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Subject: Boylston Families - Bond's Watertown - Part 3 of 3.
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:47:39 EDT
Subject: Henry & Thomas Boylston
Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of
Watertown, Mass., by Henry Bond, M.D., Boston, 1860.
Part 3 of 3 Parts
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4. Peter Boylston a shop-keeper of Brookline, m. Ann White. He died Sept 10
1743. The Will of his widow, Ann, dated Mar 13, 1754. May 2, 1713, his
brother and other heirs conveyed to him their shares in the homestead of 96
acres. Children:
1. Benjamin Boylston b. April 29, 1705; m. Nov 30, 1727, Elizabeth Sumner
b. April 7, 1708, dau of Edward & Elizabeth (Clap) Sumner. of Brookline -
1729; of Mendon, 1733.
2. Ann Boylston, b. Nov 1, 1706; m. Mar 21, 1729, Ebenezer Adams b. Dec 30,
1704, youngest son of Joseph & Hannah Adams of Braintree. 6 children of
whom
the 5th child was Zabdiel Boylston b. Nov 5, 1739; grad. Harvard Coll.
1759;
minister of Lunenburg, Mass.
3. Susanna Boylston b. 1708-9; m. Nov 23, 1734, Deacon John Adams of Brain-
tree. They were the parents of John Adams, President of the United States.
4. Mary Boylston b. Sept 15, 1714; m. at Boston, Sept 5, 1740, Nathan
Simpson
a blacksmith.
5. Elizabeth Boylston b. June 29, 1717, m. at Boston, June 4, 1742, James
Cunningham.
6. Jerusha Boylston, bap. Feb 8, 1719; m. Sept 23, 1743, Joseph Veasie.
5. Sarah Boylston b. 1680; m. Samuel Brooks of Medford. She d. Oct 16, 1736
aged 56 yrs.
6. Lucy Boylston who m. Mar 10, 1702-3, Benjamin Phillips of Charlestown.
7. Zabdiel Boylston, b. abt 1679; an eminent physician, of Brookline, m. at
Boston, Jan 18, 1706, Jerusha Minot b. Jan 28, 1679, dau of John & Elizabeth
(Brick) Minot of Dorchester. She d. april 15, 1764 aged 85 and he died
Mar 1766 aged 87. Children:
1. Zabdiel Boylston b. Feb 10, 1706-7 grad Harvard Coll. 1724 & died in
England, unm.
2. John Boylston b. Mar 23, 1708-9 settled at Bath, England and died
there Jan 17, 1795 aged 86; unm. He was very liberal in his gifts to
benevolent objects.
3. Elizabeth Boylston b. June 29, 1710; died young.
4. Jerusha Boylston b. Nov 5, 1711; m. Oct 28, 1731, Benjamin Fitch.
5. Mary Boylston who d. May 1802 aged 89, unm. Will dated June 3, 1796.
6. Thomas Boylston b. July 30, 1715; a physician of Boston; m. Nov 15,
1745, Mary Coales s.p. His Will dated July 26, 1749 proved May 29, 1750
and his wife survived him.
7. Elizabeth Boylston b. Jan 4, 1716-17 m. Oct 22, 1747, Dr. Gillum
Taylor of Boston.
8. Joseph Boylston b. July 11, 1710; died early.
8. Mary Boylston who m. (1) ___Lane; m. (2) ____Hubbard & m. (3) ___Dwight.
9. Rebecca Boylston b. Sept 15, 1685; m. May 25, 1708, William Abbot. She d.
in Roxbury, Sept 7, 1762; aged 76 (gravestone)
10. Dudley Boyston b. abt 1688; of Brookline m. Elizabeth Gardner. He died
april 18, 1748 aged 60 yrs. Estate, £2410. 13s. Her Will dated March 2,
1772, proved Oct 31, 1776. Children:
1. Ann who m. Robert Williams of Boston.
2. Mary b. Dec 25, 1719; d. Jan 3, 1727.
3. Elizabeth who m. at Roxbury Mar 9, 1756, Benjamin Williams. four
children. She died before 1772.
