wit, George, Sarah & Squire they sent in a few Years before. From Philadelphia they went to Abington, and staid a few Months there; thence to North-Wales and liv’d about 2 Years there; thence to Oley in the same County of Philadelphia, where Sarah (being married) had moved to some Time before. This last Place of their Residence (since the Divisions made in the Township of Oley & County of Philadelphia) is called the Township of Exeter in the County of Berks: It was called Exeter, because they came from a Place near the City of Exeter. And,

“He the said George Boone the Third, died on the Sixth Day of the Week, near 8 o’clock in the Morning, on the 27th of July 1744, aged 78 Years; and Mary his Wife died on the 2d Day of the Week, on the 2d of February 1740-1; aged 72 years; and were decently interred in Friends Burying-Ground, in the said Township of Exeter. When he died, he left 8 children, 52 Grand-Children, and 10 Great-Grand-Children, Living; in all 70, being as many Persons as the House of Jacob which came into Egypt.”

The Boone Society has the marriage record of George III & Mary Maugridge (note different spelling of “Moggridge” on original old English hand-written document below) performed at St. Disen’s Church in Bradninch:

Document owned by the Boone Society:

George Boone married unto Mary Moggridge the 16th day of August 1689

The Boone Society also has the baptism record of Mary from St. Disen’s Church as follows:

Document owned by the Boone Society:

1668 Mary ye daughter of John Moggridge baptized ye 23rd day of December

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George and Mary had nine children. The first three of their children came to Pennsylvania, not far from Philadelphia in 1717. They were Quakers and were with the William Penn Colony. Later all the family came to America.

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In 1713, George Boone III sent his three oldest children to America to find land. George and Mary and their six remaining children set sail for America and arrived in Philadelphia on Oct 10, 1717. (They came to America with George's sister Percis.) They settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania. With the exception of their son John, all of the children of George and Mary Boone married and had large families. George died at the age of 78 years in Berks County, Pennsylvania and Mary died on Feb 2, 1740 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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A Quaker by faith and Weaver by Trade of English-Welsh decent he sought information of William Penn regarding his American Colony. He sent his three oldest children to Pennsylvania in 1712; George, the younger, Sarah and Squire. George returned to report their findings. Sarah and Squire remained in America. On August 17, 1717 at the age of 51 years with his wife Mary, the family departed Bristol arriving in Philidelphia Pennsylvania Oct 10, 1717. In 1718 he took of 400 acres in Exeter-Orly, Pennsylvania built a log cabin and lived in until his death in 1744 at the age of 78 years.

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...

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Immigrated from England to Pennsylvania on Sept. 29, 1717. They had sent Squire, George, and Sarah to US a few years before. Died in Exeter, PA. Laid to rest in Friends (Quaker) Burying Ground at the age of 78. At time of death left 8 children, 52 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren all living (in all 80 people).

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GEORGE BOONE, III. (son of George & Sarah Boone) was born at Stoak (a Village near the City of Exeter) in A. D. 1666, being a Weaver; his Wife's Maiden Name was Mary Maugridge, who was born in BRADNINCH (eight Miles from the City of Exeter) in the Year 1669, being a Daughter of John Maugridge & Mary his Wife whose maiden Name was Milton They (the said George & Mary Boone) had nine Children that lived to be Men and Women: namely, George, Sarah, Squire, Mary, John, Joseph, Benjamin, James & Samuel, having each of them several Children, excepting John who was never married. The said George and Mary Boone with their Family, came from the Town of Bradninch in Devonshire, Old‑England (which is a Town at 8 miles Distance from the City of Exeter, and 177 measured Miles Westward from London); they left Bradninch the 17 Aug. 1717, and went to Bristol where they took Shipping, and arrived at Philadelphia in 1717 September 29, Old‑Stile, or October 10th New‑Stile; three of their Children, to wit, George, Sarah & Squire they sent in a few Years before. From Philadelphia they went to Abington, and staid a few Months there; thence to North‑Wales, and liv'd about 2 Years there; thence to Oley in the same County of Philadelphia, where Sarah (being married) had moved to some Time before. This last Place of their Residence (since the Divisions made in the Township of Oley & County of Philadelphia) is called the Township of Exeter in the County of Berks: It was called Exeter, because they came from a Place near the City of Exeter. And,

