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Squire Maugridge Boone Jr. (October 5, 1744 – August 5, 1815) was an American frontiersman, longhunter, soldier, city planner, politician, land locator, judge, politician, gunsmith, miller, and younger brother of Daniel Boone.
Squire Boone Sr. was not a Justice of the Peace or Magistrate in Pennsylvania, but he evidently did serve as a J.P. in NC (see the following article). Also, he had no military claims (The Quakers didn’t approve of guns!).
Squire Boone, pioneer settler in Western Piedmont North Carolina and father of Daniel Boone, was born in Devonshire, England. His father was George Boone III; his mother was Mary Milton Maugridge. The family were members of the Society of Friends.
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Squire Boone was born November 25, 1696 in Bradninch, Devon, England toGeorge and Mary (Maugridge) Boone. He was born an English Quaker. Squire married Sarah Morgan September 23, 1720 in Gwynedd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Marriage Notes for Sarah Morgan and Squire Boone: Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan apparently met at Gwynedd Meeting where, followi...
Note: Inventor of the fire extinguisher: he would push water out of a gun barrel to put out flaming arrows. He was the father of Daniel Boone, famous frontiersman.Note: One source lists daughters named Anne and Polly and a son, Nathan. It also said Anne was a grandmother of Abraham Lincoln. I have not looked into that. Squire was said to be a justice of the...#NCPediasee The Problem of Datesat the Gwynned Meeting of Quakers, Berks Co, Pennsylvania. Squire died 2 January 1765 and Sarah died 1777; both buried at Mocksville, North Carolina.- Male
- November 25, 1696
- Sarah (Morgan) Boone
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When Squire Boone was born on 25 November 1696, in Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Boone III, was 30 and his mother, Mary Maugridge, was 27. He married Sarah Morgan on 23 July 1720, in Gwynedd Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America.
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Squire Boone (1744, married Jane Van Cleve) and Hannah Boone (1746, married John Stewart). Squire Boone owned property in Rowan County, North Carolina near the fork of the Yadkin, not far from present day Mocksville, North Carolina.
Apr 29, 2024 · Squire Boone, Sr was born on 25 November 1696 at Bradwich, England. He was the son of George Boone III and Mary Magridge. Squire Boone , Sr married Sarah Morgan, daughter of Edward Morgan and Elizabeth Jarman, on 17 July 1720. Squire Boone, Sr died on 2 January 1765 at Rowan County, North Carolina, at age 68.
