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Nicholas Bohn (b. Abt. 1736, d. Aft. 1823)
Notes for Nicholas Bohn:....oldest and only child of Johann Diel Bohn and his first wife, was termed by Johann in his will as "my well beloved son Nicholas." His date of birth and death are unknown. It seems probably that he was born about 1736 and that he lived to be a very old man. He was on the Tax List in District #8, Frederick County in 1823 and was assessed on 145 pounds of real and 15 pounds of personal property.
Nicholas was appointed administrator of his father's estate and William Albaugh was his security.It seems that Nicholas was slow in closing the estate as on Oct 15, 1777, Albaugh appealed to the court for a citation against Nicholas to show why he had not completed his administration on the estate (Frederick County Minute book, 1777-84, page 1). July 12, 1777, Nicholas and Barbara deeded parts of "Shear Spring" and "Boon's Content" to Jacob Boon (Liber R.P., folio 207).
In 1777 more of the Behn land was sold and in 1783 Nicholas sold "No Whiskey" (40 acres), bequeathed to him by his father, to Michael Waggener (Liber W.R. #4, folio 283). There are other records on file in Frederick and two show that in 1785 Nicholas gave George Devilbiss and Jacob Hohl chattel mortagages on livestock and grain. It would thus appear that he was in financial straits, however, in 1814, he sold a tract "Hammond's Strife" to Thomas Bonstan for $1,327.34 (Liber W.R. #46, folio 423).
Nicholas was naturalized with a large group of German Protestants on Sept 11, 1765--name written "Nicholas Boon" (Provinical Court Judgements D.D. No. 9, folio 3, Annapolis, Maryland). He was on the Committee of Observation of Frederick county during the Revolutionary War, which was an Association of "Freemen" of Maryland formed to oppose British oppresion, the members being known as "Associators." Nicholas' name is in the list of "Associators" in the Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 11, page 164. He is termed an "Associator" by the National D.A.R., this compiler having become a member thro his service with a National D.A.R. Number of 333,111.
In the First Census of the Heads of Families of the U.S. in 1790 for Frederick Co, MD, is Nicholas Boon (2-3-6), meaning that in his household were 2 males over 16 years of age, 3 males under 16 and 6 females-himself, wife and 9 children.
Nicholas probably had 3 wives--Anna Maria and Barbara (last names unknown) and Rachel DeBerry. Barbara joined in a deed that Nicholas gave to his brother Jacob in 1777 (Liber R.F., folio 207). The old records of the Evangelical Luthern Church of Frederick, which are in the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, show that he had a wife named Anna Maria, deceased before 1777 (Barbara joined in the deed) and at that time the church entry was made in 1789. The entry is----
Page 807.Confirmed year 1789. Witnesses
ParentsChildren Magdalena ux Jacob Hohl
Joh Nicholas BohnCatharina Christina filia (daughter)
ux (mate)ux (mate) Fred'k Ruhl
Anna MariaJohn Scott July 10, 1763
The records are in German but have been translated into English and the above shows that Catharina Scott, born July 10, 1763, was a daughter of Nicholas Bohn and Anna Maria Bohn, and that she and her husband John Scott, were confirmed in 1789.
After the death of Anna Maria and Barbara, the mothers of his children, he probably had a wife of his old age, as a marriage license at Frederick, Aug. 3, 1815 to Nicholas Bohn and Rachel DeBerry must have been his, as his son, Nicholas Jr., had a married Christina Roessler in 1808 and she was still living at the time of the 1850 census. He probably married Anna Maria about 1760 and Barbara about 1777 or before.
Nicholas had 15 children and Anna Maria was probably the mother of the first six or eight of them.There was Catharina and Catherine and Susan and Susanna, two of whom belonged to the first wife and the other two to the second as full sisters that lived to maturity would not likely have names so nearly alike. The names of the 15 are taken from the records in Equity Case #1684 in the estate of his son Jacob. There is an error in the list as the married names of Catharina and Anna Maria are interchanged. They are given as Catharina Frost and Anna Maria Scott, whereas, the marriage of Catharina to John Scott is in the records of the German Reformed Church, and the banns of Anna Maria to George Frass (now Fross) are in the records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Md. Hist. Soc., Baltimore).
Jacob, son of Nicholas, died intestate in May 1839 leaving only a widow, so that his brothers and sisters, or their heirs, were his heirs. This necessitated selling Jacob's land and dividing half of the proceeds among his brothers and sisters or their heirs. It was fortunate in that it gives their names to the present generation. (Equity Case #1684, filed Sept. 9, 1839, Liber H.S.#6, folios 265 to 275).
As Nicholas left no will, it was necessary to prove in some other way that he was the father of the 15 in the Equity Case. The Revolutionary War pension application of Adam Boone stated that in 1777 he lived with his father, Nicholas Boone, on his farm on Pipe Creek, Frederick Co, MD, and later moved to a farm in Montgomery Co, MD. In the distribution of Jacob's estate, Adam was always named as the first brother, but the point to prove was whether the Adam of the Revolutionary War and the Adam, heir of Jacob, were the same person, Adam's share of Jacob's estate lay unclaimed by his heirs, so on May 12, 1845, Letters of Administration were granted to their brother Solomon, who executed a bond (Liber G.E>M> #4, folio 279) binding himself to "well and truly perform the office of Administration of Adam Boon, late of Montgomery Co, MD, deceased, according to law, etc." Thus the Adam of Montgomery County, who stated in his pension papers that his father was Nicholas of Pipe Creek, was the Adam of Montgomery County who wa one of the heirs of Jacob Boone.If Nicholas was the father of Adam then he was the father of all fifteen.
More About Nicholas Bohn:
Census: 1790, Frederick Co, MD.
Naturalization: September 11, 1765, Annapolis, MD.
More About Nicholas Bohn and Rachel DeBerry:
Marriage: 1815
Children of Nicholas Bohn and Anna Maria are:
- Martin Boon, d. Bet. 1839 - 1848.
- Jacob Boon, d. 1839, MD.
- Susan Boon, d. date unknown.
- Michael Boon, d. 1839.
- Adam Boon, b. Abt. 1760, d. August 25, 1837, Montgomery Co, MD.
- Catharina Boon, b. 1763, d. date unknown.
- Anna Maria Boon, b. 1769, d. date unknown.
- Solomon Boon, b. 1775, d. Aft. 1850, MD.
Children of Nicholas Bohn and Barbara are:
- Elizabeth Boon, d. 1820.
- Catherine Boon, d. 1819.
- +John Boon, d. Abt. 1839, MD.
- Eve Boon, b. 1778, d. 1859.
- Barbara Boon, b. 1780, d. 1853.
- Susanna Boon, b. 1785, MD, d. 1814, MD.
- Nicholas Boon, b. 1788, d. 1872, MD.