Boney History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Boney family

The surname Boney was first found in Languedoc, where the family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Boney family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Boney research. Another 389 words (28 lines of text) covering the years 1642, 1668, 1688, 1703, 1718, 1720, 1765 and 1793 are included under the topic Early Boney History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Boney Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bonnet, Bonner, Bonné, Bonnée, Bonnais, Bonney, Bonnay, Bonnaie, Bonnai, Bonnaye, Bonet, Boner, Boné, Bonée, Boney, Bonay, Bonaye, de Bonnet, de Bonner, de Bonnay, de Bonney, de Bonet, de Boner, de Boney, de Bonay, de Bonnet, de Bonner, de Bonney, de Bonnay, de Bonet, de Boner, de Boney, de Bonay, de Bonet, du Bonnet, Dubonnet and many more.

Early Notables of the Boney family

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Boney Ranking

In the United States, the name Boney is the 7,697^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Boney migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Boney Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Boney, shoe maker from Sandwich, who arrived in New England in 1634 aboard the ship "Hercules" 2
Henry Boney, who arrived in Virginia in 1637 2

Boney Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J Boney, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 2

Boney migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Boney Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. Joel Boney Jr., U.E. who settled in Charlotte County, New Brunswick c. 1783 possible of the 74th Highlanders 3

Boney migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Boney Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. William Boney, (b. 1854), aged 21, Cornish tinman departing on 7th September 1875 aboard the ship "Waitangi" arriving in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand on 7th December 1875 4

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 30). Emigrants to Lyttelton 1858-84 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/new_zealand_assisted.pdf