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Jane Boone (Van Cleave)

Also Known As: "Big Granny", "van Cleave", "van Cleve", "van Cleef"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: New Brunswick, Middlesex County, Province of New Jersey
Death: March 10, 1829 (79)
Otter Creek, Perry County, Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. Aaron van Cleave and Rachel Jans van Cleef
Wife of Squire Boone, II
Mother of Isaiah I Boone; Stephen Squire Boone; Jonathan Boone; Sarah Cassandra Wilcox; Enoch Morgan Boone and 3 others
Sister of Charity van Cleave; Samuel Van Cleave; Cornelius "Cory" van Cleave; Captain John Van Cleave, Sr.; Benjamin Samuel van Cleave and 4 others

Occupation: had 4 sons with Squire Boone Jr.
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About Jane Boone

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A119103

Dutch decent

http://pharmacy.isu.edu/~cady/genealogy/PS01/PS01_370.HTM

Jane VanCleve

Birth 16 Oct 1749

Death 10 Mar 1829, Ft.Knox,,Ky.

Spouses

1 Squire Jr. Boone

Birth 5 Oct 1744, Oley Twp.,Berks Co,Penn.

Death Aug 1815, Harrison Co.,,Ind.

Burial Boone Caverens,Harrison Co.,Ky.

Father Squire Boone (1696-1765)

Mother Sarah Morgan (1700-1777)

Marriage 8 Aug 1765, ,,N.C.,U.S.A.

Children Jonathan (1766-1837)

Moses (1769-1842)

Isiah (1772-)

Sarah (1774-1846)

Enoch Morgan (1777-1862)

Notes for Jane VanCleve

Daughter of Aaron Van Cleve of N.J.



It is known by descendants that Jane (Hughes) Boone died in KY at the home of her daughter, Hannah, wife of Moses Boone, where she was known as "Little Granny" to distinguish her from "Big Granny" who was Jane (Van Cleve) Boone, wife of Squire Boone, Jr.


DAR ID NO 35260


Jane “Big Granny” Van Cleave Boone BIRTH 16 Oct 1749 Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA DEATH 10 Mar 1829 (aged 79) Meade County, Kentucky, USA BURIAL Boone Cemetery Muldraugh, Meade County, Kentucky

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67559802/jane-boone

Died at the home of her son Enoch, exact location of burial site unknown. Assumed to be in the same cemetery with Enoch.

Documented as a Revolutionary War patriot, one of the few women so designated; her record:

BOONE, JANE VAN CLEFT DAR Ancestor #: A119103

Service: VIRGINIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: 10-16-1749 NEW BRUNSWICK MIDDLESEX CO NEW JERSEY Death: 3-10-1829 OTTERCREEK WAYNE CO KENTUCKY Service Source: DRAPER, THE DRAPER MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION, 19C, P 73-6 Service Description: 1) SUFFERED DEPRIVATION, SIEGE OF BOONESBOROUGH,1778 Residence 1) County: KENTUCKY CO - State: VIRGINIA Spouse 1) SQUIRE BOONE [Jr.]

Parents Aaron Van Cleave 1704–1780

Photo Rachel Schenck Van Cleave 1709 – unknown

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Jane Boone's Timeline

1749
October 16, 1749
New Brunswick, Middlesex County, Province of New Jersey
1766
August 30, 1766
Yadkin River, Rowan, North Carolina, USA
1766
VT, United States
1769
February 23, 1769
Yadkin, Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
1772
March 13, 1772
Yadkin River, Rowan, North Carolina, USA
1774
September 26, 1774
Yadkin River, Rowan, North Carolina, USA
1777
October 16, 1777
Fort Boonesborough, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA
1779
1779
1829
March 10, 1829
Age 79
Otter Creek, Perry County, Kentucky, United States