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1747-1758, 1760,
25, Chl, Anna Margaretha, and Johannes Mauerer. Ohl, - -, and Elisa Barbara Gucker.
1747-'58,
Ohl, Andreas, and Eva Gucker.
1747-1758,
1776, Jan. 16, Ohl, Henry, and Margaret Sitzman.
1747-1758,
Ohl, Nicolaus, and Anna Margaretha Dueffen- doerffer.
1771, Nov.
17, Olinger, Joh., and Anna Maria Ott.
1770, Aug.
26, Ott, Anna Elisabetha, and Joh. Nicolaus Samsel.
1771, Nov. 17, Ott, Anna Maria, and Joh. Olinger.
1771, May
24, Ott, Henry, (widower,) and Margaret Ziegenfuss, (widow.)
1787, May 15, Ott, Joh. Jeorgus, and Catharina Bischof.
1779, May
23, Ott, Margreta, and Michael Rudolph.
1778, Feb.
8, Ott, Mich., and Hana Brunner.
1772. Nov. 30, Ott, Stoffel, and Avei Hupper.
1774, Aug. 21, Panebecker, Anna Maria, and Abraham Wolfart.
1774, Nov. 20, Panebecker, Fried., and Elis. Neukomer.
20, Naiman, Maria, and John Hiebner.
1747-58, 1789, Dec. 1747-1758, 1747-175S. 1787, June 1774, Nov. 1747-'58, 1769, May
28, Nyce, Philip, and Elizabeth Leidy.
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184 1776, June
21. Panebecker. Hen., and Sussana Huper.
1784, 15, Pauly, Philip, and Elisabeth Mosch.
1787, Mar. 1747-1758, 1760, 1759, Dec. 1790, Jan.
13, Pertro, Maria, and Martin Wethknecht. Rabones, Balthaser, and Elisabetha Kremer.
1, Raeb, Anna Margareth, and Simon Conrad Grinens.
13, Rauch, Henerich Jacob, and Magdalena Kiener.
17, Raudenbusch, Henrich, and Cathrina Schneider.
1790, March 30, Raudenbusch, Johannes, and Salome Hildebeutel.
1747-1758, Raudenbush, Anna Margaretha, and Antoni Hamfer.
1768, March 8, Redelmayer, Elisabetha, and David Mehm. 1747-'58. Redzeler, J., and Catharina Bamberger. Reichardt, Mathys, and Creth. Hillikass.
1747-1758, 1785, Sept.
6, Reichenbach, Maria, and Peter Weber.
177S, Dec.
22, Reicher, Diet., and Maria Elis. Groeber.
175S, May
2, Reinheimer, Georg, and Maria Catharina Snessholtz.
1787, July 7, Reinheimer, Jeorg, and Margreta Cogg.
1760, ---
26, Reiss, Rev. Johann Friderich, (Lutheran minister in New Goshenhoppen,) and N. Reisswick, J., and Creth Erb.
1747-1758,
1767, March 5, Reiswig, Elisabetha, and Georg Sem.
1770, Nov. 26, Reiswig, Joh. Petrus, and Maria Eva Engelman.
1772, May 5, Reiswig, Susanna, and Joh. Herner.
1788, March 11, Ren, Catharine, and Gabriel Schuler.
1759, Jan.
4, Renninger, Wendel, and Ana Margaretha Meyer.
1775, April
4, Rens, Salome, and Jacob Weiant.
1784, Sept. 28, Rheder, Eva, and Peter Trump.
1784, June
29, Ried, Anna Margaretha, and Fridrich Heinrich Von der Sloot.
1747-1758,
Ried, Anna Maria, and Michel Welcker.
1747-1758,
Ried, Catharine, and Abraham Arend.
1777, Feb.
4, Ried, Catharine, and Joas Schatz.
1761, June
16, Ried, Catharine Elisabetha, and Johannes Eberhard. Ried, Cretha, and Theobaldt Winck.
1747-1758,
Ried, Jacob, and Susanna Gucker.
1747-1758,
Ried, Jacob, and Magdalena Leidich. Ried, Michel, and Anna Maria Maner.
1747-1758,
4, Riedt, Andreas, and Anna Maria Leidi.
1747-1758,
6, Ries, Andrew, and Margaretha Somni. Riesser, J., and Barbara Hillikass.
