Adopted son of George W & Matilda Parkhurst Boston he was a product of an encounter of passion between Matilda, 4th child of George & Matilda (1) and Issac (Bud) Jenkins who 2 years later did marry but chose not to reclaim Jake.George and Matilda (1) adopted him and raised him.He m the widow of his adopted brother, Christian (3)Boston ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Knight" <maryknight@famvid.com> To: <TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Boston > > Nancy, that is George b. December 20, 1793 in the 1880 census and his second wife Matilda Parkhurst. I'm going to have to see if I can find the image on that because I have his age as 86 in 1880 and the LDS transcription also has his age as 86 in 1880. > > Yes, I know the census says Jacob was his son but I believe other documents indicate otherwise. I do believe George & Matilda raised Jacob, but I still don't think he is a biological son. > > Yes the suit was concerning George Boston b. Dec. 20, 1793 children. And yes D. C. (David Crockett) Boston that gave the deposition was George & Matilda's son. > > George W. Boston, (Jr.?) b. ca 1824 was a son of George's first wife Juda Cope. According to Ray Boston George married Juda Cope in Rowan Co. NC. In Matilda's widows pension she names Juda Cope as George's first wife but I don't think it gives their marriage date. > I was told by one contact that he traced this George to Harden Co. IL where he died but I haven't been able to find anything online on him yet. > I think one of Cal's Columns says this George went to Illinois but I'm not sure about that, will have to check? > > You guys are going to make me have to dig out my pension papers! :-) To see exactly what they say. :-) > > Yes, the David Boston living nearby was George & Matilda's son. He married Delila D. Thomas (Bean) daughter of Chesley B. Thomas and Mariah Jenkins. Delila supposely was first married to a Peter Bean? but I don't have the marriage date. > And the only marriage date I find on David Boston and comes from a Family Tree Maker Cd? > BOSTON, David C. Marriage > Wife: Delila BEAN > Marriage Date: 30 Apr 1864 Recorded in: Smith, Tennessee > Source: FHL Number 319168 Dates: 1838-1881 > > I don't find this record in the online marriage transcriptions for Smith Co. TN? > > Mary Knight > > Mary - > > The 1880 Smith County Census shows that Jacob's father was George > Boston, born in 1814. I think this George was the son of the George > who was born in 1793/1794 in North Carolina and moved to Smith County, > Tennessee. I think there was a generation missing in Ray's information. > > Could the suit that D. C. Boston is involved in be a suit concerning the > George who was born in 1793/1794? > > 1880 Smith County, Tennessee, US Census > George Boston - Head of Household - 66 years old - Miller - born in TN - > Father born in NC - Mother born in VA > Matilda - Wife - 53 years old - House keeping - born in TN - Father born > in TN - Mother born in VA > Sallie J. ? - daughter - 44 years old - born in Tennessee > Mary ? - granddaugher - 19 years old - born in Tennessee > Christian - Son - 16 years old - born in Tennessee > Jacob - Son - 6 years old - born in Tennessee > A. Jenkins - 19 years old - Hireling - born in Tennessee > > (There is a David Boston - 32 yeas old - living next door, who I think > is George’s son.) > > George must have been married twice because he had a daughter who was > too old to be the daughter of his wife. > > Nancy > > > > > Nancy, I know that Ray believed Jacob was George and Matilda's son and > > I didn't get this information until after Ray died so I didn't have a > > chance to discuss it with him. > > Apparently around Aug 26 1889 there was a suit concerning the heirs of > > George Boston which contains a deposition by D. C. Boston where he > > testified that "My father had three sons, George, David Crockett, and > > Christian Boston. George is dead; died leaving one son - he is dead." > > > > This would appear to indicate that Jacob was not George's son. Also > > Stirling and Minnie were listed as Jacob's cousins in 1900 census. If > > Jacob were brother of Christian (and these were Christian's children) > > they should be listed as nephew and niece. By being listed as cousins > > this would indicate to me that they were children of a sibling of > > Jacob's parent. > > > > Has anyone ever seen a copy of Jacob's death certificate? Which may or > > may not give the correct parents! :-) > > > > Mary Knight > > > > > > ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== > Volunteer To Transcribe For The Smith Co Census Project... > Already in Progress! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/census.htm > > > ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== > Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories > Wills, Fokelore, To The Smith Co Web Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ > >

Adopted son of George W & Matilda Parkhurst Boston he was a product of an encounter of passion between Matilda, 4th child of George & Matilda (1) and Issac (Bud) Jenkins who 2 years later did marry but chose not to reclaim Jake.George and Matilda (1) adopted him and raised him.He m the widow of his adopted brother, Christian (3)Boston Thank you for confirming that. Thats what I had heard also. I did think it was strange that Matilda and Bud Jenkins didn't reclaim him after they married. But the fact that George and Matilda adopted him would explain why he remained a Boston rather than a Jenkins. I also suspected Matilda as Jacob's mother because in 1910 Macon Co. census says she gave birth to 9 children with 9 living in 1910 and I only have 8 children listed for Bud Jenkins and Matilda Boston. So one mystery is solved. Now do you know who Thomas Boston b. ca 1840's mother was? A descendant of Thomas told me he suspected Ruth Boston as his mother because Thomas named a daughter Ruth but he had no proof of that. He said he knew Thomas was not George's son because Thomas's pension file has an affidavit from David C. Boston saying he is Thomas Uncle. I haven't seen the file was just told that by a descendant of Thomas Boston's. Mary K.

Thank you one and all for straightening me out about George & Matilda Boston and adopted son, Jacob. Nancy Hunt On Friday, July 15, 2005, at 07:52 PM, Mary Knight wrote: > > > Adopted son of George W & Matilda Parkhurst Boston > he was a product of an encounter of passion between Matilda, 4th child > of > George & Matilda (1) > and Issac (Bud) Jenkins who 2 years later did marry but chose not to > reclaim > Jake.George and Matilda (1) adopted him and raised him.He m the widow > of his > adopted brother, Christian (3)Boston > > Thank you for confirming that. Thats what I had heard also. I did think > it was strange that Matilda and Bud Jenkins didn't reclaim him after > they married. But the fact that George and Matilda adopted him would > explain why he remained a Boston rather than a Jenkins. > I also suspected Matilda as Jacob's mother because in 1910 Macon Co. > census says she gave birth to 9 children with 9 living in 1910 and I > only have 8 children listed for Bud Jenkins and Matilda Boston. > > So one mystery is solved. Now do you know who Thomas Boston b. ca > 1840's mother was? A descendant of Thomas told me he suspected Ruth > Boston as his mother because Thomas named a daughter Ruth but he had no > proof of that. > He said he knew Thomas was not George's son because Thomas's pension > file has an affidavit from David C. Boston saying he is Thomas Uncle. > I haven't seen the file was just told that by a descendant of Thomas > Boston's. > > Mary K. > > > ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== > Visit Photos Of Cemeteries Of Smith County > Over 500 + Cemeteries online with pictures and Descriptions > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/cempics.htm >