<PRE>My ancestrors have it both ways also. My ancestor Martin used the "w" but some of sons did not. The family lines jokes the W was the uppity side of the family and those that did not use it from the poorer side which was astanding joke. I guess it was just a shorter version albeit one letter,but most likely as the name was sounded out they wrote it that way as education was not a primary concern. I have seen it as Botewrite,Boatrite ands several other spellings on records and such. I use the W and my sons also,as too my father and his father but some other cousins do not,I guess it just a matter of taste,Jerry Boatwright[SC]

My 2nd great grandfather spelled his name without the "W" but some of his brothers used the "W". It is interesting that one brother that used the"W" had sons that dropped the "W". So who can figure! Denny

A better question: When was the "W" added ???? Just kidding, most likely the spelling depended on how the name sounded. My ancestor, John L. BOATRIGHT, signed his name without the "w", yet others in his family signed their name with the "w". Leland WHAWJA@aol.com wrote: > My greatgrandfather was James W. Boatwright. Some of his sons kept the "w" > and some did not. To my knowledge there was no rhyme or reason. My > grandfather was George W. BoatWright but his brother was Henry Clay Boatright. > > Winnie > > ==== BOATRIGHT Mailing List ==== > Post your BOATRIGHT queries, bible records, biographies, obituaries, > pensions and wills to the NEW GenConnect board -- > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/b/o/BOATRIGHT/queries

My greatgrandfather was James W. Boatwright. Some of his sons kept the "w" and some did not. To my knowledge there was no rhyme or reason. My grandfather was George W. BoatWright but his brother was Henry Clay Boatright. Winnie

Hi Stephen, I don't believe I have ever been told why the "w" got dropped but in my line my 2nd great grandfather John Waller Boatwright had the "w" in his name and all but his oldest child (Rodney Smith Boatwright) dropped it in their's. This information came from the notes of Robert Guy Boatright (John Waller's son) thru his grandson Dennis. Perhaps Dennis or someone else though can tell you more. I can say that since I still carry the last name I have nor did my father nor his father (that I am aware of) ever use it in our name but there have been times that other people have placed it in the spelling of my name but to my knowledge it has always been corrected where it might of counted or been important. Do you mine sharing how you fall into this family? Lori Boatright

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYE.2ACEB/292 Message Board Post: Hi everyone, I'm just getting started in researching my personal links to the Boatright geneology, so this may be common knowlege to those of you who have been around longer. Does anyone know when or why we dropped the "w" from "Boatwright?" Thanks!

That is really nice. Now please find something on John T. Boatright who married Maud Bethel in Trinidad, Colorado in June, 1887. That would also be nice. There's a John Boatright in the 1900 census for Weld County, Colorado, I don't know if that's mine or not. Dave Hug http://home.lightspeed.net/~davey ----- Original Message ----- From: Joyce C Sizemore To: BOATRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 6:46 AM Subject: [BOATRIGHT-L] Re: [FRED BOATRIGHT] Anyone looking for a Fred Boatright in 1930? I was looking through the 1930 Census for someone else and found: page 8 Dist 25 April 30, 1930 Fred Boatright Prairie Valley, Grady County, Oklahoma age 18 born: OK father born: TX mother born: TX farm hand lodger with Dollis E Burrell Hope this information is a piece of the puzzle for someones family tree. ==== BOATRIGHT Mailing List ==== Search the Archive of Messages for BOATRIGHT Mailing List http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=BOATRIGHT

Anyone looking for a Fred Boatright in 1930? I was looking through the 1930 Census for someone else and found: page 8 Dist 25 April 30, 1930 Fred Boatright Prairie Valley, Grady County, Oklahoma age 18 born: OK father born: TX mother born: TX farm hand lodger with Dollis E Burrell Hope this information is a piece of the puzzle for someones family tree.

