Thomas Boone (1730 - 1812)

Born 18 Apr 1730 in London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Tattnall) Boone — married 25 May 1771 in London, England

Died 25 Sep 1812 at age 82 in Kent, England

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Biography

Thomas Boone, born 18 April and baptized 13 May 1730 at St. George, Hanover Square, London, was the son of Charles Boone and Mary Garth. ^[1] He was educated at Eton and entered Trinity College, Cambridge University in 1745/6 at age 15.^[2]

Career and Property

Boone had connections to the province of South Carolina, both through his grandmother Elizabeth Colleton and his uncle Joseph Boone (d. 1734). Having no children, Joseph Boone left his plantations in South Carolina to his wife Ann for life, then to Charles and Thomas Boone, sons of his brother Charles by his second wife.^[3] Ann Boone died in 1751, and in 1752 Thomas Boone traveled to South Carolina to take possession of the properties for himself and his brother.^[4] He remained in South Carolina until about May 1754, when he returned to England.^[5]

Thomas Boone was appointed governor of New Jersey on 14 November 1759, arriving there in May 1760. He served in that position until March 1761.^[6]

On 14 April 1761 he was appointed governor of South Carolina and arrived there on 22 December 1761, direct from New Jersey. His term as governor was a turbulent one, as he was involved in a dispute with the Commons House of Assembly over election law. In the end, the House refused to do business with him, and he left for England in May 1764. He never returned to South Carolina, although he was technically still governor until 1765.^[7] Back in England, Boone was appointed Commission of Customs in 1769, a position he held until 1805.

Although he took no part in the American Revolution, Boone's properties in South Carolina were confiscated by the state in 1782 and sold at auction. He filed a claim with the American Loyalist Claims Commission for his losses, including land and slaves at Pon Pon Plantation on the Edisto River (which he and his brother had inherited from Joseph Boone and which his brother had deeded to him) and Mepshoo Plantation (which he had inherited from Margaret Colleton in 1779).^[8]

Marriage and Family

When Thomas Boone left South Carolina in May 1784, he apparently took with him Sarah, daughter of Thomas Tattnall and Elizabeth Barnwell and wife of Samuel Peronneau.^[9] When Samuel Peronneau wrote his Will on 20 February 1767 in South Carolina, he said that his wife Sarah "has eloped from her said husband."^[10]Following Peronneau's death in 1768, Sarah Peronneau of St. George parish, London, widow of Samuel Peronneau, filed a power of attorney in order to claim property owed her from her marriage settlement. Thomas Boone was a witness to the document.^[11] Thomas Boone and Sarah Peronneau were subsequently married on 25 May 1771 at St. Anne Soho in London.^[12]They had children:

• Lt. Col. Thomas Boone (d. 1798 age 30)^[13]
• Sarah Boone (m. John Smith, d. 1794 age 21) ^[13]
• Elizabeth Boone (living 1812)

Death

Thomas Boone wrote his Will on 16 May 1805, with codicils on 25 May 1805, 5 October 1809, and 28 May 1812. He was living at Lee Place in the county of Kent, a property that his brother Charles Boone had inherited from their uncle Thomas Boone (d. 1749). He asks to be buried at Godstone, Surrey, near his children Lt. Col. Boone and Sarah Smith. He left his estate to his wife Sarah and only surviving child, Elizabeth Boone, who resided with them. In his 1812 codicil he made bequests to his brother-in-law Josiah Tattnall Sr. and his grandchildren Thomas B., James, Edward, Josiah, Sarah Elizabeth, and Harriott Tattnall. When his Will was proved 16 October 1812, Elizabeth Boone, spinster, was the surviving executor.^[14]

Thomas Boone died 25 September 1812 and was buried 3 October at St. Nicholas, Godstone, Surrey.^[15][16] His wife had predeceased him, dying 9 April 1812, and was buried at Godstone on 17 April.^[17][18]

