Person:William Boring (3)

John Boreing who was one of nineteen persons transported to Nansemond County, Virginia, in 1656 by George Abbott . John Boreing of Nansemond and Norfolk was the progenitor of the Maryland Boreing - Boring - Boren families, having migrated to Baltimore County, Maryland, in 1670. He was granted large tracts of land by King Charles II upon which the city of Baltimore now stands, and was one of the first justices of Baltimore County until his death in 1690. The known children of John Boreing and Ann were a daughter Ann (who may have been by a previous marriage), and sons John (who married Presotia and Sarah - he died 1750, born 1683; James who married Rebecca and died 1738; Thomas who was married and died 1723. There were probably other children, among whom may have been Absalom and Joshua Boring.

One branch of the Boren family of Maryland appears to have gone southward very early with Christopher Gist. These were William, Charles and Joseph Boring (brothers) and perhaps others, who settled on North Hyco Creek in Orange County, North Carolina (now Caswell), prior to 1749. The Boren - Boring family of Orange County, Virginia, first appear upon record in the tax list of 1755 as follows:

Charles Boring - 1 white William Boring - w/his 2 sons - 7/2 negroes - 3 white ( Husband of Martha & father of Elijah ) Joseph Boring & 1 negro - 1 white - 1 black [8]

William, Joseph and Charles Boren were brothers and there were probably others, including John Boren (1726- 1821) who lived for a time near Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, then removed to South Carolina and later to Tennessee where he died in Sumner County.

1. ↑ The Boren Family of Southwest Virginia, in New River Notes.

   http://www.newrivernotes.com/swva/hssv-10.htm#boren