Subject: JESSE BOYDSTUN
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998
From: LSyselt@aol.com

Charlie,

Happy Easter.  I was just checking out the Boydstun webpage and noticed that
Jesse Boydstun was given a bounty land warrant in Davidson County, TN in 1783.
Does anyone have info on Jesse?

I am just thinking out loud, but am wondering if Jesse could have been the
father of my Priscilla.  Here's my train of thought. . . Jesse served in the
Revolution from Montgomery County, VA, which is where my Priscilla was born .
. .  Jesse had a sister named Priscilla (Was my Priscilla named after his
sister?) . . . My Priscilla  married Benjamin Solomon Cecil who served in the
Revolution from Montgomery County, VA . . . Priscilla and Ben were married ca.
1783 . . .Priscilla and Ben moved to Wayne County, KY ca. 1799, however, they
had a child who was born in Tennessee prior to 1799.  Question:  Could they
have stopped by Davidson Co., TN?

Linda Shay

Subject: James Boydstun Sr.
Date:  Sun, 5 Apr 1998
From:  "Chuck Boydstun" boydstun@mindspring.com
To:  cboydst1@midsouth.rr.com

Hello again Charlie,
I purchased the Weaver book and got a surprise. She has the same picture
that QB Boydstun states is James Boydstun Sr. (Revolutionary Soldier), but
she states on page 109 that the picture is James Boydstun--son of Benjamin
Boydstun and Mary Gardner.
Who is correct? Another fly in the ----?

Sorry to be the bearer of seemingly bad news.

Chuck
 

Subject: Tom Davis Boydston Sr. & Jr.
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998
From:  Stonebear <druid98@mindspring.com>

Hi, Charlie.  I'm a newcomer to your site which is very interesting. I am
seeking information on the above two gentlemen:  Tom Davis Boydston Sr.
and TDB Jr., my grandfather and father, respectively.  My parents were
divorced when I was an infant, and I never knew any of the Boydston side
of my family.

Iknow that Tom Sr. was supposed to be one of the founders of the Indian
Territory Illuminating Oil Company in Oklahoma.  He was married, I
believe, to a Julia McWilliams.  It is my understanding that both of
them may have been from Missouri.  My father was born in Oklahoma.  He
died about 1961 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. at the age of 55 or 56.  He had two
sons, Tom III and Bobby.

I am researching my genealogy and would like to have some information on
the family.  Where did they come from, where did their ancestors come
from, etc., etc.

If anyone has any information, I would appreciate hearing from them.

Sue-Ann Boydston Taub.
 

Subject:  New Address
Date:  Tue, 24 Mar 1998
From:  "Chuck" boydstun@mindspring.com

Hello Charlie,

I've been without a computer for a while, but have finally fixed things and
have a new address  (boydstun@mindspring.com).

I have really been busy with great information from several personal
contacts.  Currently, I am  waiting for some promising information from
Mississippi Boydstuns.

Recently, I obtained information (marriage licenses, probate records, land
records etc.) on my wife's family (Walker) in Mississippi, and a complete
line from her grandmother back to Germany in 1620.  All names, dates,
siblings, were included in the printout.
This later information came from a correspondence with a Sons Of American
Revolution member who use the name Costner as his Revolutionary ancestor.
Incidently, there is one other Boydstun in SAR who used James Sr. Boydstun
as his Rev. ancestor and four who used William Boydston.  SAR seems to been
an important source for information.
 

 The information from Mississippi has not arrived yet.  Hopefully it will
have some info about my direct line to Robert Boydston.  Missouri may hold
the key for my research, so I am collecting and reviewing the info I have
in order to contact the state resources.--Chuck  (Your page is getting
better all the time)

Charles B. Boydstun
 

Subject: Re: Rev. Richard Newport
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998
From: LSyselt <LSyselt@aol.com>

Charlie,

I don't have any portraits of the Newport family.  I wish I did.  That is not
to say that there are no portraits of them.  Sometimes if you check with a
local historical society, they can lead you to such things.  I understand from
Gladys Domonoske's book that the Boydstuns lived in Claiborne County for
awhile, then moved to the Chattanooga area, and then to near Ripley,
Tennessee.    I think John Boydstun fought in the War of 1812 from Claiborne
County.  There was a photo of some of his descendants in Mrs. Domonoske's
book, Henry Sheridan Boydstun, his wife and child.

