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John Boughton's Family

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Date: About 1783 to about 1905
Location: Summit County, OHmap
Surnames/tags: Boughton Ewers Ewer
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The goal of this page is to compile information related to the (parental) family of Sophia Woodruff, née Boughton. I am Austin Woodruff. Sophia is my great great great grandmother.

I think I understand the story of Sophia's family, but sources are sparse and there's not a single person or source linking everyone together. Instead of posting this information on several individual pages, I thought it made more sense to create a single page where the story could be told and perhaps expanded or corrected.

Contents

Family

Father

  • Name: John Boughton[1]
  • Birth: 1783 in Ontario, Wayne County, New York[2]
  • Death: 1848 in Copley, Summit County, Ohio[2]

Mother

  • Name: Polly Ewers
  • Birth: c.1787 in Massachusetts[3]
  • Death: August, 1863 in Kalamazoo, Michigan[4]

Children

  • 1. William W. Boughton[5]
b. circa 1824 in New York[5]
m. 7 Nov 1894 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan[5]
d. ?
  • 2. Sophia (Boughton) Woodruff
b. circa 1827 in New York
m. 10 Apr 1845 in Bath, Summit County, Ohio
d. 12 Mar 1905 in Athens, Calhoun County, Michigan
  • 3. Elmer Allen Boughton[3]
b. 14 Feb 1830 in New York[6]
m. 20 October 1864 in Kalamazoo, Michigan[7]
d. 25 Sep 1890 in Kalamazoo, Michigan[6]
  • 4. Levi Boughton[3]
b. circa 1832 in New York[3]
m. ?
d. ?

Timeline

  • 1780s: John and Polly are born[2][3]
  • 1805 - 1824: John and Polly marry. A later date would explain why they didn't start having kids until relatively late in life (41 and 37 years old at their first child).
  • 1824 - 1832: The family is living in New York when all their children are born.[3][8]
  • 1832 - 1845: The family moves to Summit County, Ohio.
  • 1845: Sophia marries Nelson Woodruff in Bath, Summit County, Ohio. Her maiden name is given as Boughton.[9]
  • 1848: John dies and is buried in Copley, Summit County, Ohio.[2]
  • 1850: Sophia (now Woodruff) is living with her husband, two children, and a boarder in Bath, OH.[8] In what appears to be the house next door (houses 162 and 163), Polly Boughton is living with Elmer and Levi.[3]
  • 1850 - 1860: The family moves to Calhoun County, Michigan.
  • 1860: Sophia Woodruff is now living with her husband, three children, and a different boarder in Athens, Calhoun County, Michigan.[10]
  • 1863: Polly dies and is buried in Kalamazoo, Michigan (just west of Calhoun County)[4]
  • 1864: Elmer gets married in in Kalamazoo, MI.[7]
  • 1889: Sophia & Nelson's son Ralph gets married in Athens, Calhoun County, Michigan. Instead of "Boughton", Sophia's maiden name is listed as "Ewers".
  • 1890: Elmer dies and is buried in Kalamazoo, MI.[6]
  • 1894: William Boughton gets married (at age 70) in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan. His birthplace is New York, and his parents are listed as John Boughton and Polly Ewers.[5]
  • 1905: Sophia dies and is buried in Athens, MI. Her father's name is listed as John Boughton.[1]

From Ancestry.com

With temporary access to Ancestry.com, I found some new sources and information:

  • John's will, which is difficult to read, but which at the very least confirms his wife Polly Boughton and the fact that he has several children.
(https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/15504780:8801)
  • Grave records of soldiers from the War of 1812, which say John's first wife was Sally Roat and his second wife was Polly Stimson
(https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/21163/images/dvm_LocHist007160-00004-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=6)
If Polly was John's second wife, it's possible that Polly had also been married before, perhaps to a Mr. Ewers?
  • An 1840 census record from Bath, Summit County, Ohio for John Boughton, which included 10 total people in the household.
(https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/2727014:8057)
While records from that year only give the name of the head of household, the ages and sexes of the family match John (57), Polly (53), William (16), Sophia (13), Elmer (10), and Levi (8), as well as including four others:
  • Another boy between the ages of 5 and 14 (depending on whether Elmer was counted in the 5-9 or the 10-14 category)
  • Two more boys between the ages of 15-19 (3 total including William)
  • A young woman in her 20s.
  • There was a "John Bouton" born in Fishkill, NY on 28 Dec 1785. His father was also named John, and his mother was Elizabeth Roberts. The record was for his baptism in April of 1786.
(https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=5538&db=NYDutchChurch&indiv=try&h=193264)

