Richard Boylston

[4] Thomas Boylston born in Watertown, Jan. 26, 1644-5, chirugeon of Muddy River (Brookline) m. at Charlestown Dec 13, 1665, Mary Gardner, born at Muddy River, April 9, 1648. She died July 8, 1722 aged 74 yrs. He was engaged in the Narragansett War. His estate at £570. 14s. 10d.

Children:

1. Edward Boylston, a tailor, of Boston, m. Mary, dau. of John & Mary (Fowle) Dasset of Boston. He is said to have been lost at sea (vessel foundered) in going to London. His widow, Mary m. Josiah Flint.

Children:

_1. Hannah Boylston b. 1696; d. 1697.

_2. Edward Boylston bap. Nov 27, 1698.

_3. Thomas Boylston bap. Jan 2, 1701.

2. Richard Boylston b. abt 1670; a cordwainer, of Charlestown, m. Mary Smith b. Feb 18, 1677-8, the only child of James and Mary (Foster) Smith and the grandaughter of John Smith, ship-builder of Charlestown. She died April 16, 1764 aged 86. He died April 25, 1752 aged 82 yrs.

Children:

_1. Mary Boylston b. Feb 23, 1698-9 m. at Charlestown Oct 27, 1719, John Earle of Boston.

_2. Ann Boylston, b. Jan 12, 1700-1; m. June 18, 1719, Stephen Hall. She died in Charlestown, July 3, 1734 (gravestone).

_3. Elizabeth Boylston bap. Oct 3, 1702; m. April 26, 1724, Capt. Nathaniel Wyer. She was a widow in 1753.

_4. Sarah Boylston b. June 11, 1706; m. Aug 26, 1724, Jonathan Call. She died Oct 1796 aged 91 yrs. 15 children.

_5. Dudley Boylston b. July 22, 1708; died in infancy.

_6. Anna Boylston, bap. 1710; m. Jan 19, 1734-5, Benjamin Brown of Boston, boat-builder; of Shirley, Mass., in 1782.

_7. Lydia Boylston, bap. May 24, 1713; died Oct 9, 1713 (gravestone).

_8. Abigail Boylston bap. June 25, 1715; d. May 16, 1788; m. Dr. Francis Moore.

_9. Lydia Boylston bap. Jan 31, 1719; d. Mar., 1791.

_10. Richard Boylston b. July 7, 1722; a brazier of Charlestown; m. (1) April 16, 1747, Mary, dau. of William Abrahams. He m. (2) Oct 13, 1763, Parnel Foster, bap. Aug 24, 1729, dau of Richard Jr. & Mary Foster. He d. June 30, 1807 aged 85 yrs.

Children:

__1. Mary Boylston who m. Ezra Beamen. She died at West Boylston, June 9, 1813, aged 62 yrs.

__2. Richard Boylston bap Sept 17, 1752; a brazier of Charlestown, m. Eunice Stetson.

__3. William Boylston bap. Mar 19, 1755; a brazier of Charlestown & Boston; d. Sept 1836; m. (1) Mary B. Miles; m. (2) in Boston, Oct. 25, 1792 Hannah Gotte. One son, Nicholas Boylston.

__4. Martha Boylston bap. June 20, 1756; m. at Boston, June 3, 1794 Deacon Ephraim Frost.

__5. Ann Boylston bap. April 23, 1758; m. April 15, 1788, Ebenezer Jones of Princeton.

__6. Thomas Boylston bap. April April 13, 1760, a brazier of Charlestown; m. Oct 27, 1808, the widow, Mercy (Hay) Farnsworth dau. of John & Mercy Hay.

__7. Parnel Boylston bap. Dec 23, 1764; m. Thomas Brooks.

__8. Hannah Boylston bap. April 20, 1766; d. July 7, 1807.

3. Abigail Boylston b. 1674; m. Ebenezer Brooks of Medford, a grandson of Joshua & Hannah (Mason) Brooks and the grandfather of Governor John Brooks. She died May 26, 1756 aged 82 yrs.

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 Braintree. 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.

_7. Sarah Boylston bap. Mar 17, 1723; m. John Potter, brazier.

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.

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.

Bibliographic information:

• Title Family Memorials: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston; to which is Appended the Early History of the Town
• Author Henry Bond
• Publisher Little, Brown & Company, 1855
• Original from Princeton University
• Digitized Jan 23, 2009
• Page 703
• https://books.google.com/books?id=3Yc-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA704&lpg=PA704&d...