4. Dudley b. about 1723; d. Aug 29, 1749.
5. Joshua of Brookline m. Mar 22, 1783 Abigail Baker who died Oct
1814, aged 70 yrs. He d. abt Nov 1, 1804 aged 79 yrs. Children:
1. Abigail Boylston b. Jan 28, 1784; m. May 31, 1810, Deacon
Joshua Clark. She d. Dec 14, 1825, aet 42 yrs.
2. Rebecca Boylston who died Oct 3, 1817.
6. Mary Boylston who d. Oct., 1815 aged 88 yrs. unm.
7. Richard Boylston a cordwainer, of Brookline; estate (£27) admin.
May 8, 1750.
8. Caleb Boylston b. Mar 19, 1730; lived in the South, 1796.
9. Sarah Boylston bap. Aug 6, 1732; m. Dec. 22, 1761, Samuel Davis.
10. Susannah Boylston b. Dec. 5, 1734; m. at Roxbury, Aug 18, 1757,
Deacon Samuel Sumner. 4 children.
11. Edward Boylston b. Jan 2, 1737-8; of Springfield; wife, Lydia. He d.
Dec 21, 1814 aged 77 yrs.
12. Hannah Boylston who m. Beza Cushing.
11. Joanna Boylston who m. July 5, 1714, James Landman.
p.705
12. Thomas Boylston, a saddler and shopkeeper of Boston, m. May 14, 1715,
Sarah, dau of Nicholas Morecock. His Will dated Mar 28, proved April 6, 1739.
His widow died Feb. 1774. Children:
1. Nicholas Boylston b. Mar 13, 1716; lived on School St., Boston, owner
of a pew in Brattle Street Church. His Will dated Aug 1, proved Aug 30, 1771.
He endowed a professorship at Harvard Coll. He directed his executors to
purchase the ancient homestead in Brookline which had beloged to his grand-
father Dr. Thomas Boynton, and to convey the same to Brookline Church.
2. Saray Boylston b. Jan 7, 1717, m. at Boston Sept 23, 1743, Edward
Robinson.
3. Anna Boylston b. Jan 8, 1719.
4. Thomas Boylston b. Oct 7, 1721; a merchant of the Parish of St.
Martin's Vintry, London, where he died Dec 30, 1798, unm. He made bequests
to the city of Boston.
5. Mary Boylston b. Feb 19, 1722; m. June 13, 1746, Benjamin Hallowell.
fourteen children. One of whom assumed the name of Ward Nicholas Boylston.
Another was Sir Benjamin Hallowell, an Admiral in the British Navy. Another,
Mary, m. Judge Elmesley of Montreal, Canada. Children:
1. Ward Nicholas (assumed) Boylston, a merchant of London, of Roxbury,
and Princeton, Mass., m. (1) Mary. He m. (2) Alicia Darrow of England.
His Will dated Feb 5, 1828. As a trustee and in his own right, he held
much wealth and was a very liberal benefactor. Children:
1. Nicholas who died in London, of the East India service.
2. Thomas.
3. John Lane of Princeton, who m. Sarah Brooks b. abt 1791, now
(1853) a widow. Children:
1. Ward Nicholas who grad Harvard Coll. 1835, M.D. 1839,
M.M.S.S. of Princeton.
2. Thomas of Roxbury m. Caroline A. Fowle.
3. Alicia b. 1822.
4. Mary Hallowell b. 1825.
5. Louisa Catharine Adams b 1828.
6. Nathaniel Boylston b. Mar 21, 1724; of St. Christopher's in 1771.
7. Lucy Boylston b. Sept 28, 1725; m. at Boston, Timothy Rogers.
8. Rebecca Boylston b. Dec 7, 1727; m. Aug 13, 1773, Lieut. Governor
Moses Gill of Massachusetts.
end.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
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