1779, June
22, Ritschert, Elis., and Jacob Brendel.
1758, March 30, Rittenhauss, Mathys, and Cathrina Van Vass.
1760, Feb. 1772, Oct.
13, Roeder, Anna. and Marty Hiller.
1771, June
4, Roeder, Anna Barbara, and Jost Wiant.
1779, Feb. 23, Roeder, Anna Maria, and Jacob Nus.
1760, June 17, Roeder, Elisabetha, and Jacob Danckel.
1776, May
7, Roeder, Joh., and Maria Cath., Wiegner.
-
1747-175S,
1768, Feb. 1774, Jan.
28, Rittenhauss, Wilhelm, and Margaretha Umstett.
185
Marriages in Goshenhoppen, 1731-1790.
1747-1758, 1769, Aug. 1747-1758, 1769, Feb.
Roeder, Margaretha, and Henerich Lobach.
22, Roeder. Maria Margretta, and Conrad Nus. Roeder, Michael, and Catharina Erb.
26, Roeder, Michael, and Barbara Mayer. 1774, March 8, Rorieh, John, and Regina Kemerer. 1747-175S, 1771, April 1779, May
Rothaermel, Paulus, and Maria Cretha Mauerer. 2, Rudi. Maria Magdalena, and Johanes Kern.
23, Rudolph, Michael, and Margreta Ott.
20, Rumfeld, Casper, and Catarina Schanzenbach.
14, Samni, Elizabeth, and George Henry Selmeider. Samsel, Elisabetha, and Jacob Huber.
26, Samsel, Joh. Nicolaus, and Anna Elisabetha Ott.
20, Samsel, Peter, and Maria Catharina Stein.
Schaeffer, Jacob, and Catharina Bitting, (widow of Henry Bitting.)
1771, June 1784, June
11, Schambach, Philip, and Margarethe Henrich.
20, Schanzenbach, Catarina, and Casper Rumfeld.
1777, Feb.
4, Schatz, Joas, and Catharine Ried.
1774, Aug. 1747-'58, Scheit, Catharina, and Henerich Kumpf.
1760, Oct. 28, Scheitt, J. Christian, and Maria Elisabetha Moy.
1776, Feb.
20, Schell, Anna Maria, and Joh. Mack. Schell, John, and Veronica Mauer. Schell, Michel, and Catharina Lauer.
1788, April 15, Schell, Susanna, and Peter Hollobush.
1774, Aug. 16, Schelleberger, Carl. and Anna Margret Helligas.
1771, Oct. 27, Schend, Barbara, (widow,) and Jacob Elinger, (widower.)
1790, March 30, Schicher, Gerthraut, and Johannes Doerr.
1747-1758,
1787, April 24, Schiefer, Jeremias, and Catharina Schlieger.
1758, March 28, Schill, Georg, and Eva Margaretha Kraessler.
1759, Jan. 18, Schillich, Valentin. and Maria Elisabetha Moll.
1787, Dec.
2, Schillig, Philip, and Salome Grimli. Schley, Georg, and Catharine N-
1770, April
17, Schlichter, Cathar., and Jacobus Wiant.
4-1787, April 24, Schlieger, Catharina, and Jeremias Schiefer.
1775, Aug.
15, Schlieger, Eva, and Jacob Bossert.
1775, Dec. 12, Schlieger, Hen., and Christina Weiller.
1767, June
20, Schliger, Christoph., and Margaretha Mack.
1769, Oct.
12, Schlosser, Jacob, and Anna Cath. Schwartz. 20, Schlotterer, Catharine, and John Buck.
1783, May 1767, May 26, Schmeck, Margaretha, and Michel Moll. 1747-'58, Schmid, Anna Maria, and Abraham Schreiner.
14, Schmid, Anna Maria, and Philip Weis.
1776, May 1772, Oct. 13, Schmid, Christian, and Maria Geri.
1784, June 1768, April 1747-'58, 1770, Aug. 1759, Nov. 1747-'58,
16, Scheib, Cath., and Phil. Hederig.
1747-1758,
1747-1758,
1790, June 1, Schicher, Johannes, and Gerthraut Schneider. Schicher, John, and Catharina N- -.
1747-1758,
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1769, Aug. 15, Schmid, Lorentz, and Susanna Kolb. 175S,
Schmid, Susanna, and Philip Heiss.
