William Boone (Sr.) was born 18 Nov (O.S.) or 29 Nov. (N.S.), 1724 in Exeter Township, Philadelphia (now Berks) County, Province of Pennsylvania, to parents George and Deborah (Howell) Boone.[1][2][3]
Ancestry
William's grandfather, George Boone, was born at Stoke Canon, near Exeter, County of Devonshire, England, in February of 1666. He was a weaver by trade, and married Mary Maugridge and immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1717, arriving at Philadelphia on September 29th. William was a 1st cousin of Daniel Boone, the pioneer of Kentucky, and of Dinah Boone who married William's nephew, Benjamin Tallman, Sarah Lincoln was a legatee with her sister Anne of one hundred acres of land on the Matchaponix Brook in New Jersey, which was sold by her brother-in-law, William Tallman, on May 10, 1743, under his power of attorney from Mary Rogers, her step-mother and executrix of her father's will..
Marriage
William BOONE, Sr. married Sarah LINCOLN (b. abt. Apr. 1727; d. 21 Apr., 1810, aged 83 yrs., 2 mo., and odd days); dau of Mordecai and Hannah (SALTER) LINCOLN; on 26 May (O.S.) 1748 in Exeter, Berks Co, PA. It was reported "orderly accomplished" in the Exeter Meeting records.[2][3]
Sarah Lincoln was a sister of John Lincoln, great-grandfather of US President Abraham Lincoln.[2]
Public Office
Several times William Boone was elected to public office in Berks Co.; first in 1752 and again in 1754, he was made coroner; and in 1755 and 1756 he was elected sheriff of the county. (b)
Movement to VA and MD
In 1767, William Boone, wife Sarah and seven children removed to Fairfax Meeting (Va). By 1769, they were living in Frederick Co., Md., where William and his son Mordecai both died. Some time (years) later, Sarah (Lincoln) Boone, the widow, and the other six children returned to Exeter Meeting and were again received "from Fairfax Meeting, 10-30, 1776." (a) [2]
Death / Burial
William Boone died at Fredericktown, Province of Maryland, between 1769 and 1771.[2]
William Howell Boone Sr. died Aug. 1770 (aged 45) in Fredericktown, Frederick County, Province of Maryland. He was buried in Clustered Spires Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA[1]
Will
Dated Twenty-Third Day of the Fifth Month (May 23), 1768.
This will was probated (in Frederick County, MD?) on 6 Dec., 1771.
I, William Boone of Exeter in the County of Berks and Province of Pennsylvania Being in Health and proper understanding Through Devine Mercy Do make my Will and Testament as follows; Viz,
I desire my Debts to be paid as soon as the circumstances of my affairs will admit of it.
Secondly, I give to my wife one hundred pounds in money and all my household goods one beast the choice of the horsekine Two Cows and all my household furniture During her widowhood, but if she marries the money shall be returned to my sons and Divided Equally among them and my said Loving wife hold the Remainder to herself her Heirs and assigns forever.
Thirdly, I give to my daughter Abigail the wife of Adin Panecast Seventy pounds over and above what she has already had to be paid unto her three years after my decease.
Fourthly, I give to my daughter Mary one hundred pounds to be paid unto her at the age of twenty years if she lives to that age but if she dies and her sister Abigail survives her or leaves issue lawfully on her Begotten, then the one third of Mary's share aforesaid to my said daughter Abigail or her surviving Heirs if any there be, if not then my Sone Mordecai shall have it and one other third of the said sum together with it the other third shall be assigned to my wife During life and after her Decease to be returned to my Children and Equally divided among them or the surviving of them.
Fifthly, The rest of all my Real and personal Estate only Ten pounds I give and Devise to my Sons to be equally divided among them allowing my eldest son Mordecai fifty pounds more than either of the others to be taken out of the whole and the Remainder to be equally divided among them or the survivors of them.
I give and bequeath the sum of Ten pounds to use of Exeter Meeting to be left in care of the overseers of the said Meeting to be applied in repairing the Bury-ground or such other uses as the Overseers and Elders of said Meeting think proper, to be paid to them out of the money left in the hands of Abel Thomas one of the Ministers of the said Meeting.
Sixthly, It is my will that all my male Children's money shall be put to use for them until they arrive to their proper ages and the interest therefrom arising to be paid to my Loving Wife until they arrive to the age of fifteen years to defray the expense of their Education and Maintenance and that then my said Sons be put to Trades of their own Liking until they arrive to the age of Twenty-one years.
I Nominate and Appoint my Affectionate Brother Jeremiah and my son Mordecai my Executors Authorizing and Impowering them to Execute Titles, Deeds and Conveyances for all lands by me sold and all such lands wherein I have claim or the Survivor of them Ratifying, confirming and allowing all such acts and Deeds as my said Executors shall from time to time and at all times Commit, Execute and do in Settling my outward affairs, etc.
I Publish, pronounce and declare this and no other to be my last Will and Testament in presence of the Subscribing witnesses in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the Twenty-third day of the fifth month 1768.
Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT (2004). This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. On-line at http://www.Ancestry.com.
Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT (2000).
Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Marriages. The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT (2001).
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT (1999). On-line at http://www.Ancestry.com
Cleo Raymond Smith, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #0516, Date of Import: Jan 16, 1999. (1995), "Electronic," Date of Import: May 6, 1999.
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The ancestry of Abraham Lincoln, by Lea, J. Henry (James Henry), 1846-1914; Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert), 1858-1921. Publication date 1909.
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DNA Connections
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