Thomas Boon, Alice Winborne & Zilthia

the Thomas Boon family of Northampton County NC

Thomas Boon ca 1725 – 1800 | his parents
& ca 1748 Alice Winborne 17xx – 1759/63 | her parents
& ca 1763 Zilthia ? d bef 1796 | her parents
of Northampton Co NC


This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!


Will of Thomas Boon of NH Co NC signed 14 March 1796 – proved March Ct 1800
Item, my desire is that my son Nicholas Boon shall have the plantation where on he now lives and the use of one negro man Jim during his life and then return to his brothers, half-brothers and sisters that is living at that time to them and their heirs forever.

Children of Thomas Boon & Alice Winborne:
1. William Boon ca 1749 – May 1795 NH Co NC
named his father Thomas Boon and James Winborne Sr as Executors of his will
married ca 1773 Anna Winborne ca 1753 – aft 1795
a. Alice [Elsie] Boon 22 April 1774 – 1860/70 lived MO 1826
married SH Co VA 25 Nov 1799 Enoch Flythe ca 1777 – son of John Flythe
b. William Boon ca 1777 – aft 1800 when he listed himself as a resident of Davidson Co TN
c. John Boon ca 1780 – aft 1826 NH Co in 1826
d. Sarah [Sally] Boon ca 1782 – aft 1826 lived MO 1826
e. Penelope [Penny] Boon ca 1786 – aft 1826 lived MO 1826
f. Mary [Polly] Boon ca 1789 – aft 1826 lived MO 1826
married aft 1795 —– McCoy bef 1790 – bef 1824
g. Lemuel Boon ca 1791 – aft 1826 lived MO 1826
h. Martha [Patsey] Boon ca 1794 – aft 1826 lived MO 1826
2. Mary Boon 1751/63 – bef 1826
married Bertie Co NC 17 Dec 1779 Joseph Boon 17xx – bef 1826
a. Thomas Boon 1780/96 –
b. William Boon 1780/96 –
c. Mary Boon 1780/96 – aft 1826
married bef 1826 Arthur Hays
d. Bennett Boon 1780/96 –
3. Martha Boon ca 1752 – bef 1826
married Jonathan Gay
a. Mary Gay
b. Sarah Gay
c. Nancy Gay
d. William Gay ca 1787 –
married Lucy
i. Jonathan Gay ca 1824 –
married Frances —- ca 1819 –
ii. William C Gay ca 1826 –
e. Green Gay
4. Celia Boon ca 1754 – 1830 NH Co NC
married John Wheeler ca 1707/15 – 1798 NH Co NC
5. Nicholas Boon est 1757 [1740/55] – 1807
married after 1797 Deborah Gumbs bef 1773 – will 13 Dec 1825
a. Elijah Gumbs alias Boon ca 1797 – KY
b. Susannah Boon 9 Jan 1800 NH Co NC – 1 Aug 1848
married 20 Jan 1817 Britton Lassiter 1792 Rockingham Co VA – 30 Oct 1848 Calloway Co KY.
c. Lydia Boon 1798/1804 – aft. 1827
married 19 Dec 1816 Britton Smith

Children of Thomas Boon and wife Zilthia:
6. James Boon ca 1764 – 1829 NH Co NC testate
married ca 1790 Winnifred [Winny] Lassiter ca 1774 – 1845
dau of Jesse and Mary Lassiter
a. Sarah Boon ca 1795 – 16 Dec 1843
married 1819 John T Benn d bef 18 Dec 1839 4 children
b. Elizabeth Boon d aft 1845
married ca 1829 Solomon Goodson
c. Henry Boon 1798 NH Co NC – Nov 1873
married 24 Sept 1823 Sarah Butts Bell 1799 – 1831/41
dau of James Bell and Elizabeth Ricks
married 2nd 29 March 1841 Elizabeth S [Cinda] Nicholas [Bynum] [Ezell]
1 Feb 1810 – 15 April 1879
his niece dau of John and Mary Ann Bell Nicholas and the widow of Thomas Bynum and Wyatt M Ezell
i. Augustus M Boon ca 1841 –
ii. Frances A Boon ca 1844 –
iii. Adriana Boon ca 1846 –
iv. son Boon ca 1849 –
d. James Boon Jr 1805 – ca 1884 10 children
married 12 Oct 1828 Mary Ann Newsome 1812 – aft 12 Oct 1850
dau of James Newsom and — Liles
i. Eliza D Boon ca 1831 –
ii. Sarah F Boon ca 1835 –
iii. Emily E Boon ca 1840 –
iv. Adelid N Boon ca 1843 –
v. Harriet W Boon ca 1848 –

