[46634] Kenneth is son of Benten Ami Boothby (1888-1950) and Cora Mae Wright (1887-1970, m. 23 November 1906 in ME).
_____________________ | _Thomas BOYLSTON ____|_____________________ | m 1656 _Thomas BOYDSTON ____| | m 1677 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth VAULX ____|_____________________ | m 1656 _William BOILSTON ___| | (1680 - ....) m 1705| | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_Mahulda BOX ________| | m 1677 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | _David BOYDSTON _____| | (1710 - ....) m 1737| | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | | _____________________| | | | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_Sabra POLK _________| | (1685 - ....) m 1705| | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |--James BOYLSTON | (1738 - 1814) | _Nicholas SNOW ______+ | | (1599 - 1676) | _Jabez SNOW _________|_Constance HOPKINS __ | | (1642 - 1690) (.... - 1677) | _Jabez SNOW _________| | | (1670 - 1750) | | | | _Ralph SMYTH ________ | | | | (.... - 1685) | | |_Elizabeth SMITH ____|_Elizabeth HOBART ___ | | (1648 - 1732) (.... - 1654) | _Jabez SNOW _________| | | (1696 - 1760) m 1720| | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | | | |_Elizabeth TREAT ____| | | (1676 - 1755) | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_Mahala SNOW ________| (1718 - ....) m 1737| | _____________________ | | | _Thomas PAINE _______|_____________________ | | (1613 - 1706) | _John PAINE _________| | | (1669 - 1731) | | | | _Nicholas SNOW ______+ | | | | (1599 - 1676) | | |_Mary SNOW __________|_Constance HOPKINS __ | | (1630 - 1704) (.... - 1677) |_Elizabeth PAINE ____| (1702 - 1772) m 1720| | _Edmund FREEMAN _____+ | | (.... - 1682) m 1617 | _John FREEMAN _______|_Benet HODSOLL ______ | | (.... - 1719) m 1650 (1597 - 1630) |_Bennett FREEMAN ____| (1671 - 1716) | | _Thomas PRENCE ______+ | | (1600 - 1673) m 1624 |_Mercy PRENCE _______|_Patience BREWSTER __ (1631 - 1711) m 1650 (1600 - 1634)
James m. 15 June 1757 in Frederick Co., MD Mary Prewitt (or Pruitt), b. 21 Jan 1741 in Frederick Co., MD, d. 22 May 1809 in Frederick Co., MD, daughter of Samuel Pruitt (b. ca. 1684 in Northumberland Co., VA, d. 1760 in Montgomery Co., MD, m. 1720 in Frederick Co., MD) and Elizabeth Hawker (b. 14 Dec 1701, d. in Frederick Co., MD after 1795). James and Mary had William (b. 1764 in Frederick Co., MD). Information from Presley Smith in GenServe database SMIC7KA (7/2001). See also http://bradboydston.com/html/the_boydston_clan.html.
Sondra K. Tucker posted this list of their children on the Internet (12/2001 - see URL under Mary Pruitt):
i. Mahulda Boydstun, b. 1758 in Frederick Co., MD; m. Thomas Hill 1780.
ii. James Boydstun, b. 1760 in Near Hagerstown, Fredrick, MD; d. by 1830 in Hornsby, Hardeman Co., TN; m. (1) Sarah Carroll; m. (2) Sarah Alvis 1781 in Washington Co., TN. - Sondra Tucker gives their children.
iii. Jesse Boylston, b. 1760 in Fredrick, MD; d. 1780.
iv. Samuel Boydstun, b. 1762 in Fredrick, MD; d. 2 Oct 1847 in Neshoba Co., MS; m. Sarah Reed 26 Jul 1787.
v. William Boylston, b. 1764 in Fredrick, MD; m. (1) Mary Newport; m. (2) Betsy.
vi. John Boydstun, b. 1766 in Fredrick, MD; d. 1820 in Warren Co., KY; m. Nancy Ann Gardner 5 Sep 1795 in Warren Co., KY.
