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- Edward Boykin also lived in the Isle of Wight. He was born in Kent. England in 1650 and married about 1675 in Isle of Wight, VA to Ann Gwaltney. He died in Isle of Wight in 1725/1728. Edward and Ann had the following children: William 1677, Edward 1676, John, Thomas, and Mary.
From "My Southern Family"
Edward BOYKIN "the Immigrant"
ABT 1650 - 1 Apr 1725
ID Number: I92772
RESIDENCE: England and Isle of Wight Co. VA
DEATH: 1 Apr 1725, Isle of Wight Co. Virginia
BIRTH: ABT 1650, Huntingdonshire, England
RESOURCES: See: [S3438]
Family 1 : Ann GWALTNEY
MARRIAGE: ABT 1675, Isle of Wight Co. Virginia
Notes
Ann Gwaltney (Wife) b. About. 1652 in Isle ofWight County, Virginia Marriage: abt. 1675 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Children:
Edward Boykin b. About. 1676
John Boykin b. About. 1678 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
William Boykin b. About. 1680
Thomas Boykin b. About. 1682
Mary Boykin b. About. 1684
Ann (Boykin) (Wife) b. About. 1652 in Isle ofWight County, Virginia Marriage: ABT. 1675 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Children:
Edward Boykin b. About. 1676
John Boykin b. About. 1678 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Mary Boykin b. About. 1684
Thomas Boykin b. About. 1682
William Boykin b. About. 1680
Some say Edward was from Wales; others say from Kent in England, Boddie says there is no support for the Welch origin. Apparently the line begins in a Celtic tribe, Boi, that moved to Belgium, and then to the British Isles. A Boykin was granted arms in Belgium in 1286. There i s a John Boykin in Huntingdon shire, England in 1327
Edward was granted land in the Isle of Wright Co., VA by Francis, Lord Howard, Governor of Virginia and was living in Virginia in 1678
Boddie gives a date of death as Jan. 4, 1725, the date of his will. It was probated 27 May 1728
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Was the first Boykin in America coming from Caernarvonvshire, Wales after receiving a land grant during 1685 in Isle of Wight County, VA. Obtained more grants in 1715, 1724 and 1725 in the same area which is now part of Southampton, Va. His will was written 4 Jan. 1725 and probated May 1728.
Edward Boykin was born about 1650 in Lamarch County Essex, England and died on 27 April 1728 in Isle of Wight, VA.
General Notes: Before settling in VA the Boykin family lived in Charing Cross, Kent, England according to the Boykin Book by Anne Jacobs Boykin Murphy. The book The History of Camden by Kirkland states that he came from Caernarvonshire, Wales. Edward settled in the Blackwater Country of VA. On 4/20/1685 he was granted 525 acres of land in Isle of Wight County, VA by Francis, Lord Howard, Governor of VA for the transportation of eleven persons into the Colony. In 1678 Edward and JamesManning had land adjoinging that of Nicholas Cobb. He is shown as having land adjoining William Cook 4/39/1693. On 4/25/1701 he received a grant for 200 acres on North side of Seacock Swamp. 11/13/1713 he was granted 190 acres on South side of the Main Blackwater Swamp in Isle of Wight County VA. On 6-16-1714 he received a grant for 160 acres on the south side of the main Blackwater Swamp in Isle of Wight County, VA. On 3-23-1715 he received a grant for 145 acres on the south side of the main Blackwater Swamp in Isle of Wight County, VA. These records from Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys Records.
Edward Boykin's will is dated 1728, Will Book Vol. 3, 1726-1734, page 221-223 & probated 5-27-1728
From the works of Lynch Horry Deas Boykin, Jr.: "From the noted Boykin (Boiken) reference it appears the family was of Flemish Celt origin. The Boykin family was successfully established in the jurisdiction of Brusselles and Breda as early as 1286. At least one of the family must have migrated to England and was paying taxes in Huntingshire by 1327.
A Jarvis or Jervase Boykin, came to Charlestown, Mass. from Charing Cross, Kent, England with one servant in 1635/6. He, a carpenter, moved to New Hampshire in 1639. He married and had issue: Nathaniel Boykin, b. 1641, bapt. 9-11-1642;Bethia Boykin, bapt 4-30-1643; Sarah Boykin, 1-18-1646. He died Jan 1662 leaving widow and children Nathaniel, Sarah and a daughter Bethia (Boykin) Dennison.
