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Boat(w)right Family Genealogy in America

Generation 3

3. JOHN BOATWRIGHT, III (JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 1680 in Virginia, and died Unknown in New Kent, Virginia. He married SARAH DYER 1701 in York County, Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM DYER and MARY TAYLOR. She was born 1683 in York County, Virginia, and died Unknown.

Notes for John Boatwright, III:

John is recorded as being born in 1680, a resident of New Kent County, a member of the St. Peter & Paul parishes, paying tax or quit rent on 250 acres of land. St Peter's parish is located in New Kent County. St Paul's parish is located in what was then New Kent County but today is Hanover County, formed in 1720 from a portion of New Kent County.

There is evidence that John married Sarah Dyer in 1701, she was born, ca 1683, the daughter of William Dyer, born 1661 and wife Mary, born 1664. Sarah's mother, Mary's will, dated March 7, 1702 named "Sarah Boatright my daughter," and Sarah's brothers & sisters.

John appears to have lived his life in New Kent/Hanover Counties. Because of the burning of the New Kent and Hanover court house records, many valuable records including land purchases, birth and death records, to further substantiate John's life, have been lost.

Children of JOHN BOATWRIGHT, III and SARAH DYER are:

  4-1   i. JOHN BOATWRIGHT, IV, b. 1702. New Kent County, Virginia; d. Abt. 
                                 1775, Hanover County, Virginia.
  4-2  ii. THOMAS BOATWRIGHT, SR.,  b. 1705, New Kent County, Virginia; 
                                     d. 16 Aug 1776, Chesterfield County,
                                     South Carolina.
  4-3 iii. JAMES BOATWRIGHT,  b. 1706. New Kent County, Virginia; d. Hanover
                               County, Virginia
  4-4  iV. WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT,  b. 1708. New Kent County, Virginia; d. 
                                 Hanover County, Virginia
  4-5   V. BENJAMIN BENONI BOATWRIGHT,  b. 1710. New Kent County, Virginia; 
                                         d. 1784 Cumberland County, Virginia

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