Dr. Thomas Boylston

Parents

• Thomas Boylston (1614 - 1653)
• Sarah (Unknown) Cheney (____ - 1704)

Spouse

• Mary Gardner (1648 - 1722) Thomas Boylson married Mary Gardner Dec. 13, 1665 [Source: Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 Middlesex County Charlestown page 23]

Children

For a list of children please see Henry Bond, Family Memorials: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early p 702 link

Please note he was *not* related to Thomas Boylston of Maryland.

THOMAS-2 BOYLSTON, (Thomas-1) was born in 1644 in Watertown MA. He settled in Muddy River, now Brookline MA, a farmer and physician (surgeon). He served in the King Philip war in 1675. He joined the church in Roxbury 7 July 1678. He married Mary Gardner, daughter of Thomas Gardner of Muddy River. She was born 9 Apr 1648 and d. 8 July 1722. Children of Thomas & Mary (Gardner) Boylston:

• 1. Mary Boylston, bap 21 March 1699; m. 1 July 1706 Josiah Flint
• 2. Richard Boylston, bap 1670; res. Charlestown MA; large landowner; m. Mary Smith, dau of John Smith.
• 3. Edward Boylston, bap 1672; m. Mary Dasset, dau of John. Had ch: Hannah, Edward and Thomas.
• 4. Abigail Boylston, bap Nov. 15, 1674; m. Ebenezer Brooks of Medford MA abt 1693.
• 5. Peter Boylston, b. 1687; m. Anna White; grandfather of President John Adams (through his daughter Susanna’s marriage to Deacon John Adams), and great-grandfather of President John Quincy Adams. A shop keeper of Brookline MA.
• 6. Zabdiel Boylston, bap. 9 March 1679; noted physician living in Boston MA; the first to introduce and practice inoculation for small-pox in America in 1721. He married 1705 to Jerusha Minot, dau of John & Elizabeth (Brick) Minot and had issue (8 ch)
• 7. Sarah Boylston, bap 26 Dec 1680; m. Samuel Brooks of Medford
• 8. Lucy Boylston, bap. 1682
• 9. Rebecca Boylston, bap 1684 [one source says b. 15 Sep 1685]; received into Roxbury church 15 Nov 1705; she m. 25 March 1708 William Abbot
• 10. +Dudley Boylston, bap 17 Apr 1687 [see]
• 11. Joanna Boylston, b abt 1690; m. at Boston MA 5 July 1714 Jane Sandman of Plymouth MA
• 12. Thomas Boylston, b abt 1692; m. Sarah Morecock 4 May 1715; successful Boston merchant, his will dated 28 March, proved 6 April 1739; had issue. One of his grandchildren, Ward Nicholas [Hallowell] Boylston was a benefactor of Harvard College, gifting funds for Boylston Hall. Boylston Street and Market in Boston MA are named after him [i.e. Ward].

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THOMAS, Boston, 26 Jan. 1645, a farmer, liv. at Muddy riv. whereby the best access to publ. worship for him and his fam. was Roxbury, m. 13 Dec. 1665, Mary, d. of Thomas Gardner, had Edward, Richard, Abigail, Zabdiel, Lucy, Rebecca, Dudley, Peter, Sarah, Mary, Joanna, and Thomas. He serv. perhaps as surgeon, in Philip's war, and d. 1695; his wid. was Mary. A monstrous tradit. in Thacher's Med. Biog. of Zabdiel, that his f. after receiv. a degr. of M. D. at Oxford, came over and sett. at Brookline in 1635, shows how worthless are such foundations, even if support. by a descend. [ref 20]

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. Thomas (2) Boylston, son of Thomas (1) Boylston, was born at Watertown, January 26, 1644-45. He married Mary Gardner, born April 9, 1648, died July 8, 1722, daughter of Thomas Gardner, Dr. Boylston was the first physician locating in Muddy River, now Brookline, Massachusetts. He died in 1695. Children: Edith, Richard, Abigail, Peter, Sarah, Lucy, Zabdiel, Mary, Rebecca, Dudley, Joanna, Thomas. [ref 29:1846]

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THOMAS BOYLSTON, b. in Wat., Jan. 26, 1644-5, chirurgeon, of Muddy River (Brookline), m., in Charlestown, Dec. 13, 1665, MARY GARDNER, b. at Muddy River, Ap. 9, 1648. She d. July 8, 1722, aged 74. He was engaged in the Narragansett war. His estate prized at œ560 14s. 10d. Children: Edward, Richard, Abigail, Peter, Sarah, Lucy, Zabdiel, Mary, Rebecca, Dudley, Joanna, Thomas [ref 77:702] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Boylston, Thomas Death Date: 16 December 1695 [ref 10] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - occupation: surgeon

died in King Philip's War

Physician and Surgeon during King Philip's War. He was the first physician locating in Muddy River, now known as Brookline, MA.

Ancestor of John Adams and John Quincy Adams.

Burial

Walnut Street Cemetery Brookline Norfolk County Massachusetts, USA Plot: Possibly Buried here? Maintained by: cynthia staples Originally Created by: P Fazzini Record added: Sep 13, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 58576578