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Family History

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        This family line potentially goes back to a Jean Bossard.  Many Bozarth researchers believe that Jean / John Bossard, the French Huguenot refugee, who came to America in 1700 on the English ship "Peter & Anthony" with his wife and three infant* children was the progenitor of the Bozorth surname. It is believed that Jean Bossard was originally from Strasbourg, Alsace Province of France. This region changed hands between the French and German governments over a period of hundreds of years and the people who lived there even developed their own language.  The name Bozarth / Bozorth / Bossard are the Germanic pronunciation of Bozorth. Bozier / Boshier / Beaushire / etc are the French pronunciation. Many of these same researchers believe that one of Jean’s sons was a Simon Bozorth possibly born in the Strasbourg, Alsace Province of France c.1690. 

 

        Simon probably landed in the Jamestown, VA. area and possibly with his siblings and parents, left to settle in the area of New Jersey. He is known to have purchased land in Newberry County, NJ in 1713. Simon married Mary Mason/Marson abt 1712 in Evesham Twp., Burlington Co., NJ. It’s thought that Mary and her parents may have been Quakers.  We know very little of Mary Marson’s background.  We believe her father may have been a John Marson born in Frederick, VA.  Mary is also thought to have had a sister Sara and two brothers John and James. 

 

        Simon and Mary had 9 children that are known and of them the 8th child was Andrew born in 1732 who married Mary Bishop on  21 May 1756 in Burlington Co., NJ. Together they raised 4 children all of whom were boys.  We do know quite a bit about Mary Bishop’s parentage.  Mary was the fourth of six children born to Robert Bishop and Mary Hall.  Mary Hall was believed to be the daughter of Daniel Hall and Mary French.  The second son thought to have been born to Andrew and Mary was named Aaron and he was born abt 1773 in the same general location his grandfather Simon had married and died in.  Aaron met and first married a girl named Rebecca and they had two children of which we are aware.  Rebecca died early in life though and Aaron moved on and married a woman by the name of Jane Nailor/Naylor abt 1795.  Aaron was buying land as early as 1805 and continued on for at least the next 25 years.  Aaron and Jane had six children that can be confirmed and a seventh child is sometimes found listed as well. 

 

        The next ancestor in our line is Josiah born in August of 1805 in Burrs Mills, Southampton Twp., Burlington Co.  While Josiah was the third of the 6 or 7 children born to Aaron and Jane he appears to be the first born outside of the old Evesham Township area.  It would appear that Aaron and Jane moved their family further southeast into the Southampton Township area sometime before Josiah’s birth.  It was here in the Southampton area that Josiah grew up and married a Barbara Ann Asay in 1833.  Nine children were born to Josiah and Barbara.  Little has been found of this Barbara Asay despite all of the extensive research of the ASAY surname.  We do know by way of her marriage register that she was married in the home of a Samuel Asay of Burlington County.  And according to Excerpts from Beluah's World by Alexander & Regn, the home of Samuel Asay was also in Burrs Mills, Southampton Township.  I have a map of this region that indicates the land on which Josiah and Barbara most likely retired to. 

 

        One of the middle children, Leander Budd, was born in 1844 in Vincentown.  Leander married a Margaret W. Shinn in 1866 in Pemberton Township.  Margaret was the daughter of a Samuel Shinn and Catherine West.  Of the Shinn family a great deal of information has been researched but at this moment it cannot be completely determined which of several Samuel Shinn’s might have been Margaret’s father.  We know for certain that Margaret’s mother was a Catherine West and that she did marry a Samuel Shinn.  This we know from Margaret’s Death Certificate in which her mother and fathers names were given.  The first of the children born to Leander and Margaret was a Katherine S. in 1867.  Katherine had seven younger siblings that she would have helped to care for.  Apparently by the age of 13 Katherine and her family had moved to Bordentown near the northeast corner of the county.  There she likely went to school with and later married Elwood Stokes Peiffer in 1886.

 

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Origins of the Surname*

 

 

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Probably a reduced form of Swiss German Bozenhardt, a habitational name from Botzenhardt in Württemberg.

 

 

 

 

 

*  Many German names have their roots in the Germanic middle ages. The process of forming family names began around the year 1100 and extended through 1600. All social classes and demographic strata aided in the development of names. First Names (Rufnamen) identified specific persons. Over time the first name began to be applied to the bearer's whole family. At first through verbal usage, family names (Familiennamen) were later fixed through writing. Until the 17th century, first names played a more important role. The earliest family names derived from the first name of the first bearer (Patronym). Later names derived from the place of dwelling and location of the homestead. If a person of family migrated from one place to another they were identified by the place they came from. Of more recent origin are names derived from the vocation of profession of the first bearer. These names comprise the largest group and the most easily recognizable, for they tell what the first bearer did for a living. Another group are names derived from a physical or other characteristic of the first bearer. Finally, there are names that tell you the state or region a first bearer and his family came from; the age old division in tribes and regions (low German, middle German and upper German) is often reflected in names.

