| i. | ISABEL5 BOSTON, b. December 26, 1784, MelroseRoxburgh, Scotland; d. July 21, 1862, Ontario, Canada; m. JAMES DICKSON, Unknown. |
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Notes for JAMES DICKSON: Buried in the grounds of Melrose Abbey, Scotland. James and his brother John were engaged to build the stone piers for the Chain Suspension Bridge over the river Tweed, connecting Gattonside, with Melrose, Scotland. On Wednesday, at quarter past 5 o'clock in the afternoon, on the 6th day of june, 1826, James was adjusting a large stone and lost his balance and fell from the top of the north pier and brought the stone along with him which fell upon his forehead and deprived himof life in a moment......Source: a letter written by William Boston to his brother Thomas Boston and sister Janet Ferguson in Lobo, Upper Canada, in the possession of Fred D. Hurlburt, Winnipeg, Manitoba More About JAMES DICKSON: Cause of Death: accidental, work related |
| ii. | JOHN BOSTON, b. March 06, 1787, Melrose,Roxburgh, Scotland; d. November 18, 1804, Melrose,Roxburgh, Scotland. |
| iii. | WILLIAM BOSTON, b. June 07, 1789, Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland. |
| iv. | WILLIAM BOSTON, b. June 05, 1791, Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland; d. May 02, 1859, Lobo, Ontario; m. MARGARET NESBIT, Unknown. |
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Notes for WILLIAM BOSTON: Melrose Parish Magazine...No 461..May, 1937 The Boston Family: In the westermost chapel in the Abbey is to be read an inscription that runs; "The dust of many generations of the Bostons of Gattonside is deposited in this place. We give our bodies to this holy Abbey to keep".....They were not only an ancient family, but wide-spread. here is a note about two of them who lived in Darnick in the early half of the nineteenth century. It is taken from Rutherford's Southern Counties Directory for 1866: "The last of the Darnick weavers were William and Thomas Boston (brothers], who finding their trade falling off, determined about the year 1820, work at the time becoming more than ordinarily scarce, to visit a married sister settled near London, Upper Canada. Taking Sheffield on their way to embarkation, they purchased a large stock of needles. After landing at New York, they walked on to Canada and peddled needles along the route. They thus saw the country and what is more to the purpose, the needle's sale cleared more than their voyage and journey's expenses. Arrived at their sisters, they took to weaving as temporary employment, when by producing checked ginghams with which to clothe their sister's children, they created quite a demand for their production. William returned the following year to Darnick to sell the family property and take away his mother and widowed sister. Ontario Census 1871: Boston, Robert, age 35; Birthplace, Ontario; Religion, Canadian Presbyterian; Ethnicity, Scotch; Occupation, Farmer;District No. "8"; Sub.Dist. Code "D"; Div. No. "1"; Page No.-Code, "63", County, Middlesex; Town/TWP/ Ward, "Lobo" [Probably the son of William & Margaret] . Robert was married to Jane? |
| v. | JANET BOSTON, b. October 13, 1793, Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland; m. ANDREW FERGUSON, June 08, 1818, Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland. |
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Notes for ANDREW FERGUSON: Ontario Census 1871: Ferguson, Alexander; age 45; Birthplace, Ontario; Religion, Canadian Presbyterian; Ethnicity, Scotch; Occupation, Cabinet Maker and Storekeeper; District No. "8"; Sub-District Code "D"; Div.No. "1"; Page No. Code "45" Ferguson, Andrew; age 43; Birthplace, Ontario; Religion, Canadian Presbyterian; Ethnicity, Scotch; Occupation, Farmer; District No. "8"; Sub-District Code "D"; Div. No. "1", Page No. Code "45" [They are probably the sons of Andrew and Janet] |
| vi. | THOMAS BOSTON, b. November 15, 1795, MelroseRoxburgh, Scotland. |
| vii. | ROBERT BOSTON, b. May 19, 1799, Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland; d. May 02, 1829, Bangalore, East India. |
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Notes for ROBERT BOSTON: Died at Bangalore, East indies while in the service of the british Army |
| viii. | MARY BOSTON, b. May 19, 1799, Melrose,Roxburgh, Scotland. |
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