James
Ewell
Boston
Born in Gordonsville, Orange, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Youell Boston
and Jemima (Petty) Boston
Brother of
Margaret (Boston) Swindler
Husband of
Nancy (Hill) Boston
— married
25 Aug 1799 in Albemarle, Virginia, USA
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 62
in Sulphur Well, Metcalf County, Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Sep 2014
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Biography
James was born by calculation in 1778 since he joined the tax rolls in 1799 Albemarle,[1] Virginia. He would be 21 years of age so born about 1778.
Marriage Bond 8 Aug 1799 in Albermarle County, Virginia in Book "Marriages of Albemarle County and Charlottesville Virginia 1781-1929 by William L Norford Copywrighted by him 1956 see page 7 at familysearch.org He married 26 Aug 1799 Nancy Hill in Albemarle County, Virginia.
He is listed on the tax records of Albemarle, Virginia from 1799 until 1817 where he must have departed for Kentucky.
In 1810 census he had what matches to his family 2 males un 10 Abner and James, 1 male 10-15 Reuben, 1 male 26-44 James Boston, 2 females un 10 Catherine and Marion, 1 femle 26-44 Nancy
In 1814 he is listed as a Miner.
In 1820 they are in the Census of Campbellsville, Green County, Kentucky and the family looked like this 3 m un 10 William B Boston, John H Boston and ?, 2 m 10-15 James W Boston & Thomas W Boston, 1 m 16-18 Abner Boston, 1 m 16-25 Reuben Boston, 1 m over 45 James Ewell, 4 f un 10 Marion Boston, Sarah Boston and ? and ?, 1 f over 45 Nancy Hill Boston
In 1830 he is in Green County with the following family: 1 m 5-9 Benjamin F Boston & Thomas W Boston, 2 m 10-14 Richard Boston & Joseph Boston, 2 m15-19 William B Boston & John H Boston, 1 m 50-59 James Ewell Boston 1 f 5-9 ?, 1 f 20-29 Marion Boston , 1 f40-49 ? new wife or oldest daughter back from marriage
In 1840 he is Green County, Kentucky Census listed as male 60-70 years old (1770-1780)
He died after 1840 and before 1850 in Sulpher Well, Green, Kentucky,United States.
Sources
- ↑ FHL film 2024443
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT To Teresa Johnson for starting this profile. created by Teresa Johnson through the import of SylviaTaylorGedcom.ged on Sep 5, 2014. '
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~3.12%
G (McCandless) Keen
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LE8365227 [compare], Ancestry member GinnyK
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~3.12%
A. Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A706630 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T394993 [compare]
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~3.12%
Melanie Kipp :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #764254
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~1.56%
Sherrie (Fellows) Craun :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QR1860315 [compare], Ancestry member sherrie_craun
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~0.78%
Kathy (Freeman) Johnson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member katiesmom86
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~0.39%
Elaine (Petty) Johnson-Snyder :
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