https://www.boytharness.com/history-boyt-harness-company/

1. Joseph Boyt m. 20 May 1790 Bewley Manuel in Wool Parish Church, Wool, Dorset, ENG
2. Joseph Boyt baptized 16 May 1802 in Wool Parish Church, Wool, Dorset, ENG m. 28 Jun 1831 Eliza Roberts Crumpler
3. Joelah Boyt christened 8 Apr 1798 in Wool Parish Church, Wool, Dorset, ENG d. 1857 Boldre m. 29 Dec 1824 Sophia Lucas
4. Joseph Boyt b. abt 1828 West Knighton, Dorset, ENG m. 1859 Caroline
5. John Boyt b. 1864 East Tytherly, Hampshire, ENG m. 28 May 1888 Barbara Dina Eysink
6. Paul Alfred Boyt b. 23 Jan 1900 Iowa

Significant Production of Essential War Material for WW II and Historic Place (The Walter Boyt Co)
http://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/ecc94380-e9a4-414e-9cff-f622b6247b01
pg 16 of 35 page pdf concerning the National Register of Historic Places
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANCE The Boyt Company Building is National Register eligible, locally under Criterion A, because it is the only extant building that conveys the significance of this important Des Moines light industry firm. The building calls attention to the Boyt Company's early history from 1904 to 1908, when the firm manufactured leather goods in it and from 1943 and 1945, when the Boyt Company leased the building again in conjunction with the manufacturing of millions of items of essential war materiel for the U.S. Government. A nearby building (nonextant) served as the factory for this production, and the subject of this nomination was used as a depot for shipping supplies. Boyt supplied the U. S. Marine Corps, Navy Department, Signal Corps, Rock Island Arsenal and Ordnance Department, Army Air Force, and Treasury Department, among others with leather and canvas goods of all kinds. Products included bags, belts, bridles, field packs, saddles, cases, pouches, belts, holsters, and many others. For example, the firm manufactured 1,306,265 slings for the M1907 rifle, 1,146,597 holsters for the M1916 pistol, and 1,253,969 cartridge belts for the 30 caliber M1923 rifle. The period of significance, under Criterion A, is 1904 to 1908, the time when the Boyt Company established its business, and 1943 to circa 1945, the time during World War II, when the firm used the building in conjunction with its production of essential war materiel. The property possesses two resources, the edifice itself, which is counted as contributing and classified as a building, and the alley to its west, which is counted as contributing and classified as a structure. LIGHT INDUSTRY The Walter Boyt Saddlery Company was established in 1901 in Des Moines, Iowa, by Walter Boyt and John Boyt, two brothers who emigrated to the United States from England, where they had trained in the leather goods business. (Iowa Business and Industry: 17) Earlier, Walter had worked as a traveling salesman for the Des Moines Saddlery Company, according to the city directory for 1900. Then, in 1901, the two brothers established their own leather fabrication business. Their operation occupied the 3-story, brick building at 208 Court Avenue, where they remained until 1903. (City directories) Then, in 1904, the city directory shows that their firm expanded into the 2-story brick building at 210 Court Avenue. (The 208 building remains extant but suffers from a lack of integrity.) A newspaper article reported: