Burials at Exeter Quaker Burying Ground

Burials at Exeter Quaker Burying Ground, Exeter Township, Berks County, PA

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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:


NAME 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:


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

ROW THREE


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:


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


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

ROW SIX


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.	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


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	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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