• General Notes

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  [Br²derbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0725, Date of Import: Apr 16, 2002]
  
  Source: The Boone Family.
  George III was said to have been well educated, having mastered "the
  several branches of English learning." By profession, he was a weaver. He
  married Mary Maugridge, daughter of John Maugridge and Mary Milton
  Maugridge. Mary was born in 1669 in Bradninch, England, near Exeter.
  George and Mary Boone left Bradninch 17 August 1717 and went to Bristol,
  from which they sailed to America. They arrived at Philadelphia on the
  10th of October. Three of their children (George, Sarah, and Squire) had
  come to America a few years earlier. From Philadelphia, they went to
  Abington (a nearby village where their son George had married and lived
  since 1713) and stayed for a few months; then to North Wales in
  Philadelphia Co. for about two years; the, in 1720, to Oley township in
  the same county (where their daughter Sarah and her family had moved
  earlier). The township of Oley and County of Philadelphia were divided,
  and their place of residence became known as Exeter (County of Berks) -
  so named because they came from near Exeter, England. George Boone III
  chose a beautiful piece of land and built his log house in 1720. The site
  has been marked by a boulder placed there by the Historical Society of
  Berks County, Pennsylvania. Thirteen years later, being more prosperous,
  he built a house of stone nearby. The new house was turned over to his
  children, and George Boone and his wife continuted to live in the log
  house. Tanner's vats used by the Boones once stood at the end of a little
  canal on the property. George Boone III and Mary were members of the
  Society of Friends (Quakers) in Callumpton, Devonshire, and they took a
  letter of recommendation to the Society of Friends in America. Soon after
  their arrival, they became members of the Gwynedd Monthly Meeting of
  Friends, which apparently served both north Wales and Oley. Oley became a
  separate meeting; Oley Meeting, later changed to Exeter Meeting. Several
  items concerning George Boone was called to account for allowing the
  courtship between his daughter Mary and John Webb; Gwynedd Meeting
  records showed that Oley Friends had appointed George Boone Sr. one of
  two men to visit families within the verge of their meeting. George Boone
  III died 7 August 1744, at the age of 78. Mary died on 2 February 1741,
  aged 72 years. They were interred in Friends Burying Ground, Exeter,
  Berks Co., Pennsylvania; and, in accordance with the custom of the
  Friends Society, no stones were placed on their graves.

Details of George's family with Mary Maugridge