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The BOYCE / BOYES / BOYS / BOYSE Family
of C15th - C19th Coventry, Warwickshire

A family involved in the cloth trade in Warwickshire & London.
A Richard BOYS was the 1450 mayor of Coventry, establishing the family name in the city from the C15th.

Head of the tree appears to be John BOYES & Katherine of unknown family (m. not found), my 9xGGPs. Children:

• Benjamin BOYES (c1662) c. 4.1.1663 at Coventry St Michael (CSM), m. Elizabeth RICHARDS (my 8xGGPs), who married in 1687:

  • Benjamin BOYCE c. 25.11.1688, m. Mary KING in 1710;

  • John BOYCE c. 7.12.1690, m. Mary BOLLARD 1714 & Mary RYLEY 1718 both CSM;

    • Thomas BOYCE, c. 18.10.1719 CSM; 

  • Elizabeth BOYCE c. 10.11.1695;

  • Joshua BOYCE c. 26.2.1697, m. Anne SAMMONS in 1718 Coventry area:

    • Mary BOYCE c. 25.4.1720;

    • Benjamin BOYCE c. 7.3.1722, d. 10.3.1722;

    • Anne BOYCE c. 14.8.1723;

    • William BOYCE c. 30.6.1725, d. 20.7.1725;

  • Mary BOYCE c. 23.11.1701 CSM, married in 1726, Coventry to John REMINGTON, my 7xGGPs;

• Ann BOYES (c1665),  c. 15.1.1665 CSM;

Other Marriages from St. Michael & Holy Trinity churches in Coventry

Rachell BOYCE (c1703) = John EDWARDS 29.12.1724 St M
Thomas BOYCE (c1691 Shustoke?) = Hannah GIBBS 1714 St M
Elizabeth BOYES (d/o Benjamin & Elizabeth or widowed wife?) = Crofts MALING 1729 St M
Ann BOYSE (d/o John & Katherine?) = Richard SMITH 13.9.1696 HT
Lydia BOYES (widow of William below?) = George HAYNES 1729 St M 
William BOYES = Lydia ASH 1714 St M
Mary BOYS = William CAMB 1671 St M   

Other family groups in Coventry area

Benjamin BOYES & Mary LESTER, m. 15.6.1772 HT:

• William BOYES c. 13.6.1779 St John;

• James BOYES c. 25.1.1780 St J;

Benjamin BOYES & Maria POLTNEY, m. 28.11.1846 St. Lawrence, Foleshill:

• Martha BOYES, Elizabeth BOYES & John BOYES c. 23.9.1855 St Paul, Foleshill;

• Emma BOYES c. 24.8.1856 St P;

• Harriett BOYES c. 4.4.1862 St Ll;

Emigrants from Coventry on New York Passenger lists/Ellis Island

Rowland Leslie & Myrtle Irene BOYCE 9.7.1923
Isaac BOYCE 13.2.1923

Canadian connections

Joseph BOYCE d. 1914 Ontario (n. 1830 Coventry) s/o John H & Hannah, h/o Emma BOYCE formerly STRONG (n. 1832 Coventry).

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