Jane Boatwright

Jane Martin was the daughter of Valentine Martin and Jane Bridgewater, She was born c.1737 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, and died c.1817 in Cumberland County Virginia. She married Daniel Boatwright on May 21, 1758. According to Daniel's will, they had eleven children.

Daniel Boatwright was the son of Benoni Boatwright and wife Elizabeth. He was born in 1739 in Hanover County, Virginia and died 26 Mar 1797 in Cumberland County, Virginia.

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1800 Cumberland County, Virginia - Property Tax List Date: May 17, 1800 Persons Name Chargeable with the Tax: Jane Boatright Blacks above 16: 3 Blacks between 12 and 16: 1 Horses: 3 Tax: $2.12

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1810 Census: Name: Jayne Boatright Township: Cumberland County: Cumberland State: Virginia 1 male: under 10 2 females: 45 and over Total: 3 people 1798 CUMBERLAND CO. Personal Property Tax: 1798 [VaStLib, microfilm 93]: Jane Boatwright: slaves 16+ yrs., 3; horses, 3; tax, $1.32.

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1817 CUMBERLAND CO., Estate Apraisal, 1817: Feb. 1817 -- Will Bk. 5, pg. 266-267 [VaStLib, microfilm 18]: Estate of Daniel Boatwright, appraised by William Montague, James Stratton, Robert Stratton, at $535.51: Including household items and furniture, and farm equipment. Also flour, flax, hog's lard, tallow, soap, pork, dried beef, cotton, vinegar, corn, oats, fodder, straw, hides, horses, yoke oxen, cows/calves, sheep, hogs, and 1 old Negro woman, Jude.

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1817 CUMBERLAND CO., Estate Accounts: 1817/rec. April 1819 -- Will Bk. 6, pg. 150-151 [VaStLib, microfilm 19]: Estate of Daniel Boatwright: 1817 To Valentine Boatright, exec.: J.M. Hudgins -- crying property at sale $5; J. Baughan, inv./acc. of sale, $5; cash for tobacco, $12.24. Estate - $51.35 1/9 to be divided among 9 distributees of Daniel Boatright, decd.: Ann Boatright, Jane Smith, Sally Boatright, Eliz. Martain, Easter Martain, Milly Right, Drusille Meader, Rhody Meader, Locky Sleger. By John Baughan, John Hatcher, John T. Reynolds.

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1817 CUMBERLAND CO., Estate Accounts: April 1817 -- Bk. 5, pg. 287-289 [VaStLib, microfilm 18]: Estate of Daniel Boatwright: accounts by John Martin, exec. Most accounts for taxes, store and smith. Also: 1799, woman's saddle, $15.91; 1816, for oxen, $52.00; cleaning/carrying wheat to market, $11.00; doctor, $61.00; John Martin as manager for Jane Boatright 17 yrs., $255.00. Accts. reviewed by Beverly I. Sandige, Robert Stratton, Benjamin Toler, James Stratton: balance due to manager, $[2]26.01.

Source: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...

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All known documentation evidence points to her given name as merely "Jane," daughter of Valentine Martin and Jane Bridgewater and wife of Daniel Boatwright. Despite the numerous claims found on the internet, there is no contemporary justification for claims that she had the middle name of "Bridgewater," her mother's maiden name.