George Boone the Third, died on the Sixth Day of the Week, near 8 o'clock in the Morning, on the 27th of July 1744, aged 78 Years; and Mary his Wife died on the 2d Day of the Week, on the 2d of February 1740‑1, aged 72 years; and were decently interred in Friends Burying‑Ground, in the said Township of Exeter. When he died, he left 8 Children, 52 Grand‑Children, and 10 Great‑Grand­-Children, Living; in all 70, being as many Persons as the House of Jacob which came into Egypt.

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Documents owned by the Boone Society:

"George Son of George Boone was baptized the Nineteenth of March 1666"

"George and Mary Boone with their Family, came from the Town of Bradninch in Devonshire, Old-England (which is a Town at 8 miles Distance from the City of Exeter, and 177 measured Miles Westward from London); they left Bradninch the 17 Aug. 1717, and went to Bristol where they took Shipping, and arrived at Philadelphia in 1717 September 29, Old-Stile, or October 10th New-Stile; three of their Children, to wit, George, Sarah & Squire they sent in a few Years before. From Philadelphia they went to Abington, and staid a few Months there; thence to North-Wales and liv'd about 2 Years there; thence to Oley in the same County of Philadelphia, where Sarah (being married) had moved to some Time before. This last Place of their Residence (since the Divisions made in the Township of Oley & County of Philadelphia) is called the Township of Exeter in the County of Berks: It was called Exeter, because they came from a Place near the City of Exeter. boonesociety.org"

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From England to Penn.

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George Boone arrived in Oley Township, Berks County, PA in 1720. Soon after arriving in Oley he established a tannery that stayed in the family for several generations.

Links:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oley_Township,_PA
• http://www.berkshistory.org/articles/mboone.html

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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7232409&ref=wvr

from the Boone Genealogy as written by James Boone, March 21st, 1788 - now in the archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society:

George Boone, III, (son of George & Sarah Boone) was born at STOAK (a village near the city of Exeter) in A.D. 1666, being a Weaver; his Wife's Maiden Name was MARY MAUGRIDGE, who was born in BRADNINCH (eight Miles from the City of Exeter) in the Year 1669, being a Daughter of John Maugridge & Mary his Wife whose Maiden Name was MILTON. They (the said George & Mary Boone) had nine Children that lived to be Men and Women: namely, George, Sarah, Squire, Mary, John, Joseph, Benjamin, James & Samuel, having each of them several children, excepting John was was never married. The said George and Mary Boone with their Family, came from the Town of Bradninch in Devonshire, Old-England (which is a Town at 8 miles Distance from the city of Exeter, and 177 measured Miles Westward from London); they left Bradninch the 17 Aug. 1717, and went to Bristol where they took Shipping, and arrived at Philadelphia in 1717 September 19, Old-Stile, or October 10th New-Stile; three of their Children, to wit, George, Sarah & Squire they sent in a few Years before. From Philadelphia they went to Abingdon, and staid a few Months there; thence to North-Wales, and liv'd about 2 Years there; then to Oley in the same County of Philadelphia, where Sarah (being married) had moved to some Time before. This last Place of their Residence (since the Divisions made in the Township of Oley & County of Philadelphia) is called the Township of Exeter in the County of Berks: It was called Exeter, because they came from a Place near the City of Exeter. And, He the said George Boone the Third, died on the Sixth Day of the Week, near 8 o'clock in the morning, on the 27th of July 1744, aged 78 years; and Mary hi wife died on the 2d Day of the Week, on the 2d of February 1740-1, aged 72 years; and were decently interred in Friends Burying-Ground, in the said Township of Exeter. When he died, he left 8 Children, 52 Grand-Children, and 10 Great-Grand-Children, LIVING, in all 70, being as many Persons as the House of Jacob which came into EGYPT.

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George III was a weaver by trade. He and his wife were members of the Society of Friends. They came to America in 1717.