 

 

 

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The complexity of researching records is compounded by the fact that in many cases an ancestors surname may have been misspelled.  This is especially true when searching census documents.

 

 

 

 

 

The Soundex system was developed in an effort to assist with identifying spelling variations for a given surname. Soundex is a method of indexing names in the 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 US Census, and can aid genealogists in their research.   Soundex Code for Bozarth = B263, Other surnames sharing this Soundex code:  BECKWORTH | BICKERDYKE | BICKHART | BOCKRATH | BOGARD | BOGARDUS | BOGART | BOGERT | BOSSERT | BOSWORTH | BOUCHARD | BOZARTH | BUSSARD | BUZZARD |

 

 

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Direct Ancestors

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Additional information about my DIRECT ANCESTORS and their

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NAME

BIRTH / DEATH / LOCATIONS

 

 

Simon Bozorth

b. abt 1690 in Strasbourg, Alsace, France

m. Mary Marson abt 1712 in Evesham Twp., Burlington Co., NJ.

d. Feb 1753 in Evesham Twp., Burlington Co., NJ.

 

 

Andrew Bozorth

b. 19 Oct 1732 in Evesham Twp., Burlington Co., NJ.

m. Mary Bishop 21 May 1756 in Burlington Co., NJ.

d. 10 Feb 1812 in Philadelphia, PA.

 

 

Aaron Bozorth

b. abt 1773 Northampton Twp, Evesham, Burlington Co., NJ.

m. Jane Nailor 24 Jan 1799 in Burlington Co., NJ.

d. abt 1845 in Burlington Co., NJ.

 

 

Josiah Bozorth

b. abt 18 Aug 1805 in Burrs Mills, Southampton Twp., Burlington Co., NJ.

m. Barbara Ann Asay 25 Aug 1833 in Burlington Co., NJ.

d. abt 12 Jan 1873 in Burrs Mills, Southampton Twp., Burlington Co., NJ.

 

 

Leander Budd Bozorth

b. 29 Aug 1844 in Vincentown, Burlington Co., NJ.

m. Margaret W. Shinn 25 May 1866 in Pemberton TWP, Burlington Co., NJ.

d. 7 Sep 1931 in Bordentown TWP, Burlington Co., NJ.

 

 

Katherine S. Bozarth

b. 5 Oct 1867 in Pemberton Twp, Burlington Co., NJ.

m. Elwood Stokes Peiffer, Sr. 9 Sep 1886 in Bordentown, Burlington Co., NJ.

d. 21 Mar 1926 in Bordentown, Burlington Co., NJ.

 

 

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Researching the locations where my ancestors lived has provided me with valuable evidence needed to fill-in the gaps in my family trees.  It has also led me to many interesting facts that enhance the overall picture of each family group.  The names of states and counties on the following list were derived from the known places where the persons in the “Direct Ancestors” list (see above) were born, married, and/or died.

 

 

COUNTRY

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UNITED STATES

New Jersey

Burlington County

 

 

France - Germany

Alsace

Strasbourg

 

 

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The documents and headstones contained within the “Source Documents Archives” have been located during my research of this family, and used as evidence to prove many of the facts contained within the database of this family’s record.

 

     Most of these documents can be considered as primary or secondary evidence.  Primary evidence is usually defined as the best available to prove the fact in question, usually in an original document or record.  Secondary evidence is in essence all that evidence which is inferior in its origin to primary evidence. That does not mean secondary evidence is always in error, but there is a greater chance of error.  Examples of this type of evidence would be a copy of an original record, or oral testimony of a record’s contents.  Published genealogies and family histories are also secondary evidence.

     Classifying evidence as either primary or secondary does not tell anything about its accuracy or ultimate value.  This is especially true of secondary evidence.  Thus it is always a good idea to ask the following questions: (1) How far removed from the original is it, (when it is a copy)?;  (2) What was the reason for the creation of the source which contains this evidence?; and (3) Who was responsible for creating this secondary evidence and what interest did they have in its accuracy?

SOURCE:  Greenwood, Val D., The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy, 2nd edition, Genealogical Publishing  Co., Baltimore, MD 21202, 1990, pgs. 62-63

 

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