Burials at Exeter Quaker Burying Ground, Exeter Township, Berks County, PA
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Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Justine Walter.
In 1718, members of the English Friends from North Wales in Philadelphia County, settled in Oley Township. Meeting were held in the homes of George Boone Sr. and Anthony Lee. In 1737, a log Meeting House was built. In 1750, a stone building was erected.
The first interment in the Exeter Meeting burying ground was that of John Hughes who died Oct. 10, 1736 at the age of 84. By 1817, the burying ground was filled. As no additional land could be purchased, ground was hauled in and filled to a depth of four feet and a second tier of graves was begun. There are no headstones or markers on the graves.
Some markers at this site:
A.D. 1736; HERE ARE BURIED DISTINGUSHED PIONEERS AND FOUNDERS OF BERKS COUNTY. LEE…BOONE…ELLIS…WEBB THIS TABLET IS PLACED BY THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS NO.36..THE HISTORICIAL SOCIETY OF BERKS COUNTY 1944
EXETER; FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE AND BURYING GROUND; ANCESTORS OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND DANIEL BOONE ARE BURIED HERE; HISTORICIAL SOCIETY OF BERKS COUNTY 1915
EXETER FRIENDS MEETING; ESTABLISHED 1725 AS OLEY NAME CHANGED TO EXETER 1742. PRESENT STONE MEETING HOUSE 1750 NEAR SITE OF TWO PREVIOUS LOG STRUCTURES. BURIED HERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE BOONE, ELLIS, HUGHES, LEE, AND LINCOLN FAMILIES. MEETINGS DISCONTINUED 1899, BUILDING REOPENED FOR WORSHIP 1940.
Exeter Quaker Burying Ground occupies ground beside Exeter Meeting House
ROW ONE:
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James Lewis
William Lee
Sarah Brumfield
Hugh Jones
Mary Boone
William Cherrington
Sarah Boone
Margaret Lee
Ann T. Boone
Benjamin Wright
Moses Boone
James Boone
Catherine Lee
Jane Evans
Francis Wright
Mary P. Lee
Catherine Boone
Edward Boone
Mary T. Lee
Ellis Lee
Catherine Lee
Mary Wright
Elizabeth John
Ellis Lee
Thomas Lee
Mary Lee |
COMMENTS
Daughter of Joshua
Wife of Moses
Wife of John
Wife of Thomas
Son of Joshua
Wife of Thomas
Wife of Ellis
Wife of James
Daughter of Thomas
Son of Thomas
Daughter of Thomas
Wife of Francis
Wife of Thomas |
DATE
(no date)
1818
(no date)
1820
1821
1823
1821
1823
(no date)
1822
1823
1823
1824
1827
1829
1831
1831
1832
1836
1838
1838
1844
1839
1832
1830
1832 |
ROW TWO:
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Sameul Lewis
Mordecai Lincoln
Mary Harrison
Catharine Harrison
Benjamin Miller
William Lewis
Charles Boone
Ann Boone
Rachel Millard
Thomas Boone, Esq.
George Boone, Esq.
Margaret Boone
Lincoln Boone
Mary Thomas
Jacob Thomas
Hannah Jones
Priscilla Thomas
Mary Lee
Mary Lee
John Lee
Elizabeth Lee
Eleanor Lee
Rachel Lee
Amos Lee
Sarah Lee |
Wife of Richard
Wife of David
Wife of George
Son of Thomas
Wife of Jacob
Wife of Hugh
Wife of William
Wife of Mordecai
Wife of John
Daughter of Samuel
Wife of Samuel
Wife of Amos |
(no date)
1822
1822
1822
1822
1823
1823
1823
1823
1823
1824
1825
1826
1828
1828
1830
1832
1834
1839
1847
1853
1842
1839
1832
1823
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ROW THREE
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Joseph Allison
Sarah Wright
Solomon Brumfield
Richard Harrison
Mary Boone
Jemima Harrison
Agnes Foulk
Abel Thomas
Mary Lee
Isaac Lee
Joseph Boone
Rachel Lee
Mary Lee
Thomas Evans
Jesse Brumfield
Jane Boone
Joshua Boone
Alice Lincoln
Mary Dickinson
Anna Lincoln
