Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 2
1630-01-06
maye yet plese you to vnderstand the Case of my righting to youere worship at this time is that thare is a frend of mine wiche is willinge to go this voyadge for newe ingland he hathe beine in Clind to that voyadg a gret wile but he cam not to me withe a reselushon for to go tele this morning aftere my fatheres letere wase rite and he desired me to right to you for to entere his name and his wifes and If it plese you to oundertake for theme in ther pasadge ouefere and send word I pray withere you will ondertake for theme or no and for the halefe of the money for ther Chard going ofer and for half the money for Careng ouer the goodes he mento careye I pray send word when and to home it shod be paid and he will send it to you desireng you to send and anesuere in my fatheres letere this wecke Craueing pardene for this my boldenes at this time youer saruante to comand
His name is James Boosye2 and alleso his wife
W. 4. 68; 5
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, I. 192.
Despite Boosey's inconstancy of purpose, which Borrowes deplores in a later letter, it appears that he came to New England, where we find him at Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1635. He was a lieutenant, and representative to the General Court from 1639 until his death, June 22, 1649; he “was a leading man in Wethersfield, and ranked high in the colony.” His will and inventory show five children and an estate valued at £983. 8 s. His wife, Alice, remarried after his death and died in 1683. Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, I. 211; R. R. Hinman, Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of Connecticut (Hartford, 1846), 16, 118; S. W. Adams and H. R. Stiles, History of Ancient Wethersfield (New York, 1904), I. 203, 252; II. 123–124.