Frances Boyden

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Frances (UNKNOWN) Boyden

Frances Boyden formerly [surname unknown]

Born [date unknown] [location unknown]

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Wife of Thomas Boyden — married about 1638 [location unknown]

Mother of Thomas Boyden Jr. and Jonathan Boyden

Died 17 Mar 1658 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 1 Aug 2019 | Created 8 Jul 2011

Biography

[1] This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress.

From Thomas Boyden and His Descendants Pgs. 5 - 8:

The admission of Thomas to the church in Scituate, May 17, 1635, is found in the church records. Just how long he remained there, and when or where he was married to Frances _____, his first wife, is unknown. He next appears as living in Watertown, where the birth of a son Thomas, Sept. 26, 1639, is recorded in the town records. He transferred his church membership to the First Church in Watertown, and was made a Freeman May 23, 1647. Three other children are recorded as having been born in Watertown. In 1650 he was of Boston, as appears in a deed dated 27. 1. 1650, granting and conveying a certain lot of land in Watertown, of thirty acres more or less, to Wm. Clarke of Watertown, recorded in Suffolk Deeds, Lib. I. He continued to live in Boston for several years, and two children were born there and baptized in the First Church, as appears in the church and town records. The death of his wife Frances stands in Boston records as occurring March 17, 1658, and is also found in the Medfield records. Their children - the first four born in Watertown, the last two in Boston - were: i. 2. Thomas (2), b. Sept. 26, 1639. ii. Mary (2), b. Oct. 15, 1641. iii. Rebecca (2), b. Nov. 1, 1643. iv. Nathaniel (2), b. _____, 1651. v. 3. Jonathan (2), b. Feb. 20, 1652. vi. Sarah (2), b. Oct. 12, 1654. From appended version by John K. Boyden, Pg. 1.: 1. Thomas Boyden was born 1613 in England, and died in Massachusetts. He married (1) Frances in Scituate, Massachusetts. He married (2) Hannah Phillips. Children of Thomas Boyden and Frances are: i. 2. Thomas Boyden, Jr., b. September 26, 1639, Watertown, Massachusetts; d. November 15, 1719, Groton, Massachusetts. ii. Mary Boyden, b. October 15, 1641. iii. Rebecca Boyden, b. November 01, 1643. iv. Nathaniel Boyden, b. 1651. v. 3. Jonathan Boyden, b. February 20, 1652, Boston, Massachusetts; d. May 30, 1732. vi. Sarah Boyden, b. October 12, 1654. From American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 5:, Pgs. 280, 281:

(I) Thomas Boyden, the first of the name to come to America, sailed from Ipswich, Suffolkshire, England, in the good ship "Francis," during the month of April, 1634. According to the list of passengers for that voyage he was at that time tewnty-one years of age. Who were his parents or where he was born research has thus far failed to disclose. We fine him a resident of Scituate, Massachusetts, in 1635, in which year he was admitted to tge church there. He married Frances _____, and the birth of their first son, Thomas, was recorded in Watertown, September 26, 1639. He transferred his membership to the First Church there, and was admitted a freeman, May 23, 1647. As a resident of Boston in 1650 he signed a deed of land in Watertown. His first wife, Frances, from whom the the line here under consideration descends, died in Boston, March 17, 1658. In 1659 he was chosen to be one of the highway surveyors of Boston, but in 1662 he was a resident at Medfield. Thomas Boyden was one of the original proprietors of the town of Groton, where he owned seven acres of land as one of the founders of the town. His land holdings there at one time totalled (sic) ninety-two acres. Just when he removed to Groton is not known, but he was a resident there in 1666. He subscribed "one bushel of wheat to the new brick college" (Harvard) in 1678, being one of a number ofcitizens who made similar contributions to aid the completion of one of the buildings. The last record that we find of Thomas Boyden is dated 1682, when he was chosen tithingman at Medfield. There were six children born to Thomas Boyden and his wife Frances, of whom the fifth was Captain Jonathan Boyden, mentioned below. Sources

Thomas Boyden and His Descendants, compiled by Wallace C. Boyden, A.M., Merrill N. Boyden, and Amos J. Boyden, privately printed by T. R. Marvin & Son, Boston MA, 1901. Appended by John K. Boyden (1936-2002). Frances is the forst wife of Thomas Boyden, Record #1, Pgs. 5 - 8. In the appended version, Jonathan is Record #1, Pg. 1.[2] American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, edited by William Richard Cutter, The American Historical Society, Inc., New York, 1919, Volume 5, from the entry for Charles Joseph Boyden (1868 - 1913), and his ancestral line; pages 280-282. Transcript of County Records, 1643-1660; Vol· 1 Births, Marriages Deaths from 1630-1666 (Boston Deaths) Notes: "Francis, wife of Thomas Boyden, died the 17th of March 1657/8."[3]

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↑ Profile created by Brian McCullough through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged, 8 Jul 2011. Added information from Sharon, Massachusetts, history and genealogy researcher Nick Dann, 17 Dec 2017. ↑ Thomas Boyden and His Descendants, starting Pg. 5 ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/34301254