Brief Life History of Abraham Dodge
When Abraham Dodge Boynton was born on 12 March 1815, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Methuselah Boynton, was 38 and his mother, Amelia Dodge, was 29. He married Hannah Marie Burbank on 1 July 1841, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 1 October 1865, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Abram D Boyington, "United States Census, 1860"
- Abraham Boynton, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Abram D. Boynton, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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.
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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The Boyanton's - Contains added information from the document listed above (Journey
THE BOYANTON’S The Boyanton’s came from England, settling in Mass. The following is taken from an old journal belonging to Abraham D. Boyanton. “I was born in the town of Newberry, Essex Co. Mass. …
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