On 9 Oct 2002 12:39:49 -0600 RPRKR@aol.com writes: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYE.2ACEB/291.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Lori, do you have the names of the 13 children of Leonard Boatright > and Susanna Rogers? > > > ==== BOATRIGHT Mailing List ==== > Visit UsGenWeb for more resources. > http://www.usgenweb.com/ > >Hi I am not Lori but will furnish what I have on Leonard Boatwright b1793 and Susannah Rogers. I can only identify 8 children. Need help with the other 5. Can find only three descendent grandchildren, ie children of William. If there are more please provide. Jerry Gerald M. Boatwright, 5009 Montgomery St., Annandale Va. 22003 Descendants of Leonard Boatwright 1 Leonard Boatwright b: 03/Apr/1793 in Cumberland Co., VA d: 1856 in Listed in 1830, 1840 & 1850 Cumberland Co. VA. Census Fact 1: Willed Daniels Island now known as Boatwright's Island on James River Fact 2: Willed Punch Creek Tract Fact 3: 1830 census: 1 son under5, 3 sons 5 to 9 & 2 dau 5 to 9 Fact 4: 1840 census: 1 son 10 to 14,1 son 20 to 29 & 1 dau 10 to 14 & 1 dau 15 to 19 Fact 5: 1850 census : lists only dau Mary 23 b 1826-1827 . +Susannah Rogers b: 1787-1788 in Listed 1850 census Cumberland Co VA &1860 census as Widow d: 15/Mar/1863 in Boatwright,s Island of 23 acres in James River was surveyed for her this date. m: 20/Dec/1815 2 William L Boatwright b: 1815-1816 in VA Listed 1850 census Cumberland Co VA .. +Mary ? b: 1819-1920 in VA Listed 1850 census Cumberland Co VA 3 Virginia Boatwright b: 1839-1840 in VA Listed 1850 census Cumberland Co VA 3 Robert H. Boatwright b: 1841-1842 in Listed 1850 census Cumberland Co VA, 1860 Fluvana Co 3 James Boatwright b: 1845-1846 in VA Listed 1850 census Cumberland Co VA 2 William S Boatwright b: 1820-1821 2 Mary Boatwright b: 1825-1826 in Listed 1850 census Cumberland Co VA 2 Mary A Boatwright b: 1829-1830 2 Virgillen Boatwright b: 1840-1841 2 Henry Boatwright b: 1842-1843 2 Fannie Boatwright b: 1845-1846 2 James Boatwright b: 1847-1848 ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYE.2ACEB/291.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Ruth, And I am sorry to say that I do not have but one child in the marriage of Leonard and Susanna Rogers. Probably near to what you have already. The 13 children I spoke of were from the marriage of James and Mary Kidd. The one child I have for Leonard and Susanna though is a William L. Boatwright b. abt 1815. No further information on William though other then he is said to of had a son abt 1837 named R. H. Boatwright.I apologize for any confusion I may have caused.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYE.2ACEB/291.1.1 Message Board Post: Lori, do you have the names of the 13 children of Leonard Boatright and Susanna Rogers?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZYE.2ACEB/291.1 Message Board Post: Not sure if this is your Leonard or not but I have one in my files with the following information... Leonard Boatwright b. 4-3-1793 d. abt 1856 in cumberland Co., Virginia. His parents were James Boatwright and Mary Kidd. They had 13 children in this marriage. And...I show Leonard's wife as being Susanna Rogers. There marriage is said to of taken place in Cumberland Co in 1815. I guess it would be possible for someone to remarry at the age of 91 yrs old (If I read your dates right) but this Leanard didn't seem to make it long. So again not sure if he is who you are looking for but figured I would throw him out there.

I would appreciate anything more you have on the Boatwright family. My maternal great grandfather, Thomas Boatwright, born about 1832 in Marion County SC, married Louisa Wiggins (daughter of Daniel Wiggins, born 1804, and Drucillia Phillips) in 1857 in Marion County and Thomas Boatwright was was killed in the Civil War at Trevillion Station in 11 Jun 1864.Thomas Boatwright had three children: Lavinia, Thomas and Julia Boatwright; Julia was born abouot 1864, in Georgetown, SC, which is north of Charleston. Lavinia married Philip A. Thomas, also from SC; both are buried in the Wiggins Burying Ground. Any connection? Fran in ABQ

We hagve a Julia Boatwright born to James W. and his second wife, Sarah Langley. The time period is about right but she was born in Elmore County, AL and married Rufus Hill. Could this by any chance be the same one or could there be a connection? Winnie

Looks like there are more than one Julia Boatright ! My great-grandmother was Julia Ann Boatright: Thomas Boatright>Friend Boatright>John L. Boatright>Julia Ann Boatright. Julia married James B. Carter in Travis County Texas, 1877. I have more information is anyone is interested. Leland Carter, Descendant Van Zandt County Texas WHAWJA@aol.com wrote: > We hagve a Julia Boatwright born to James W. and his second wife, Sarah > Langley. The time period is about right but she was born in Elmore County, > AL and married Rufus Hill. Could this by any chance be the same one or could > there be a connection? > > Winnie > > ==== BOATRIGHT Mailing List ==== > Nancy Gay Crawford, list administrator > Boatright-Boatwright Family Heritage > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ngcrawford/boatright/index.htm

