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Research Notes

• Mrs. Israel Boone was NOT of American Indian descent, per recent mtDNA testing.¹

• Some claim Mrs. Israel Boone was Margaret Ann/Martha Maugridge. Sources/proof needed.

1.   Family Recorded, in The Boone Society, Inc. - The First 5 Generations of the George Boone Family, 21 Aug 2008.

   (2) Israel BOONE b 20 May 1726 (NS) or 9 May (OS) details p38 SPRAKER. d 26 June 1756 Yadkin, Rowan Co, NC and Daniel BOONE reared his children, d bef June 1756 in Rowan Co, NC of “consumption” as recorded by the Moravians who treated him near Winston-Salem, NC. SPRAKER says "He was testified against in Exeter Meeting for "Marrying out," Dec 31, 1747. The name of his wife is unknown, but recent mtDNA tests have proven that she was not of American Indian descent, which some have opined in recent years.

2.   Family Recorded, in Spraker, Hazel Atterbury, and Jesse Proctor Crump. The Boone family: a genealogical history of the descendants of George and Mary Boone, who came to America in 1717; containing many unpublished bits of early Kentucky history; also a biographical sketch of Daniel Boone, the pioneer, by one of his descendants. (Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Co., 1922)
   38.