Hi, all, Here's a website URL one of our members sent to me: http://members.tripod.com/~Scott_Michaud/Boynton-history.html You won't want to miss this one. It has an excellent summary of the English history of the family, and pictures of the manor house at Burton Agnes. By the way, as a point of detail, Burton Agnes was never occupied by members of the American branch of the family. The manor was acquired by Sir Matthew Boynton, who was our cousin, but not our ancestor. I believe Sir Matthew commissioned the house (designed by Inigo Jones, one of the greatest architects of all time). Be sure to follow the link to the Yorkshire directory. It has some valuable info, including descriptions of East and West Heslerton (East Riding, under "H"), where our John and William Boynton were born. Cheers, Katherine Katherine Watson Cochrane <katherine@cd-info.com> -------------------------------------------------- Surnames researching: Alexander Alleine Anderson Boynton Cashion Dresser Everard Ickes Hackworth Hughes Keith Kidder Kress Latham Mangrum Meade Osborn(e) Pennington Phillips Ralston Renegar/Renninger Rutherford Shockley Shores Snow Starling Stewart Sugg(s) Walker Wallace Watson Wills York ++++ Genealogy Website http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~kwc ++++