Elizabeth (Boon) Monticue (1790 - 1872)

Born 1790 in Choptank Hundred, Caroline, Maryland, United States

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Died 1872 at about age 82 in Marion, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States

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Elizabeth Boon was born in Caroline County, Maryland around 1790, the youngest child of William Boon Jr. Her mother died around the time of her birth and her father died when she was about 5 or 6 years old. On Feb. 28, 1809 Elizabeth Boon married Nathaniel Monticue according to the Caroline County, MD Marriage Licenses.

In 1810, there are 3 families of "Mounticues"--John, William and Nathaniel in "Choptank Hundred" in Caroline County near Denton, MD.

Nathaniel and Elizabeth left the Choptank District of Maryland after that 1810 census moving to Pennsylvania. In the 1820 census, the family lived in Somerset Township, Somerset County, PA. In 1830 they were in Donegal township,Westmoreland County, PA and there were 7 children living at home with Nathaniel and Elizabeth. In the 1840 and 1850 census, Nathaniel and Elizabeth were living in Mt. Pleasant township, Westmoreland, PA.

By 1860, Nathaniel and Elizabeth had moved to Wayne township in Lawrence County, PA, In 1860 on the Wayne, PA census in Lawrence Co. PA, Nathaniel is 75, "Mary" is 78 and son, James, is 30 and Susan 15. I think that this Susan is a granddaughter—the same Susan who was missing from the Best family where she belonged. Nathaniel was a laborer and was born in Maryland as was his wife in this 1860 census.

The Monticues were Presbyterian as were most of their descendants. Nathaniel and Elizabeth witnessed the marriage of their daughter, Elizabeth, to John Best in Donegal on May 22, 1835. (They had to swear to this for Elizabeth's Civil War pension application after her husband John died in the war). Elizabeth as well as her parents signed with an "X" on the application. There are two churches the Bests could have married in--one is a old stone Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church in Ligonier, many of whose members were Bests, and the old frame United Presbyterian which was "practically built by the Monticues" according to Monticue descendants of Henry who still live in the area.

When Elizabeth's husband, Nathaniel, died, he left a will filed in Beaver County, PA leaving one dollar to each of his children except for James who inherited his $300 dollar (value according to the 1860 census) place in Marion township. Each child was named separately. There was Henry Monticue, Elizabeth Best, Mary Davis, Sarah Nickel, Benjamin Monticue, Susan Suma (should be Summy--she had predeceased him but he might not have known), David Monticue and James Monticue (who was still living at home). According to a biography that David Monticue wrote, there were ten children born to Elizabeth and Nathaniel but two died and the family was in modest circumstances so that the children went out to work on their own very young and had very little education. The will was dated April 4, 1867 and was signed with an X.

Elizabeth Monticue is a widow in the 1870 census for Marion Township, Beaver County, PA, living with her son, James. Neither Elizabeth nor James were ever on another census so they both had died before 1880.

The graves were probably marked with wooden crosses and are no longer existing so we do not know where Nathaniel is buried although it is probably in Marion township near where he lived.

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Sources

• Information from Find a Grave-- Pat Ellingson author, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 29 September 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth Boon Monticue (1790–1872), Find A Grave: Memorial #46627321, Maintained by Pat Ellingson (contributor 47078246) Body lost or destroyed, who reports a Died in Marion Twp, Beaver Co, PA.

• CyndieAum

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Name: Rebbeckah Boon Probate Date: 20 Feb 1795 Probate Place: Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1795 Inferred Death Place: Pennsylvania, USA Case Number: 166 Item Description: Will Book, Vol A-B, 1789-1822

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Karen Hysell for starting this profile.