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References;
(1) Journal of Ancient and Medieval Studies. The Octavian Society,
Vol VI, page 74.
References;
(1) Bellevue-Beautiful View.
(2) Information supplied by Mr. Russell L. Ready, 521 East Wilshire Street,
Santa Ana, California 92707. Prodigy ID Number VSXV10A.
Telephone: 714-543-6462.
References;
(1) Bellevue-Beautiful View.
(2) Information supplied by Mr. Russell L. Ready, 521 East Wilshire Street,
Santa Ana, California 92707. Prodigy ID Number VSXV10A.
Telephone: 714-543-6462.
References:
(1) Information supplied by Mr. Russell L. Ready, 521 East Wilshire Street, Santa Ana, California 92707. Prodigy ID Number VSXV10A.
Telephone: 714-543-6462.On May 31st, 1917, the writer visited the George Boone home, about 14 miles from Reading, Pa. This is a substantial, quaintly attractive stone house, said to be the one built by George Boone 3rd in 1733. The house is occupied by a thrifty German family which has kept everything about the place in most immaculate and "spic and span" condition, so that the place shows none of the signs of decay and disintegration which might be expected in so old a house. On the contrary it looks quite equal to another hundred years or so of wear. The original stone house is intact, but additions have been built. The angle of the original roof remains, but on one side, where the roof had at first sloped down to a very low cave over the first floor, a second floor extension has been raised, without disturbing or removing the original rafters, so that the house has the appearance of having a second floor addition built on top of the roof. The side nearest the road has a long low porch the entire width of the house, which is probably an addition. At the left of this is the real front of the house (facing the sun) with a quaint gabled portico before the door. There are few windows and many of these are narrow ones scarcely a foot wide, so built, it is said, as a protection against the intrusions of red-skinned visitors. The entire house, outbuildings, and all the fences are beautifully plastered and whitewashed. This is the house which George Boone 3rd built for his children, remaining himself in the first log house, which is no longer standing. The stone house is probably about forty feet square. A stone set in or near one corner of the building bears the date 1733. There are two other buildings on the property. One is a stone two-story building over the spring, which bubbles up in a cellar room and passes out through an opening in the wall through a walled-in canal or trough about ten feet wide and forty feet long, finally meandering away in a stream through the meadow. At the end of this little canal on its banks, once stood the tanners' vats used by George Boone and his family, who were tanners by trade. 'Directly back of the house at some distance stands another two-story stone building, now used for a corn crib and storage house. This bears a date stone over the door marked "I. B." Back of and at either side of the homestead extend most beautiful meadows and rolling, well-cultivated farm lands.
Having built the new house, George Boone refused for some reason to live in it himself, but turned it over to his children and continued to reside in the log house until his death. It is quite possible that some of his married children were then living at home with young families, and that George Boone and his wife Mary preferred the quiet of the smaller home for themselves, as they were no longer young. When George Boone III died it is said that his remains were carried into the stone house and from there to his burial in the Friends' burying-ground at
Exeter Meeting House. An old family Bible records the fact that "when Grandfather died he left 8 children, 52 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren living, in all 70, being as many persons as the house of Jacob which came into Egypt."
In accordance with the custom of the Friends Society, no stones mark the graves of George Boone III and his wife Mary, but a far
greater memorial is found in the thousands of descendants who unite in honoring their memory.
References:
(1) Information supplied by Mr. Russell L. Ready, 521 East Wilshire Street,
Santa Ana, California 92707. Prodigy ID Number VSXV10A.
Telephone: 714-543-6462.
Co., Pa. He never married; was a school teacher and nlan of some learning. It was he who preserved the record of the family births and deaths and passed them on to his nephew James (son of James and Mary) who compiled them into the quaint genealogy which has come down to us. He died in his eighty-fourth year; having lived in America exactly 68 years. His will, which was signed 5 Oct., 1785, proven 22 Oct.,1785, mentions nephews Judah, Moses, James and Joshua; and Martha, wife of George Hughes, Rachel, wife of William Wilcoxson, Anne, wife of Abraham Lincoln, and Mary, wife of Thomas Lee; all of whom were children of his brother James. He also mentions an Isaiah Boone. (e)
References;
(1) Bellevue-Beautiful View.