vii. Sarah Boylston, b. 29 Nov 1768 in NC; d. 1828 in Randolph Grove, IL; m. John Stringfield 3 Dec 1789 in Buncombe Co., NC.
viii. Thomas Boydstun, b. 1770 near Raleigh, Wake, NC; d. 1835 in TN; m. Elizabeth Newport 1792.
ix. Tabitha Boydstun, b. 1772 in Montgomery Co., VA; m. Harmon Reed.
x. Mahala Nancy Boydstun, b. 1774 in SW Va; d. in IL; m. (1) Thomas Arnold; m. (2) Seth Arnold.
xi. Benjamin Boydstun, b. 18 Sep 1776 in SW Va; d. 1 Apr 1851 in IL; m. Mary Gardner 5 Jun 1795.
Penny (Cecil) Bloodhart (Pence234@aol.com) writes in August 1999 that in Montgomery County, Virginia, Capt. Joseph Cloyd's Company, sworn September 1777, includes the names of James Boydston, Jno. Pruit, Wiliam Boydstone, Benj. Sol. Cicil, John Cecil, Benjamin Pruitt and James Boydstone, Junr.
Cf. http://www.angelfire.com/ms/burroweshome/snow.html and http://www.hctgs.org/Biographies/bio_boydston_cavanaugh.htm.
Kentucky Land Grants, Volume 1 Part 1. Chapter IV - Grants South of Green River (1797-1866), p. 276: Grantee: Boydston, James - Acres: 400; Book: 8, p. 98, date of survey, 6-4-1804; County: Logan; Watercourse: Big Whipporwill. (this is probably James Boydstun Sr., who died in Logan Co. KY)
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From http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/t/Margaret-R-Bates/GENE8-0006.html#CHILD11 in 2003: "Revolutionary Service - James Boydstun Jr. Place of residence during the Revolution was Rutherford County, North Carolina. Revolutionary Army Records Accounts for North Carolina: Vol. 1, p. 17, folios 2 & 3; Army Book, Vol. 1, p. 14, folio 2. Washington & Sullivan Counties, Tennessee: Army Accounts of Tennessee soldiers in Revolution in North Carolina gives William, James Boilstone, James Boyldson, William Boylstone, this list made by Bledsoe, Carter and Williams, indicating they were living in Washington and Sullivan Counties during service payments 1782 - 1783. Roster of Texas Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestors, 1982: Boydstun, James, born September 23, 1747, in Greene or Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Died February 6, 1814 in Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky. Married Mary Prewett in 1761. She was born January 21, 1745 in Fredericksburg, Maryland, and died in Logan County, Kentucky on May 22, 1809. Service: Soldier, Rutherford County, North Carolina." Cf. "The Boydstun Family," Gustine Courson Weaver (Cincinnati, OH: Powell & White, 1927), p. 51."
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Penny (Cecil) Bloodhart's email in 1999 suggests another child, Priscilla. Penny writes: "My Ancestress, Priscilla Boydstone/Bilestone/Boylestone, etc., was probably born about 1762, and married Benjamin Sollers Cecil about 1783.
The records of Mccorkle's Store in Pulaski County Virginia from 1774 onward show the names of James Boydstone, Samuel Cecil and William Cecil. (Samuel was Benjamin Sollers Cecil's father and William his brother.)
In Montgomery County, Virginia, Capt. Joseph Cloyd's Company sworn September 1777, includes the names of James Boydston, Jno. Pruit, William Boydstone, Benj. Sol. Cicil, John Cecil, Benjamin Pruitt and James Boydstone, Junr.
My ancestors Benjamin and Priscilla (Boydston) Cecil sold their 380 acres of land in Virginia and moved west. They lived in both Kentucky and Tennessee. Their son, Joseph, migrated to Arkansas with his brothers and several Boydstons, including John Pruitt Boydston.
