| ![Show Contents]() Boag History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Scotland Ireland The Boag family name comes from a place named by the Viking settlers who arrived in the shores of Scotland in the Middle Ages. The Boag name comes from someone having lived in a place noted for the presence of a ridge that formed a boundary between two distinct areas. It comes from a variant of the word boak or balk, of the same meaning. While historians generally agree upon the aforementioned topographical derivation, most believe that this name actually came from the area called Boak in the parish of Kirkholm. 1 Another source claims the name is "probably a variant of boak, a northern form of balk, a ridge (as a boundary.)" (Weekley) Early Origins of the Boag familyThe surname Boag was first found in Boak in the parish of Kirkcolm, Dumfries and Galloway, part of the former county of Wigtownshire. Early entries for the family are relatively rare as we must look to the 16th century to find the first recorded entry, that of Andrew Boog who witnessed instrument of sasine in 1550. David Book was a merchant in Edinburgh, 1610 and Thomas Baok was a merchant burgess of Stirling in 1622. 1 Early History of the Boag familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Boag research. Another 321 words (23 lines of text) covering the years 1523, 1546, 1576, 1595, 1605, 1613, 1626, 1629, 1632, 1636, 1643, 1652, 1664, 1666, 1668, 1683, 1685, 1688, 1697, 1709, 1775, 1786, 1793, 1797, 1812, 1863 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Boag History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Boag Spelling VariationsContemporary spellings of ancient Scottish names often bear little resemblance to the original recorded versions. These spelling variations result from the fact that medieval scribes spelled words and names alike according to their sounds. Boag has been spelled Boag, Boig, Book, Boack, Boge, Bogue, Boak, Bouk, Bouck, Bogues, Bogg, Boggs and many more. Early Notables of the Boag familyNotable amongst the family at this time was - John Boag (1775-1863), Scottish compiler of the ‘Imperial Lexicon,’ born at Highgate in the parish of Beith, Ayrshire, on 7 Jan...
 Migration of the Boag family to Ireland
Some of the Boag family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 57 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Boag migration to the United States | + |
The colonies on the fertile east coast of North America soon had many farms run by Scots. These hardy settlers provided a backbone for the great nations of the United States and Canada that would emerge in the next centuries. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Scottish name Boag or a variant listed above, including:
Boag Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- William Boag, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1773 2
Boag Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Samuel Boag who settled in Savannah, Georgia, in 1820
- William S Boag, who landed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1822 2
- John Boag, who settled in Philadelphia in 1852
- John Boag, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1854 2
- Anthony Boag, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1872
| Boag migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Boag Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- A Boag, who landed in Canada in 1821
- Michael Boag, aged 20, a labourer, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833 aboard the brig "Ugoni" from Belfast, Ireland
| Boag migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Boag Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Mr. William Boag, (b. 1807), aged 50, British farm servant travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 3
- Mrs. Jane Boag, (b. 1808), aged 49, British farm servant travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 3
- Miss Ann Boag, (b. 1838), aged 19, British farm servant travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 3
- Mr. John Boag, (b. 1841), aged 16, British farm servant travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 3
- Mr. Peter Boag, (b. 1847), aged 10, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name Boag (post 1700) | + |
- Wally Boag (b. 1920), American stage performer
- John Boag (1775-1863), Scottish compiler of the ‘Imperial Lexicon,’ born at Highgate in the parish of Beith, Ayrshire 4
- Peter T Boag, Professor of Biology at Queen's University, Canada
- James Boag I (1804-1890), Australian (Emigrated from Scotland in 1853), founder and proprietor Boag's Brewery in Tasmania, Australia
- John Boag, Professor of Physics at the University of London
- Keith Boag, Canadian television journalist
- Erin Boag (b. 1975), New Zealand ballroom dancer
- Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
- 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)
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
- Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 5 Feb. 2019
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