My uncle, Lemuel Whitaker Boykin (Buck), b. 11-28-1861, d. 6-4-1932, always contended the Boykins came from Russia. While I was employed at Brooklyn Botanic Gardens (1955-1958), I was informed of a town of Boykin, in White Russia, by one of the Garden's security guards, who was a native of that area. Elizabeth McCrae (Boykin) Wells, a columnist who started out in New York City, travelled widely through Europe, Asia and Africa informed me, some fellow columnist from Russia, told her in 1932 of a town called Boykin, in White Russia.
There are no records of any Boykins in Virginia preceding to 1670. On the records are many New Englanders having come down to Birinia by water as this mode of transportation to and from Virginia and New England Colonies was used almost entirely. The Boykin family in Virginia may have migrated from New England to Virginia, however, the first Boykin appears in Virginia records in 1670 as Edward Boykin. He is referred to as a boy. He rented or leased land in that year (1670 by Fathergill). HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE BOYKIN FAMILY, by Anne Jacobs (Boykin) Murphy (Mrs. Robert Neal Murphy), p. 1-5.
Edward Boykin, b. about 1650, possilby came to Virginia with friends or relatives; as a family member, and included in sponsors land patent. Records in Co., Kent, England, refer to the Boykin Family as Yeomen (a gentleman farmer, who owns a small estate in land). Before 1635, the family resided in Charing Cross, Co. Kent.
Edward settled in the Blackwater country of Upper Parish of the Isle of Wight Co., VA. In 1685, he was granted 525 acres of land by Francis, Lord Howard, Governor of Virginia, in Isle of Wight Co., for transportation of eleven persons into the colony, etc. 4-20-1685 (p. 580 SEVENTEENTY CENTURY ISLE OF WIGHT). In 1678, before his grant, he owned land. On 7-3-1678, Edward Boykin had land adjoining that of Nicholas Cobb, who sold Thomas Tooke land adjacent to Edward Boykin. On 1-23-1690, Edward Boykin had land grant from Nathaniel Bacon for transportation of four persons, 162 acres (Ibid. p. 605). Arthur Allen sold him 525 acres at Blackwater, 8-9-1692 (Ibid. p. 649). Again on 2-5-1702, Arthur Allen of Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry Co., sells to Edward Boykin, Upper Parish of Isle of Wight Co., on half of 800 acres of land granted said Arthur Allen and Wm. Edwards, late of James City (Ibid. p. 649). Edward Boykin held 1100 acres of land in the Quit Rents of 1704 (Ibid. p. 698; HISTORICAL SOUTHERN FAMILIES: II: 116; THE PLANTER OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA, by Baker, p. 195)
Edward Boykin, Sr. was approximately twenty-eight years of age in 1678, a land owner, planter home owner and probably had a wife with whom to share his residence. It is the opinion that Ann Gwaltney was his second wife, for reasons as follows:
1) John Boykin was named co-executor in the Will of his father. The English law of premeogeniture sates the right of the eldest son to inherit the property, title, etc., of the parent to the exclusion of all other children.
2) William Gwaltney, Sr's Will item, states, " I give my Grandson, Edward Boykin one cow", which suggest that Edward Jr., was the first born of Edward Sr, and Ann (Gwaltney) Boykin.
3) Age of Edward Sr., born 1650 and Ann, born c. 1686
4) John Boykin's descendants are a full generation ahead of his brothers Edward Jr., William and Thomas by the year 1777; that is, John's lineage had advanced to the sixth generation. The other three lines seem to have reached the fifth generation by end of 1780. (Chart by Richard Manning Boykin, p. 7).
It is probable that Edward Boykin, Sr's first wife was Miss Marshall and the mother of John Boykin. John Marshall bought land in Isle of Wight Co., VA in 1683 had sons, John and Humphrey, whos family also had issues. (SEVENTEENTH CENTURY OF ISLE OF WIGHT)
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Abt 1650 - Abt 1728 (78 years)