I think Sarah Newport probably died in what is now Claiborne County,
Tennessee, and Rev. Richard Newport supposedly died in Knox County, Tennessee.
However, their burial places are not known.  I hope to have my book finished
one of these days.  I am gathering information on the earlier Boylstons
through the help of a friend in Virginia.  I think it will give a more
complete picture of the family.  I plan to include photos of churches they
were involved with and any Newport photos that I have.  I don't have much for
Benjamin Franklin Boydstun except his marriage.  Anything you can provide on
your line would be helpful.

If you run across any marriage records which list Richard Newport as the M.G.
or Minister, please e-mail me.  Some published marriage records don't include
the minister or the bondsman, and these can be helpful.  I only have a few
marriages that Richard Newport performed, and I'm sure there were lots, as
well as baptisms and funerals.

I have Asa Conner Boydstun married to Jane Blevins.  I also have several
children listed for them.  Do you have their children?  Conner was Sarah
Newport's name before marriage, as you may know.  I would like the names of
the children of B. F. Boydstun and his wife.  I don't have them in my
database.

Linda

Subject: A Boydstun, too!
Date:  Mon, 9 Mar 1998
From:  "Beth Mackey" <txmac5@email.msn.com>

          I read with interest your family geneology.  My great-great grandfather was
         John Hall Boydstun from Caddo....my great grandfather was George
         Boydstun....he married Mary Stewart Boydstun (she was full blood Choctaw
         Indian)....and my grandfather was Alfred Emmett Boydstun....he enrolled in
         the Choctaw nations while still a teenager...I carry his roll card as his
         descendant.   Do you know any of the Boydstun's in Oklahoma?  Would be
         interested in knowing more.  I live in Temple, Texas.

         Thanks,  Elizabeth Boydstun Mackey
 

Subject:  Boydstuns
Date:  Sat, 07 Feb 1998
From:  "jerry,renee,caitlin boydstun" <jboydstn@flash.net>
To:  cboydst1@midsouth.rr.com

Charlie:
       I am a Boydstun by marriage. William to David to James to Thomas to
Cavanaugh to John Hall to Thomas Hall to Howard Green to Harold Ovoyde
to Jerry (my husband).  My sister-in-law found your page and forwarded
it to me.  What a find!!!!!!!! Have info I would be willing to share
with others, but my stuff is on PAF, not tree maker.  If you  can tell
me how I can get it to you, it may take time but I'd be more than happy
to try. Look forward to hearing from you.

Renee'

Does anyone know how to convert PAF files to GEDCOM  or FTW format?
 

Subject: Boydstuns in Idaho
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998
From:  Jim and Reta Knott <sunnyjim@ior.com>
To: cboydst1@midsouth.rr.com

Hi, I just found the Boydstun Family home page. I had no idea that there
was so much interest in the family, and where they came from. My
maternal grandmother was Florida Boydstun who married Paul Hayes in
Wieser, Idaho. I have not been able to find out anything about her
except that she was Indian, or "Native American" as they call it
nowadays. My sister says that there is a picture that my mother had of
her in full regalia, but I have never seen it, as I was separated from
my family for 35 years from shortly before WW2 ended. Any information
that I can get on the Boydstuns of Idaho, or wherever she came from
would certainly be appreciated. Thanks for the home page.
 

Darrell L. Howard - dhoward@partnersindiana.com
Subject:  USS Arizona
Date:  14 Jan 1998

I was in Hawaii last year and visited the USS Arizona.  I saw that there
were two sailors who died on Dec 7th who had the name of Boydstun.  Do
you know  whether they are relatives of ours and what family they came
from.  I don't believe that they came from my side of the family, at
least I had not heard of it but since their names were spelled the same
they are probably relatives.

Darrell, check the Pearl Harbor information in the Documents and Files section above.  Charlie
 

Louminda Roberts Torbett - 01 Jan 1998 - torbett@ma.ultranet.com

Dear Charlie,
Thank you for the great web page. I am finding it very useful. I am
related to the Boydstuns through my mother who was a Holland. My
g-grandfather, James A. Holland b 1805 married Malinda Boydston b 1807
dau of Benjamin G. Boydstun and Mary (Polly) Gardner in Kentucky, went
to Illinois then to Kentucky via covered wagon.
I found a great deal of information at the New England Genealogical
Society, Newbury Street, Boston, MA in a book The Boydstun Family by
Guistine Courson Weaver pub 1927.
I have my information on Family Tree Maker and will be glad to share if
you can tell me how.
 

Subject:  "The Boydstun Family"
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997
From:  Mark Thornsburg <thrnsbrg@flash.net>
To:  Charles Boydstun cboydst1@midsouth.rr.com

  I copied a fair amount of info from the Boydstun Family Bible while home, however, I had very
limited time.   I will send you all the new info as soon as I have a little time!

