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| children          = [[Sarah Boone]]<ref>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I7306</ref>
 
| children          = [[Sarah Boone]]<ref>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I7306</ref>
 
| parents          = [[George Boone II]]<br />[[Sarah Uppey]]<ref>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I7306</ref>
 
| parents          = [[George Boone II]]<br />[[Sarah Uppey]]<ref>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I7306</ref>
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| occupation        = Weaver
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| residence        = {{lived_at|Abington, Pennsylvania|1717|1717}}<br />{{lived_at|North Wales, Pennsylvania|1717|1720}}<br />{{lived_at|Oley Twp (now Exeter), Pennsylvania|1720}}
 
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They were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in Callumpton, Devonshiore, 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 Bradnich in Devonshire and went to Bristol, where they set sail for America.<ref>[[The Boone Family]]</ref>
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== Immigration ==
  
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George and Mary were Quakers--members of the Society of Friends in Callumpton, Devonshiore.
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In 1713, they sent their three oldest children to America to scout it out.  Four years later, in 1717, they immigrated.  They left from traveled from their home in Bradnich, Devonshire, Engand to Bristol and set sail on August 17th, 1717, arriving in Philadelphia on October 13th<ref>[[The Boone Family]]</ref>.
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== Time in America ==
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George joined the Quaker group, Gwynedd Monthly Meeting of Friends, and is recorded in several of their minutes<ref>[[The Boone Family]]</ref>.
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George built a log cabin in 1720.  Later, after growing more prosperous, he built a stone house (which was still standing at the time of writing of [[The Boone Family]]) nearby that is marked today by a stone that reads:
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<center>House built in 1733 by<br />GEORGE BOONE, grandfather of<br />Daniel Boone<br />Site of Geo. Boone's log house, built about 1720<br />Historical Society of Berks Co.</center>
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[[Image:George Boone IIIs House.png|300px]]
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== Death ==
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According to [[The Boone Family]]:
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<p>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.  And old family Bible record the fact that "When Grandfather died he left 8 children, 52 grandchildren and 10 great-grand children living [...]</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

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George Boone III
Born 1666[1]
Stoak, near Exeter, Devonshire, England[2]
Died Aug 7, 1744[3]
Resting place Exeter Twp, Berks Co., Pennsylvania
Residence Abington, Pennsylvania (1717–1717) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.–Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Abington, Pennsylvania to George Boone III" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/George_Boone_III)
North Wales, Pennsylvania (1717–1720) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.–Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: North Wales, Pennsylvania to George Boone III" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/George_Boone_III)
Oley Twp (now Exeter), Pennsylvania (1720) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Oley Twp (now Exeter), Pennsylvania to George Boone III" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/George_Boone_III)
Occupation Weaver
Spouse Mary Maugridge[4]
Children Sarah Boone[5]
Parents George Boone II
Sarah Uppey[6]

Immigration

George and Mary were Quakers--members of the Society of Friends in Callumpton, Devonshiore.

In 1713, they sent their three oldest children to America to scout it out. Four years later, in 1717, they immigrated. They left from traveled from their home in Bradnich, Devonshire, Engand to Bristol and set sail on August 17th, 1717, arriving in Philadelphia on October 13th[7].

Time in America

George joined the Quaker group, Gwynedd Monthly Meeting of Friends, and is recorded in several of their minutes[8].

George built a log cabin in 1720. Later, after growing more prosperous, he built a stone house (which was still standing at the time of writing of The Boone Family) nearby that is marked today by a stone that reads:

House built in 1733 by
GEORGE BOONE, grandfather of
Daniel Boone
Site of Geo. Boone's log house, built about 1720
Historical Society of Berks Co.

George Boone IIIs House.png

Death

According to The Boone Family:

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. And old family Bible record the fact that "When Grandfather died he left 8 children, 52 grandchildren and 10 great-grand children living [...]

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.

See Also

Notes

  1. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I7306
  2. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I7306
  3. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I7306
  4. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I7306
  5. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I7306
  6. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I7306
  7. ↑ The Boone Family
  8. ↑ The Boone Family
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