David Boon was born on 1 Jan 1836 at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England.  He was christened on 10 Feb 1836 at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England.  
He appeared on the census of 7 Jun 1841 in the household of David Boon
at Crease Drove, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England.  
He appeared on the census of 30 Mar 1851 in the household of David Boon at Cruse
Drove, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England.  

He emigrated on 9 Jul 1857 from Liverpool, Lancashire,
England.  He immigrated on 27 Oct 1857 to Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia, aboard the 'John Bunyan'.

It weighed 1440 tonnage and was built in St Johns in 1856. On board there were 109 males and 121 single
females. 230 were married. On the voyage there were 6 births (3 male, 3
female) and 6 deaths ( 3 male 3 female). The ship arrived on October 20
under Master N.B.SHUNE and surgeon Edward KEARNY.


David came under the Assisted Immigrants scheme. The term 'assisted
immigrant' refers to those people whose passage was subsidised or paid
for through one of the several assisted immigration schemes which
operated to New South Wales from the United Kingdom and other countries.
To encourage migration, particularly of the working class, assisted
migration was proposed and when this was tied to sales of land in the
colonies, provided a way to rid excess British population at no cost to
themselves. From 1831-1851, 100,000 arrived in the colonies through
assisted immigration and by 1851, the percentage of convicts had fallen.
Convicts comprised only 1.5% of population, emancipists 14% and free
immigrants 41% 

On his arrival in Sydney, it appears that David lived around the area now known as Camden and
Campbelltown. It's not known how he and Mary met. They may have lived
close to each other as Mary's residence was listed on their marriage
certificate as Gledswood, a very well known homestead, she was a
housemaid
 
He married Mary Anne Gutteridge, daughter of Thomas Newton
and Frances Gutteridge , on 9 Apr 1860 at St Johns Church,
Camden, New South Wales, Australia.  

At the time of his daughter, Ada's,birth in 1873, David Boon (324) was a Labourer. From the publication,
"The Weetangerra Methodist Church", it tells of how the original church
was needed for a man with a family that had recently arrived. It was
David Boon and family at Gininderra Creek, Queanbeyan, New South Wales,
Australia.  

By 1875 David had established himself as a farmer and
in that year he and Shelton Smith, also of Weetangera, were mentioned as
growing 'perhaps the finest wheat produced in Australia'. The Boons were
leading members of the Wesleyan Church and David taught and acted as
Superintendent of the Sunday School  at Weetangera Church. David Boon
left the district in 1891. There are many mentions of David and his family in local newspapers of the time.

He was a green grocer on the electoral roll in 1903 at 189 Liverpool Road, Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia.  

He died on 30 Nov 1912 at Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, at age 76.  As of 30 Nov
1912, David Boon lived at 16 Norton Street, Ashfield, New South
Wales, Australia.  He was buried on 2 Dec 1912 at the Methodist section,
Rookwood Cemetery, Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia.