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MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Magazine, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore (1980), Vol. 1, pg 49:
"John Blakiston was baptized 21 aug. 1603 and was married at All Saints, Newcastle, 9 Nov. 1626, to Susanna Chambers. He was a Membe r ofParliment for Newcastle in 1641, was Mayor of Newcastle in 1645 , and wasone of the judges who pronounced sentence of death on Kin g Charles I, in1649. A sketch of his life is to be found in the DIC TONARY OF NATIONALBIOGRAPHY. He died in 1650. The following is a n abstract of his willdated 1 June 1649, and proved at London by hi s widow, 24 March 1650.John Blakiston of Newton in the County Palat ine of Durham; wife Susannaand son Mr. John Blakiston executors; so n Neamiah Blakiston; daughterRebecca wife of Mr. James Lance and he r two children; Mr. Lawsonfather-in-law of my brother George Blakist on; and whereas testator'ssaid brother George Blakiston has suffere d greatly with him, thetestator, in public concerns, he gives to th e six children of the saidGeorge, viz: Robert, Sarah, John, Esther , Hannah, and Justice, 50 poundseach; Cousin Mr. Robert Young's wif e and children, Cousin Margaret Lyons(Surtees' DURHAM, iii, 402), Mr s. Susan Blakiston survived her husband,and in 1661 her effects wer e seized by the Sheriff of Durham as thewidow of a regicide."

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MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol 1 , pg48:
"The Blakistone (sic) family of Maryland descends from the Blakist onsof Newton Hall, a branch of the ancient family of Blakiston of Bl akistonin the Palatinate of Durham. An elaborate pedigree, publishe d inSurtees' HISTORY OF DURHAM (iii, 162 ff., 402), carries the lin e back tothe year 1341, and from this pedigree the earlier portion o f thefollowing genealogy is derived. "Rev. Marmaduke Blakiston o f NewtonHall, fifth son of John Blakiston of Blakiston by his firs t wifeElizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir George Bowes of Dalden a ndStreatham, Knt. He was Vicar of Woodborne, Rector of Redmarshal l in1585, Rector of Sedgefield in 1599, and Prebendary of Durham, an d wasburied at St. Margaret's Crossgate, 3 Sept. 1639. He married , at St.Mary-le-Bow, 30 June 1595, Margaret James, and she was burie d at St.Margaret's, 10 Mar 1636."

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See MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Magazine, Genealogical Publishing Co., (1980); Vol 1, pg 53 naming Nehemiah Blakiston as husband of Elizabeth Gerard, daughter of Thomas Gerard. Se ealso reference to the marriage on page 495 (op.cit) under THE GERAR DFAMILY.

See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1640 by Edward Felix Jenkins, O.S.A .,at page 47 (set forth in notes of her granddaughter's spouse, EdwardJenkins RIN 69).
See Will Book 35 of Maryland, Abstracts of Charles & St. Mary'sCounties, p 94 (FHL 844961) for will of
WILLIAM BOARMAN OF CHARLES COUNTY.
Wife Winnifred Boarman, (was bequeathed) his dwelling plantation , andat her decease to son William Boarman. Daughter Mary Ann Boarman, sonEdward Boarman. wit: H Hawkins, Henry Boarman.
(This could be Ann Boarman's father.)
See Will Book op.cit. p 108 for will of GEORGE BOARMAN OF CHARLESCOUNTY.
Wife Mary Boarman, son Benedict Boarman, tracts which I live on calledBoarman's Rest & Hardshift. To son Aloysus Boarman part of tract in St.Mary's County called Rich Lands which I bought of my brother RichardBoarman. To my daughter Elizabeth Boarman...daughter Elenor Boarman.Daughter Mary Boarman; balance among my 5 children Benedict, Aloysus,Elizabeth, Elenor and Mary Boarman.
Wit: Leonard Boarman, Elener Boarman and Jane Boarman.

RESEARCH:
For the baptismal record of an Ann Boarman,see FATHER WALTON'S DIARYOF EARLY CATHOLIC BAPTISMS IN ST. MARY'S CO ., MARYLAND; FHL 985187, pg29: 7/25/1773 Ann Boarman, daughter of Richard and Ann Boarman,Sponsers:Joan, Taney and Eleanor Miles. It could not be this personhowever, since her son was born in 1748.

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See THE MARYLAND SEMMES AND KINDRED FAMILIES by Harry Wright Newma n,pg 190:
"Issue of William and Mary (Mathews) Boarman: Anne Boarman marrie dLeonard
Brooke."
See also GARDINER, op.cit., Vol. II, Descendants of William Boarma n,pg 4:
"Ann Boarman (of William), born about 1678 in Charles County, Maryland.
She married in 1695, in Lower Zachiah Church, Bryantown, Maryland, Leonard
Brooke, son of Baker Brooke and Ann Calvert. Their daughter, Ann Bro oke
married (1) William Neale and (2) Benedict Leonard Boarman, son of Ma jor
William Boarman and his third wife, Mary Jarboe."
Sparks Opinion: Some of the above is disputed by The Maryland Sem mes
article. There is no dispute that Ann Boarman was the daughter of WilliamBoarman and his second wife Mary Mathews, nor that Ann Brooke married Benedict
Leonard Boarman, nor that he was the son of Major William Boarman an dhis third
wife Mary Jarboe. (He was a half-brother of Ann Boarman.) The disput e is
whether Anne Brooke was the daughter of Leonard Brooke, a son of Lor dBrooke,
or the daughter of Baker Brooke Jr., a son of Lord Brooke. Gardine rclaims it
was Leonard and The Maryland Semmes claims it was Baker Brooke Jr. (p g194) I
tend to side with The Maryland Semmes because of earlier errors in Gardiner.
William Boarman Lord Baker Bro oke
m2 m3 _______m. Ann Calver t___
Mary Mathews Mary Jarbo e | |
| | | |
Ann Boarman----------------m.| ----------Leonard Brooke Baker Brooke Jr.
| m. Katheri neMarsham
| |
Benedict Leonard Boarman------m.-----------Ann eBrooke

