(1) William Boynton, born about 14 December 1572 in Knapton, Winteringham, Yorkshire, England, died 2 July 1615 in Knapton, Wintringham, Yorkshire, England; married Elizabeth/Jane Chambers, born about 1581.

Children:

1. William, born in Knapton, Wintringham, East Riding, Yorkshire, England, emigrated to America with his brother, John.
2. John, mentioned below
3. Matthew
4. Richard

        (2) John Boynton, born 1594 in Knapton, Wintringham, East Riding, Yorkshire, England, died 18 February 1670 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts; married Ellen Pell, born in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.  John joined the 1637 expedition, with his brother William, under the auspices of their cousin Sir Matthew Boynton to settle in New England. While Matthew Boynton remained in England and joined the fortunes of Oliver Cromwell, the remainder of the party left Hull in the autumn of 1638 and landed at Boston later the same year. Many of the families were wealthy and they purchased a tract of land between Newbury and Ipswich, Massachusetts. They took possession of the land in April 1639 and named it "Rowley" in honor of their minister Mr. Ezekiel Rogers who had been a preacher in a town of the same name in Yorkshire.

Children:

1. Joseph
2. John
3. Caleb
4. Mercy
5. Hannah
6. Sarah
7. Samuel

        (3)  Sgt. Caleb Boynton, born about 1649 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts, died 13 September 1708 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts; married 21 May 1674 Hannah Harriman, born 22 May 1655, Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts, died 19 February 1725 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of Leonard and Margaret Harriman.

Children:

1. Hannah, born 5 September 1675 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts
2. Margaret
3. Ruth
4. Jeremiah, born 8 January 1685 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts, died 1 June 1709 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts
5. Ebenezer, mentioned below
6. infant, born 25 March 1697

        (4)  Ebenezer Boynton, born 17 May 1688 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts, died 16 September 1761 in Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, where he is buried in Vernon Grove Cemetery; married 25 May 1711 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, Sarah Wheeler, born 4 July 1692 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  She was daughter of Nathan Wheeler and Elizabeth/Rebecca Safford of Rowley and Newbury.  On 7 June 1728 in Weston, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, Ebenezer married second Abigail Chadwick.  Sarah Wheeler was named as "Sarah Boynton" in her father's will proved 26 July 1741.  Ebenezer was a blacksmith and he and Sarah moved to Weston, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, before 1726.
 

Children: Jeremiah, mentioned below Hannah, born 4 August 1713 Jerusha, born 6 July 1715 infant, born 17 July 1720 Mercy, born 15 June 1722 Caleb Sarah

Boynton House, purchased by Ebenezer and Sarah in the Georgetown district in 1726 as it appeared in 1933.

 
 
 

        (5)  Jeremiah Boynton, born 27 December 1711 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts; married 1 August 1736 in Waltham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, Patience Sanderson, born October 1713 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
         Jeremiah and Patience were admitted to the church in Waltham on 1 May 1737, and went to Milford as early as 1739.  They were dismissed to the church in Mendon on 8 January 1744 and recived into the Congregational Church of Milford, East Precinct, from Waltham, on 3 June 1744.  They moved to Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, by 1747 where their last two children were born.
        Jeremiah died in Sudbury on 15 February 1754.  Administration was granted to Patience on 1 April 1754.

Children:

1. Edward, mentioned below
2. Mary, born 2 December 1738 in Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; married 17 February 1758 in Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, Moses Gage, born 1732 in Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, died 24 June 1802 in Milfrod, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
3. Sarah, born 14 Mar 1740 in Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
4. Ebenezer, born 19 April 1742.
5. David, born 24 February 1744 in Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; married Elizabeth.  Parents of:
1. Betsey, born 2 September 1777 in Plymouth, New Hampshire, died 3 August 1855, a resident of Wendall, Massachusetts; married in 1799 Nathan Gage.
6. Jeremiah, born 1 March 1747 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, baptized 8 March 1747 in Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
7. Caleb, born 26 June 1749 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

        (6)  Edward Boynton, born 11 May 1737 in Waltham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; married 11 November 1767 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, Abigail Walker, born 22 August 1742 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of John Walker and Lydia Daniel.

Children:

1. Lydia, born 2 June 1768 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; married Nathaniel Gage.
2. Sarah "Sally", born 2 July 1771 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, died 15 June 1815 in Stanbridge East, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada; married 20 January 1794 Richard Gage, born 23 December 1772 in Milford, Worcester Co., died 15 June 1850 in Stanbridge East, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
3. Mary, born 25 March 1773 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; married Abraham Gage.
4. Abigail, born 1 August 1775 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
5. Stephen, born 12 June 1779 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.