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' The surname Boone 13 found graduated at the College of;
to England from the time of the
'Conquest;
South Carolina in 1828 and was
it is most likely that
;she name is of Norman origin.
admitted to the bar in 1843. He
also was a physician.
•. The early ' spelling ,Bohun,,
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,tomes from La Manche, the
northwestern corner of France
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;In 1086 in the Domesday Book
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4ecorded, when a B o h u n
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�ecelved the manor pt Talsford.
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:Northampton bore this surname
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ston•Salem Journal, Box 3159,
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which in 1604 is listed as,
and is currently
What's
n Your
Name?
Boone
' The surname Boone 13 found graduated at the College of;
to England from the time of the
'Conquest;
South Carolina in 1828 and was
it is most likely that
;she name is of Norman origin.
admitted to the bar in 1843. He
also was a physician.
•. The early ' spelling ,Bohun,,
One of the grants of arms to
,tomes from La Manche, the
northwestern corner of France
the name shows escallops,,
which in some cases indicate
;In 1086 in the Domesday Book
that the bearer took part in the
•this variant of thename is
4ecorded, when a B o h u n
Crusades.
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�ecelved the manor pt Talsford.
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history of you.faigily.n
future `write'
-.of Hereford, Essex, and
a column
:Northampton bore this surname
What's In Your Name?"'fin•
.pf which it &said "of Hereford's
ston•Salem Journal, Box 3159,
"high blood lie came, a race
Winston-Salem,'PI:.C, 27102, and
*ftOwnedl. for knightly fame,"
it will be given every consider
4n Essex we find that in 1540
alion.
.here is a record of a "Bone•
hal,"
' 4 hal,"
aim s►ean Imm�W�alylyygry ,
which in 1604 is listed as,
and is currently
4rOnounced'•Boon's'Hav'4
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�g 1275 thnade`Bown")
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7S found in the Hundred Rolls, a.
fisting of property and owners
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,revenue tO finance • expansion
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-into Scotland andWales. Thel
;same records show a "Boon" in
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;Cambridgeshire in. 1279.
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: In some cases the name may
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have been derived from the
Anglo-French adjective ' ' 1 e
�
Ion" meaning the good person,
companion
~flood (boon Com-
a o or one who w a
handsome. Oa occasion it may
bave derived from' the Old
Norse "bui m meaning the
ady." In
an instances
•however, It is considered to be�
a placename indicating some
-One who came fro 1a Bohun
9n France.
-. The name is found 14 England]
in Staffprdshire.
.predominantly
Americans immediately call,
:tomind the famed Americai
-pioneer, Daniel Boone.
:• A man called Solomon Boone'
,sailed from Brapick, Devon„
England, and arrived in Bristol,.
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Wllliam Sones Boone, an,
American bishop was conse-
crated missionary bishop of
;Shanghai in 1844. He translated
]the prayer book into. Chines
.and was instrumental in the
:revision of the C h i n e s e
'translation of the scriptures. He