See THE MARYLAND SEMMES AND KINDRED FAMILIES, Newman, MarylandHistorical Society (FHL 929.273 Se53n) at page 194:
Benedict Leonard Boarman, son of Major William Boarman and MaryJarboe, his wife, was born about 1687 in Charles County, deposing to be58 years of age in 1745. Statements have been made that he married Anne,daughter of Baker and Katherine (Marsham) Brooke and the granddaughter ofColonel Baker Brooke and Anne Calvert, his wife, but no documentation hadbeen cited except perhaps that Richard Marsham, father to Katherine(Marsham) Brooke, in 1713, named a granddaughter Mary Boarman. A child ofBenedict Leonard Boarman would actually be a great- granddaughter.
In 1698 Baker Brooke devised (to) his daughter, Ann, the tracts"Brooke Forest," "Summersett," and "Westfield" at which time it was evident that she was unmarried. About 1705, according to the rent roll ,the latter two tracts were possessed by John Miles.
As Benedict Boarman was born in 1687, he probably did not marry until1710 or thereabouts. In 1724 Benedict Boarman and John Parnham approvedthe inventory of the estate of Joseph Pile, 2d, as next of kin. JosephPile, 2d, left only minor children and named John Parnham as "brother" inhis will. John Parnham had married Elizabeth Pile, a sister of JosephPile, 2d. Furthermore, two sons of Benedict Boarman in 1758 approved theinventory of Joseph Pile, 3d, as kinsmen . There was definitely somerelationship between Benedict Boarman and the Pile family.
Children of Benedict Leonard Boarman
1. Benedict Leonard Boarman married Elizabeth ---.
2. Richard Basil Boarman married Anne Gardiner.
3. George Boarman married Mary Gardiner
4. Joseph Boarman died before 1763.
5. Mary Boarman
6. Elmer Boarman died spinster 1795.
7. Jane Boarman, died spinster 1783.
His will dated July 28, 1754, was probated in Charles County on Ma rch11, 1757.
To wife Ann the dwelling house and plantation during her widowhood ;if she remarried, then only one-third.
To four sons -- Benedict Leonard, Richard Basil, George, and Josephall landed estate; Benedict was to have part of "Boarman's Rest" where hewas then living; Richard was to have the Quarters, being portions of"Rest" and "Enlargement"; George was to have "Standford 's Field" being apart of "Boarman's Rest"; and Joseph was to have th e dwelling-plantationafter the death or marriage of his mother.
Daughters Mary, Eliner, and Jane were to have 100 acres of land ifthey remained unmarried.
One-third of personal estate to wife, and certain Negroes to four sons.
On March 17, 1763, the three sons -- Leonard, Richard, and Georg e --agreed to the division of the land, being portions of several tractswhich their father, Benedict Leonard Boarman, left them by wil l andtestament. The divisions were recorded at court on February 23 , 1769.
Jane Boarman died a spinster, and by her will dated September 20 ,1779, and proved on October 12, 1795. Her estate which consisted chieflyof Negro slaves was bequeathed to the following: nieces ElizabethBoarman, Eleanor Edelen, Mary Boarman, Catherine Gardiner, Monica Edelen,Ann Gardiner, Catherine Thomas, Teresa Boarman, and nephews CharlesBoarman, John Francis Gardiner, Joseph Gardiner, Charles Gadiner,Benedict Boarman, Joseph Boarman, and Sylvester Boarman; to Hetta Edelen,daughter of John Edelen; and to Newport Chapel. At an account filed onAugust 23, 1798, it was shown that William Thomas accepted the legacywilled to his wife."
See also GARDINER GENERATIONS AND RELATIONS by Thomas RichardGardiner, Vol II, Descendants of William Boarman, pg 4 for the following:
"Benedict Leonard Boarman (of William) born 1687 in Boarman Manor ,Bryantown, Maryland, died 3 March 1757 in Charles County, Maryland . Hemarried in 1712, in Bryantown, Charles County, Maryland, Ann Brooke,daughter of Leonard Brooke and Ann Boarman...He inherited Boarman's Restfrom his father, Major William Boarman."
Thomas Richard Gardiner states that the daughter of Benedict, JaneBoarman, married William Higdon, son of Thomas Higdon and Sarah Boarmanin 1732, disagreeing with Mr. Newman who states that she was a spinster.

The following appeared in the MARYLAND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN,Vol. 15, No. 1, February, 1974, p 22 in response to a question earlierposed:
"14-3-40 [Vol, series and question number] BOARMAN, Benedict LeonardBoarman, 1687-1757, m. Ann Brooke in 1710. She was d/o Baker Brooke,Jr., who d. 1716, and Katherine Marsham. Baker Jr. was a s/o BakerBrooke, Sr. and Ann Calvert. Submitted by: Mrs. J. R. Howard, Jr., 909Wellington Rd. Baltimore Md. 21212"

From THE MARYLAND SEMMES AND KINDRED FAMILIES by Newman, p 201
LEONARD BOARMAN 17-- - 1794
Benedict Leonard Boarman, son of Benedict Leonard and Ann Boarman ,was born near the present village of Bryantown, Charles County. Dur ing1778 he subscribed to the Oath of Allegiance in Charles County be foreJohn Parnham. His wife was Elizabeth ---.
Children of Leonard and Elizabeth Boarman
1. Sylvester Baker Boarman took Holy Orders.
2. Joseph Boarman married Sarah Jameson
3. Charles Boarman married Mary Edelen
4. Catherine Boarman married Henry Gardiner
5. Ann Boarman married Ignatius Gardiner
6. Monica Boarman married John Edelen
7. Leonard Boarman died young.
On April 23, 1763, Benedict Leonard Boarman assigned to his brother,George, for 9 Pistoles all the land which had been willed to him by hisfather, Benedict Leonard, namely, portions of "Boarman's Rest, ""Assenton," and "Boarman's Enlargement." Elizabeth his wife waived alldower rights. On May 13, 1785, he made a deed of gift to his son Leonardfor three tracts of land, namely, "Calvert's Hope," "Hardshift," and"Boarman's Rest," all comprising 250 acres.
His will, dated October 14, 1791, was probated in Charles County onFebruary 3, 1794.
To wife Elizabeth one-third of the land and Negroes during life, thento his daughter, Catherine Gardiner, the children of his daughter MonicaEdelen, and Anne Gardiner.
To son Joseph, one-third of "Boarman's Rest," and "Calvert Hope, " and"Hardshift."
To son Charles Boarman, "Cold Turner's Addition."
To daughters Catherine Gardiner, Monica Edelen's children, and AnneGardiner "Boarman's Folly" and 20 acres at head of Holy Bush Branchcalled "Boarman's Rest" equally.
Legacy to the poor of the congregation.
To daughter Monica Edelen a slave called Mark.
Executor -- son Joseph Boarman.
On January 1, 1794, Henry Gardiner and Catherine his wife, John Edelenand Monica his wife, and Ignatius Gardiner and Ann, his wife, all ofCharles County, sold for L82/10/- to Joseph Boarman of Leonard their 3/6undivided portion of all those tracts which had been conveyed by theirfather Leonard Boarman, Sr., to his son Leonard Boarman, Jr., by deed of1785.
The will of his widow, Elizabeth Boarman, was proved in Charles Countyon October 10, 1794, having been dated June 30, previously. Shebequeathed her son, Sylvester Baker Boarman, £5, with the residue to herchildren -- Joseph Boarman, Charles Boarman, Catherine Gardiner, AnnGardiner, and Monica Edelen. Other heirs were her granddaughter, HesterEdelen, and the poor of Newport Chapel congregation. Her son-in-law,Henry Gardiner, was named Executor.
Their son, the Rev. Sylvester Boarman, died in 1812. His estate wasdistributed on December 3, 1814, to the following: brothers Charles andJoseph Boarman; the children of his deceased sister Catherine Gardiner;The children of his deceased sister Monica Edelen; and to IgnatiusGardiner in right of his wife Ann."
See also GARDINER, Vol. II, Descendants of William Boarman, pg . 5where Thomas Richard Gardiner states, contrary to both the forego ingarticle and THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND by Father Edward Felix Jen kins,pg. 7, that Benedict Leonard Boarman, Jr. married "Elizabeth Jenkins,daughter of Thomas Jenkins and Ann Middleton." Both Father Jenkins andHarry Wright Newman do not identify the family of Benedict' s wife,Elizabeth ---. Father Jenkins states that Thomas "died without issue."Ann (Middleton) Jenkins married (2) Charles Beavin and had 8 children whoare not named.

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See The Maryland Semmes and Kindred Families by Newman, op.cit. , p203:
Catherine Boarman, born 1760, died 1812, buried at St. Joseph's, S t.
Mary's County, married Major William Thomas, Jr., and became the moth er
of Governor James Thomas of Maryland.
See also GARDINER, Vol I, pg 82, op.cit.:
"Catherine Boarman was born about 1758 in De la Brooke Manor, Mechanics-
ville, Maryland and died there. She married in 1782, in St. Mary's County,
Maryland, William Thomas. Catherine Boarman, daughter of Richard Bas il
Boarman and Anne Gardiner, lived with her husband on De la Brooke Man or,
part of which she inherited from her father.

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The Maryland Semmes and Kindred Families, op.ci., p.190:
Francis Ignatius Boarman, born 1701, married Anne Slye.

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See The Maryland Semmes and Kindred Families by Newman op.cit. p .205: George Boarman, son of Benedict Leonard and Ann Boarman, wa sborn near Bryantown in Charles County. He married Mary, the daught er ofClement Gardiner.
Children of George and Mary (Gardiner) Boarman
1. Benedict Boarman
2. Aloysius Boarman died 1796.
3. Elizabeth Boarman died spinster, 1825.
4. Eleanor Boarman married Edward Edelen, February 12, 1782 by Rev. J ohnBolton.
5. Mary Boarman died spinster, 1807.
Dying in 1768, his will was dated April 7 of that year and prove d inCharles County on July 5, following, by Leonard Boarman, Eleano rBoarman, and James Boarman.
To wife Mary Boarman one working Negro above her third.
To son Benedict parts of the dwelling-plantation "Boarman's Rest " and"Hard Shift."
To son Aloysius part of "Richlands" in St. Mary's County bought o fthe testator's brother Richard Basil Boarman.
To daughters Elizabeth Boarman, Eleanor Boarman, and Mary Boarma nNegroes. Residuary estate to five children equally -- Benedict ,Aloysius, Elizabeth, Eleanor, and Mary.
To the poor of the parish, 1,000 pounds of tobacco.
His spinster daughter, Mary Boarman, willed at her death in 1807 h ermoiety of "Indian Quarter" to her sister, Elizabeth Boarman, and bequeathed a legacy to her nephew Elston Edelen. Her brother, Benedic tBorman, was appointed executor.
Aloysius, their son, died without issue, in 1796, his will being dated 1786. He devised a portion of "St. John's" in St. Mary's Count y tohis mother during life then to his sister Elizabeth Boarman. Ot herheirs were his brother Benedict and his three sisters.
Elizabeth Boarman, the unmarried daughter, drew up her will on Apr il18, 1825, it being probated in Charles County on November 10, wit h hernephew, Elston A. Edelen, 89 acres of "Indian Quarter," lying o n theeast side of Gilbert Swamp. To her nephew elston A. Edelen's c hildren,namely, Joseph and Elizabeth Edelen, and her nephew Richar d B. Boarman,she willed "Simmes Fragments," formerly a part of "St . George's,"containing 103 acres. In the event that her nephew, Rich ard Boarman,should inherit certain land belonging to his sister, Cat herine Boarman,then Richard's share was to go to the testratrix' nep hew, Aloysius I.Edelen. Her carriage and horses were bequeathed t o her nephew, GeorgeEdelen. For the education of Jane Edelen, the d aughter of her nephew,George Edelen, she left $200. She named her n ephew, Aloysius I. Edelen,and Mrs. Mary Fenwick as the executors, bu t they evidently refused toact, as letters of administration were is sued to George Edelen."

see Gardiner Vol II, Desc. of William Boarman, p 7.

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See GARDINER, V. II, Descendants of William Boarman, p. 8:
"Jane Boarman (of William, of William) born 1695 in Boarman Manor,
Bryantown, Maryland. She married 1716, in Boarman Manor, Bryantown,
Maryland, James Neale, son of James Neal and Elizabeth Lord. Jane
Boarman, daughter of William Boarman and his second wife, Mary Pile,
married, after the death of James Neale, Capt. Joseph Lancaster. He
was the brother of John Lancaster who was married to Mary Gardiner."

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See The Maryland Semmes and Kindred Families, op.cit. p. 196:
John Baptist Boarman, son of Major William Boarman and Mary Jarboe,
his wife, was born in or about in what is now Charles County. His wi fe
was Elizabeth, the daughter of Richard Edelen, Gent., and Sarah Hagen,
his wife. She apparently predeceased her father, Richard Edelen, who
died testate in 1760 and who provided for numerous grandchildren --
among whom was Raphael Boarman. (For the Edelen famiy, see Charles
County Gentry, by Newman)
Children of John Baptist and Elizabeth (Edelen) Boarman
1. Henrietta Boarman married Thomas Jenkins and Richard Thompson
2. Richard Bennett Boarman married Mary Ann Hoskins
3. Joseph Boarman, born 1733, married Mary ---.
4. Raphael Boarman
5. Richard Boarman

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See Notes for her father, especially concerning the three Mary's.

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See the notes under her father regarding the three Mary's.

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See the notes under her grandfather, William Boarman (2908) re th ethree Mary's.

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See THE MARYLAND SEMMES AND KINDRED FAMILIES, by Harry Wright Newm an,The Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, 1950. (FHL 929.273Se5 3n) p.203: RICHARD BASIL BOARMAN
17-- - 1782
Richard Basil Boarman, son of Benedict Leonard and Ann Boarman, wa sborn at the parental plantation near where the village of Bryantow n nowstands. He married Ann Gardiner, the daughter of Clement and El eanorGardiner, whose sister Mary had married his brother George. Cl ementGardiner died intestate in St. Mary's County during 1746, but h is widow,Eleanor, dying in 1760, willed 7 slaves each to her daughte rs AnnBoarman and Mary Boarman, and appointed Richard Boarman the ex ecutor.
Children of Richard and Ann (Gardiner) Boarman
1. Catherine Boarman, born 1760, died 1812, buried at St. Joseph's , St.Mary's Co., married Major William Thomas, Jr., and became the m other ofGovernor James Thomas, of Maryland.
2. Teresa Boarman.
3. Ann Boarman, died unmarried before 1789.
It was Richard Boarman who had inherited some of the issue of th echildren born to his grandfather's black slave Charles who had marr iedNel Butler, an Irish woman. She had been brought to Maryland b yCharles, later Lord Bal- timore, who was living at the home of Majo rBoarman. Apparently, Major Boarman had been assigned the indenture shipof the Irish servant, for she was referred to as a serving woma n inMajor Boarman's household.
In 1764 at the Provincal Court two slaves who called themselves William Butler and Mary Butler sued Richard Boarman, of St. Mary's Coun ty,alleging that he had detained them in perpetual slavery and tha t theywere free born. A number of interesting depositions were made.
Edward Edelen, aged 50, deposed on May 27, 1767, that he had hear dhis father, Richard Edelen, say a few years before he died, which w asseven years the next fall, that he was 89 years old and that he ha dheard his father say that the latter went to Major Boarman one morn ingand when he arrived, Lord Baltimore was there "and then lived the re,"and he heard Lord Baltimore ask for Eleanor Butler, a servant wo man.When the servant came, Lord Baltimore said, "I understand you a re goingto be married today to negro Charles. What a pity so likel y a young girlas you are should fling herself away, so as to marr y a Negro. You willmake slaves of your children." To which the Iri sh wench replied, "I'drather marry Charles than your Lordship." Oth er remarks by the wenchwere quoted which were not very complimentar y to Charles Calvert.Richard Edelen, Sr., did not remain for the we dding, which EdwardEdelen, the deponent, understood occurred that da y. He furthermorestated that his sister, who had married one of th e Boarmans, possessedsome of the descendants of Nell Butler.
John Jordan Smith on September 12, 1787, then age 85, swore that h ewas acquainted with Ellener Butteler, an Irish woman, and negro Cha rles,and that they lived together for several years and had three ch ildren --John, Sarah, and Catherine. That they all lived on the pla ntation ofMajor Boarman and that the woman used to come to his fathe r's housetowash for the family.
Jane Howard, aged about 70, deposed that when she was a girl, sh efre- quented the home of Major Boarman whose wife was her godmothe r andknew two mulatto slaves, Jack about 20 years of age, and a "wel l grownyoung husky wench named Kate." She always understood that th ey were thechildren of a slave Charles and an Irish woman Nell.
The court decided in favor of the complainants. While issue sire d bya free man of a slave woman were declared to be slave, those sir ed by aslave of a free woman were not decreed to be in bondage. Wil liam andMary Butler were not only declared free, but the court order ed RichardBoarman to pay damages.
Richard Borman's will, dated April 12, 1777, was not probated in S t.Mary's County until August 8, 1782.
To wife Ann L50 over and above what she is entitled to and one ma re.
To daughters Catherine and Teresa Boarman, personalty.
To daughter Ann Boarman one horse at the age of 12 years.
To sisters eleanor Boarman and Jane Boarman during life, tract o f land then in their possession, being part of "Boarman's Rest " and attheir death to my nephew Benedict Boarman son of my brothe r GeorgeBoarman, deceased.
To nephew Benedict Boarman of George, "The Enlargement Amended" . Inevet that his daughters died without issue then their land t o revert totheir aunt, Mary Boarman's daughters -- Elizabeth, Elene r and MaryBoarman.
To St. Joseph's Chapel L20.
The final distribution of the legacies was made on December 22, 17 89,at which time it was shown that the daughter, Ann, had died, an d alsothe horse which had been willed to his daughter Teresa. The l egateeswere the widow, and the daughters Teresa Boarman and Catherin e who wasthe wife of William Thomas.
The widow died within a few years thereafter, for her estate was settled on February 22, 1792, in St. Mary's County by her son-in-law a ndadminis- trator, William Thomas, when the balance was divided equa llybetween the two heirs -- Catherine, the wife of William Thomas, a ndTeresa Boarman.

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THE MARYLAND SEMMES AND KINDRED FAMILIES, by Newman, op.cit. p 206:
Richard Bennett Boarman, son of John Baptist and Elizabeth (Edelen)
Boarman, was born in Charles County. His wife was Mary Ann Hoskins,
daughter of Bennett and Eleanor (Neale) Hoskins, and the granddaughter
of Raphael Neale. He and his wife as the heirs of her deceased mother
shared on July 10, 1754, in the partition of Raphael Neale's portion
of Wollaston Manor among the six coheiresses or their representatives.
Children of Bennett and Mary Ann (Hoskins) Boarman
1. Raphael Boarman, married twice.
2. Eleanor Boarman, born 1745, married Henry Bradford
3. Elizabeth Boarman married James Neal.
4. Richard Boarman
5. Mary Ann Boarman
6. John Hoskins Boarman
See also GARDINER, Vol II, Descendants of William Boarman, pg 11-12
for more detail on these children.

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GARDINER, Vol II, Descendants of William Boarman, pg 3:
"Sarah Boarman (of William) born 1654 in Charles County, Maryland,
died 1685 in St. Catherine's, Bryantown, Maryland. She married on Aug ust
1, 1678, in Boarman's Manor, Bryantown, Maryland, to Thomas Mudd. Sa rah
may have previously married to a Mr. Matthews."

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THE MARYLAND SEMMES AND KINDRED FAMILIES by Harry Wright Newman, F HL929.273 Se53n; ppg 187-192:
"William Boarman, the founder of the Maryland family of that name ,arrived in the Province as a youth of not more than 15 years of age . Hiscoming timed with the Civil Wars in England, when Royalists, Ca tholicsand Anglicans were the subject of prosecution by the militan t Puritans.His adventure to Maryland at 15, for he deposed to be ag ed 20 on May 28,1650, and financing his own passage stir the imagina tion and create adesire to know the reason of his leaving the parent al roof at so youngan age. He was a scion of old Catholic house, fo r at a Puritan court in1655 it was recorded that "William Boreman co nfesseth in court that he'sa Roman Catholick and that he was borne a nd bred so."
He was in the Province as early as 1645, for in that year, he wa s onboard a pinnace at St. Inigoe's Creek when certain clothing belo nging toCuthbert Fenwick who lived at the Crosse House was stolen.
From the Lord Proprietary he received a number of land patents, th etotal acreage amounting to more than 17,000. His most conspicuou s grantwas a lordship on "Boarman's Manor," of 3,333 acres, with al l theprerogatives of a baronial court in accordance with the ancien t feudallaws of England. The village of Bryantown in Charles Count y nowembraces part of his manorial domain. Another large grant wa s"Brother's Gift" of 3,000 acres lying in St. Mary's County.
William Boarman was intimately associated with the Calvert family .And it is within the realm of possibility that he or his first wife ,Sarah, in some manner was related to the Lord Proprietary. His 3,0 00acre tract in St. Mary's County was given the signigicant name o f"Brother's Gift" granted in 1674 during the reign of Cecilius, an d onlythe Lord Paramount had the power to give or even grant land.
Upon Charles Calvert's, later 3d Baron, initial coming to Marylan d in1661, he was a guest in the manor house of William Boarman unti l hefound suitable quarters. At that time his half-uncle Philip Cal vert,was in Maryland residence. In Calvert's retinue was an Irish s ervantwench, Nell Butler, who became attracted to one of Major Boarm an's blackAfrican slaves and insisted upon marrying him much agains t theentreaties of Calvert and Boarman who finally gave their consen t. About100 years later, her issue who had remained slaves in the Bo arman familysued for their freedom which resulted in an interestin g court case andlegal decision.
Prior to the rebellion, of 1689 William Boarman was one of the outstanding men in the Province -- an officer of the provincial militia , amagistrate of the local courts, High Sheriff for Charles county f rom1679 to 1681, and a delegate to the Lower House of the Assembly f rom1671 to 1675. (See Archives of Maryland, vol 3, pp. 490 ,503, 553 ; vol49, p. 565; vol 15, p. 153; vol 17, p. 379; vol 51, p. 344; vo l 2, pp.239, 439; vol 51, p. 246; vol 15, pp. 232, 402-404; vol 17 , p. 47.) Heacquired a thorough knowledge of the Indian tongue an d was usually theofficial interpreter during political conclaves an d other intercourse.
He fought on the side of law and order at the disastrous battle o fthe Severn in 1654, when the Proprietary forces were defeated by th eusurping Puritans, with the result that the leaders were captured ,condemned and several shot in cold blood by the insurgents. Someho w hislife was spared, but the Puritan court which sat in judgment fi ned him1,000 lbs. tobacco.
When Lord Baltimore regained his Province after despotic rule of about eight years by the local Cromwellians, William Boarman receive d duerecog- nition and on October 12, 1661, was commissioned a capta in of theprovincial militia. In the same year "four men out of Capt ain WilliamBoreman's com- pany" were called for Indian service. O n February 8,1667/8, the Council ordered Captain William Boreman t o raise 20 men outof his company for an expedition against the India ns. By 1676, he hadbeen promoted to major, for as Major William Boa rman, he was ordered topurchase provisions for the army. In the s ame year he was summoned toSt. Mary's City for a council of war whic h apparently resulted in thedeclaration of war against the Nanticok e Indians on the Eastern Shorefor their atrocities. In 1678 he rece ived 2,000 lbs. tobacco for hisparticipation in that punitive expedi tion. At the timeof the radicaluprising of 1689 he held the rank o f major and thereafter was alwaysaddressed as Major William Boarman.
Being disenfranchised he retired to his seat on Boarman's Manor an dlate in life he sustained deafness, for on May 8, 1700, he was refe rredto as a "deafe old man," but was commissioned by the Countil t o directthe laying out of the lands belonging to the Piscataway Indi ans.
He transported his first wife, Sarah, into the province, but her family name and with whom she came has not been proved. It was not un tilMay 11, 1658, however, that he claimed land rights for her, stati ng thathe had transported a number of servants and free men and wome n toMaryland, for whom various land rights were accorded him in conf ormitywith the decrees of Lord Baltimore to compensate those who fin anced thepassage of prospective inhabitants. And it was not until A pril 1, 1662,that he claimed his 100 acres for his own personal emig ration -- some 22years after the event. His first wife, Sarah, wa s accordingly themother of the older children. He failed to name al l his children in hiswill of 1709, consequently there is the possibi lity of other issue,expecially daughters whose names have not come d own to posterity. Therewas a daughter Eleanor, for in 1695 Madam El izabeth Young bequeathedproperty to "her goddaughter Ellinor Borema n daughter of Major WilliamBoreman." On November 10, 1668, his wif e Sarah waived dower when heconveyed land on Nanjemoy Creek, but o n April 12, 1669, when he sold 150acres of "The Hunting Quarter," n o wife came.
The estimated death date for his first wife can therefore be place dbetween those two events, and the marriage span of his first unio n asabout 17 years.
Children of William and Sarah Boarman
1. William Boarman, married twice.
2. Sarah Boarman married Thomas Mathews, Jr., and later Thomas Mudd.
3. George Boarman, probably died without issue.
4. Mary Boarman, the Elder, married Robert Green.
By 1674, William Boarman had married Mary, the daughter of Dr. Tho masMathews, of Charles County, who held baronial prerogatives on St .Thomas' Manor. Dying in 1676, Dr. Mathews devised his daughter "Ma ry,wife of Captain Boarman" a portion of a 700 acre plantation on th eMattawoman and "Hill Freehold" of 225 acres in St. Mary's County . Shewas living as late as July 1, 1681, when Boarman and "Mary hi s wife noeof the daughters of Thomas Mathews, late of Charles County , Gent.deceased" conveyed to the Hon. Philip Calvert, Esq., and Jane , his wife,for 15,000 lbs. tobacco Town Land commonly called "St. Ma ry's Freehold"on a branch of St. Inigoe's Creek which had been wille d by Dr. ThomasMathews to his son Thomas Mathews, since deceased, an d to his daughterMary Boarman.
Children of William and Mary (Mathews) Boarman
1. Anne Boarman married Leonard Brooke.
(It is reasonable to assume that there were other children born t oMary Mathews and that perhaps one or more of the daughters whom hi swidow, Mary Jarboe, named in her will of 1739 may have been actuall ystep-daughters. Major Boarman was still married to Mary Mathews i n1681, and by depositions we have the approximate births of his thre eyounger sons, all definitely the issue of the last wife, but if Fra ncesIgnatius was born in 1701, Major Boarman was fully 71 years of a ge.)
Before 1687, being again a widower, he married thirdly Mary Jarboe ,daughter of Colonel John Jarboe, a French Catholic from Dijon, Burg undy,who had settled in Maryland and was allied with the conservativ eProprietary Party. She was a maiden at the time her father made hi swill on March 4, 1664/5, for in the insturment he bequeathed his daughter, Mary Jarboe, personalty and mentioned land which had been giv enher by Marke Cordea. In 1687 Major Boarman claimed this land an dprevented a sale of the estate of Mark Cordea by rights of Cordea' s giftto his (William's) wife, when she was Mary Jarboe, thus provin g hismarriage to the Jarboe heiress. Childr en ofWilliam and Mary (Jarboe) Boarman
1. Benedict Leornard Boarman, born 1687, married Anne ---.
2. John Baptist Boarman, born 1689, married Elizabeth Edelen.
(For the history of the Edelen family, see Newman's Charles Count yGentry.)
3. Francis Ignatius Boarman, born 1701, married Anne Slye.
4. Mary Boarman married (1) John Gardiner and (2) Gerard Slye.
5. Clare Boarman married (1) Richard Brooke and (2) Richard Shirbin.
6. Elizabeth Boarman married --- Hammersley.
In the course of a lawsuit between Thomas Mudd and John Sanders, William Williams in 1693 deposed that he had been a retainer of Majo rWilliam Boarman and recalled that Major Boarman offered 400 acres o f"Boarman's Rest" as a dowry for his daughter, Sarah, if an engageme ntwere announced between her and Joseph Pile. The latter did not materialize, so the 400 acres of land were offered to Thomas Mathews, s onand heir of Dr. Thomas Mathews, of Portobacco. Williams at the ti mequestioned Major Boarman, for he understood that the land had bee npromised to Georges son, George, but Major Boarman replied that h e hadother lands for his son. William Williams sailed for England a nd didnot return to Maryland for six or seven years, at which time T homasMathews had married Sarah Boarman. He visited them at "Boarman 's Rest"where they were living and he spent the night. It was the s ameplantation on wihc Thomas Mudd was then living with his wife Sara h.By a land conveyance in 1713, it was shown that on July 16, 167 9,William Boarman made a deed of gift of 450 acres of "Boarman's Man or" toMary, the wife of robert Green, which they called "Greene's Re st."Major William Boarman drew up his will on May 16, 1708, but i t was notprobated in Charles County until January 17, 1708/9, afte r the additionof a Codicil on June 17, 1708. Witnesses were Josep h Pile, John Mudd,who is identified as a grandson, and John Wathen . (It is summarized asfollows:)
To his wife Mary whom he appointed executrix he bequeathed persona lty and devised the dwelling-plantation "Boarman's Rest," but sh e wasto pay his daughter Clare certain money due by debt from Ephria mLeverton of North Carolina.
To his son Benedict he devised the dwelling-plantation "Boarman' sRest" provided he kept it in repair especially the Catholic Chape l onthe place; if he failed to do so, the dwelling was to pass to th e nextheir.
To his son John Baptist he devised the plantation "Lanterman" an d therents due from Edward Benson who held it under lease.
To his daughters Mary and Clare he bequeathed personalty and 400 acres where the Negro quarters were, being part of the manor.
To his daughter Ann Brooke he devised 500 acres of land which wa s tobe taken up by his widow and executrix.
In the event of the death of his sons John Baptist and Francis Ignatius during minority or without issue, the survivor was to inherit t hedeceased's portion, and both dying without issue or during minorit y,their estates were to revert to son Benedict, and the latter dyin g aminor without issue, his lands were to pass to the other two son saforesaid.
Overseers -- son Benedict Boarman, Benjamin Hall, and Raphael Neal e.By April 7, 1711, the widow and executrix had married John Sander s andwith him an account was filed at court; thereby legacies were p aid toBenedict Boarman, John Baptist Boarman, Francis Ignatius Boarm an, ClareBoarman, and to the following poor persons -- Robert Gree n (JS: hisdaughter Mary Boarman's [by Sarah Sinley] husband) and Dou zabellSemmes. To Leonard Brooke and his wife Anne, L25 were paid . His widow,Mary Sanders, died testate in Charles County and by he r will dated March12, 1739 and probated on December 17, following, s he bequeathed herpersonal estate to her sons -- Benedict, John Bapti st, and FrancisBoarman; also to her daughters May Sly, Elizabeth Ham ozley, and ClareShirbin. Bequests were made to the priest who woul d officiate at herlast rites and to the poor of the parish.
At a session of the Provincial Court in 1767, Thomas Bowling, age d63, stated that "He knew Leonard Brooke who he always understood ma rriedMajor Boarman's daughter and [he knew] Richard Brooke and his w ife Clearwhich Clear was the daughter of Major Boarman."

!NOTES: THE THREE MARYS (JS:) These notes concern difficulties wit hvarious sources of information concering the Boarmans, Slyes and Gardiners. Maj. William Boarman had two daughters and one granddaughte rnamed Mary Boarman. First was Mary, daughter of William and Sara hSinley Boarman. She presents no problem and is assumed to have mar riedRobert Green. Second was Mary (which I refer to as old Mary) th edaughter of William and Mary Jarboe. Third was Mary, the daughte r ofWilliam and Sarah Sinley Boarman's son, William Jr. and Mary Pil e (whomI call young Mary). The problems occur in attempting to dete rmine thespouses of Mary Boarman. Note the following references:
1. Newman in SEMMES, cited above, states on page 187 that old Mar ymarried (1) John Gardiner (RIN 2724), (2) Gerard Slye (2839). Fo rreasons stated below, it is this information which I have conclude d iscorrect.
2. Thomas Richard Gardiner, Vol II, pg 2, states that young Mar ymarried John Gardiner. I have concluded that this is incorrect.
3. Thomas Richard Gardiner, Vol. I, pg 36, of his GARDINER, GENERATIONS AND RELATIONS, states that young Mary married Luke Gardiner i n1723. I have also concluded that this is correct. Note that thi sassertion is inconsis- tant with that in paragraph 2 above made b y thesame gentleman.
4. Father Jenkins in THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND, pg 74, states th atyoung Mary was the widow of Luke Gardiner and married Robert Gerar d Slye(RIN 2840), father of Gerard Slye (RIN 2839). I have conclude d thatboth of these assertions are incorrect.
5. Thomas Richard Gardiner, pg 29, states that old Mary married J ohnGardiner in 1710. I conclude that this is correct. Birth date s (anddeath dates where available) are as follows:
Old Mary, b1691; young Mary b1700. Robert Gerard Slye b1640 d170 3.His son Gerard b1679 d1733. Luke Gardiner b1695 d1754. John Gardinerb1678 d1717. Marriage dates known: Luke and some Mary 1723; John and someMary 1710.
The primary reason that I do not believe that young Mary and GerardSlye were married is that several sources marry her to Luke Gardiner.She was five years younger than Luke and would have been 23 whe n theymarried. She could not have been "Luke's widow" (as per Jenki ns) if shehad first married Gerard Slye since Gerard died some 21 ye ars prior toLuke. And she could not have been married to Gerard's fa ther, RobertGerard Slye, (also as per Jenkins), since Robert died i n 1717 when youngMary was 17 years of age. So I have concluded tha t young Mary wasmarried exclusively to Luke Gardiner insofar as th e Slye family isconcerned.
If any Mary was married to John Gardiner as asserted by Newman, i tmust have been old Mary as Newman states. In 1710, John was 32 an d oldMary was 19. (Young Mary was 10 years old at that time.) Th e questionarises whether, as Newman also asserts, old Mary later mar ried GerardSlye. John died in 1717 at which time Gerard Slye was 38 , not too oldto marry. It is possible that Gerard had been married e arlier but wehave no such information. Further research is necessar y to clarify theseattachments.

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ID: I27434
Name: William BOARMAN
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1630
Death: BEF 17 JUN 1709
Emigration: 1645
Reference Number: 27931
Note:
The information on the Boarman family comes from Genealogical History ofOur Ancestors, compiled by Wm. Kenneth Rutherford and Anna Clay ZimmermanRutherford, vol. 2 revised edition, pricvately published 1977, pp.36-29;From Timothy J O'Rourke, Maryland Catholics on the Frontier, 748: "William Boarman was born in England in 1627 and came to Maryland in 1645at the time of the Civil War in England. From Lord Baltimore he receivedland patents exceeding 17.000 acres. Among these was Boarman's Manor of3.333 A. A grant called Brother'sn Gift of 3,000 A might indicate arelationship with the Calvert family. When Charles Calvert, third LoredBaltimore, visited his province in 1661, he was a guest at the manorhouse of William Boarman. Thrice united in marriage, William Boarmansuccessively wed Sarah _____, Mary Matthews and Mary Jarboe. WilliamBoarman served as a gentleman justice of St Mary's County, MD, 1663-1666,1670, 1675-77, and as presiding justice in 1678. He was a delegate to theGeneral Assembly of the Province of MD for St Mary's County from 1671 to1675. He later servedn as high sheriff of Charles County, MD 1678-1681.In 1686 he defended the colony against Indians. Hei is usually referredto as Major William Boarman, because of his militia office. He died 16May 1709 in Charles County, MD" According to the Maryland Semmes andKindred Families, p. 187, it was recorded in 1655 that "William Boremanconfesseth in court that he's Roman Catholick and that he was borne andbred so."

From The Mudd Family in the US, p. 40:
My soul into the hands of Almighty God unto the church 1,000 lbs tobacco,unto the poor belonging to ye Said Church 1,000 lbs tobacco
To my dear aned loving wife, Mary Boarman, 3 slaves and 50 lbs sterlingdue to me by bond from Ephram Leverton o North Carolina to be paid inpitch and tar; my sd wife to pay to my daughter, Clare Boarman uponreceipt of Sd money 10 lbs sterling money of England, unto my Sd wifehalf that tract of land whereon my new dwelling plantation is calledBoarman's Rest during her natural life and a good feather bed with otherfurniture for a roome.
Unto my loving son Benedict Boarman my now dwelling plantation calledBoarman's Rest, provided that sd son and his heirs do keep and preservein good order the chapell standing on my dwelling plantation, also untomy sd son 2 slaves
Unto my loving son John Baptist Boarman a tract of land called Lanternamand one slave and all the ;money due from Edw Benson liveing on sd land
Unto my loving son Francis Ignatius one tract of land formerly inp;osssession of Robert Green it being pt of sd George's Rest and 2 slaves
Unto my loving daughter Mary Boarman 2 slaves
Unto my loving daughter Clare, 2 slaves
Unto mjy two daughters Clare and Mary a tract of land whereon JosGardiner now lives and whereon my negroe Quarters is it being part of theManner ofs about 400 a. 500 a. of land be taken up by my exs at thecharge of my estate and given to my daughter Ann Brooks
My stock of hoggs and cattle (to) be equally divided between my 2 sonsFrancis Ignatius and John Baptist and the remainder of my goods to bedivided between my 3 sons and my wife.
(He makes provision for disposition of the property left his sons ifanyone die before age 21 or without lawful heirs.)
Sons to be 18 to inherit, but not to buy or sell without advise andconsent of my good friend Benjamin Hall and Raphael Neale.
My wife Mary Boarman my whole and sole exc and administrator, my sonBenedict Boarman and my friend Benjamin Hall and Raphael Neale overseers.
Signed by William Boarman
Witnesses Joseph Pile, John Wathen, John Mudd (his mark)
Will of Maj William Boarman, cont.
In a codicil William Boarman Senr. of Charles County bequeathed to ThomasHagan 65 a. of Lanternam because whenhe 'sold Thomas Hagan 80 a. land 65of it was not within my bounds.", my trusty and well beloved friends CaptBenjamin Hall and Mr William Boarman to decide what 65a. shall be meetand convenient to sd Thos Hogan. Witness to codicil James Haddock, JohnGardiner and William Boarman dated 17 Jan 1708 (Fr Hagan: obviously 1709)
At Porttobaccoe in Chandler Town June 17, 1709 came Joseph Pile, JohnWathern and made oath that this will (is true).

see Gardiner vol II, Boarman pg 7.