I have a Julia Boatwright in my line. Georgetown, SC, born during the Civil War. FAther was a Civil War casualty. Her mother was Louisa Wiggins Boatwright and her father was Thomas Boatwright, killed in VA during the war. Louisa had two siblings: Isadora Lavinia Boatwright and Thomas Boatwright. Any connection? Fran

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOATRIGHT, EVANS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZYE.2ACEB/291 Message Board Post: I am seeking information on parents and siblings of Leonard/Linneous/Lineus Boatright, born abt 1793 in Warren Co. KY. He married Elizabeth Evans 26 Jan 1882 in Warren Co., KY. Her father was Elisha Evans. They are on the 1850 and 1860 census, Franklin Co., MO. By 1870 they are on the Williamson Co. TX census along with some of Elizabeth's brothers and their families. Family legends say that these Boatright were in Powhatan Co. VA before coming to KY. Some went from KY to MO. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYE.2ACEB/290.1 Message Board Post: I have that John Hamilton Boatwright was born December 25, 1847 in Georgia and that he married Isabelle on November 27, 1870 in Columbus County, Georgia. I have 5 children: Annie born c. 1875, Minnie born 1879, Frances Louise Hamilton born dec 1883, John William born jun 1888, and Maggie Lee born March 1894. I also have the 1910 census data. Hope this information helps. You can call me at (904) 264-8181 if you have other questions. Ron Boatright

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOATWRIGHT, EDWARDS, GAY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYE.2ACEB/290 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on the following couple: John H. Boatwright b. Nov. 1849 in Georgia m. arnd 1870, Isabelle Edwards b. 1859 in N. Carolina. Isabelle and John H. Boatwright are enumerated in the 1880 census in Waccamaw, Columbus Co, N.C. In the household are 1) Minnie Boatwright, a 1 year old girl whose relationship is noted as "other"; 2) Mary Jane Edwards, 18 yrs old, she is Isabelle's sister; 3) Charlie P. Edwards, 10 yrs old, he is Isabelle's brother. In 1900, I find the John H. and Isabelle R. Boatwright family living in Glynn Co., GA; in this record they have 3 children and the census indicates that Isabelle had 8 children and only 3 were living. The children are named: Francis H.; John W. and Maggie L. Boatwright. Also still living within the Boatwright household is Charlie Edwards, Isabelle's young brother. Nearby in Sterling, Glynn Co., GA are the Isham N. and Mary Jane (Edwards) family. We know that Mary Jane Edwards and Isham Gay were married in 1872 in Waccamaw, NC. The Gay family is still living in and around the Glynn County area of Ga. I cannot locate any further records on the Boatwright family. Can you help me??

On Sun, 01 Sep 2002 14:44:16 -0500 Dennis Boatright <dennis@homemail.com> writes: > Jerry, > I saw your data on Nancy Gay-Crawford's web page recently and > was > interested to see that you've extended the history of our > 'Boat(w)right' line back to JOHN, b. 1607/8. It looks like you've > come > up with significant additions to knowledge of our heritage and I'm > wondering if you could share your documentation. > > Thanks, > > Dennis > > > -- > Dennis G. Boatright > 5310 Kingsmill Road > Friendswood, TX 77546-3014 > 281-482-6583 > <dennis@boatright.cc> > URL... http://boatright.cc > Hi Dennis I haven't been able to find Nancy's web page yet, but: I wish what you say you found on Nancy,s web site concerning John Boatwright b 1607/8 as an ancestor of our James and attributed to me was correct but it's not. I have absolutely no documentation on the ancestry of our James Boatwright b 1745 Cumberland Co VA. and have not indicated to any person such ancestry. I do have the possibilities that have been cited by Rains and others that indicates rather strongly that James's father was James , his brother Daniel b abt 1739, his uncle John and his grandfather's surname was Allen. The "Allen" letter, of which copies actually exist, from one of James's granddaughters to another, seems to support at least the Allen portion of the foregoing. Jerry Gerald M. Boatwright, 5009 Montgomery St., Annandale Va. 22003 ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.