Mary Boswell was born on 26 February 1794, in Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States as the daughter of Pvt John Iverson Boswell Sr.. She died on 6 November 1805, at the age of 11.
English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Beuzeville-la-Giffard in Seine-Maritime, France, named with the ancient Germanic personal name Boso + ville ‘settlement’. The final element has been altered as a result of association with the common placename ending -well ‘spring, stream’. Some instances of Bovill may have the same origin.
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