The boston Surname
boston Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from the place in Lincolnshire, the name of which means ‘Botwulf’s stone’. This has been considered to refer to St. Botulf, and to be the site of the monastery that he built in the 7th century, but it is more likely that the Botwulf of the place name was an ordinary landowner, and that the association with the saint was a later development because of the name.
- Probably an altered spelling of German Basten and perhaps Bastian.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Israel D.Boston m/t Elizabeth Atkins 1885.OH WV |
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| Family Tree | susan torrenti | 11 |
| Sarah (Sallie) E. Boston in Kentucky |
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| BOSTON Nancy S 1874-1956 |
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| John Boston, Rowan Co.,NC 1759 | Robert Boston | 35 |
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