7. Jesse Boon ca 1766 – 1832 NH Co NC
married bef 1800 Lavinia [Vinnia] Lassiter ca 1780 – Nov 1857
dau of Jesse and Mary Lassiter 11 children
a. William Boon ca 1800 –
married Nancy Brewer ca 1799 –
i. William C Boon ca 1833 –
ii. Fletcher Boon ca 1837 –
iii. James Boon ca 1838 –
b. Martha Boon
married bef Mar 1831 Solomon Brewer
c. Edwin Boon
married Margaret W Brewer
d. Pheraby Boon
married bef March 1831 Littleberry Daughtry
e. Temperance Boon
married bef March 1831 1st Hezekiah Reville
married 2nd Gilbert Griffin
f. Lucy Boon
married Jesse Fields
g. Jesse Boon Jr 1813 – aft 1880
married 2 Dec 1839 Frances [Fanny] Edwards 1823 – aft 1880
dau of James and Rachael Edwards
i. Martha Anne Boon 1843 –
married 12 Dec 1870 Lemuel Wade
ii. Edwin Boon 1846 – 1850/60 dy
iii. Nancy T Boon 1849 –
married John Thomas Wheeler Jr 22 Oct 1849 – 8 Mar 1923
iv. Atlas G Boon 1851 – bef 1883
married 12 May 1872 Sarah Elizabeth Wheeler
18 Aug 1851 NH Co NC – 1 July 1936 Norfolk VA
daughter of John Wheeler and Louisa Hyatt [married NH 1850]
1. Deacy Celeste Boone 8 Mar 1873 SH Co VA – 26 Jan 1814 Norfolk VA
married 11 July 1894 Alonzo Parker 12 June 1860 Martin Co NC – 9 Jan 1935 Norfolk VA
2. James Andrew Boone Oct 1874 NH Co NC – 27 Aug 1957 Conway NC issue two daughters
married S Norfolk VA 1 May 1895 Annie Johnson Oct 1875 Chesterfield Co VA – 24 Aug 1940 Norfolk VA
married 2nd aft 1940 Sarah Flythe d. aft 1957
3. William Boone 1877 –
4. Lilly Boone 1877 –
v. S L Boon 1854 – living 1870 census girl
vi. James William Boone 4 April 1856 – 11 Oct 1935
married Rich Square NC 15 Nov 1876 Rebekah Jane Copeland
12 Aug 1856 – 6 Dec 1949
dau of Edmond P and Sarah Copeland – Quaker family

1. Jesse Porter Boone 31 Dec 1877 NH Co NC – 5 Jan 1950 Nansemond Co VA
married Nanse. Co 15 Jan 1902 Harriet Anne Piland 6 Jan 1880 Gates Co NC – 4 Feb 1974 Suffolk VA
dau of George W and Harriet Lawrence Piland
2. Joseph Francis Boone 14 Sept 1879 NH Co NC – 3 Dec 1952 Wytheville VA
married Jackson NC 24 June 1914 Clara Vaughan 1890 – 1952
dau of Zachariah and Mary Vaughan Vaughan
3. James Joshua Boone 1 Oct 1881 NH Co NC – 5 June 1967 age 85 Watts Hosp. Meth. minister
married 2 Dec 1907 Cora Frances Avent 19 Dec 1886 Wake Co NC – 2 Oct 1966 Smithfield NC
4. Jeremiah M Boone 28 June 1883 – 13 Oct 1958 auto accident
married Seaboard NC 23 Dec 1908 Cora Ruth Davis 2 Aug 1886 – 13 Oct 1958 auto accident
5. William Andrew Boone 30 April 1885 Jackson NC – 19 Oct 1965 Roanoke Rapids NC
married 28 Dec 1910 Ruth Eunice Draper 23 Sept 1890 – 30 July 1972
both buried Jackson Cem. she is dau of W W and Pattie J Draper
6. Catherine Dora Boone 25 Feb 1887 Jackson NC
vii. infant Boone May 1860 nfi
viii. Henry W Boone 1863 – living 1880
ix. Laura A Boone 1865 – not listed with family 1880
x. Charles Boone 1866 – living 1880
h. Benford Boon
married Martha Boon
i. Mary Boon
married Francis DeLoatch
j. Willie Boon 1814 –
married Mary J Benn ca 1826 –
k. Lavinia Anna Boon
married Moody Edwards
8. John Boon 17xx – bef 1826
married ca 1801 Honour
a. Thomas Boon ca 1802 – aft 1859
married 1 Mar 1826 Rebecca Edwards 1805 – aft 1850
dau of John and Sally Edwards
i. James Boon ca 1832 –
ii. Peterson [Peter] Boon ca 1835 –
iii. Lawrence Boon ca 1837 –
iv. Bowling Boon [Boling] ca 1839 –
v. Ailysys [Elsia] Boon ca 1842 –
vi. Emma Boon ca 1845 –
vii. Aira Boon ca 1846 –
b. Allen Boon ca 1803 – 1866
married 1st 4 Dec 1824 Rebecca Garriss
i. Willie R Boon ca 1825 –
ii. Joseph A Boon ca 1832 –
iii. Carter Boon ca 1839 –
married 2nd 28 June 1859 Mary Jane Rose 1830 – aft 1882
i. Henry Boon
ii. John Wesley Boon
iii. James Boon
c. Dorothea [Dolly] Boon ca 1805 – bef 1859
married 1st 7 May 1834 Elijah Stephenson ca 1803 – bef 1859
married 2nd unknown
d. Penelope Boon ca 1808 – ca 1859
married 11 Feb 1834 James Bradley at least 3 children
e. Davison or Dawson Boon ca 1810 – bef 4 March 1844
married 8 Dec 1834 Mary Woodward
f. Turner Boon ca 1812 – bef 1859
married 3 Feb 1832 Penelope Daughtry ca 1812 – bef 1859 4 children
g. Sterling Boone 1815 – bef 1895
married NH Co NC 15 March 1847 Catherine Capell 1814 – bef 1859
i. George N Boon ca 1848 –
ii. William K Boon ca 1852 –
iii. Leonard Boon ca 1854 –
9. Thomas Boon bef 1796 – ca 1823 dsp
The names and location of most of his brother William’s children (in Missouri in 1826) is based on “Power of Attorney” papers filed in Northampton Co. in 1826, when William’s brother Thomas died, and his property was distributed to heirs, William’s children receiving equal 1/8th shares of William’s 1/9th share of Thomas’s estate
10. Henry Boon 1774/75 – Aug 1826
married ca 1807 Temperance Boon dau of Rhoda Boon
a. Temperance Boon ca 1810 –
married 14 Sept 1825 Henry Peebles Barkley ca 1803 – bef 1844
son of Rhodes Barkley and Elizabeth Peebles
b. Thomas Boon 1807/1817 – under 19 in 1826
c. Daniel Boon 1807/1817 – under 19 in 1826
d. James Lawrence Boon aft 1817 – bef 1844
e. Mary Boon 1813/24 –
married bef 1834 Devereaux Johnson
married 2nd 1 May 1825 Sarah Branch 1xxx – aft 1826

