DANIEL BOONE??

If indeed our descendancy is as we believe, our Stover ancestor married the sister of Daniel Boone’s Father.  William Morrow married as his first wife Sarah Jay.  When she died he married second, Rachael Chambers.  Chambers was her married name as she was a widow.  It is believed she was married to William Chambers perhaps in North Carolina, though the first name of her husband is not proven.  She had 5 children with William Chambers.  After he died, she married William Morrow perhaps in Tennessee.

Nor is her maiden name proven to be Stover as some believe.  It is thought her Father was Jeremiah Stover, descendant of Jacob Stover, the immigrant ancestor who came to this land in  1710.  It is possible Jeremiah had 2 wives & perhaps Rachel was born to his second wife.  It is reported that both wives were native American so perhaps that's where our native American heritage comes from.  Jeremiah is also not proven as being the son of Jacob Stover, son of the immigrant Jacob Stover, but he is very likely a part of this family.

All these families tended to be in the same areas around the same time.  There is intermarriage among the families.  Circumstances would point to our being likely descendants in their families, but there is no hard proof evidence.  There may never be solid proof.  Family researchers have been researching these families for years regarding the Stover & Chambers families.

Now, for what we know to be fact. 


So maybe we are or maybe we aren’t related, but isn’t it fun to think about it?

GEORGE BOONE, III 1666-1744 & MARY MAUGRIDGE –1730



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