Bettie Ann
 

Subject: New Boydstuns
 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997
 From: Chuck Boydstun boydstun@mindspring.com
 To:  cboydst1@midsouth.rr.com

Hi Charlie,
I just got off the telephone with a man named Doyle Bertran Boydstun who lives at 320 North 5th, West Helena, AR.  His father was Gurvis Boydstun and his grandfather was Thomas Jefferson Boydstun who moved from Memphis TN to AR.  He may have owned a lumber yard in Memphis before he moved.

This family is especially interesting because no one else seems to have the names of the family members! Might be worth following up on.

Your new information is great!  Keep up the good work and maybe we will
straighten out all the mysteries in the Boydstun families.

Chuck
 

Mary Anne Kübel - 28 Dec 1997 - Kuebel@t-online.de

Two of my aunts married Boydstons, so I have a lot of Boydston cousins
in western NC and Dade Co, Ga, among other places.  Daisy Edna BURKHART
m Lemuel Denton BOYDSTON (1891-1935) and Verda Elmira BURKHART m James
Birch BOYDSTON, Sr. (1892-1971).  The grandfather of both these
BOYDSTONS is Asa Conner BOYDSTON, b 29 May 1833.  I have more data, but
my lst cousin, Ray Bryan WOMACK (mailto:WomackRayB@aol.com) has even
more.  Willing to share and exchange.  Mary Anne Kuebel (living 26 yrs.
in Germany)
 

Ray Bryan - 28 Dec 1997 - WomackRayB@aol.com

Dear Fellow seakers,
 I have a very large volume of the above going back to the 1700's. I would
very much like to add data and exchange. Most of my data is in Tn, NC, & Ga.
There were some who married into the Cherokee Nation and went on the trail of
tears. Some of those returned to Tn & Ga, their descendants are living there
today.
 

John and Alice Lynne Boydstun - 12/28/97  - boydstun@nstar.net

Thanks for linking all the Boydstun info on the Internet.  We have more
information on the descendants of William C. Boydstun and Jane A. Wilhite.
Your site is inspiring us to hurry and put our data on the computer.
William C. is the son of Cavanaugh Boydstun and Polly Slape of Chattanooga,
Tenn.  Cavanaugh is the son of Thomas Boydstun who married Elizabeth Newport.
 

Linda Shay - 12/27/97 -  LSyselt@aol.com

I am related to the Boylston/Boydstuns in two different ways.

1)  My G-G-G-G Grandfather was Rev. Richard Newport whose daughter, Elizabeth,
     married Thomas Boydstun.  I am in the process of writing a book about Richard
     Newport.  I just discovered Gladys Boydstun Domonoske's book on the
     Boydstuns this year and it helped me to tie some families together.  It also gave
     me some great information on the Newports.

2)  My G-G-G Grandfather, Ezekiel Newport--Elizabeth's brother, married
     Rebecca Cecil, whose mother was Priscilla Boyleston.  Therefore, I am directly
     related to the Boylstons, but have had trouble finding Priscilla's parents.

If you would like to add my e-mail address to your webpage, please feel free
to do so.  I have recently joined the PRUITT Discussion Group, and have found
the people to be very nice and helpful.  However, one person says that David,
Sr. and Mahala Boylston had 14 children--among them a Priscilla.  He says that
David, Jr. was married to Sarah Pruitt.   After visiting your site, I see that
there are many different theories about the Thomas, William, Mehitable,
Mahala, David, etc. Boylstons.  Do you think we will ever get it straight?
 

DAN PAGE - 12/26/97 - dpage@ipa.net

It (Boydstun Family History Site) looks like a useful site for those interested in
Boydstuns. I wish it had been available a couple years or more ago.  We've
done quite a bit of research and have been in contact with many descendants.
Seems like we obtained your line of descent from June Reid in TX, but I
downloaded your gedcom to see if it has anything more.  It's interesting to
see the variations on the earliest MD generations. I've concluded that
Gladys (Boydstun) Domonoske's work, particularly the 3rd ed, which
integrated contributions from various sources, is probably still the best.
To that end, I've obtained agreement from Higginson Book Co. to reprint the
3rd ed, if they can find a decent copy to reproduce.  Also obtained the
copyright release from Gladys' son Arthur for Higginson.  He reported that a
descendant in TN is writing a new one, but that appears to be a more limited
one.  One of the most thorough researchers of the Boydstuns was Cleburne
Pounds, now in a nursing home in Seminole, OK.  We hope to be visiting him
along with his daughter after the holiday season.  Cleburne is descended
from the same branch of Boydstuns as my wife.  We are hoping to find some
photos of earlier Boydstuns.
 

