Boyt Boyett Migration Map Hap H-BY37188
May 2, 2025, Source Family Tree DNA based on BigY analysis of members from England and the US.

Male descendants of H2m as mapped in this study: In resolving
this ancient haplogroup, we can show two distinct migration paths along the Mediterranean and Danube for
Neolithic groups from Anatolia to Western Europe, ultimately resulting in the Mediterranean-derived groups
also reaching Britain and Ireland.

Arrival in Britainia: > H-Y21630 (Kent) > H-BY37188 (Roman Villa HighCross) Common Boyt/Boyett male YDNA Ancestor

H-L901>P96>Z19008>Z19080>SK1180>Z19072>Z19089>Z19049>SK1182>Y20839>Y21630>BY37186>BY37188
SEE SNP TIMELINE LINK DIRECT FROM LAB UPDATES
https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/H-BY37188/path

H2m YDNA STUDY: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353401635_Using_Y-chromosome_capture_enrichment_to_resolve_haplogroup_H2_shows_new_evidence_for_a_two-path_Neolithic_expansion_to_Western_Europe

We highlight the improved performance obtained via YMCA by analysing the Y-chromosomal haplogroup H2
(H-P96), a low-frequency YHG that is associated with early farmers during the Neolithic transition in Western
Eurasia. We curated a data set of 46 previously published individuals (45 ancient and 1 modern), and 49 newly
YMCA-sequenced individuals (all ancient). We show that our current understanding of H2, which is based largely
on modern H2 samples (n=20), is inconsistent with the ancient diversity of our H2 individuals. In resolving
this ancient haplogroup, we can show two distinct migration paths along the Mediterranean and Danube for
Neolithic groups from Anatolia to Western Europe, ultimately resulting in the Mediterranean-derived groups
also reaching Britain and Ireland.

Origin Of B0YETTE, currently unknown (see also Boyd, Boyce, Boys, Boyes, Boat, Bott) BOYT/E - BOYET/T/E NEWSLETTER Volume 1, Number 2 Apr/May/June 1985 Published and edited by Wendy L. Elliott, C. G.

Despite the very good French ending, this name is actually a variant spelling for the Scottish Gaelic surname BOYD, from "boidh" - meaning one with yellow hair. The name BOYETTE is uncommon, thus very distinctive and this may account for the several changes in spelling which caused the name to evolve, in America at least, from BOYD to BOYT to BOYET to Boyett, with some instances of BOYTE, BOYTTE, as well is this form - BOYETTE.

In general, such etymological aberrations come about because of local pronunciation. In all likelihood, the family was Scotch-Irish and spoke with an Irish brogue when it first came to America. The word "boidh" in Ireland is usually pronounced "boit" more than boyd. The influence of southern speech patterns tended to lengthen the name BOYT to BOYET. The extra letters on the ending were mere attempts to "dress up" the name, perhaps, and make it more special and apart from the name BOYD, which seems to have been prevalent in all parts of Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia inhabited by the BOYET family. The existence of these two spellings in the same communities of three states is no coincidence -- all were of a common ancestor somewhere in the past.

A search of French surnames found both in France and England turned up no instance of BOYETTE. (Three entries in the current telephone book for Paris come close --BOYET, -- but these three families have chosen to set themselves apart from another very common name - BOYER! Both are pronounced “Bo-yay".)

References: Patronymica Britannica, by M. A. LOWER; Census records for Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia for 1790, plus various court records of those states for the early 19th century.
https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe

James C. Read

Postscript -- this decision was greatly influenced by the absence of other French Huguenot surnames in the regions inhabited by the BOYETTE families of the last 300 years. The predominant names in each community were Scotch-Irish or of British origins. The BOYDS and BOYTS were largely settled in GOOCHLAND County, Virginia before the Revolution, and this was not far from some Huguenot settlements, but no evidence was seen of intermarriage of BOYTS with French families.

James C. READ
P. O. Box 2070
Warner Robins, GA 3109?