The ancient name of Boteman finds its origins with the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from a name for a person who was a sailor or otherwise worked with boats.
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Early Origins of the Boteman family
The surname Boteman was first found in Suffolk, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
Early History of the Boteman family
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Boteman Spelling Variations
Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Boteman family name include Boatman, Boatmane, Boatmain, Bootman, Boteman, Botman and many more.
Early Notables of the Boteman family
Nicholas Boteman, Rector of Castor in Norfolk in the 1320s
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Migration of the Boteman family
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Boteman surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Jeremiah Boatman who sailed to Salem, Massachusetts in 1650.
