Deborah <I>Howell</I> Boone

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Deborah Howell Boone

Birth
Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
26 Jan 1759 (aged 67)
Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Deborah Howell was born in Haverford, Pennsylvania Colony to William and Mary (Thomas) Howell.

Pg. 590 The Boone Family, by Hazel Atterbury Spraker, transcribes the marriage from Abington Monthly Meeting records:
"5 mo 27, 1713 (27 July 1713 old style calendar first month was March): Whereas George Boone and Deborah Howell, the daughter of William Howell, having declared their marriage intentions before two Mo. Meetings, Enquiry being made by persons Appointed and found Clear from all others on ye account of marriage, Did accomplish their Marriage in ye United of Friends as is signified by their Marriage Certificate."

The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 14, by Kentucky Historical Society:
(George Boone IV) "Was Secretary to Wm. Penn for a time, and Professor in the first college in Phila. His wife's maiden name was Deborah Howell. She died in 1759, January 26th. She was a very superior woman for that period."

"Deborah was a preacher, and Exeter (Oley) monthly meeting left a memorial of her. In the Quaker Cemetery at Exeter was erected a handsome monument to her memory."

*research by Lila Cole 7 x great-granddaughter
Deborah Howell was born in Haverford, Pennsylvania Colony to William and Mary (Thomas) Howell.

Pg. 590 The Boone Family, by Hazel Atterbury Spraker, transcribes the marriage from Abington Monthly Meeting records:
"5 mo 27, 1713 (27 July 1713 old style calendar first month was March): Whereas George Boone and Deborah Howell, the daughter of William Howell, having declared their marriage intentions before two Mo. Meetings, Enquiry being made by persons Appointed and found Clear from all others on ye account of marriage, Did accomplish their Marriage in ye United of Friends as is signified by their Marriage Certificate."

The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 14, by Kentucky Historical Society:
(George Boone IV) "Was Secretary to Wm. Penn for a time, and Professor in the first college in Phila. His wife's maiden name was Deborah Howell. She died in 1759, January 26th. She was a very superior woman for that period."

"Deborah was a preacher, and Exeter (Oley) monthly meeting left a memorial of her. In the Quaker Cemetery at Exeter was erected a handsome monument to her memory."

*research by Lila Cole 7 x great-granddaughter


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