Immigrated before 1682.40

"The earliest appearances of William Boarman in the printed Archives of Md. is on June 13, 1649, when he witnesses the will of Thomas Hebden; however, he was in the Colony prior to that time. In a deposition made the 28th of May, 1650, he is said to be about 20 years of age. That deposition states "that about 1645 in the war raised by Richard Ingle again the Government of the Province, he, and others, were taken prisoners by an adherent of Ingle, at the taking and plundering of Mr. Copley's House at Portoback and brought down to St. Maries". In a deposition made by him Feb. 4, 1651-2, he seems to have been not long before that, on Kent Island.

Between 1650 and 1699 Lord Baltimore had granted 30 tracts of land totaling 17,000 acres to Major William Boarman who had come to Maryland in 1645 and served as an officer in the Provincial Militia, High Sheriff, and as delegate to the Lower House of the Assembly. The land "east of Zachiah Swamp" consisting of 3,333 acres called Boarman's Manor and Boarman's Rest lay in the area now known as Bryantown.

On Oct. 5, 1655, in the Provincial Court, William Boreman "confesseth that he is a Roman Catholic, and that he was born and bred so". The court convicted him of compliance with Capt. William Stone in the last Rebellion, but on his submitting himself to the mercy of the Court, remitted the public offence and he had only to pay 1,000 pounds of tobacco towards the damage sustained by the rebellion.

From Timothy J. O'Rourke, Maryland Catholics on the Frontier, 748: "William Boarman was born in
England in 1627 and came to Maryland in 1645 at the time of the Civil War in England. From Lord
Baltimore he received land patents exceeding 17,000 acres. Among these was Boarman's Manor of 3333 A. A grant called Brother's Gift of 3000 A might indicate a relationship with the Calvert family. When Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore, visited his province in 1661, he was a guest at the manor house of William Boarman. Thrice united in marriage, William Boarman sucessively wed Sarah -----, Mary Matthews and Mary Jarboe. William Boarman served as a gentleman justice of St. Mary's Co., MD, 1663-1666, 1670, 1675-77, and as presiding justice in 1678. He was a delegate to the General Assembly of the Province of MD for St. Mary's county from 1671 to 1675. He later served as high sheriff of Charles Co. MD 1678-1681. In 1686 he defended the colony against Indians. He is usually referred to as Major William Boarman, because of his militia office. He died 16 May 1709 in Charles Co. MD." According the Maryland Semmes and Kindred Families, p 187, it was recorded in 1655 that "William Boreman confesseth in court that he's a Roman Catholick and that he was borne and bred so."