I have always suspected that Priscilla was a child of James and Mary Prewitt Boydston simply by the fact that her two oldest sons were named Samuel (for her husband's father) and James for James Boydston??
I am also intrigued by the tracings of the family to Frederick County, MD. My Cecil line came from there to Western Virginia about 1767 or 1768. These groups tended to travel together. Again, this proves nothing."
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"JAMES BOYDSTON (d.1814): A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF HIS ALLEGED 'MAYFLOWER' CONNECTION," by Charles M. Ward, Jr. (9CMW12635@aol.com) on http://genforum.genealogy.com:
A great deal of confusion exists regarding the ancestry of James Boydston (d.1814), of Frederick Co., MD, Montgomery Co., VA, and Logan Co., KY (with time spent in the part of NC that is now TN). Among many claims regarding his background is one in which his mother is said to be a member of the Snow family of Massachusetts which is descended from Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the quality of surviving records which document James Boydston's ancestry and to gauge the validity of a "Mayflower" descent.
The Boydstons have had the misfortune of having at least one false lineage attributed to their family. Mrs. Gustine (Courson) Weaver's THE BOYDSTUN FAMILY, for instance, has little basis in truth and has been discredited for its numerous inaccuracies. It is more akin to fiction than genealogy. Mrs. Gladys Domonoske has more recently attempted a more scholarly approach in studying the ancestry of the Boydstons. However, Mrs. Domonoske largely fails in this attempt and makes tenuous connections which have been perpetuated as fact by other researchers. This has occurred even in instances where Mrs. Domonoske clearly indicates only possible and theoretical connections. Indeed, it would seem that many accept at face value secondary sources which provide little if any documentation. For the sake of accuracy and good genealogical scholarship, it is important that we examine the available family and public records regarding the Boydstons and understand what is provable, what is probable, what is possible, what is unlikely, and what is not true.
Let us begin by looking at the earliest records which name the parents of James Boydston (d.1814). The father of James Boydston is said to be identified as David Boydston in a letter written by Benjamin Franklin Boydstun (1811-1882), of Rockwall, Texas, dated 10 Jan 1868 (Benjamin F. Boydstun was a grandson of James Boydston). I wish to state for the record that I have only seen a partial transcript of this letter. A family record maintained by a son of James Boydston, Samuel Boydston (1762-1847), of Perry Co., AL, is said to identify the mother of James Boydston as being "Mahala Snow." I have not seen this record nor have I seen a transcript of it. I only know that its contents have been reported. If anyone has photocopies of the Benjamin F. Boydston letter of 1868 and/or photocopies of the Samuel Boydston family record, please contact the author of this article by e-mail. Until copies of these records can be located, any claims regarding the parentage of James Boydston remain theoretical. As both of the abovementioned records would have been recorded well after the fact, they cannot be considered primary sources, but they would be considered fairly good secondary sources.
References to "D.A.R. records" which are often made regarding the Boydstons are misleading as the contents of these records are never specified and must be discounted unless the specific contents of these records can be discussed and evaluated. Standards of documentation necessary for admission into hereditary societies in the early part of the twentieth century were very lax and therefore the quality of "D.A.R. records" cannot be deemed reliable without specific citations of the contents of a particular application/file.
Mrs. Gustine (Courson) Weaver's previously mentioned account of the Boydston and Snow families is largely a work of fiction. The lineages outlined by Mrs. Weaver for David Boydston and Mahala Snow, rechristened as "David Boylston" and "Mehitable Snow," are without any factual basis. How Mrs. Weaver could have been so wrong in her outline of the Boydston and Snow families is unknown. She may have been a victim of one of the scoundrels who victimized people and produced fraudulent pedigrees for their clients in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as the notorious Gustave Anjou. In addition to her own published account of the Boydston family, a sketch of Mrs. Weaver appeared in THE AMERICAN COMPENDIUM OF GENEALOGY, volume 3, page 610 (ed. by Frederick A. Virkus, 1928) in which the largely fictional account of her ancestry is outlined. The "Compendium" is often cited as a source, but is recognized today as being totally unreliable. Anyone willing to pay a fee could have their lineage included in this work and no background checks for accuracy were made for lineages submitted.
