Elizabeth (Wood) Boynton (1715 - 1801)

Born 9 Sep 1715 in Bradford, Essex Co, MA

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Boynton II — married 5 Jun 1739 in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Province

Descendants

Died 24 Feb 1801 at age 85 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

September 9, 1715 -- Elizabeth Wood was born at Bradford, Essex county, Massachusetts. ^[1] Her parents, David and Elizabeth Farrington Wood, lived at Bradford.

Elizabeth Wood Boynton was the granddaughter of Edward/Edmund Farrington who was indicted twice for witchcraft by a grand jury, but never tried during the 1692 Salem Witch trials. It is noted that he "escaped" trial.

March 16, 1717 -- Jonathan Boynton was born at Rowley, Essex county, Massachusetts. ^[2]

June 5, 1739 -- Elizabeth Wood and Jonathan Boynton married in Bradford, Essex county, Massachusetts after being engaged for nine months (found in both Rowley and Bradford Vital Records). ^[3]

Rowley, MA Town Records Marriages: p. 182 1738: "Jonathan Boynton of Rowley, and Elisabeth Wood of Bradford. intendeth marriage September 16, 1738."

May 20, 1743 -- Jonathan and Elizabeth Wood Boynton were dismissed from Rowley Church to West Rowley Church. They lived at West Rowley until 1757. ^[4]

June 11, 1757 -- the West Rowley Church dismissed Jonathan and Elizabeth Wood Boynton to the Lunenburg Church. ^[5]

Jonathan Boynton's occupation was Husbandman (Farmer). ^[6]

Lunenburg records show that their two youngest children, David and Mary were born in Lunenburg and both Elizabeth and husband Jonathan died and were buried there.

Jonathon Boynton and Elizabeth Wood had:

Child: Elizabeth Boynton

Child: Maribah Boynton

Child: Jonathon Boynton

Child: Eleanor Boynton

Child: Joseph Boynton

Child: Ann Boynton

Child: Solomon Boynton

Child: Sarah Boynton

Child: David Boynton

Child: Mary Boynton

Note: Names, dates and location of this family from "History of Boynton Family" compiled by Caroline Harriman Boynton and John Farnham Boynton, published in 1897. No sources are cited. Since then I have found original town records that confirms the marriage and death dates.

Sources

1. ↑ The Boynton Family, page ??
2. ↑ The Boynton Family, page ??
3. ↑ Early Settlers, pages 30 & 32.
4. ↑ The Boynton Family, page ??
5. ↑ The Boynton Family, page ??
6. ↑ The Boynton Family, page ??

• Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Pages 30 & 32 - 33.

• Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Images of original and abstracted town records in Rowley, Bradford, and Lunenburg. (at Ancestry.com)

• History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow), New Hampshire 1741 - 1970 and Genealogical Data. Westmoreland Historical Committee. 1976, Second Printing August 2007. Page 345.

• John Farnham Boynton and Caroline Harriman Boynton, compilers, The Boynton Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William and John Boynton (: 1897, Reprint by Higginson Book Company)

• WikiTree profile Wood-5472 created through the import of boynton- flint-tomlinson.ged on Mar 20, 2012 by Sara Stevens. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Sara and others.

• Elizabeth Wood Boynton. Find A Grave. Memorial # 84225076. Added January 30, 2012. Accessed by Michael Boynton on November 29, 2015 at 12:52 AM. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84225076

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