(2) Information supplied by Mr. Russell L. Ready, 521 East Wilshire Street,
Santa Ana, California 92707. Prodigy ID Number VSXV10A.
Telephone: 714-543-6462.
References;
(1) Bellevue-Beautiful View.
(2) Information supplied by Mr. Russell L. Ready, 521 East Wilshire Street,
Santa Ana, California 92707. Prodigy ID Number VSXV10A.
Telephone: 714-543-6462.
References:
(1) Information supplied by Mr. Russell L. Ready, 521 East Wilshire Street,
Santa Ana, California 92707. Prodigy ID Number VSXV10A.
Telephone: 714-543-6462.
References:
(1) Information supplied by Mr. Russell L. Ready, 521 East Wilshire Street,
Santa Ana, California 92707. Prodigy ID Number VSXV10A.
Telephone: 714-543-6462.
References;
(1) Bellevue-Beautiful View.
(2) Information supplied by Mr. Russell L. Ready, 521 East Wilshire Street,
Santa Ana, California 92707. Prodigy ID Number VSXV10A.
Telephone: 714-543-6462.Historical Notes:
(1) 4TH BARONET OF LLANTARNAM
References;
(1) Information supplied by Mr. Russell L. Ready, 521 East Wilshire Street,
Santa Ana, California 92707. Prodigy ID Number VSXV10A.
Telephone: 714-543-6462.
GEORGE BOONE IV. (son of George3), born 13 July (0. S.) or 24 July (N. S.), 1690, in the town of Bradninch, Devonshire, England, "about half past five in the afternoon"; died 20 Nov., 1753, in Exeter township, Berks County, Pa. (then Philadelphia Co.), in the 64th year of his age. (a)
Married 27 July (0. S.) or 7 Aug. (N. S.), 1713, in Abington, Philadelphia, Pa., Deborah Howell (b. 3 Nov., 1691 [N. S.], d. 26 Jan., 1759), daughter of William and Mary Howell. (b)
Accompanied by his brother Squire and sister Sarah, George Boone came to America a few years in advance of his parents and their other children, probably about 1713, and was married soon after his arrival. He settled at Abington, in Philadelphia Co., a village not far from Philadelphia, and in the Meeting Records of the Abington Society of Friends we find the following entries regarding him:-
"5-27-1713, George Boone, Jr.; and Deborah, daughter of Wm. Howell, married."
"8-26-1713, George Boone produced a certificate from 'Bradwitch' in Devonshire, Great Britain, of his orderly and good conversation while he lived there, which was read and accepted."
At Abington, George Boone was appointed to take charge of the records of the Friends Society, and many of the old records now extant are in his writing. (Preserved in the Friends Libraries of Philadelphia.) These items are also found in Abington Monthly Meeting Records:-
"10-28-1716, George Boone delivered a large bound book in order to Transcribe over ye Minutes in ye M. Meeting Books."
"12-25-1716. Paid George Boone for a bound book, 14 S.-0 D."
"1-30-1718, Friends at this Meeting do appoint Everard Bolton and Morris and Robert Fletcher to view ye Minutes that are recorded by George Boone and to agree with him for the transcription and pay him and give the Meeting acct. next month."George Boone, was joined in 1717 by his father and family, who stayed in Abington but a few months and then located in North Wales, but it is probable that George Boone, Jr., continued to reside in Abington until he left there with his wife and children to settle at Oley in 1720. He probably taught school at Abington, as his nephew, James Boone, recorded that George Boone IV, "taught school for several years near Philadelphia; was a good mathematician and taught the several branches of English learning; and was a magistrate for several years."