LANA ANDERSON - lana@chatlink.com
Date:  3 Dec 1997

Please add me to the list of researchers. I am a descendant of Bartlett &
Isabelle Dawdy Boydstun, through Bartlett's daughter, Margaret Anna Boydstun b.
1836 d. 1922 in Phoenix Az. Margaret md # 1 John Brinkley, # 2 Joseph A.
Tucker.
 

RUTH WALTON - ruthwalton@earthlink.net
Date:  01 Dec 1997

My maiden name was Boydston. I am descended from William Boydston, born
1753 in Frederick Co., MD, and Elizabeth Christian. William, son of
David Boydston and his second wife, Sarah Pruitt, was a Revolutionary
War veteran. He fought in the French and Indian Wars in Southwest VA,
was said to be at the battle at Point Pleasant, VA, then moved to NC
(what is now Cocke Co., TN) and served under Col. John Sevier and Gen.
Francis Marion. The Boydstons of my line moved from Cocke Co., TN to
Clay Co., MO in the early 1830s, and then to Platte Co., MO.  I have
gathered Boydston information for about 17 years now, focusing most on
the William-Boydston-and-descendants line, of course, and will be happy
to exchange information with anyone.
 

Subject: Searching for Boydstun/Boydston Family Members
   From: Charles B. Boydstun - boydstun@mindspring.com

My name is Charles B. Boydstun.  I live in California and have been searching for Boydston/Boydstun family members for some time.  If you are interested in the family Genealogy, please respond to the e-mail address.

Chuck                           (Note: Chuck has been a great help to me in my search!)
 

TAMARA SUE BOYDSTUN YEDINAK - tyedinak@3rivers.net

My name is Tamara Sue Boydstun Yedinak, I live in Ennis MT, I was born in 1955 to Ansel Jack Boydstun and Elizabeth Clare Boydstun.  My parents and grandparents have passed away so collecting our family history is challenging.

My siblings and I are currently researching our family history.  We have a copy of The Ancestors of John Hall Boydstun compiled from the book " The Boydstun Family by Gustine Courson Weaver, published by Powell and Dwight, Cincinnati, OH 1927 and the book, The Boydstun-Boydston Family", by Gladys Boydstun Domonske, privately published in 1971 and from genealogical and historical libraries in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.

We would be happy to provide copies of our information if it will aid in your search and would appreciate any information you might have.  I do not have my info in the computer as yet, it is all hard copy.
 

DARRELL L. HOWARD - dlhoward@skyenet.net

"My name is Darrell Howard. My mother is Louise May Boydstun.  My grandmother, Little Lake, married Robert Henry Boydstun.  I believe he was born in or near Chico, CA, lived in Oregon for a while and then moved back to Chico where he passed away in 1949."  Darrell is looking for a copy of the latest version of the "Boydstun Family History".
 

BETTIE ANN  BOYDSTUN THORNSBURG - thrnsbrg@flash.net

I have been trying to locate a copy of "The Boydstun Family" by G.
Weaver for sometime as a special gift for my Dad.  His name is Robert
Glenn Boydstun, and he has told me about this book all my life.  There
is one copy of it here in the Fort Worth Library, and he has told me the
book ended with his fathers or grandfathers family.  I have only read
parts of it, and know that it is accurate from stories about the family
from my grandmother, now departed.  There is a street named Boydstun
here in Ft. Worth and a little town north west.  The two Boydstuns
killed at pearl harbor were my dads youngest brother and cousin.  Two
other boys also died in WW2 and my Dad is a veteran.  My grandmother
started the Gold Star Mothers Association here in Ft. Worth to honor
those who didn't come home.  Since we are going home for Christmas with
my parents, I would be happy to ask him any questions you might have.
Just let me know and I hope to find a copy of the book for him, it would
mean allot.
 

DAN PAGE - dpage@ipa.net

I'm seeking all I can find on the following.  My wife is descended from
Boydstuns as follows:

Martha Ann BOYDSTUN b 1818 TN d AR md 1833 MO Richard Kenner POUND b 1815 MO
Robert Washington BOYDSTUN b ca 1768 NC md 1810 TN Rachel GRIFFITH b ca 1790 NC
James BOYDSTUN b ca 1760 MD md Sarah (--?--)
James BOYDSTUN b ca 1738 MD md Mary PRUITT b 1745 MD
David BOYDSTUN b ca 1710 MD md (1) Mahala SNOW
William BOYLESTONE b ca 1685 md Mary HOPKINS

This Boydston-Boylston line of MD does not appear to have any direct
connections to the Boydston or Snow lines of early New England, despite
contrary early publications by Virkus and others ca 1927 and earlier.

