When Joseph Hyrum Boynton was born on 27 December 1849, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Abraham Dodge Boynton, was 34 and his mother, Hannah Marie Burbank, was 32. He married Flora Mayvella Burgess on 10 October 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Bountiful Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 23 August 1922, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
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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.
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