John Boynton (1736 - 1825)

Born 8 Sep 1736 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Jewett) Boynton — married 26 Nov 1761 in Lancaster, Worchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Elizabeth (Beaman) Boynton — married 16 Dec 1762 in Lancaster, Worchester, Massachusetts

Husband of Phebe (Jewett) Boynton — married 5 Feb 1794 in Leominster, Worchester, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1825 at age 88 in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Colonel John Boynton served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

John Boynton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A013213.

John Boynton is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 119194
Rank: Colonel

John Boynton was born on September 08, 1736 in Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. His parents were Ephraim Boynton and Sarah Stewart. ^{[1] [2]}

He married first Elizabeth Jewett on June 08, 1761 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. ^[2] Elizabeth died the next year.

He announced intentions to marry second Elizabeth Beaman on December 16, 1762 in Shrewsbury, and married in Lancaster, Massachusetts on January 13, 1763. ^{[2] [3]}

Together they had these children:

1. Jewett Boynton, b. 1763,^[3][2] d. 1843.
2. Ephraim Boynton, b. 1764,^[3][2] d. 1842.
3. Beaman Boynton, b. 1767,^[3][2] d. 1849.
4. John Boynton, b. 1769, d. 1850.
5. David Boynton, b. 1771.
6. Elizabeth Beaman Boynton, b. 1774, d 1833.
7. Sarah Boynton, b. 1776, d. 1836.
8. Hannah Boynton, b. 1778, d. 1779.
9. Nancy Boynton, b. 1780, d, 1844.
10. Cyrus Boynton, b. 1782, d. 1844.
11. Paul Boynton, b. 1789, d. 1861.

He married Phebe Jewett on February 05, 1794.

Lieutenant John Boynton of Winchendon held that rank in Captain Abel Wilder's Company in Colonel Ephraim Doolittle's Regiment of Minute Men April 19, 1775. He was commissioned April 6, 1776 Captain of the 8th Company in Colonel Nathan Sparhawk's 7th Worcester Co Regiment. In 1777 he had two short terms of service in the same regiment one at Bennington and the other in the Northern Army. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

He died on March 21, 1825 in Wethersfield, Windsor Co., Vermont ^[8]

Burial: Grout Cemetery, Perkinsville, Windsor Co., Vermont.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
4. ↑ DAR
5. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
6. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
8. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954

• Boynton, John Farnham. The Boynton Family (Groveland, Mass., 1897), Page 97

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-09-23), "Record of John Boynton", Ancestor # A013213.

• 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: [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9175572/john-boynton : accessed 23 September 2021), memorial page for Col John Boynton (8 Sep 1736–21 Mar 1825), Find A Grave: Memorial #9175572, citing Grout Cemetery, Perkinsville, Windsor County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Ryan McReynolds (contributor 46558130) .

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 2, p. 25

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLY2-BFHB : 19 February 2021), John Boynton, 5 Apr 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJ9-F4L2 : 19 February 2021), John Boynton, 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGF9-36Y4 : 19 February 2021), John Boynton, 27 Jul 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLY2-BFCM : 19 February 2021), John Boynton, 27 Jul 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGF9-36YC : 19 February 2021), John Boynton, 27 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGF9-36YH : 19 February 2021), John Boynton, 27 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJ9-F4LK : 19 February 2021), John Boynton, 27 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJ9-F4LL : 19 February 2021), John Boynton, 24 May 1782; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 2, p. 375

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-WFSN : 2 March 2020), John Boynton, 8 Sep 1736; citing Birth, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-RP9Z : 2 March 2020), John Boynton, 8 Sep 1736; citing Birth, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8N-K1X6 : 19 April 2021), John Boynton and Elisabeth Jewet, 26 Nov 1761; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011027.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQK-K9X : 10 November 2020), John Boynton, 18 Dec 1762; citing Marriage, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011135.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8K-6PVJ : 19 April 2021), John Boynton and Eliza Beman, 13 Jan 1763; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011028.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8K-X8KL : 19 April 2021), John Boynton and Eliza Beman, 13 Jan 1763; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011028.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8N-9594 : 19 April 2021), John Boyinton and Elisa Boman, 13 Jan 1763; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011027.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NK-Z8S : 10 November 2020), John Boynton in entry for Jewett Boynton, 4 Sep 1763; citing Birth, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011135.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCC-MC8L : 19 April 2021), John Boyinton and Elisa. Beman, ; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011279.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NK-Z87 : 10 November 2020), John Boynton in entry for Ephraim Boynton, 30 Nov 1764; citing Birth, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011135.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NK-Z8T : 10 November 2020), John Boynton in entry for Beaman Boynton, 4 Sep 1767; citing Birth, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011135.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZY-G487 : 19 April 2021), John Boynton and Phebe Greaves, 19 Dec 1793; citing Marriage, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011157.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZY-PP49 : 19 April 2021), John Boyenton and Phebe Greaves, 5 Feb 1794; citing Marriage, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011157.

• Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (10 February 2018), Elizabeth Jewett, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0547550 IT 1.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-6R5Y : 1 March 2021), John Boynton, 27 Jul 1777; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711088.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5J6-75ZM : 1 March 2021), John Winchendon Boynton, 27 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140770.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFNG-TQ1 : 19 February 2021), John Boynton, 1825.

• Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex institute, Salem, Mass., 1928-31); p. 26

• Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1904); p. 19, p. 125, p. 130, p. 175