1747-1758, Selnmidt, -, (second daughter of Bastian Schmidt,) and Stoffel Wagner.
1777, Nov. 25, Schmidt, Elizabeth, and Jacob Weis.
1747-'58, Schmidt, Henerich, and Rachel Demig.
1747-175S,
Schmidt, Henerich, and Elisabetha Moll.
1776, July 2, Schmidt, Jacob, and Elizabeth Weis.
1769, May 23, Schmidt, John, (widower,) and Catharine Nungöser, (widow.)
17SS, Jan. 175S,
1747-1758,
8, Schmidt, Joh. Martin, and Barbara Wettknecht. Schmidt, Joseph, and Catharina Frey. Schmidt, O., and Gertraudt N-
1747-1758,
Schmidt, Philip, and Creth Doer.
1780, Dec. 22, Schmover, Phillip, and Cathrina Miller.
17, Schneider, Cathrina, and Henrich Raudenbush. Schneider, Creth, and Johannes Jost.
1790, Jan. 1747-'58, 1776, July 2, Schneider, Elizabeth, and Jacob Schuler.
1768, April
14, Schneider, George Henry, and Elizabeth Samni.
1790, June 1747-1758, 1747-'5S, 1767, May 1776, May 1747-'58,
Schneider, Johannes, and Catharine Dueringer. 26, Schneider, Juliana, and Wendel Fischer.
1747-175S,
Scholl, , and Benjamin Summer.
1784, Nov. 1747-'58,
25, Schoot, Jacob, and Elizabeth Bock. Schreiner, Abraham, and Anna Maria Schmid.
1772, Sept. 15, Schuler, Benjamin, and Catharine Minder.
1788, March 11, Schuler. Gabriel, and Catharine Ren.
1776, July 2, Schuler, Jacob, and Elizabeth Schneider.
1777, Feb. 11, Schuler, John, and Elizabeth Eitenmiller.
1768, May 26, Schuller, Peter, and Maria Catharina Kister.
1776. July 2, Schultz, Anna, and Adam Hallicas.
1788, April 1758,
22, Schultz, Catharina,'and Jeorgus Maurer. Schultz, Catharina, and Wilhelm Mueller.
1758, June 1747-1758, 1786, Nov. 1769, Oct. 1735, Dec.
21, Schütz, Margreta, and Henr. Grob.
12, Schwartz, Anna Cath., and Jacob Schlosser.
21, Schwartz, Daniel, and Eva Margreta Kaderli.
1758. June 6, Schwanger, Paul, and Barbara Bisecker. 1747-'58, Schwenk, Maria, and Peter Beissel.
175S, Feb.
7, Schwink, Johannes, and Anna Catharina Christina Huber.
1747-175S, 1747-1758,
Schwob, Benedict, and Susana Wilecker. Segler, Abraham, and Barbara Moll.
1, Schneider, Gerthraut, and Johannes Schicher. Schneider, J. Adam, and - Levenn.
5, Schneider, Valentin, and Maria Wagner. Scholl, , and Friderich Lang.
27, Schultz, David, and Elisabetha Lauer. Schultz, Melchoir, and Catharina Kahlbach.
187
Marriages in Goshenhoppen. 1731-1790.
1747-1758, 1784, Feb. 1768, June 1760, April 1758, April 1782, Aug. 1787, May 1759, 1747-'58,
1772, Nov, 1759, April 1776, Jan. 1747-1758, 1747-1758, 1774, Jan. 1776, Feb. 1782, Nov. 1768, Nov. 1774, June 1747-1758, 1760, Sept. 1787, April 1759, Nov. 1767, June 1747-1758, 1769, April 1782. April 1770, Oct.
Segler. Anna Maria, and Daniel Hamm. 3, Segler, Heinrich, and Elisabeth Gugger. 28, Segler. Joh., and Christina Fischer. 15, Seib, Johann Michael, and Anna Barbara Hidel. 18, Seib, Johann Peter, and Anna Maria Erb. 6, Seibel, Jacob, and Anna Magdalena Zern. 15, Sell, Margreta, and Wendel Wiant. Sell, Peter. and Gueti Alber. Seller, J., and Naag Johnson.
1767, March 5, Sem, Georg, and Elisabetha Reiswig.
