Surname Boone

SURNAME BOONE

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SURNAME BOONE

The surname Boone is found in England from the time of the Conquest
and it is most likely that the name is of Norman origin.

The early spelling "Bohun" comes from La Manche, the northwestern corner of France.

In (1086) in the Domesday Book, this variant of the name is recorded,
when a Bohun received the manor of Talsford.
Earls of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton bore this surname of which it is said
"Of Herford's high blood he came, a race renown'd for knightly fame."

In Essex we find that in (1540) there is a record of a "Boneshal" which in (1604) is
listed as "Bowneshall" and is currently pronounced "Boon's Hall."

In (1275) the name "de Bown" is found in the Hundred Rolls, a listing of property and
owners taken at the direction of Edward I in order to locate new sources of revenue to
finance his desire for expansion into Scotland and Wales.
The same records show a "Boon" in Cambridgeshire in (1279).

In some cases the name may also have been derived from the Anglo-French adjective
"lebon" meaning the good person, good companion (boon companion) or one who was
handsome. On occasion it may have derived from the Old Norse "buinn" meaning the
"ready." In most instances, however, it is considered to be a Place name indicating
someone who came from Bohun in France.

The name is found in England predominantly in Staffordshire.

NOTABLE BOONES

Matida Boon is recorded in the book Hundred Rolls (1273) as residing in the County of Cambridge.

Daniel Boone (d. 1698) A Dutch painter who worked in England.

Americans immediately call to mind the famed American pioneer, Daniel Boone, (1734-1820)
founder of Boonesboro, Kentucky. He erected the fort there in (1775)
As a point of interest, two of Daniel Boone' sons were killed by Indians.

A man called Solomon Boone sailed from a place called Bradnick in Devon, England
and arrived in Bristol, Pennsylvania in (1690).

William Jones Boone, (1811-1865), an American Bishop was consecrated missionary bishop of Shanghai in
(1844). He translated the Prayer-Book into Chinese and was one of the people instrumental in the revision of the
Chinese translation of the Scriptures. He graduated at the College of South Carolina in (1829) and was admitted
to the bar in (1843). He also studied medicine and graduated as M.D.

Gottfried Boone, a Swedish Boon, (b. 1886) a Swedish piano teacher. Since 1928 he has taught at the Stockholm
Conservatory where he became a professor in 1949. He became a member of the Academy of Music in 1938.
Boone has appeared as a concert pianist. Published "Pianoforte Studies".

COAT OF ARMS DISPLAYED

One of the grants of arms to the name shows escallops,
which in some cases indicate that the bearer took part in the Crusades.