Mrs. Gladys Domonoske has suggested in her published account of the Boydstons that Mahala Snow was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hudson) Snow. However, this was only a suggestion and no proof was offered by Mrs. Domonoske or any corroborating evidence. In fact, nothing was offered as evidence that would link Mahala Snow with this couple. However, other researchers have taken her suggestion and reflected it as fact in their records and it has subsequently been perpetuated as factual by many descendants.
The Mayflower lineage attributed to Mahala Snow is still perpetuated to this day. As proof, some have cited "family tradition" as the only basis for their claim. Yet, any alleged claim of Mayflower ancestry or "family tradition" likely stems from the dissemination of the Weaver pedigree which outlined a descent for the Boydstons from the Snow family, including a descent from Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins. So, rather than the Mayflower connection being an actual "family tradition," it very likely originates with the Weaver pedigree which is entirely without merit.
Oral family tradition is not acceptable as a valid factor in proving a lineage for membership in the General Society of Mayflower Descendants or any other reputable hereditary society for that matter. As exemplified by the Boydstons, the origins of such "family traditions" often are shown to be questionable.
It is difficult to judge whether the "tradition" of Mahala Snow's New England origin had any basis in truth. The claim has been tainted by the fictional pedigree assigned to the family. Nevertheless, let us examine the possibility of a New England connection for Mahala Snow.
As no public records are known to identify her by name, the only record we have to confirm Mahala (Snow) Boydston's existence is the previously mentioned Bible record of Samuel Boydston. It is the earliest family record which would mention Mahala Snow as the wife of David Boydston and the mother of James Boydston.
First, we should establish the fact that her name is said to be recorded as "Mahala Snow," not Mehitable Snow. In an effort to try and connect her with the New England family, it would appear that Mahala was transformed into "Mehitable." This transformation of her name was without any factual basis or justification.
Attempts have been made to place Mahala, often rechristened as "Mehitable," as a member of an established Snow family in Massachusetts and place her birth there. One online source even states that she died in MA! This ignores the fact that her husband and all her children spent their entire lives in VA and other parts of the South, with the exception of two sons who are said to have settled in PA.
As a state historian of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, I have had a unique opportunity to examine the Boydston claim of Mayflower descent for Mahala Snow.
The Weaver pedigree outlines a lineage for Mahala Snow, rechristened Mehitable Snow. It describes Mehitable Snow as being born 22 Apr 1731 in Harwick (sic), MA the daughter of Jabez and Elizabeth (Paine) Snow. This claim is triply flawed.
Firstly, Jabez and Elizabeth (Paine) Snow did NOT have a daughter named Mehitable or Mahala. Jabez Snow died in Eastham, MA on 6 Jul 1772 and left a will naming his children. Neither his will nor the vital records reflect a daughter, Mehitable or Mahala.
Secondly, a Mehitable Snow was born in Harwich, MA on 22 Apr 1731, the daughter of Jabez and Elizabeth (Lewis) Snow. However, this Mehitable Snow married her cousin, Samuel Hopkins, in Harwich, MA on 23 Aug 1753. Following Samuel Hopkins' death, she was to marry Reuben Rider and still later, following Rider's death, was to marry Paul Crowell, whose will (dated 26 Feb 1801; proven 13 Dec 1808) mentioned his wife, Mehitable.
Finally, claiming that Mahala/Mehitable Snow was born in 1731 ignores the fact that this would place her as a near contemporary of her own children, her son James being born about 1737 based on what we know about his life!
I have undertaken an examination of all Snow descendants of Pilgrim Stephen Hopkins and any and all claims regarding Mahala Snow's alleged link to this family are groundless. However, there is one possible exception. I emphasize *possible.*.
