| 6. | George Boone, III was born in Mar 1666 in Stoak, near Exeter, Devonshire, England (son of George Boone, II and Sarah Uppey); died on 27 Jul 1744 in Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. Notes:
“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 10
th
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 27
th
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 Chu
George married Mary Maugridge on 16 Aug 1689 in St. Disens Churrch, Bradninch, Exeter, Englad. Mary (daughter of John Milton Maugridge and Mary Milton) was born in 1669 in Bradnich, Devonshire, England; died on 2 Feb 1741 in Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Feb 1740 in Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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