On 24 May 2012 15:14, <yorksgen-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Roy - Yes, he is definitely related. Unfortunately, that bit of > information I had way back when and it is hidden in the cobwebs of my brain > - and files. I just noted the name and confirmed the relationship but > thought no more as I was not particularly interested in that branch of the > family. Indeed, he was a celebrated man of letters. > Magdalena > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 12:49:58 +0100 > From: roy.stockdill@btinternet.com > Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] BOYNTON and Marston Moor > To: yorksgen rootsweb <YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <4FBE2066.5391.198EE3C@roy.stockdill.btinternet.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Magdalena's lengthy and fascinating post about the Battle of Marston Moor > and the Civil war > in response to mine mentions the Boyntons and particularly Sir Matthew > Boynton, a > prominent parliamentarian who beseiged Scarborough Castle. > > I have often wondered - and will almost certainly never have the time to > look into it - whether > Yorkshire's most celebrated man of letters, J. B. Priestley, had > connections with the family > because, of course, his middle name was BOYNTON. > > At some stage in the 1880s/1890s my family were near neighbours in > Bradford of the > Priestley family. Priestley's father was a headmaster. > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > > > > > > ..... > > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the YORKSGEN list administrator, send an email to > YORKSGEN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the YORKSGEN mailing list, send an email to > YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of YORKSGEN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 241 > **************************************** > -- ** AIIC Mail - A service provided by the International Association of Conference Interpreters --- http://aiic.net