Notes for: George H HENTON, Sr.

George is said by the "Boone Society" to have been born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. This is actually an area that developed after the industrial revolution (circa 1860). Prior to that it was the County Palatine of Lancaster (abbrev. Lancs), a county in the north west of England. Of course that is not available on the drop down list, so I have gone with the later Lancashire name. In all fairness, his area could have been called Yorkshire for a time.

The above birth date for George is based on other family research. I have not seen a source document.

In the early Pennsylvania records of immigrants shipping from England and Wales, George's surname is spelled Henton.

In the "U.S. And International Marriage Records" that are provided online, the couple's marriage is said to have been anywhere from 1714-1719. As we know, that source is a compilation of years of "family files" that may or may not have had an actual original document to reference. Some are based from when children were born, etc.

When he died in 1747, George's Last Will speaks of his wife Persis. The date of it's reading was November 19, 1747, so now everyone is putting that date as his death date. Obviously they didn't read his Will on the date of his death. It is reasonable to believe that since it was read in November, George died within a couple of weeks to a month or two prior to that, depending on when the estate handlers got the property organized and everyone notified and together for the reading.