Looking at the NH Co Census
1790 census shows 3 Thomas Boon’s
Thomas Boon with 3 males over 16; 1 male under 16 and 16 slaves
Thomas Boon with 2 males over 16; 4 males under 16 and no slaves
Thomas Boon with 1 male over 16; 1 female and 3 slaves
shows 2 William Boon’s
William Boon with 1 male over 16; 3 males under 16; 5 females and 1 slave
William Boon with 1 male over 16; 1 male under 16; 3 females and 1 slave
shows 2 Josesh Boon’s
Joseph Boon with 1 male over 16; 3 males under 16; 2 females; 1 free colored; 3 slaves
Jos Boon with 1 male over 16; 3 males under 16; 3 females and 3 slaves
shows 1 Nicholas Boon
Nicholas Boon 1 male over 16; 2 females; 3 slaves
shows 1 Jesse Boon
Jesse Boon 1 male over 16; 4 males under 16; 5 females and 7 slaves
shows 2 James Boon
James Boon 2 males over 16
James Boon 1 male over 16
shows 1 John Boon
John Boon 2 males over 16; 3 males under 16; 5 females and 10 slaves
also shows 1 Benjamin Boon
Benjamin Boon 1 male over 16; 1 male under 16; 5 females and 3 slaves
shows 3 Jacob Boon’s
Jacob Boon 1 male over 16; 1 male under 16; 1 female and 4 slaves
Jacob Boon Jr 1 male over 16; 2 males under 16; six females and no slaves
Jacob Boon 1 male over 16; 2 males under 16; 6 females and no slaves
shows Lewis Boon
Lewis Boon 1 male over 16; 3 males under 16; 3 females and no slaves

reference site: http://www.boonefamily.org/index.html
1850 census Northampton Co NC

One thought on “Thomas Boon, Alice Winborne & Zilthia”

  1. Regarding the Arthur Hays who married Mary boon.
    Arthur Hayes Sr. was the son of Thomas Hayes and Lucy BARNES daughter of John Barnes ( born about 1726). They lived on Patty’s Delight Swamp.
    Arthur Hayes Sr. married Mary Winbourne the daughter of Philip Winbourne
    They had the following children:
    1. John Hayse who married Sarah Deloach, the daughter of Moses Hare in Edgecombe.
    2. Jesse Hayes born about 1765 in Edgecombe who married Mourning Allen, The daughter of Richard Allen. Mourning Allen Hayes went to live with her father in Wiccicanne after Jesse’s death before 1780.
    3. Kinchen Hayes, born in Edgecombe, who first married the daughter of Samuel Parker, then Married Silvia Bell, the daughter of Samuel Bell.
    Jesse Hayes, the son of Arthur Hayes, and his wife Mourning had one son: he was the Arthur Hayes who married Mary Boon about 1824 in Northampton. They lived about a mile east of Garysburg North Carolina. The property was recorded on a Gilmer Map commissioned during the civil war.
    Note Thomas Boon married a sister of Philip Winbourne.

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