Ephraim Boynton Jr. (1735 - 1826)

Born 9 Mar 1735 in Rowley, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Emery) Boynton — married 19 Feb 1756 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died 9 Feb 1826 at age 90 in Sullivan, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Second Lieutenant Ephraim Boynton Jr. served with 5th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Ephraim Boynton Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A013205.

Ephraim Boynton, Jr., was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, March 9, 1734/35, the son of Ephraim Boynton and Sarah Stewart. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

He married Abigail (Emery) Boynton on February 19, 1756 in Newbury, Massachusetts. ^{[2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

He lived in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, before 1778, then in Sullivan, New Hampshire, from 1796 until his death there. ^[2]

He served as a Lieutenant in the American Revolutionary War from Cheshire Co., NH. ^{[2] [9]}

He died at Sullivan, 9 Feb 1826, ^[2] and is buried in the Four Corners Cemetery. ^[10]

Known children:

1. David Emery Boynton, b. at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 24 Sep 1757.^[2][11][12] N.B. He has a useful biographical sketch in History of the Town of Sullivan.
2. Sarah Boynton, b. at Shrewsbury, 22 Jul 1759.^[11][13]
3. Irena Boynton, b. at Winchendon, Massachusetts, 13 Dec 1761.^[2][14]
4. Jonathan Boyton, reportedly born at Winchendon, 1 Aug 1766,^[2] but whose birth is not recorded in Vital Records of Winchendon.

Sources

1. ↑ The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I - Births (Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers, Salem, Massachusetts, 1928), p. 25. Cit. Date: 6 Apr 2022.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Seward, Josiah Lafayette, A History of the Town of Sullivan, New Hampshire, 1777-1917 - Volume II (Self-published [?], © J. L. Seward Est., Keene, New Hampshire, 1921), p. 865. Cit. Date: 6 Apr 2022.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-RPML : 2 March 2020), Ephraim Boynton, 9 Mar 1734; citing Birth, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
4. ↑ George Brained Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 31. Also available at: Family Search
5. ↑ The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, VOLUME II. - MARRIAGES AND DEATHS (Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, Salem, Massachusetts, 1911, 759 pages), p. 54. Cit. Date: 6 Apr 2022.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1P-MJ5 : 27 April 2021), Ephraim Boynton, 1756.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-GFYV : 18 February 2020), Ephraim Boynton and Abigail Emery, 19 Feb 1756; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009706.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLK-JJN : 10 November 2020), Ephraim Boynton, 19 Feb 1756; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009725.
9. ↑ Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol. 1, Pioneer Heritage Press, Dallas, Texas, 1987.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 14 May 2021), memorial page for Ephraim Boynton (9 Mar 1734–9 Feb 1826), Find A Grave: Memorial #32116196, citing Four Corners Cemetery, Sullivan, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by Diana L. Brace (contributor 46885260).
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} The Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Published by Franklin P. Rice, Trustee of the Fund, Stanhope Press, F. H. Gilson Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 1904), p. 19. Cit. Date: 6 Apr 2022.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2V-Y5K : 15 January 2020), Abigail in entry for David Emery Boynton, 1757.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NK-PP6 : 10 November 2020), Abigail in entry for Sarah Boynton, 22 Jul 1759; citing Birth, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011135.
14. ↑ The Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Published by Franklin P. Rice, Trustee of the Fund, Stanhope Press, F. H. Gilson Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 1909), p. 16. Cit. Date: 6 Apr 2022.

Additional sources:

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-05-14), "Record of Ephraim Boynton", Ancestor # A013205.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFF-L9X2-S?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-R9N%3A1597372301 : 29 August 2019), Connecticut-Virginia, Historical register of officers of the Continental Army > image 114 of 690; citing various published state rosters, United States.

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQZ-HDKJ-H?cc=2548057&wc=QZZQ-M3Y%3A1589088542 : 20 September 2019), Bovvey, Jonah - Boynton, Isaac > image 2646 of 2667; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.