Phil - there must be a moral there, somewhere! Thanks for the snippit. Magdalena On 24 May 2012 20:39, Philip Batman <pabatman@aol.com> wrote: > Magdalena > > I can't help you with Boynton connections to your family (I don't think) - > but I do have an interesting snippit! My ancestors (Batman) lived in the > village of Copmanthorpe adjoining the battlefield at Marston Moor at the > time of the battle - the lords of the manor of Copmanthorpe were the > Boynton family, owning large acreage around the battlefield. > > Phil Batman > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Magdalena GORRELL GUIMARAENS <m.gorrell@aiic.net> > To: yorksgen rootsweb <YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thu, 24 May 2012 12:02 > Subject: [YORKSGEN] BOYNTON and Marston Moor > > > Roy has reminded us that this July markes the 368th anniversary of > theBattle of Marston Moor. Here's a tidbit from my own family tree > thatshould warm the cockles of Roy's parliamentarian heart! :-) My > familyParliamentarians? I shudder at the thought! No offense meant, Roy. > Thisis my only, albeit direct, connection with Yorkshire. Except for one > veryearly ancestor who, as a Don in Oxford, was expelled to the colonies > forrepeatedly writing nasty ditties about his fellow dons and his > intemperatebehaviour, the remainder of my colonial ancestors were from > Norfolk and theSouth of England and were solid Puritans. I prefer this > lot.William BOYNTON is my 8 x great grandfather. I am descended, in NH, > fromhis great-granddaughter Martha's marriage to Timony Tilton on 25 > December1746. William died 8 December 1686 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusets, > which iswhere he and most of the family actually lived.William Boynton and > his brother John were part of the group of Yorkshirefamilies who sailed to > America in 1637, arriving in Boston in 1638 andlater, in 1639, founding > fathers of Rowley. Also according to theseresearchers, William and John > were supported in this by Sir Mathew Boynton,Sheriff of Scarborough, who > supported Cromwell although two of Sir Mathew'ssons remained faithful to > the King and were killed at Marston Moor.Were my William and John > supporters of the king, which is why they went toAmerica in the first > place? Perhaps, as they did not do so for monetaryreasons as the group of > families who sailed are said to have been wealthy,yet there is the fact > that both were apparently funded in their venture bySir Mathew, an avowed > Parliamentarian. Did they also support Cromwell?Perhaps. You will note > the above TILTON-BOYNTON connection. One ofTimothy Tilton's great > great-uncles, who by 1638 had arrived in Saugus,Lynn, MA with their father > William, later gave refuge to one of the judgeswho had condemned Charles I > to death and who had fled England after therestoration of the monarchy. > That judge is said to have been hidden in thisTilton's house for several > years after his arrival in America as mostcolonials at the time were > royalist and it was not safe for them to go out.No amount of research that > I have been able to carry out in Yorkshireestablishes the nature of the > relationship between Sir Mathew, of BurtonAgnes in Yorkshire, and William > and John - other than their bearing thesame surname. But then, the entire > Boynton pedigree, as it is publishedonline, purporting to go back to the > 900s, is "remarkable" to say the leastand the further back one goes, the > more questions/doubts that I have. Infact, what appears online is a prime > example of how not to do familyresearch in this day and age. Just look at > Ancestry and there is a plethoraof BOYNTON/BYINGTON family trees that > appear to cross-reference each otheras sources, sometimes in contradiction > with the facts they give. They can'teven get together on the spelling of > places - we haveSudbury/Sedbury/Sadbury - all for the same individuals and > sometimes forseveral individuals in a same tree. One just does not know > what to believe.Obviously a serious topic of research at the Borthwick if I > ever manage toget back to Yorksgen. Perhaps next year?I would love to > contact other BOYNTON relatives who might be able toestablish the > William/John - Sir Mathew of Burton Agnes connection.Magdalena-- *MAGDALENA > GORRELL GUIMARAENS**Member of Council for the Portugal Region**AIIC* *- > International Association of Conference Interpreters*www.aiicportugal.** > ptprt-region-councilmembers@**aiic.net<www.aiicportugal.ptprt-region-councilmembers@aiic.net> > <http:/ > /prt-region-councilmembers.**aiic.net/<http://prt-region-councilmembers.aiic.net/> > >*MGG*m.gorrell@aiic.**net <m.gorrell@aiic.net> > http://www.mgorrell.eu tiltonpt@gmail.com*Membro da Direcção > Nacional do SNATTI*Sindicato Nacional da Actividade Turística Tradutores e > Intérpreteshttp://www.snatti.**orgAIIC Mail - A service provided by the > International Association of Conference Interpreters--- http://aiic.net.....Ancestors in Yorkshire? > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/**eng/YKS/index.html;www.** > ryedalefamilyhistory.org<http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html;www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org>; > www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk;www.**yorkshireparishregisters.com<http://www.yorkshireparishregisters.com>; > www.yorkshireroots.org.uk;----**---------------------------To unsubscribe > from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > -- *MAGDALENA GORRELL GUIMARAENS* *Member of Council for the Portugal Region* *AIIC* *- International Association of Conference Interpreters* www.aiicportugal.pt prt-region-councilmembers@aiic.net<http://prt-region-councilmembers.aiic.net/> *MGG *m.gorrell@aiic.net http://www.mgorrell.eu tiltonpt@gmail.com *Membro da Direcção Nacional do SNATTI* Sindicato Nacional da Actividade Turística Tradutores e Intérpretes http://www.snatti.org AIIC Mail - A service provided by the International Association of Conference Interpreters --- http://aiic.net