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Deacon Joseph Boynton

Birth
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
25 Nov 1755 (aged 85)
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
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Parents: Joseph Boynton / Sarah Swan

Wife: Bridget Harris dau of Nathaniel Harris

Joseph was Deacon of the First Church of Rowley from 1723 until his death. His will, dated 22 Apr 1752, mentions wife, Bridget; sons Nathaniel, Benjamin, Abiel, Ephraim, and Zacheus; daughters Edna, wife of Samuel Brown, and Bridget, deceased, who married Jonathan Bailey, and left sons and daughters (Essex Probate, 333: 288).

Joseph was one of the lay members of the council of Salem village church to settle the differences in the church that grew out of the witchcraft trials. (Munsell, American Ancestry, Vol.XI, p131)

Beaman Boynton, son of Dea John, wrote to a nephew in 1848: "I have heard my father say his grandfather (Dea Joseph), after he was seventy years of age, hewed a beam for a meeting house, without chalk or line, so complete, his friends would have his name and age put on the beam, that it might be read by the people". (John F Boynton, Boynton Family, p50)

he was a yeoman and wheelwright.

Joseph, s. Joseph. Mar. 23, 1670. [1669. CTR] Vital Records of Rowley, MA - Births (ma-vitalrecords.org)
Joseph, and Brigitt Harris, Jan. 30, 1692-3.* Vital Records of Rowley, MA - Marriages (ma-vitalrecords.org) Dea. Joseph Boynton, (Joseph 2 , John',) b. Mar.
23, 1669-70; m. Bridget, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth
(Hazen) Harris of Rowley, Jan. 30, 1692-3. She was b.
in Rowley, Nov. 26, 1672; and d. Oct. 14, 1757. He was
deacon of the First church in Rowley, from 1723 to his
death, Nov. 25, 1755. By occupation a wheelwright.

Beaman Boynton, son of " Col." John, wrote to a nephew
in 1848 : " I have heard my father say his grand-father,
(Dea. Joseph,) after he was seventy years of age, hewed a
' beam for a meeting house, without chalk or line, so complete,
his friends would have his name and age put on the beam,
that it might be read by the people."
Full text of "The Boynton family: a genealogy of the descendants of
William and John Boynton, who emigrated from Yorkshire, England, in 1638,
and settled at Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts" (archive.org)
Joseph is my 8th gr. grandfather, Dean C. Jenkins #49436277
Parents: Joseph Boynton / Sarah Swan

Wife: Bridget Harris dau of Nathaniel Harris

Joseph was Deacon of the First Church of Rowley from 1723 until his death. His will, dated 22 Apr 1752, mentions wife, Bridget; sons Nathaniel, Benjamin, Abiel, Ephraim, and Zacheus; daughters Edna, wife of Samuel Brown, and Bridget, deceased, who married Jonathan Bailey, and left sons and daughters (Essex Probate, 333: 288).

Joseph was one of the lay members of the council of Salem village church to settle the differences in the church that grew out of the witchcraft trials. (Munsell, American Ancestry, Vol.XI, p131)

Beaman Boynton, son of Dea John, wrote to a nephew in 1848: "I have heard my father say his grandfather (Dea Joseph), after he was seventy years of age, hewed a beam for a meeting house, without chalk or line, so complete, his friends would have his name and age put on the beam, that it might be read by the people". (John F Boynton, Boynton Family, p50)

he was a yeoman and wheelwright.

Joseph, s. Joseph. Mar. 23, 1670. [1669. CTR] Vital Records of Rowley, MA - Births (ma-vitalrecords.org)
Joseph, and Brigitt Harris, Jan. 30, 1692-3.* Vital Records of Rowley, MA - Marriages (ma-vitalrecords.org) Dea. Joseph Boynton, (Joseph 2 , John',) b. Mar.
23, 1669-70; m. Bridget, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth
(Hazen) Harris of Rowley, Jan. 30, 1692-3. She was b.
in Rowley, Nov. 26, 1672; and d. Oct. 14, 1757. He was
deacon of the First church in Rowley, from 1723 to his
death, Nov. 25, 1755. By occupation a wheelwright.

Beaman Boynton, son of " Col." John, wrote to a nephew
in 1848 : " I have heard my father say his grand-father,
(Dea. Joseph,) after he was seventy years of age, hewed a
' beam for a meeting house, without chalk or line, so complete,
his friends would have his name and age put on the beam,
that it might be read by the people."
Full text of "The Boynton family: a genealogy of the descendants of
William and John Boynton, who emigrated from Yorkshire, England, in 1638,
and settled at Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts" (archive.org)
Joseph is my 8th gr. grandfather, Dean C. Jenkins #49436277


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