William Jefferson BOATMAN & Margaret Elizabeth BOATMAN

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William Jefferson BOATMAN
Margaret Elizabeth BOATMAN

WARNING: secondary sources do not agree on the parentage of our subjects. Some show William, as I do, as the son of Robert & Nancy (WILLIS) BOATMAN, with Margaret as the daughter of Jesse & Sarah (HUNTER) BOATMAN. Others have them reversed, with William the son of Jesse & Sarah and Margaret the daughter of Robert & Nancy. I do not know which is correct, but the marriage dates of the parents (see below) would lead one to assume William is the son of Robert & Nancy because, otherwise, William married very young. (In the 19th-Century, the average age for a man at first marriage is 23 and the average age for a woman at first marriage is 19, which dates fit our subjects exactly, as the first born of each couple.)

Husband: William Jefferson BOATMAN
Birth: ca. 1803, Jessamine Co., KY
Death: ca. 1840, Sullivan Co., IN
Father may be: Robert BOATMAN
Mother may be: Nancy WILLIS; m. ca. 6 Jan 1802, Jessamine Co., KY

Marriage: 27 Nov 1826, Jessamine Co., KY

Wife: Margaret Elizabeth BOATMAN
Birth: ca. 1807, KY
Father may be: Jesse BOATMAN
Mother may be: Sarah "Sally" HUNTER; m. 10 Jun 1806, Jessamine Co., KY

Children:

1. (Daughter A) BOATMAN, b. 1826-30
2. Robert E. BOATMAN, b. 1829/30

— born in Sullivan Co., IN:
3. (Daughter B) BOATMAN, b. 1830-35
4. Elizabeth BOATMAN, b. 1838/9
5. Nancy Jane BOATMAN, b. 1840/1

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Indiana, Kentucky

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Boatman, William J. Boatman, Margaret 27 Nov 1826 Jessamine Co.

2. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

William Jefferson BOATMAN
Spouse: Margaret BOATMAN
Marriage: 27 Nov 1826, Jessamine, Kentucky
Source: patron submission

Robert E. BOATMAN; Birth: About 1828, Jessamine, Kentucky; Death: After 1860
Daughter BOATMAN; Birth: 1830, Indiana
Elizabeth BOATMAN; Birth: 1838, Sullivan, Indiana
Nancy Jane BOATMAN; Birth: About 1841, Sullivan, Indiana; Death: After 1880
Father: William Jefferson BOATMAN; Mother: Margaret BOATMAN
Source: patron submissions

3. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #39 of 76; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 IN Sullivan Co. Roll 26 p. 176 Ln. 22 Jefferson Boatman 100 010 - 100 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1825-1830 = Robert (b. 1829/30)

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = Jefferson (b. ca. 1803)

1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = Daughter A

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Margaret (b. ca. 1807)

Listed one line below Jesse BOATMAN, who is one line below Jacob BOATMAN

4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #31-32 of 90; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 IN Sullivan Co. Roll 94 pp. 64B-65A Ln. 6 Jefferson Boatman 001 001 - 111 001 0100000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = Robert (b. 1829/30)

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Jefferson (b. ca. 1803)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Elizabeth (b. 1838/9)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Daughter B

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Daughter A

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Margaret (b. ca. 1807)

1 person employed in agriculture

5. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Margaret is said to be in the 1850 census of Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN, but I can't find her or her children.

6. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #50 of 51): Carlisle P.O., Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN, Roll M653_298, p., PN 50, 347/347, enumerated 21 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Margaret Boatman 53 F Ky

Robert " 30 M farmer do

Nancy " 19 F do

7. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #42-43 of 44): Merom P.O., Gill Twp., Sullivan Co., IN, Roll M593_361, pp. 85B-86A, PN 42-43, 329/316, enumerated 30 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Purtell Jefferson J 36 M W Farmer 1600 675 Indiana

_______ Elizabeth 31 F W Keeping house "

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Purtell William J 11 M W works on farm Indiana

_______ Margaret E 10 F W "

_______ Able M 8 M W "

_______ Robert F 5 M W "

_______ Friend L 4 M W "

_______ Mary J 3 F W "

Boatman Margaret 66 F W Retired Life Kentucky

8. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

9. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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