Individual Details

Thomas Boynton

(29 Nov 1747 - 10 Mar 1833)

Thomas Boynton was a sergeant in Captain Benjamin Ames’s company under Colonel James Frye Lexington Alarm Unit (Minute Men) in the Revolutionary War.

Events

Birth29 Nov 1747Newbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts
Marriage16 Jun 1772Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - Hannah Ames
Death10 Mar 1833Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Probate15 Jul 1834Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Occupationcarpenter

Families

SpouseHannah Ames (1751 - 1831)
ChildHannah Boynton (1773 - 1817)
ChildThomas Boynton (1775 - 1856)
ChildAmos Boynton (1776 - 1849)
ChildMary Boynton (1778 - 1863)
ChildBenjamin Boynton (1780 - 1854)
ChildSarah Boynton (1782 - 1844)
ChildDavid Boynton (1784 - 1826)
ChildSamuel Boynton (1785 - 1787)
ChildElizabeth Boynton (1789 - 1856)
ChildSamuel Boynton (1791 - 1792)
ChildHephzibah Boynton (1792 - 1870)
FatherDavid Boynton (1712 - 1757)
MotherMary Stickney (1711 - 1774)
SiblingSarah Boynton (1739 - )
SiblingDavid Boynton (1741 - )
SiblingSamuel Boynton (1743 - 1806)
SiblingAmos Boynton (1745 - 1805)
SiblingMary Boynton (1750 - 1817)
SiblingMoses Boynton (1751 - 1836)
SiblingJonathan Boynton (1753 - 1819)

Notes

Probate

Thomas did not leave a will and his estate entered probate 15 July 1834. His probate record mentions his pension as a veteran of the Revolutionary War. The children given as the only heirs to the estate were as follows: Thomas Boynton, Amos Boynton, Benjamin Boynton, Sally Boynton, Betsey Bailey, Mary Pearl, and Hephzibah Chandler.

Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 2977

Endnotes

1. , For , , Massachusetts Vital Records Project; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Birth record, Essex County, Newbury.

2. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).