I have temporary loan of a (rare) copy of The Boydstun-Boydston Family, by
Gladys (Boydstun) Domonoske, 1975.  The book has some info on alliedlines.
 

Wayne Boydston-Catherine Dunstan Boydston -  odessadoc@juno.com

Two people (that I know of) have written books on the "Boydstun"-"Boydston"
family. The 1st one is "The Boydstun Family" by Gustine Courson Weaver.
Copyright, 1927. Powell & White Cincinnati, Ohio. The 2nd book is "The
Boydstun- Boydston Family"by Gladys Boydstun Domonoske. I think she
published 3 editions of this book. The first was about 1969 ? and the
last Edition was about 1979 ?. I do not know the publisher. I have the 1st
book, but would LOVE to obtain Gladys B. Domonoske's "The Boydstun- Boydston
Family" book, any Edition--but preferably the 3rd Edition. If any one
sees or hears of this book being available please contact me.

I am continuing research on the following Boydston, Dunstan, Shewey,
Wilkerson---is any one else working on any of these names?
 

Linda Shay -  LSyselt@aol.com

Linda Shay Tue Jun 10 19:55:50 1997
I am searching for the parents of Priscilla "Peggy" Boyleston who was born in Montgomery County, VA in 1765. She married Benjamin Sollers Cecil ca. 1783. I believe they lived near Dublin (now Pulaski County) and moved to Wayne County, Kentucky ca. 1800. The name may have been spelled Boydston or Boydstun
or any variation. She was my 4th Great Grandmother. Would appreciate any help or leads. Thank you.
 
 

John and Alice Lynne Boydstun - boydstun@nstar.net

Alice Lynne Boydstun Aug 10 1997
Looking for information about Dicey L. "Candy" Smith, b. 21 Jul 1853 in AL. She md. Mr. Williams and they lived in Wapanuka, OK. Dicey's parents were James H.Smith and Mary Hawkins md. 16 or 18 Aur 1848 in Lowndes Co., Miss. Her sisters and brothers were Sarah Jane Smith (b. 21 May 1851, MS, md.
L. A. Givens and settled in Cleveland Co., OK); Robert Smith b 1856, AL); James Henry Smith (b. 11 Sep 1857, MS, mar. Lucy Porter, lived in Pottawatomie Co., OK); Mary Alabama "Bam" Smith (b. 19 Dec 1859, MS, mar. William C. Boydstun, lived near Caddo, Atoka Co., OK); twin Amanda Palentine "Mandy" Smith (b. 12 Apr 1862, MS, mar. Robert Thomas Reynolds, lived near Prague, Lincoln Co., OK); twin Lectar Hazeltine Smith (b. 12 Apr 1862, MS, mar. John Calvin Boydstun, lived in Lexington, Cleveland Co., and Washita, Caddo Co., OK); Elizabeth Lucivina "Lucy" Smith (b. 1 Feb 1865, MS, mar. William Cavenaugh "Tad" Boydstun, lived near Caddo, Atoka Co., OK); and William Roland Smith (b. 1 Jan 1867 in MS, mar. Eva Flossy Kidney, lived in Pottawatomie Co., OK). The family lived in Lowndes Co., Mississippi and
Fayette Co., Alabama before and during the Civil War before coming west to Ark, Tex, and Okla.
 

brooksc@ncia.net

William BOYLESTONE b ca 1685 md Mary HOPKINS

The BOYLSTON family of Massachusetts originally spelled their surname
with a trailing e:  BOYLSTONE. This family included the eminent 18th
century physician Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, for whom Boylston Street in
Boston is named. It was he who inoculated the English royal family's
children during a smallpox epidemic in England. The family's origins:

HENRY BOYLSTON, of Litchfield, Eng., had an estate at Weston,
Straffordshire; was brother of Boylston, of Boylston, Derbyshire. He had
son THOMAS, of London, cloth-worker, who d. about 1648. Henry's grandson
Thomas emigrated to Watertown, MA.
 

BENNETT -  abenit@cyberramp.net

Quimby Burrant BENNETT, born about 1904, lived in Lawton as an adult.
Anthony BENNETT was his father. Sara BOYDSTUN was his mother. Siblings were Ethel,
Jeiise and Orvial. Any information on this family would be appreciated.abenit@cyberramp.net
 

Please send email to:  Charles Boydstun, Jr. charlieboydstun@comcast.net