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/292.1 Message Board Post: I've heard that there was two brothers that owned a ship or boat company, hince Boatright, these two brothers got into a big "fight" and they went their seperate ways. One of them dropped the w and one kept it. I don't know any dates, and again this is just what I've heard.