17, Seylor, Rudolph, and Catharine Wolfart. 3. Siegel, Catharina, and Joseph Eberhard. 16, Sitzman, Margaret, and Henry Ohl. Somini, Samuel, and Catharina Gress. Sommer, Benjamin, and -- Scholl. 6, Somni, Margarethe, and Andrew Ries. 13, Spinner, Barbara, and Phil. Mumbauer.
26, Spinner, David, and Catharine Herlacher.
17, Spinner, Susanna, and Fried. Dill.
14, Springer, Albertus, and Peter Gettel. Stab, Michel, and Catharina N- 25, Stedler, J. Henerich, and Anna Catharina Mack.
22. Stehler, Petrus, and Christina Groeber.
20, Stein, Maria Catharina, and Peter Samsel.
16, Steinman, Johannes, and Anna Catharina Maurer. Steinmann, Maria Barbara, and Andreas Mauerer.
25, Stellwagen, Eva Maria, and Jeorg Michael Kolb. 23, Stetler, Sophia, and Georg Dörr.
2, Stettler, Anna Maria, (widow,) and Melchoir Koll, (widower.)
1773, Oct. -, Stettler, Barbara, and Peter Binkes. 1758, Jan. 26, Stiel, Balthaser, and Christina Wickerd. Strohm, Benedict, and Anna Maria N Stroman, Anna, and Johannes Bergman. 1747-1758, 1784, 1777. Sept. 30, Suesholtz, Barbara, and Mich. Diel. 1772, Jan. 14, Suessholtz, Elisabetha, and Valetin Finck. 1758, May 1782, Sept. 3, Susholtz, David, and Elisabeth Mueller. 1769, Jan. 1784, Aug. 10, Tracksel, Jacob, and Margaretta Eberhart. 1779, Aug. 9, Trumbaner, Jeorg Mich., and Cath. Bock. 1784, Sept. 28, Trump, Peter, and Eva Rheder. 1760, Feb. 1758, March 30, Van Vass, Catharina, and Mathys Rittenhauss.
2, Snessholtz, Maria Catharina, and Georg Reinheimer.
10, Taub, Jacob, and Anna Margretha Zimmerman.
28, Umstett. Margaretha, and Wilhelm Rittenhauss.
Vackenthahl, Philip, and Elisabeth Bleyler.
1747-58, 1784, June 29, Von der Sloot, Fridrich Heinrich, and Anna Mar- garetha Ried.
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1760. April 17, Von Voss, Elisabetha, and Jacob Knester. 1747-'58. Wagenseil, Elisa Catharina, and David Haag.
1787, May
3, Wagner, Miss -- , and Mr. · Weitner.
1776, May
7, Wagner, Jacob, and Barbara Deis.
1776, May
26, Wagner, Magdalena, and Abraham Grof.
1776, May 1747-1758,
5, Wagner, Maria, and Valentin Schneider. Wagner, Stoffel, and - Schmidt, (second daugh --
ter of Bastian Schmidt.)
1770, June 26, Walber, Susanna, and Joh. Faust.
1770, June
21, Walder, Susanna, and Johanes Jung.
1760, - 1747-175S,
14, Wannemacher, Catharina, and Casper Bucher. Wannenmacher, Elisa Lena, and Casper Berret. Wannenmacher, Marcus, and N. -.
1747-'5S,
1774, March 1, Warner, Joseph, and Barbara Grof.
1770, June
9, Weand, Wendel, and Catharine Weis. Weber, Barbara, and J. Lur.
1747-175S, 1776, Ang. 11, Weber, Hana, and Jos. Hornecker. 1777, Feb. 4, Weber, Hen., and Margreta Hornecker.
1785, Sept.
6, Weber, Peter, and Maria Reichenbach.
1775, April 1768, Sept. 1758, Sept. 1747-'58, 1747-1758, 1759, Oct.
7, Weidmann, Veronica, and Mathys Kern. Weidner, Georg, and Catharina Moll. Weidknecht, Jacob, and Creth Boehm.
1773, Dec.
23, Weiler, Peter, and Anna Margaretha Kaysser. 7, Weiller, Andreas, and Anna Maria Mack.
1776, June
11, Weiller, Barbara, and Joh. Adam Geri.
12, Weiller, Christina, and Hen. Schlieger.
1775, Dec. 1779, Mar. 1770, June 1782, Sept.
