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- --1666 born in England
--son of George Boone II and Sarah Uppey
--married Mary Maugridge, daughter of John and Mary Milton
--Quaker; weaver by trade
--immigrated from England to The Colonies after some of his children had already immigrated
--Daniel Boone's paternal grandfather
--Josiah Noah Boone's grandfather
GEORGE BOONE III
(suffix is in historical writing; just keeps them somewhat straight, but probably isn't accurate as there was a longer line of George Boones)
George Boone, III, the son of George Boone II and Sarah Uppey, was born at Stoak, near Exeter, (AKA Stoke Canon, a hamlet), in Devonshire, England in 1666.
He married Mary Maugridge, daughter of John and Mary Milton Maugridge of Bradnich, Devonshire, England.
They 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.
They had at least nine children: George Boone IV, Sarah Boone, Squire Boone, Mary Boone, John Boone who never married, Joseph Boone, Benjamin Boone, James Boone and Samuel Boone.
George Boone, III was a weaver by trade. He and Mary were part of the Gwynedd Meeting Quakers.
In 1712 his children, George Jr, Sarah, and Squire traveled to Pennsylvania to check out the land. On August, 17, 1717, about five years later, George III and Mary and their children still living at home, left Bradnich, Devonshire, England, a town eight miles from Exeter, 177 miles from London, and traveled to Bristol, where they sailed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, arriving about two months later on October 10, 1717.
They initially stayed in Abington for a few months, then in 1718, moved to North Wales and lived there for two years. In 1720, they moved to Oley, Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, at "the western edge of European settlement in southeastern Pennsylvania. Before the 1750s this frontier was one of the most peaceful in all of North America, though, to be sure, European colonialism had introduced terrible turmoil into Indian societies. As a result of first Swedish, then Dutch, then subsequently English colonization, the native peoples of the Susquehanna and Delaware river region were devastated by imported diseases, reducing their village populations by as much as 90 percent by the eighteenth century. Commercial trade reoriented native economic life and introduced cutthroat competition among colonists and Indians alike for access to valuable fur-bearing regions and merchant centers."
In Pennsylvania, Quaker authorities did not establish militia and negotiated with Indians over the title to land, and promised "the full and free privileges and Immunities of all the Said Laws as any other Inhabitants," to the indigenous population.
In 1728 at Manatawny, a party of Shawnees got into a fight with some local settlers who refused them food. One Indian was wounded. The Boones and their community, ten miles away, anticipated trouble. George Boone III, the local magistrate, sent a message to the colonial governor asking for help, "in order to defend our frontiers . . . Our Inhabitants are Generally fled . . . there remains about 20 men with me to guard my mill, where I have about 1,000 bushels of wheat and flour, and we are resolved to defend ourselves to ye last Extremity."
Later a dozen Shawnees, tried to get food from a few frightened families in the area. About 20 locals pursued them and two of the settlers were wounded. There was no further trouble. Under increased European population pressures, Shawnees, Delawares, and other Indians began moving west. "A steady stream of Indians, however, continued to pass along the Perkiomen Path, which cut directly through the Boone neighborhood."
In Oley, PA George III served for many years as Justice of the Peace. When he became too old to continue, his oldest son, George Jr. took over, and became the Justice of the Peace.
In 1741, the Oley Township was split and the the section of the Oley Township where the Boone's lived was renamed Exeter, in honor of their English origins. --compiled from various sources including previous life sketch and Hazel Atterbury Spraker, "The Boone Family" A genealogical history of the descendants of George and Mary Boone," (1922); and Original Boone Family Genealogy by James Boone March 21st, 1788.
Notes for George Boone III
George and his wife, Mary, emigrated to America from Brandnich, Devonshire, England. They arrived in Philadelphia, PA 10 Oct 1717. They settled in the Town of Exeter, Berks Co., PA. George was a weaver. There is a boulder marking the site of George and Mary home in Berks Co. The inscription reads: "House built in 1733 by George Boone. Grandfather of Daniel Boone. Site of George Boone house. Built of logs about 1720. "Historical Society of Berks County"
Arrival: October 10, 1717, arrived Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Emigration: August 17, 1717, Sailed from Bristol, England_Occupation: Tanner and weaver_Property: Settled in Exeter, Pennsylvania_Religion: Quaker
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1666 - 1744 (78 years)
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