Brief Life History of Elbridge Hale
When Elbridge Hale Boynton was born on 1 November 1825, in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Osgood George Boynton, was 23 and his mother, Rebecca Wallingford, was 23. He married Ann Gardner about 1850, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1860. He died on 26 August 1887, at the age of 61.
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- E H Boynton, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elbridge H. in entry for William H. Boynton, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Elbridge H Boynton, "Massachusetts, State Census, 1855"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in East Yorkshire named Boynton, from the Old English personal name Bōfa + the connective particle -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’. Alternatively, the name may have arisen from Boyton in Wiltshire (recorded in Domesday Book as Boientone) or from Boyington Court in Kent (recorded in 1207 as Bointon), both of which are named with the Old English personal name Boia + tūn ‘settlement’.
History: John Boynton emigrated from England to Salem, MA, 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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