i also have info who jacob real parents i will locate and get it on here to .it was one of georges daughter which had affair with a jenkins it take a little digging to find.ray boston straighten me out about this .but i do know that george and matilda adopted him . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Knight" <maryknight@famvid.com> To: <TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Boston > 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 > > > Ray Spence Boston died June 24, 2003 in Greenbrier, Tennessee. His wife > is Polly Blyth Farrar. > Ray's parents were William Pickering Boston (b 1894 - d 1955), and Mary > Annie Hesson (b 1897 - d 1937). > Ray's grandparents were Jacob Boston (b 1873 - d 1941) and Margaret > Evelyn Hesson (b 1868 - d 1953). > Ray's great grandparents were George Boston and Matilda Parkhurst. They > had a son Christian Boston who married Margaret Evelyn Hesson and Martha > Hesson. Ray shows that Christian and Martha Hesson Boston had > children: Stirling, Minnie Bell, and Alice. He doesn't show any > children for Margaret Evelyn Hesson and Christian, although they could > have had some. > > All the above information Ray passed on to me before he died. I am from > the Hesson side of the family. > > > Nancy Hunt > > > > On Thursday, July 14, 2005, at 05:36 PM, Mary Knight wrote: > > > Ok, Boston researchers I need help here. > > > > I have (no parents) Minne B. Boston b.September 01, 1887 d. August 9, > > 1975 married July 24, 1902 to John Crittendon Jenkins b. October 11, > > 1881 d. October 13, 1960, both buried at Ridgewood Cemetery in Carthage. > > > > Ray Boston (who is now deceased, I believe). > > Has Minnie Bell Boston b. Sept. 01, 1887 d. 9 Aug 1975 married to > > Johnny C. Jenkins b. Oct 11, 1881 d. Oct 13, 1964. > > He has Minnie's parents as Christian Boston and Margaret Evelyn Hesson. > > > > I have two daughters listed for Christian and Margaret Hesson > > Alice B&D 1886, Mamie B&D 1888, both buried in Boston Cemetery along > > with Christian and Martha Hesson Boston (first wife). > > > > Is Ray Boston info wrong or did Christian and Martha have daughter > > named Mamie and a daughter named Minnie? > > > > Mary Knight > > > > > > > > ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== > > Visit The Smith Co Web Site > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ > > > > > ==== 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 ==== > Add Your Surnames to Our Smith County Surnames Page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/surnames.htm >