In 1718 he purchased land in Oley township, Philadelphia, Co. (now Exeter Twp., Berks Co.), which we find record of in the Minutes of the Proprietors of Pennsylvania:-
"Agreed with George Boone, Jr., of Abington for 400 acres of land at Oley, at 14 pounds per hundred and one shilling sterling quit rent, for which
a warrant is granted. Signed and dated the 4th of October, 1718." (c)
On 26 Dec., 1720, a certificate was granted by the Abington Meeting to George Boone and family to "settle in and towards Oley and join themselves to Gwynedd Meeting." It can reasonably be supposed that they removed at about that time.The land warrants of Pennsylvania show many entries of land granted to George Boone in Philadelphia and Berks Counties, but which tracts are taken up by George Boone, Jr., and which by his father or younger relatives it is impossible to determine. It is said that when Exeter township was erected 7 Dec., 1841, out of the south west part of Oley township, including 13,500 acres, the survey was made by George Boone. (d)
At their new home in Oley George Boone and his wife again became active in affairs of the Friends Society, this time under the fold of Gwynedd Meeting. They were probably instrumental in founding the new meeting which was later formed, and called Oley Meeting. On 24th Dec., 1736, George Boone and wife Deborah deeded to the Friends one acre of ground for a meeting-house and burying-place. The first meeting house stood upon this plot, although the present building is across the road. (e) See appendix, page 589.In the manuscript department of the library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (g), there is an old letter written by George Boone, Jr., reading as follows:
To William Peters, Atty. at Law, Phila.
Exeter, ye 3rd day of
May, 1745.
Esteemed ffrd,-I having an opportunity at this time to send a few lines by my wife; Requesting thee pursuant to our discourse when I were last in town, to let me know whether I must attend at Chester Court or not, in order to a Tryal with Jacob Casdorp. If thee cannot attend thyself, deliver those papers I left with thee unto ye Attorney General. I should be well pleased to put some end to this affair.
My wife will be some time in ye town so thee may send by her.
I remain thy ffrd
GEO. BOONE
Will of George Boone of Exeter. Signed 11-18, 1753. Proven Dec. 24, 1753. (i)In the name of God, Amen. I George Boone of Exeter in County of Berks, and Province of Pennsylvania Esq Being sick and weak of Body but of Sound Mind (and) memory thanks he to Almighty God Therefore do make this my last will and Testament in form and manner as follows:-
In the first place my will and desire is that my just Debts Be all honestly Paid and that the Remainder and Residue of my Estate to be Divided among my beloved wife and children in the manner follow:-
Viz:-I give and Bequeath Unto my beloved Sone William all that part of my lands and livings Lying and being on the South Side of the Tullpahocan wagon road belonging to and appertaining to the old plantation in Exeter and also one half part of all the mills and water works now on any part of said premises; to have and to hold the Same Unto him and his assigns forever.Secondly:- I give and Bequeath Unto my Sone Hezekiah all that part of said old Plantation Lying and being on the North Side of the said Tull-pahocan wagon road and the other half part of all the mills and water works thereunto belonging to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever.
Thirdly:- I give and Bequeath to my Beloved Sone Josiah the Sawmill in Robinson Township in Berks aforesaid together with all the lands rights and Privileges thereto belonging to have to hold the Same unto him his heirs and assigns forever.
Fourthly:- I give and Bequeath Unto my Beloved Sone Jeremiah all that Plantation and Parcel] of Land Called Andreew Sanduskies Situate in Amity Township to have and hold to him his heirs and assigns forever.
Fifthly:- I give and Bequeath unto my three daughters Viz. Mary, Deborah and Dinah, to Have each and every of them the just sum of Fifty Pounds Currant lawful Money of Pennsylvania the same to be Unto them or their heirs within the Space of three years next after my Decease.Sixthly:- I give and Bequeath Unto my two little Grandchildren Viz:-George and Jane Hughes the issue of my Deceased Daughter Hannah the Sum of Seventy-five Pounds to be paid to each of them when they arrive at their proper ages and if either of them do not live till their proper ages then the same to go and be paid to the survivor of them.