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Was a weaver, they had nine children, a Mary died at birth and renamed another child Mary. They came from Bradninch, Devonshire, England, 8/17/1717, took a ship to Philadelphia. George, Sarah & Squire left a couple of years earlier.

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George Boone, III was born at Stoak, near Exeter, in Devons hire, England in 1666. He was the son of George Boone II wh o died at the age of 60 years and Sarah Uppey Boone who die d at the age of 80 years. George Boone III grew up and marr ied Mary Maugridge, daughter of John and Mary Milton Maugri dge of Bradnich, Devonshire, England. The couple had at lea st nine children, George Boone IV, Sarah Boone, Squire Boon e, Mary Boone, John Boone who never married, Joseph Boone , Benjamin Boone, James Boone and Samuel Boone.

George Boone, III was a weaver. On 17 August 1717, George B oone, III, his wife Mary Maugridge Boone and their childre n still at home left Bradnich, Devonshire, England, which i s a town eight miles from Exeter and one hundred seventy se ven miles from London, and traveled to Bristol, England. Fr om their they booked ship passage to Philadelphia. They arr ived in Philadelphia on 29 September 1717 (old style). The y had sent their children, George Boone, Sarah Boone and Sq uire Boone to America a few years earlier.

The family arrived at Philadelphia and traveled to Abingto n where they stayed a few months. They left Abington in 171 8 and moved to North Wales where they lived two years. The n in 1720, they settled in Oley, Exeter Township, Berks Cou nty, Pennsylvania.

Despite the peace, however, even Pennsylvania grew tense wi th growing Indian resentments and settler fears. At Manataw ny in 1728, a party of Shawnees got into a fight with settl ers who refused to provide them with food. There was an exc hange of gunfire and one Indian was wounded. The Boone neig hborhood, just ten miles away, was thrown into panic. Georg e Boone, III, local magistrate, sent a dispatch to the colo nial governor pleading for assistance "in order to defend o ur frontiers." "Our Inhabitants are Generally fled," he wro te, but "there remains about 20 men with me to guard my mil l, where I have about 1,000 bushels of wheat and flour, an d we are resolved to defend ourselves to ye last Extremity. " Sometime later a dozen Shawnees, perhaps the same group,e xtorted food and drink from a few terrorized families in th e area. A posse of about twenty local men pursued them, an d in a short fight, two settlers were wounded. That conclud ed the only record of Indian warfare at Olny, but it was ev idence of increasing settlement and congestion. Under suc h pressures Shawnees, Delaware's, and other Indians began m oving west, into the mountains or beyond. A steady stream o f Indians, however,continued to pass along the Perkiomen Pa th, which cut directly through the Boone neighborhood.

George Boone, III enjoyed a reputation among the Indians fo r befriending natives. During the conflict of 1728 he led t he rescue of two Indian girls held by a group of settlers w ho harbored lustful and murderous intentions. Indian hunter s and diplomats passing along the path knew they could fin d food, drink, and a place to sleep at the Boone homestead . When Sassoonan, known as "king" of the Schuylkill Delawar e's,stopped for a time at the Boone place on his way to Phi ladelphia, with his retinue of twenty-five men, women, an d children in 1736, the visit was important enough to recor d.

Mary Maugridge Boone died on 2 February 1740 at the age o f 72 years. She was buried in the Friends Burial Ground i n Exeter Township,Berks County, Pennsylvania. Squire Boone' s father, George Boone, III died on 27 July 1744 at the ag e of 78 years. He was also buried in the Friends Burial Gro und in Exeter Township.

George Boone II and his wife moved to Clay, (now Exeter),Be rks County, Pennsylvania. The historical site of the home i s marked,and was built in 1733 by George Boone.

The site of the original log house built in 1730 is now 1 4 miles from Reading, Pennsylvania.

The Boones were all Quakers when they came to Pennsylvania.

