Alexander Boyer in Google Books (click on the title)
Calender of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, NY By New York State Secretary’s Office, New York, 1865 from Harvard University
The Wilderness Trail by Charles Augustus Hanna
American Boyers by Charles Clinton Boyer
I knew about my English, Scottish, Irish, French, and German heritage, but since blogging my family tree I have found more German, Swedish, and Dutch connections.
Alexander Boyer 1618 (0r 1620) to 1661. He was a Dutchman who came to the colony of New Amsterdam. He was later sent to Fort Nassau in Delaware and was an interpreter to the Indians. He also worked with the Swedes who colonized Delaware around 1648 and married a Swedish woman. With her he had two children, Jan and Josyn. Right now I can’t find out this woman’s name, but I found a book on early Delaware Swedish Settlers written by Amandus Johnson and I am hoping to find some clues based on that research. She died sometime before 1655.
Alexander later married Elizabeth Jans and baptized two children on December 1, 1655 in Manhattan, Pieter and Samuel. He returned to Delaware in 1656 and died in 1661. His daughter Josyn married William Sample, an Englishman who came to Delaware from Maryland. Their daughter, Margaret, married a William Sparks from Maryland. They are the distant ancestors of my great-great grandmother Callie Carter of Tennessee.