9, Weis, Anna, and Andr. Groeber. 9, Weis, Catharine, and Wendel Weand. 22, Weis, Catharine, and Gotfried Wiseler.
1776, July 1777, Nov.
25, Weis, Jacob, and Elizabeth Schmidt.
1776, May
14, Weis, Philip, and Anna Maria Schmid.
1747-1758, Weiss, Eva, and Philip Huth.
1775, Nov. 28, Weiss, Hen., (widower,) and Margreta Bürger,- (widow.)
1747-1758,
Weiss, J. Arendt, and Susan. Huth.
1787, May
3, Weitner, Mr. - -, and Miss - Wagner.
1747-'5S,
17SS, May 6, Weittner, Johannes. and Anna Margreta Cunius. Weitzel, -, and Barbara Kahler. Welcker, Dieterich, and Sarah Deheve.
1747-1758,
1747-1758,
1747-1758,
. Welker, Michel, and Anna Maria Ried. Wentz, Philip, and - Hartman, (daughter of Ullerich Hartman.)
1759, April 14, Werth, Anna Barbara, and Jacob Freyer. 1787, March 13, Wethknecht, Martin, and Maria Pertro.
4, Weiant, Jacob, and Salome Rens.
28, Weidman, Catharine, and Martinus Lichtel.
2, Weis, Elizabeth, and Jacob Schmidt.
189
Marriages in Goshenhoppen, 1731-1790.
17SS. Jan. 1747-'58, Wetzel, Anna Margaretha, and J. Haag.
16, Wetzel, Jacob, and Anna Maria Haeger.
19, Wetzel, Johannes, and Eva Mayer. Wetzel, Peter, and Creth Eberhard.
Wetzel, Veronica, and Jacob N- -.
Weyand, Phillippina, and Andrew Beyer.
6, Wiand, Catharina, and Daniel Frock.
1775, July
2, Wiant, Jost, and Margreta Lang.
1771, June
4, Wiant, Jost, and Anna Barbara Roeder.
1787, May 15, Wiant, Wendel, and Margreta Sell.
1775, July
4, Wiant, Wendel, (widower,) and Magdalena Datis- man, (widow.)
26. Wickerd, Christina, and Balthasar Stiel.
7, Wiegner, Maria Cath., and Joh. Roeder.
13, Wiehand, Johannes, and Appolonia Mack. Wieyand, - -, and Wendel Laub.
11, Wigner, Susanna, and Johannes Keri. Wilecker, Susana, and Benedict Schwob.
18, Willauer, Johan Adam, and Anna Maria Linn.
1S, Willauer, Pet., and Rebecka Geri. Winck, Theobaldt, and Cretha Ried.
9, Wischang, Phillip, and Anna Berge.
22, Wiseler, Gotfried, and Catharine Weis.
1, Wittmer, Jacob, and Susanna Mack.
17, Wittner, Jacob, and Margaretha Fink. Wiyand, Sophia, and Jacob Zimmermann.
22, Wolf, Anna Maria Bar., and Joh. Hauser. 13, Wolf, Conrad, and Catarina Joekel.
21, Wolfart, Abraham, and Anna Maria Panebecker.
17, Wolfart, Catharine, and Rudolph Seylor. Worckman, Andreas, and Catharina Frey.
Worekman, Ludwig, and Catharina Braun.
25, Zar, Margrith, and Georg Grob.
15, Zeller, Jacob, and Anna Maria ----.
1782, March 24, Zerby, Jacob, and Maria Klein.
6, Zern, Anna Magdalena, and Jacob Seibel. Zieckel, J., and N
1782, Aug. 1747-175S, 1771, May
24, Ziegenfuss, Margaret, (widow,) and Henry Ott, (widower.)
1769, Jan. 1747-1758,
10, Zimmerman, Anna Margretha, and Jacob Taub. Zimmermann, Barbara, and John Huth.
1747-'58, Zimmermann, Catharina, and J. Hoffman. 1747-1758, Zimmermann, Jacob, and Sophia Wiyand.
1758, Jan. 1776, May 1759, Nov. 1747-1758, 1784, May 1747-1758, 1758, April 1787, Dec. 1747-1758, 1776, June 1782, Sept. 1778. Sept. 1760, May 1747-1758, 1772, Nov. 1784, July 1774, Aug. 1772, Nov. 1747-58, 1747-'58, 1782, June 1759, May
8, Wettknecht, Barbara, and Joh. Martin Schmidt.
