His rifle enabled him to return with meat for the family and skins to be traded in Philadelphia.

When he was fourteen his brother Sam married Sarah Day, an intelligent young Quakeress who took a special interest in her young brother-in-law and taught him "the rudiments of three R's." The Boones were prosperous and happy in Oley and it may be wondered why they left their farms and their looms, both of which were profitable, and set their faces towards the Unknown.

It is recorded that, though the Boones were Quakers, they were of a high mettle and were not infrequently dealt with by the Meeting.

Two of Squire Boone's children married "worldlings"-- non-Quakers--and were in consequence "disowned" by the Society.

In defiance of his sect, which strove to make him sever all connection with his unruly offspring, Squire Boone refused to shut his doors on the son and the daughter who had scandalized local Quakerdom.
The Society of Friends thereupon expelled him.