Boson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Boson family
The surname Boson was first found in Gloucestershire where John Buzun was found in the Pipe Rolls of 1197. A few years later in Derbyshire, Thomas Bussun was found in the Liber Feodorm of 1242. And later again, John Boson, Bozon was listed in the Feet of Fines for Essex in 1536. The name is derived from the Old French word buzon which means 'one connected with the law'.1
"Ilton, in Malborough, [Devon] once belonged to the Bozuns, then to the Chiverstons, and finally came to the Courtenays. " 2
Early History of the Boson family
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Boson Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Bozon, Bosum, Bozun, Bozom, Boyzon, Boysum, Bozum, Boyzum, Boson, Bouzan and many more.
Early Notables of the Boson family
Outstanding amongst the family at this time was
- Nicholas Boson (1624-1708), a Cornish writer and preserver of the Cornish language, best known for his "Nebbaz gerriau dro tho Carnoack" ("A Few Words about Cornish"), (c.1675-1708)
Boson migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Boson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Griffiths Boson, who landed in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1838 3
Contemporary Notables of the name Boson (post 1700) +
- George Boson, American Democratic Party politician, Warden (Borough President) of Colchester, Connecticut, 1957 4
Citations +
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Worth, R.N., A History of Devonshire London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.G., 1895. Digital
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html