George Boone became prominently identified with the Gwynne d Monthly Meeting, by which he was appointed in 1723 to kee p the church records of the births, marriages and deaths. I n 1725 a monthly meeting was established for the Quakers i n Olney, and on Dec. 24, 1736, George Boone and wife grante d to a board of trustees (Anthony Lee, John Webb,George Boo ne, Jr., their son and sons-in-law) one acre of ground in t rust for the use of the people called Quakers in Olney. Thi s was the origin of what is now known as the Exeter Monthl y Meeting where seven generations of the Boone family hav e worshiped.

George Boone, Sr. was for many years a Justice of Peace und er English sovereignty, an extensive landowner and man of a ffairs. He was a leader in the Society of Friends and had w ide influence among his neighbors.

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Weaver and a Quaker. Born in Stoak, a hamlet near Exeter in Devonshire England, 1666. In 1712 his son, George Jr, Sarah, and Squire went to Pennsylvania to spy out the land. On the 17th of August 1717, the parents went to Bristol and sailed for Philadelphia. They arrived October 10, 1717. George went on to serve for many years as justice of the peace, and when he became too old and frail to continue, the position passed to his oldest son, George Jr. They "joined themselves to Gwynedd Meeting." When population growth led to the division of Oley township in 1741, the section in which the Boones resided was renamed Exeter, in honor of their English origins.

"The First 5 Generations of the George Boone Family" The Boone Society, Inc., October 2006 http://www.boonesociety.org/ "Also, the Boone Society has Stoke Canon Parish baptism records for three children of George Boone II and wife Sarah: (1) Henry; (2) George III; & (3) John. Although they may have had other children, only records of three children have been found. These 3 records are: (1) 'Henry Son of George Boone was baptized the nineteenth of October 1663. Henry Son of George Boone was buryed ye eighth of February 1663.' (Note: In the old style reckoning [Julian calendar], March 25 was the beginning of the year, therefore the infant Henry would have been about 4 months old at his burial.) (2) 'George Son of George Boone was baptized the Nineteenth of March 1666.' (3) 'John Son of George Boone was baptized the twentieth day of April 1673. John Boone was buryed the 18th day of April 1693'."

"The Boone Family; a Genealogical History" Hazel Atterbury Spraker Rutland, VT, 1922 (Reprinted, Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, MD. 1974) pp19-23: "George Boone Third (son of George Boone Second and wife Sarah Uppey), born in 1666 at Stoak, England, a village near the City of Exeter in Devonshire; died 27 July (Old Style) or 7 Aug. (New-Style), 1744, in Exeter township, Berks Co., Pa., aged seventy-eight years. Married Mary Maugridge (b. 1669 in Bradninch, England, eight miles from Exeter in Devonshire), a daughter of John and Mary (Milton) Maugridge. George Boone and wife Mary were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers;) in Callumpton, Devonshire, from which Meeting they took a letter of recommendation to the Society of Friends in America. Whether they were dissatisfied with their condition as Quakers in England, or whether they were impelled by that desire for adventure and travel which was later so strongly manifested in Daniel Boone and his brothers, will never be known. On the 17th of August, 1717, with six children, George Boone and his wife left the town of Bradninch in Devonshire and went to Bristol, where they set sail for America."

"A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri" William S. Bryan and Robert Rose Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis, MO, 1876 pp3-8: "Life of Daniel Boone" "Daniel Boone was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1734. His grandfather, George Boone, was a native of England, and resided at Brandwich, about eight miles from Exeter. In 1717 he emigrated to America, with his family, consisting of his wife and eleven children, two daughters and nine sons. Soon after his arrival in America he purchased a large tract of land in what is now Bucks county, Pennsylvania, settled upon it, and named it Exeter, after his native town."

"The Jess M. Thompson Pike County History" Thompson, Jess M. Pittsfield, IL; Pike County Historical Society; 1967 Chapter 32: "George Boone (the third known Boone of that name) and his wife, Mary Maugridge Boone, left Devonshire, England, August 17, 1717, to take ship at Bristol for America. They arrived in Philadelphia October 10, 1717, and were met there by two sons and a daughter, George (fourth of the name), Squire (destined to father Daniel) and Sarah Boone, George Boone III, first Boone ancestor in America, had been a weaver in England."

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References

1. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rice/genealogy/master2-o/p5.htm#i276
2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7232409/george-boone