BONE: You must go back to the parish records to find theorigin of this name.
It is both an Anglo-Norman and and English nickname.
The Anglo-Norman name comes from the French bon meaning good; the name would be iven to a perons in the village perceived as doing good works.
The English name comes from the Old English bân meaning bone and would be a nickname given to a tall thin, bony person.
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Researching: Mary Bone m. John Evans c. 1820’s – Rochester - KEN/ENG