Anna Lee
Martha Baily
Deborah Jones |
Wife of Benjamin
Wife of Joseph
Wife of Jeremiah
Wife of Isaac
Wife of Joshua
Wife of Thomas
Wife of Isaac
Daughter of James
From Baltimore |
1823
1823
1823
1826
1827
1827
1828
1828
1828
1829
1829
1830
1832
1832
1833
1834
1833
1836
1845
1847
1847
1857
1842 |
ROW FOUR:
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Jeremiah Lee
Judah Lee
Edward B. Hughs
Rachel Lee
Phineas Boone
Frances Boone
James B. Cherrington
Margaret Cherrington
Mordecai Lee
Elizabeth Taylor
Samuel John
Thomas Elwood Boone
Joseph Boone
Margaret Boone
Elizabeth Boone
Elizabeth Lee
Hannah Boone
William Boone
Elizabeth John
John Lee
Hannah Lee
Judah Boone
Hannah Lee
David Harrison
Mary Harrison
Preston Lee
Francis Pim Lee
Rachel Lee |
Son of William
Son of William
Daughter of Samuel
Wife of Hugh
Daughter of James
Children of George
and Hannah Boone
Daughter of James
Wife of George
Son of George
Wife of Samuel
Son of Mordecai
Wife of Richard
Wife of Thomas of Maiencreek
Son of Richard
Daughter of Richard
Son of Francis
Wife of Thomas P. Lee |
1823
1825
1827
1830
1831
1833
1834
1834
1834
1835
1836
1837
1837
1844
1845
1846
1849
1853
1853
1855
1855
1858
1862
1850
1858 |
ROW FIVE
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Angelic Garey
Elizabeth Leonard
Ellen Brumfield
John Boone
Julia Lincoln
Martha Kaub
George Boone
Isaac Chrisman
Samuel Lee
Hannah Kickson
Joshua Boone
Thomas Lincoln
John Lincoln
Ebenezer Lee
Elizabeth Harrison
Thomas Lee
Sarah Boone
Ellis Lee
Maria Tally
Margaret L. Crisman
Elizabeth Kern
Anna Bailey
Mary D. Lee
Samuel Kern
Joseph Dickinson
Francis Bailey
Anna S. Bailey
Thomas E. Lee |
Wife of George
Wife of Solomon
Wife of Mordecai
Wife of John
Son of John
Son of Joshua
Daughter of Richard
Son of Ellis
Daughter of Thomas
Son of John
Wife of Job
Wife of Isaac
Wife of Samuel
Daughter of Joseph
Wife of Thomas E.
Son of Joseph L.
Wife of Joseph L.
Son of John |
1851
1857
1864
1858
1858
1858
1860
1860
1862
1862
1863
1863
1864
1865
1865
1866
1866
1867
1866
1866
1868
1868
1870
1872
1872
1872
1872
1872
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ROW SIX
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John Jones
Sarah L. Boone
Hannah Llewellyn
Rebecca Lee Christman
Sarah Pim Lee
Daniel Lee
Elizabeth Lee
Sarah E. Lee
Eleanor Lee
James Lee
Eliza W. Lee
Thomas P. Lee
Richard Boon
Sarah B. Scarlet
Jonathan Thompson
Joseph Bailey
Rebecca Boone
Ephraim Scarlet
Llewelyn Scarlet
Rachal Ann Saarlet
Anna S. Shubert
Henry W. Bailey
Anna Warrington Bailey
Lydia Lee
Deborah Lee
Jane E. Lee
John Lincoln
Hannah Bailey
Margaret E. Lee |
Daughter of Joshua
Wife of Samuel
Son of John
Wife of Daniel
Son of Thomas
Wife of Ephraim
Daughter of Thomas
Son of James
Wife of James
Daughter of James Scarlet
Son of joseph L.
Wife of Joseph L.
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1857
1873
1873
1874
1874
1874
1874
1776
1877
1888
1880
1880
1881
1882
1882
1883
1883
1884
1885
1887
1887
1888
1888
1889
1889
1893
1895
1889
1902 |
ROW SEVEN
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Anna P. Lee
Rebecca H. Lee
Francis W. Lee
Sarah Bailey
Joseph L. Bailey
Catherine Lee
Hannah Lee
Elizabeth E. Lee
Mary P. Lee
Martha Lee |
Daughter of Francis W. Lee
Wife of Francis W. Lee
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1911
1911
1906
1906
1904
1907
1911
1911
1921
1932 |
At the end of the seventh row is the grave of Charles Lee, The Last Male Member of the Exeter Friends Meeting, 1934
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