An American Family History

The Boy Family

Jacob Boy was born on April 17, 1752 in York County, Pennsylvania.

Jacob moved to Louden County, Virginia before 1770.

Jacob was a Revolutionary War veteran. He was drafted in 1779 and was a private in Captain Sensum's company, Colonel Campbell's regiment in Virginia

His children with his first wife were:

Adam Boy (married Sarah Royston),
Catherine Boy (married Henry Funkhouser).

Jacob married Mary Drummond. Their children included:

Andrew Boy (1796, married Mary Hobaugh),
Elizabeth Boy (1798, married William Smith).
Winifred Boy (1800, married Andrew Shell),
Sarah Boy (1803, married William White),
Nancy Ann Boy (1804, married Thomas Mallonee),
Jacob Boy, Jr. (1806, married Ruth Mallonee),
George Boy (1808).

In 1787, Jacob Boy and Christian Truckisel (Troyel) bought 380 acres in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

In 1794, Jacob bought 470 acres from Henry Waggoner in Sullivan County.

Jacob died on May 20, 1833.

Jacob's name was on the 1835 pension list in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

from History of Tennessee

F. M. and P. J. Boy, farmers, are the sons of Andrew and Mary (Hobaugh) Boy. Andrew was born in this county February 15, 1796, the son of Jacob Boy. He was a farmer who was progressive in all he did. He was a Confederate during the war, but accepted the results without a murmur. He was a man whose character left a strong impression on his family. He was a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in 1870, aged seventy-four.

The mother was born in this county December 1, 1799, the daughter of Phillip Hobaugh. She was also a devoted Methodist, and reared four sons and four daughters; she died at the age of forty-four years, and was mourned by all who knew her.