Saturday, December 15, 2018

Surname Saturday -- BOYLSTON (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2211 who is Elizabeth BOYLSTON (1640-1665). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this BOYLSTON family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34.  Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35.  Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)

68.  Aaron Smith (1768-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)


138.  Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)
139.  Mary Guild (1735-1800)

276.  John Plimpton (1708-1756)
277.  Abigail fisher (1711-1785)

552.  John Plimpton (1680-1730)
553.  Susanna Draper (1688-1`769)

1104.  John Plimpton (1649-1704)
1105.  Elizabeth Fisher (1659-1694)


2210.  John Fisher, born before 26 January 1634 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England; died 03 July 1668 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4420. Joshua Fisher and 4421. Elizabeth LNU.  He married 06 April 1658 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2211.  Elizabeth Boylston, born 21 September 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 04 May 1665 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Fisher and Elizabeth Boylston are:
Elizabeth Fisher (1659-1694), married 1678 John Plimpton (1649-1704)
*  John Fisher (1661-1755), married (1) 1683 Mary Metcalf (1652-????); (2) 1731 Sarah Harding (1680-1766).
*  Thomas Fisher (1663-1663).
*  Esther Fisher (1665-1666).

4422.  Thomas Boylston, born before 12 February 1615 in Backchurch, London, England; died before 04 October 1653 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 8844. Edward Boylston and 8845. Anne Bastian.  He married before 1640 in probably Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
4423.  Sarah LNU, born about 1617 in England; died 14 September 1704 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Thomas Boylston and Sarah are:
Elizabeth Boylston (1630-1665), married 1658 John Fisher (1634-1668).
*  Sarah Boylston (1642-1711), married 1664 Thomas Smith (1634-1689).
*  Thomas Boylston (1645-1695), married 1665 Mary Gardner (1648-1722).

The "best" information about Thomas Boylston is in:

*  Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Volume I, A-F, "Thomas Boylston" sketch, page 371.

I have done no original research on this family line.

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