Other Possibly Relevant Information

  • There's a Levi Boughton living in Brant County, Ontario, Canada around that time, who's a possible match for Polly's son. He would have moved there at age 18 in 1851, around the time when the rest of his family moved to Michigan. Thirty years later, in 1881, he was living with his wife and five children. The census lists him as Welsh and a Congregationalist. He died there a couple of years later in 1883.
  • There are other Levi Boughtons in New York around the time he was born, but they appear to all be heads of households: 1, 2, 3.
  • Celia L. White (née Boughton) was born in New York in 1823 and died in Michigan, not far from Battle Creek and Kalamazoo. Her father was named John Boughton, but her mother was listed as Susan. It looks like she had a brother named Elon.
  • Lucius Boughton was born in New York in 1833; his father's name was John. In 1860, he was living in Savannah, Ohio. By 1900, he had moved to Bowling Green, OH (closer to Michigan), where he died ten years later in 1910.

Sources

Footnotes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sophia's death certificate.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 FindAGrave entry for John.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 1850 Census information for Polly.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 FindAGrave entry for Polly.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Four sources relating to William's wedding: 1, 2, 3, 4.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 FindAGrave entry for Elmer.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Elmer's wedding information.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 1850 Census information for Sophia.
  9. ↑ Sophia's wedding information.
  10. ↑ 1860 Census information for Sophia
See Also:
  • "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN3B-3G2 : 10 December 2017), Nelson D. Woodruff and Sophia Boughton, 10 Apr 1845; citing Marriage, Summit, Ohio, United States, v a p 325, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 March 2019), memorial page for John Boughton (1787–4 Oct 1848), Find A Grave Memorial no. 12649747, citing Montrose Cemetery, Copley, Summit County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Gary Boughton (contributor 46892198). Link
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7H-W1Z : 12 April 2016), Sophia Woodruff in household of Nelson Woodruff, Bath, Summit, Ohio, United States; citing family 169, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7H-W1W : 12 April 2016), Polly Boughton, Bath, Summit, Ohio, United States; citing family 168, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 March 2019), memorial page for Polly Boughton (unknown–Aug 1863), Find A Grave Memorial no. 30753104, citing Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by ambs (contributor 46814643). Link
  • "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCJD-Y5H : 11 May 2018), Elmer A. Boughton and Henrietta L. Monroe, 20 Oct 1864; citing reference ID , various county clerks and libraries, Michigan; FHL microfilm 984,140.
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 March 2019), memorial page for Elmer Allen Boughton (14 Feb 1830–25 Sep 1890), Find A Grave Memorial no. 30753101, citing Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by ambs (contributor 46814643). Link
  • 4 Duplicate sources for William W. Boughton's wedding:
-"Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCV3-B4D : 10 February 2018), William W. Boughton and Henrietta Kitchen Or Van Valkenburg, 07 Nov 1894; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,009,297.
-"Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCJH-9RS : 4 November 2017), William W. Boughton and Henrietta Kitchen Or Van Valkenburg, 07 Nov 1894; citing reference ID x, various county clerks and libraries, Michigan; FHL microfilm 1,009,297.
-"Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDP-PVG : 10 February 2018), Wm. W. Boughton and Henrietta Van Valkenburg Kitchen, 07 Nov 1894; citing reference P 195 cn 2914; FHL microfilm 1,009,297.
-"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQSY-JKR : 15 January 2019), Wm. W. Boughton and Henrietta Mrs. Van Valkenberg Kitchen, 1894.
  • "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHD2-97Q : 10 February 2018), Sophia Woodruff, 12 Mar 1905; citing Athens, Calhoun, Michigan, reference v 3 p 188; FHL microfilm 1,009,293.
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 March 2019), memorial page for Sophia Boughton Woodruff (1827–12 Mar 1905), Find A Grave Memorial no. 6800852, citing Stimpson Cemetery, Athens, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Graveaddiction (contributor 46528400). Link




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