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Mary (Williams) Boynton (1663 - 1736)

Mary Boynton formerly Williams aka Silver, Wainright
Born in Haverhill, Norfolk, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 28 Dec 1681 (to 26 Aug 1695) in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, New Englandmap
Wife of — married 7 Aug 1700 (to 29 Aug 1708) in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, New Englandmap
Wife of — married 19 Feb 1719 (to 22 Dec 1719) in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, New Englandmap
Wife of — married 30 Oct 1727 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, New Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 72 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]
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Biography

Mary Williams was born on 24 November 1663 at Haverhill, Norfolk, Massachusetts.[1] Haverhill was part of Norfolk county, Massachusetts Bay, from 1643 until 1680 when it became part of Essex County.[2]

Mary was the daughter of John Williams, jr. and his wife, Rebecca Colbie.[1]

Mary had four husbands:

  1. Thomas Silver of Haverhill, Essex county, Massachusetts married Mary Williams on 28 December 1681 at Haverhill.[3] Thomas, the husband of Mary (Williams) died at Haverhill on 26 August 1695;[4] Mary and Thomas Silver had children:
    1. Mary Silver, born 3 February 1685 at Haverhill,[5] died there on 25 April 1686;[4]
    2. John Silver, born 24 February 1687/8 at Haverhill;[5]
    3. Thomas Silver, born 21 February 1690/1 at Haverhill;[6]
    4. Mary Silver, born 26 February 1693/4 at Haverhill,[5]
  2. Simon Wainwright, widower of Mrs Sarah Gilbert[7] (died in her 70th(?) year on 18 April 1688[8]) and Mrs Ann Peirce[7] (died aged 29 on 28 June 1697[8]), married Mary Silver, widow, on 7 August 1700, at Haverhill.[7] [3] The death of Captain Simon Wainwright "killed by ye Indians" was recorded at Haverhill on 29 August 1708.[8]
  3. Sergeant John Boynton, son of John Boynton and his wife, Ellinor Pell,[9] and widower of Hannah Keies (died in her 61st year at Bradford on 1 April 1717[10]), married at Bradford on 19 February 1719, Mrs Mary Wainwright,[11] the widow of Simon Wainwright of Haverhill, John Boynton, Elder, died at Bradford on 22 December 1719,[10] aged 72.[12]
  4. Joshua Boynton, son of William and his wife, Elizabeth Jackson, and widower of Hannah Barnet and widow Mary Syles,[9] (Mary Bointon, wife of Joshua, died at Rowley on 28 July 1727[13]) called Joshua Boynton of Rowley, married Mrs Mary Boynton on 30 October 1727 at Haverhill.[14] Joshua was the cousin of her previous husband, John Boynton.[12]

The will of her fourth husband, Joshua Boynton, which was dated 20 December 1729 at Haverhill, Essex county, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England, mentions his wife. Probate was 12 (or 19) November 1736.[15]

Mary Boynton died in 1736.[16]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850" (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Originally published as: Vital Records of Haverhill Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849, Haverhill I—Births, (Topfield, Mass: The Topfield Historical Society, 1910), 321. (Subscription required : accessed 11 January 2016).
  2. Wikipedia: Essex County, Massachusetts.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850", Haverhill II—Marriages and Deaths, 287. (Subscription required : accessed 11 January 2016).
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850", Haverhill II—Marriages and Deaths, 471. (Subscription required : accessed 11 January 2016).
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850", Haverhill I—Births, 273. (Subscription required : accessed 11 January 2016).
  6. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850", Haverhill I—Births, 274. (Subscription required : accessed 11 January 2016).
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850", Haverhill II—Marriages and Deaths, 316. (Subscription required : accessed 11 January 2016).
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850", Haverhill II—Marriages and Deaths, 482. (Subscription required : accessed 11 January 2016).
  9. 9.0 9.1 Sidney Perley, ed., "Boynton Genealogy", The Essex Antiquarian, X:3, (Salem, Mass: July 1906), 97, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/essexantiquarian09perluoft#page/n331/mode/2up : accessed 10 January 2016).
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850", Bradford, 184. (Subscription required : accessed 7 May 2016).
  11. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850", Bradford, 184. (Subscription required : accessed 7 May 2016).
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Boynton Genealogy", The Essex Antiquarian, X:3, 98, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/essexantiquarian09perluoft#page/98/mode/2up : accessed 10 January 2016).
  13. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850", Rowley II—Supplementary Records, 8. (Subscription required : accessed 7 May 2016).
  14. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850", Haverhill II—Marriages and Deaths, 37. (Subscription required : accessed 11 January 2016).
  15. Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) (Subscription required : accessed 7 May 2016). Case Number 2967 for Joshua BOYNTON - BOYENTON, BOYINTON
  16. Legislators of Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), (Orig. Pub. by Northeastern University Press , Boston, MA. John A. Schutz, Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691–1780 A Biographical Dictionary, 1997. (Subscription required : accessed 7 May 2016).






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