The Boyntons of the New World

In 1638 William and John packed up and headed for the new world. They joined a group headed by the minister of the church in Rowley, Yorkshire. When they got to what would become Massachusetts they settled close to the coast, and they called their town Rowley.

Rowley, Massachusetts

The town is about 40 miles notheast of Boston. All that seems to be left from the seventeenth century is the cemetery and the house used for the Rowley Historical Society..

Despite the claim that nearly all the original settlers are buried in the cemetary I was unable to find the graves of William and John or of any other Boyntons before the 19th century. The Rowley Historical Society had a very nice sign, but the building was being refurbished and the society was not in evidence.

This is the story of who begat whom ending in the Boyntons of No One Place -- us. Much of the information is derived from John Farnham and Caroline Harriman Boynton, The Boynton Family. Harriet Boynton made the notes about this Boynton family; click on the images to read her hand written notes. In addition, she put together the pictures of three generations below the notes.

John was the first in the line.

John Boynton, born 1614 Knapton England, died February 18, 1670

married Ellen Pell of Boston

Joseph Boynton, born 1644 Rowley, died December 16, 1730

married Sarah Sevan, died February 27, 1717

married Elizabeth Wood

Joseph Boynton, born March 23, 1669-70, died November 25 1755

married Bridget Harris

Ephraim Boynton, born July 16, 1707

married Elizabeth Stewart

Amos Boynton, born April 29, 1742,

married Sarah Snow

Elijah Snow Boynton, born October 26, 1784, died November 1849

married Elizabeth Moffet

Amos Boynton, born September 1818, died October 8, 1877

married Marth Harvey

George Amos Boynton, born 27 May 1869, died March 1935

married Sarah Minton

George Robert Boynton, born August 19. 1906. died 1984

married Harriet Cooke

George Robert Boynton, Jr. born April 28, 1935

married Sharon Seeliger

son: John Robert Boynton

daughter: Anne Boynton

granddaughter: Anna Cary Basett Boynton

There is already a space for us -- Sharon, John Robert, Anne, Anna and me. This is a place for my parents.

My parents were world travelers. This is a story about how you get from a tiny town in central Texas to four generations of world travelers [George Robert Boynton, Sr.]