Sources

1. ↑ City of Westminster Archives Centre; London, England; Westminster Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: STG/PR/1/1 Ancestry.com. Westminster, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/980759?mark=21576c6c7144c13b6d5f304081fb9395a3b0e56101e70fb98e406c6557ca4822
2. ↑ Cambridge Alumni Database https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=boone&suro=w&fir=thomas&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50
3. ↑ Will of Joseph Boone"South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-J69Y-J6?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-ZWG%3A210905601%2C211376301 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1731-1740, Vol. 003 > image 298 of 445; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
4. ↑ Boone, Charles, Of Berkley Street, St. George Parish, Hanover Square, London, Son Of Mary Boone, And Charles Boone, Deceased, Brother Of Joseph Boone, Of Charles Town, Merchant, Deceased, To His Brother Thomas Boone, Bound Shortly For Charles Town From England, Power Of Attorney To Take Possession Of Land Bequeathed To The Brothers Upon The Death Of Anne Boone, Wife Of Their Uncle Joseph Boone, Along With The Negroes, Cattle, And Horses Residing On The Land. With Attached Certificate From Thomas Winterbottom, Esq., Lord Mayor Of London, And Notations Of The Baptisms Of Charles Boone On April 18, 1729 And Thomas Boone On April 20, 1730. (4 Pages) Date: 2/10/1752 Series: Miscellaneous Records (Main Series) [Selected Volumes] (S213003) https://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/
5. ↑ Boone, Thomas, Late Of London, Now Of South Carolina, But Shortly Destined To Return To England, To Bendix Wagg, Late Of London, Now Of South Carolina, Gentleman, Power Of Attorney For Himself And His Brother Charles Boone, Of St. George Parish, Hanover Square. (2 Pages) Date: 5/6/1754 Series: Miscellaneous Records (Main Series) [Selected Volumes] (S213003) Archives ID: Series: S213003 Volume: 002I Page: 00669 Item: 000 https://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/
6. ↑ Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey pp. 189, 259 https://archive.org/details/documentsrelatin09newjuoft/page/189/mode/2up
7. ↑ McCrady, Edward. History of South Carolina under the Royal Government 1719-1776 (1899), pp. 353-66 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001263873
8. ↑ Description: Will of Margaret Colleton, Widow of Saint George Hanover Square , Middlesex Date: 09 November 1779 Reference: PROB 11/1058/171 Held by: The National Archives, Kew https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D468199
9. ↑ “Barnwell of South Carolina.” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 2, no. 1 (1901): 51n. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27574942.
10. ↑ Will of Samuel Peronneau "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-JXSN-T6?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-F66%3A210905601%2C211598601 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1767-1771, Vol. 012 > image 116 of 365; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
11. ↑ "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-JDSG-PC?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-FZS%3A210905601%2C211638101 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1767-1771, Vol. 091A > image 93 of 527; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
12. ↑ City of Westminster Archives Centre; London, England; Westminster Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: STA/PR/4/5 Ancestry.com. Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020. St. Anne Soho, 25 May 1771 married Thomas Boone Esq and Sarah Peronneau https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/979902?mark=6144fe0a9395d2f38824bcf496fb000ee8b3b1f1a7f0ce94d2001a76fb4cb2c4
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Brayley, Edward Wedlake. Topographical History of Surrey.v. 4 pp. 141, 142 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175034807068&view=1up&seq=7
14. ↑ Will of Thomas Boone of Lee Place , Kent Reference: PROB 11/1537/446 Date: 16 October 1812 Held by: The National Archives, Kew https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D204926
15. ↑ Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Chronicle, Vol. 82, pt. 2 (1812) p. 402 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101077261988&view=1up&seq=428
16. ↑ Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: P25/1/47 Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Thomas Boone, age 83, of parish of Lee, Kent, buried St. Nicholas Godstone, Surrey, 3 Oct 1812 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/994254?mark=1be88f7de9753c6782c1eee93410edf2b63a70df4aab8a302d220e5a468dc75b
17. ↑ Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Chronicle, Vol. 82, pt. 1 (1812) p. 490 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101077261970&view=1up&seq=522
18. ↑ Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: P25/1/47 Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Sarah Boone, age 68, of parish of Lee, Kent, buried 17 Apr 1812 St. Nicholas, Godstone, Kent https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/994278?mark=780567fdd4dea16941e89b50bb3cb05763142c307e531d8f9bd9f49926a84a99

• Wikipedia: Thomas Boone (governor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Boone_(governor)
• Lockhart, Matthew A. "Boone, Thomas" South Carolina Encyclopedia https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/boone-thomas/