1759, Oct. 1761, May 1747-'58, 1747-'58, 175S, 1768, Sept. 1770, April
17, Wiant, Jacobus, and Cathar. Schlichter.
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DANIEL BOONE.
THE KENTUCKY PIONEER, BORN IN BERKS COUNTY, PA.
BY MORTON L. MONTGOMERY.
Daniel Boone has come to occupy a very prominent position before the world in the general literature of pioneer life. It is rather remarkable that a man of his ordinary character should have won by his courage. unconsciously, a renown which is - inseparably connected with the early development of our great country beyond the Allegheny mountains. He was not a learned man ; he was not a great man-great in the sense of having produced something for the general welfare; he was simply a man possessed of peculiar daring, which impelled him to wander away from the fixed and comparatively quiet, if not tame affairs, of civilized life that prevailed in the colonies along the Atlantic coast, not through noble motives for opening a great and wide and rich country to civilization, but through the common ambition of a natural hunter, whose fondness of life consisted in shooting wild game in the vast forests far away from home. His boldness, his experiences with Indians, his narrow escapes. and his successful career in the pursuit of such an exciting, restless life, have won for him indescribable interest and regard. Indeed, every particular concerning him has come to claim the attention of certain earnest historians in his behalf. But, in all their endeavors, strange as it may seem, they have failed to find one noteworthy fact-the place of his nativity. And since they have detailed with great minuteness the many interesting. even thrilling, incidents of his life, the exact place and time of his birth are equally worthy of at- tention.
Daniel Boone was born in that section of Philadelphia county which is now embraced in Berks county, several miles south of the South Mountain and adjoining the Schuylkill river. At the time of his birth there were only three large
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districts of territory in the vicinity which had been named ; and these were Amity, Oley, and Robeson: and just then the Indians were departing from the Tulpehocken and Ontelaunee Valleys which lay to the north of the bordering mountains. Settlements had been going on thirty years in the first named, and for twenty years in the second-both of which lay to the eastward of the river Schuylkill. It was during the progress of these settlements that George Boone, his grandfather, emi- grated from England to Pennsylvania, with his wife and six of his children, who arrived at the port of Philadelphia on October 10, 1717. Among these children was his father, Squire Boone. During the winter of 1717-18. the grandfather and children remained "near civilization" in Philadelphia county till the following spring, when they migrated to Oley, forty miles distant to the north-west. All the children, eight in number, were born in England. On the 20th December, 1718, George Boone took up four hundred acres of land in the district of Oley, and thereon settled permanently.
Squire Boone-the father of Daniel-married Sarah Mor- gan in September, 1720, they having declared at a monthly meeting of Friends held at Gwynedd August 30, 1720, "their intentions of marriage ye second time." They lived with George Boone for some time.
Ralph Asheton became lawfully seized of five hundred acres of land which lay along the westerly line of the Swedish set- tlement, afterwards erected into Amity township. On the 19-20 November, 1730, by lease and release (the mode of conveying land in that early day) he conveyed two hundred and fifty acres of this tract of land to Squire Boone, of Phila- delphia county, who was then in possession. This land is situate in the township now known as Exeter-having been erected and named as such in 1741-about two miles north of Birdsboro' and about seven miles south-east of Reading. Upon this tract of land Squire Boone continued to live till he sold it (or the remaining portion of it) to William Mogridge on April 11, 1750, when he and his family, including Daniel, migrated to North Carolina .* And it was during this interval,
* Left May 1, 1750.
.
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whilst he resided on this tract of land, that his son Daniel was born. These facts cannot be disputed. They are of record. They appear in instruments of writing prepared one hundred and thirty years ago.
But in addition to this record evidence, there is traditional evidence respecting the birth of Daniel Boone on this place which has been transmitted from that time till now. in families of the vicinity, connected both by blood and marriage.
Col. Nicholas Jones, of Reading. addressed a very interesting letter on this subject to the Reading Times and Dispatch on October 28, 1879. Among other things he says, that two per- sons, who were well qualified by virtue of residence in the township and creditable beyond peradventure, informed him many years ago that Daniel Boone was born in Exeter town- ship, on the farm which adjoins the Amity township line, and which Squire Boone sold to Mogridge in 1750. One of these persons was Thomas Lincoln, who said he knew Daniel Boone; having met him whilst visiting the old homestead in 1788, when he (Lincoln) was a boy, and heard him narrate some of his wild adventures in his pioneer life. The other was James Lee, who was an experienced surveyor in that neighborhood, and at one time owned and lived on the identical place and in the house where Daniel Boone was born.