The author of the fraudulent Boydston pedigree attempted to place the Boydston family in MA in order to more easily connect the Boydstons to the Snow family of New England. It can easily be shown that Mahala Snow is not the Mehitable Snow born in Harwich, MA in 1731. However, a branch of the New England Snow family, which descends from Pilgrim Stephen Hopkins, settled in present-day Smyrna, Kent Co., Delaware. One descendant, Isaac Snow (b.1683), and his wife, Alice, had several children, the names of some of their children being lost to posterity. Isaac Snow's estate administration refers to children who are not specifically named. I would suggest the possibility that Mahala Snow *might* have been a daugther of this couple. James Boydston was a resident of Frederick Co., MD in the 1750s and may have been born in Maryland about 1737. Smyrna, Delaware is close to the border with Maryland and it is possible that David Boydston could have married a daughter of Isaac Snow. However, a preliminary search of the abstracted deed records for Kent Co., DE shows an absence of any member of the Boydston family or any other variant of that surname. Also, no records have been found that would place David Boydston in the part of Maryland near Smyrna, Delaware. A record connecting the Isaac Snow family with the Boydstons would bolster any claim that Mahala was a daughter of Isaac Snow. As it stands, it can only be viewed as a possibility. Additional records would be necessary to assert a claim with any degree of authority and at present it would be inaccurate to assign Mahala as being the daughter of anyone as no records have been found which would convincingly suggest the identity of her parents.
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[30272] Sarah m. (1) Richard Young.
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[16757] Rebecca m. in 1842 Albert Chase.
[6808] Harold is son of Angus P. Mountain (b. 1 Oct 1902 at Sherbrooke, Quebec, died 18 April 1947) and Freda Clukey (b. 19 April 1905 at Dexter). He and Janice r. (1976) at Dover-Foxcroft, ME.
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[52687] "Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]," 3 October 2012: "Brooklin - Ethel Emma (Tapley) Howard Tandy, also known as Howie, 86, passed away peacefully, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 at the Island Nursing Home, Deer Isle. Ethel was born Aug. 24, 1926, in Bucksport, to William R. and Velma (Hawes) Tapley. Ethel grew up in Brooksville with her four brothers, which we know helped give her the strength and spunk that she carried with her to the very end. At a young age she took on many jobs including barn chores, raking blueberries, and working in the fish factory. Eventually she cleaned cottages and waited tables. In 1944, she graduated from Brooksville High School and two years later married Richard Howard Jr. and began her life as a homemaker, which she loved dearly. In 1957, the family, now with two daughters, settled in Brooklin. Ethel was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was well known as a hard worker in which she took great pride; working as cook, housekeeper, chauffeur and caregiver to many local, as well as summer residents. Most notable was the late Mr. E.B .White for whom she worked for over 12 years. She also collected donations for numerous charities, and was always ready to help those in need; whether in her own community or across the state. Ethel was also known for her kind smile, a positive attitude and her infectious giggle. She enjoyed yard sales, decorating, Sunday rides, reading the daily news and having lunch with friends and neighbors on Thursdays. But most of all she loved and enjoyed spending time with her family. She is survived by daughter, Joanne H. Preble Brewer and husband, Andy, of Canaan; stepsons, Glenn Tandy and wife, Teresa, of Massachusetts, Richard Tandy and wife, Dee, and John Tandy and wife, Donna, both of New York; grandchildren, Elizabeth Day Nangle and husband, Tim, of Windham, Jessica Preble Landry and husband, Derek, of Waterville, and Andrew J. Preble of New York; eight step-grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, Sydney of Windham, Julian and Keira of Waterville; brother, Robert Tapley and wife, Marilyn, of Penobscot; many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband of 45 years, Richard Howard Jr., and her husband of 12 years, John 'Jack' Tandy; daughter, Donna (Howard) Day; and brothers, Billy, John and Paul Tapley."
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