Seventhly:- I give and Bequeath Unto my Beloved Wife the Sum of Twelve Pounds to be paid Unto her yearly and Every year During her life the Same to be paid Unto her by my Sons William and Josiah and also the liberty of the use of the Best Room in the old house where she has had her Residence the Chiefest part of the time since it pleased God to couple us together likewise it is my will and desire that my Sone 'William keep a Riding horse and Milch cow for her and find her as much firewood as is necessary for her Winter and Summer During her Natural Life also Some Necessary household Goods, etc.I do hereby nominate and appoint my four Sons Viz:- William, Josiah, Jeremiah and Hezekiah Executors to this my Last Will and Testament Impowering them to make Sale of my lands all such as is my own and other lands in partnership with Richard Peters Gentleman together with all my stock movable and unmovable in order to pay my just debts and the legacies thereby Impowering them or any two of them to act do and perform this my last Will and Testament and after paying all just Debts legacies, etc., they my said executors to pay all mortgages due ox becoming due on any of my lands Each and Every of them to pay a moity thereunto according to the Estates they hold if so be there is not sufficient without.
Signed, Sealed, Published, Pronounced and Delivered to be my last Will and Testament the eighteenth Day of the 11th Month, 1753, In Presence of these the Subscribers.
GEORGE BOONE (SEAL)
JOSEPH BOONE
JOHN HUGHES
EDWARD DRURY
EDWARD HUGHES
Deborah Howell (b. 3 Nov., 1691 [N. S.], d. 26 Jan., 1759), daughter of William and Mary Howell
"DEBORAH BOONE was a daughter of William and Mary Howell, of Haverford, Chester County, Pa., and was born there 8 mo. 23 day 1691 (m) Her parents were valuable Friends, and were favored to see the fi uit of their religious concern for their children's everlasting good. Among others of them who early in life submitted to the Cross of Christ, was Deborah, the subject of this notice. On the 20th of the 6th mo. 1713, she was married to George Boone. Some years after her marriage, a dispensation of the ministry of the gospel was committed to her. She was often led in her ministry to speak of the mercies and goodness of her Heavenly Father to her. Her appearances in the ministry were short and she seldom spoke, yet they were attended with life and received with love. At the first settling of Friends in the neighborhood of Exeter she and her husband removed there with their family. She was at times after this engaged with others in visiting the families of Friends, in which she was remarkably favored. She was of generous disposition and charitable to the poor. About a year before her decease she became, through weakness of the body, unable to attend meetings, and during this time of suffering she was preserved in patience. To some who visited her, she expressed much love for Friends, and her earnest desire for the prosperity of the truth in that newly settled and remote part of the world. She deceased 1st. mo. 26th clay 1759, aged about 67 years."
Mary Boone, b. 10 Apr., 1716 (0. S.) Mentioned in her father's will. The records of Gwynedd Meeting give a marriage of one Mary Boone to Thomas Hope, 1-29, 1737. but then is no evidence to show that this was Mary the daughter of George Boone IV. The date and the fact that they were of Gwynedd Meeting seem to prove it so, also the fact we know of no other Mary Boone of marriageable age at that time. The Minutes of Exeter Meeting record a marriage of one Mary Hopes to Arnold Boone 10-28, 1767, which might be either a second marriage of Mary Boone or the marriage of her daughter.
Jeremiah Boone, Oley,
2-20-1787-Mar. 30, 1787
To sister Dina Williams a Bond of John Albright for Fifty Pounds. To Sarah wid. of Bro. Wm Boone Sixty Pounds. To Isaac Lee Fifty Pounds in trust for the use of Abigail Pancoast and her child To Mary wife of Isaac Lee Fifty Pounds. To George Boone son of Bro. Josiah One Hundred Pounds. To Bros. Josiah & IIezekiah Twenty-five Pounds each. To Solomon Coles son of my sister Dinah Fifty Pounds. To George Hughes son of my sister Hannah Seventy-five Pounds. To Exeter Meeting Fifty Pounds. To Jeremiah Boone son of Bro. William my tract of land in Northumberland Co. Cont. 344 acres Subject to payment of Fifty Pounds to Abner Williams son of sister Dinah. Mentions having sold his Plantation in Ches. Co. to Peter Hilbesh & authorizes Exrs. to give Title to same Rem. to Bro Wins.' 5 sons William, George, Thomas, Jeremiah & Hezekiah. George Thomas & Jeremiah Boone Exrs. wit. by Thomas Lee Thos. Chevington.