• General Notes

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  [Br²derbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0725, Date of Import: Apr 16, 2002]
  
  Source:"Samuel Combest and His Descendants" book.
  The Boone's were Welsh and moved from Wales to Pennsylvania in 1712.
  Source: The Boone Family
  Squire and Sarah settled first in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, after their
  marriage; next they returned to Philadelphia County (now Berks County);
  in 1730 they settled on a farm in Oley Township, Philadelphia County (now
  Exeter, Berks County) near his father and only a few miles from the
  present city of Reading. Squire and Sarah remained Quakers of good
  standing until the marriage of their daughter Sarah to John Wilcox, who
  was not a member of the Friends Society, and Squire was reprimanded by
  the Meeting. Before Sarah's marriage, Squire had been prominent in the
  Meeting; he had been an "Overseer" and he was trustee of the burial
  ground. To make matters worse, Israel was "testified against" in Meeting
  for "marrying out". Although Squire's wife Sarah apparently remained in
  good standing with the Meeting, the Friends seemed to make life difficult
  for Squire. Sarah asked for and received letters addressed to Meetings in
  Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland, and the Boone family prepared to
  move. On 11 April 1750 Squire Boone and wife Sarah conveyed their 158
  acre farm in Exeter to William Maugridge, and they started out for North
  Carolina. It appears that they did not unite with the Quakers again, and
  many of their children became Baptists later. The Boones did not purchase
  land in North Carolina until December of 1753, and evidence indicates
  that they stopped for about two years in Virgina, probably near
  Winchester. Squire purchased his North Carolina land directly from the
  agents of the Earl of Granville, who had been granted an enormous tract
  from the King. The "title" was not designed for the benefit of the
  purchaser. King George II retained the right to half any gold or silver
  Squire Boone might find, and the Earl retained the right to half the
  rest. The purchaser was entitled to the remaining one quarter, but since
  no ore was found it mattered little. Another stipulation was that Squire
  Boone, although he owned the land, had to pay annual rental, and he was
  obligated to clear three out of every hundred acres every three years.
  Clearing even an acre a year meant back-breaking work; trees had to be
  cut down, stumps had to be dug out, underbrush had to be chopped away,
  and stones had to be moved, leaving the earth a tangle of matted roots.
  The Rowan County propery of Squire Boone, on a hill overlooking the
  Yadkin River (now Davidson County) was sold to his son Daniel in October
  of 1759. North Carolina, at this time, was much wilder than Pennsylvania.
  The Yadkin area was on the extreme western frontier, and game was
  everywhere. Animal skins could be traded for essential items in
  Salisbury, and life must have seemed good at this time for the
  adventuresome Boone family. However, Indian outbreaks were occuring, and
  news came that the French were encroaching on the King's lands in the
  Ohio Valley. A young officer of the Virginia Militia, (named Washington),
  had gone to war them off and very nearly lost his life in the process.
  Some of the raiders in the Yadkin bore French arms-positive proof that
  the French were stirring up the tribes against the British settlements.
  It seemed prudent at this time for Squire Boone and his family to leave
  North Carolina, and they went to Georgetown in the District of Columbia.
  About three years later, they returned to the Yadkin River area of North
  Carolina (1762), and both Squire and Sarah remained there until their
  deaths. Both are buried in the old Joppa Cemetery at Mocksville, Davie
  County, North Carolina.

Details of Squire's family with Sarah Morgan