Dr. Peter G. Bertolet, an active physician in his day, who was intimately acquainted with the Boone families and the oldest surviving members, and who took an earnest interest in the preservation of valuable historical facts pertaining to "Oley and Vicinity " (the title of a proposed publication by him and which was in the course of preparation when he died in 1865) said, after having investigated the subject : "It is beyond a doubt that he [Daniel Boone] was a son of Old Berks, born in Oley township," and the house in which this event occurred is partly standing vet."+ The manuscript of this proposed book is in the possession of the Pennsylvania Historical Society.
* In 1733, that section was named as part of Oley; included in Exeter in 1741.
i The building is still in existence. It comprises the western half of the large building on this farm.
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But this fact-that Daniel Boone was born in Berks county -- was asserted by John F. Watson, Esq .. in a paper read by him before the Pennsylvania Historical Society, at Philadelphia, on Tuesday, 17 May, 1853. This is over thirty years ago.
In respect to the time of his birth : He was born in October, 1733, and he died at Charette village in Missouri, on Septem- ber 26, 1820, aged 86 years, 11 months, 4 days. These facts have been taken from the "Boone Family Record." By cal- culation we can arrive at the day of the month on which he was born, namely, the 22nd. This record was kept on loose leaves which lay in an old Bible; and these leaves are now in my possession.
Several prominent encyclopædias state both the place and time of Daniel Boone's birth incorrectly.
Chambers' (edition 1868) states that he was born in Vir- ginia, United States, without mentioning the time of his birth.
Zells' (edition 1870) states that he was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 1735.
American (edition 1873) states that he was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, on February 11, 1735.
And Pritts' " Incidents of Border Life" (1841) states that he was born in Virginia.
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FITHIAN'S JOURNAL, 1775.
ANNOTATED BY JOHN BLAIR LINN.
Wednesday, August 16th. I rode this afternoon up the valley to Mr. John Campbell's. The Squire along. The Squire was to marry a couple, and I was invited. We rode up to a little cabin ; they were dining. We entered, but all continued eat- ing. There were four women, four men, and four children. I viewed them all, but, from their appearance, could not single out, to my satisfaction, who was the groom and bride. After they rose from dinner, one of the men brought us a dram in a bottle of whiskey. We drank, and after some time the youth- ful pair singled out themselves. Expectation, now glut thy wish ! The girl looked ashamed, though lusty ; she held down her head, a coarse fan was before her face, yet I saw in her dancing eyes-she looked at us twice-that they only accorded with her transported heart. She pronounced the ceremony after the Squire feebly, and apparently with reluctance. But oh! her bosom burned. she connected (this is natural logic) with the transient ceremony violent, lasting joys. But the groom, in appearance, a scurvy, futile, ummeaning drill; he seemed highly pleased, but a vulgar-looking, rugged, weather-worn peasant. I was sitting upon a little crotch-supported bed.
I returned with the Squire; we met with Mr. McFarquhar, a Scotch-Presbyterian clergyman. He rode, too, down to the Squire's. He is a Caledonian of genuine blood, accurate in the quantity of language, reserved in his sentiment, appears sociable and friendly. He pronounced one sentence, from his observation, which is a most solid truth, and which I with dig- nity record: "I have discovered," said he, "since my arrival that there are no slaves in America but the Presbyterian clergy." I wrote a letter, by the clergyman, to my good patron, Mr. Green. Mr. Farquhar, after agreeing to meet me at Prince- ton next month, left us and rode to the Juniata.
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Thursday, August 17th. I rode again up the valley to Mr. John Campbell's. This valley lies between Jack's Mountain, on the south, and Stone Mountain, on the north. It is thirty miles long from east to west, varies in breadth from two to five miles, and widest in the easternmost part. The land is all arable and will well support two large societies. There are, in- deed, large plains, or glades as the inhabitants call them, quite clear of timber, covered with shrubs, ground-oak, hazles, &c. Some, too, is broken with limestone, but the greatest part is rich arable soil.
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