The history is there we two brothers that came to Virginia in the 1600 that decided to uniquely identify their individual family on brother agreed to drop the "W" from his name. All Boatright and Boatwright are related and come together under the Name Boatwright (builder of Boats/ships) -----Original Message----- From: WHAWJA@aol.com [mailto:WHAWJA@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 11:27 PM To: BOATRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BOATRIGHT-L] Re: Does anyone know when or why we dropped the "w"? I don't know about other families but my grandfather spelled his "Boatwright" while one of his brothers left the "w" out. To my knowledge, there was no rhyme or reason. ==== BOATRIGHT Mailing List ==== Any off subject questions or problems PLEASE email me privately at: MeMeC@alltel.net Always try to be Fair, Honest and Kind!