When Mary Boynton was born on 24 February 1725, in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Zechariah Boynton, was 36 and her mother, Mary Boynton, was 33. She married Moses Smith on 29 January 1756, in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 13 February 1774, in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 48.
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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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