Boynton (surname)
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Boynton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Benny Boynton (1898-1963), early National Football League player and member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Charles Lawrence Boynton (1864-1943), American botanist
- Sir Engleram Boynton (c. 1190-1250),[1] served in the First Barons' War (Magna Charta).[2] His descendants include John Boynton, (Rowley, MA original settler) and Sir Matthew Boynton, 1st Baronet .
- Frank Ellis Boynton (1859-1942), self-taught American botanist, possibly the brother of Charles Boynton
- Henry V. Boynton (1835-1905), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, eventually promoted to brigadier general
- Jack Boynton (1928–2010), American Contemporary Surrealist artist
- James S. Boynton (1833-1902), American politician and jurist
- John F. Boynton (1811–1890), an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an American geologist and inventor
- Lucy Boynton (born 1994), English actress
- Nick Boynton (born 1979), Canadian National Hockey League player
- Peter Boynton (born 1957), Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
- Ruth Boynton(1896 – 1977) was a physician, researcher, and administrator
- Sandra Boynton (born 1953), children's author and illustrator
- Thomas Jefferson Boynton (1838–1871), American lawyer, journalist and judge
- Captain Joseph Boynton (1644-1730), son of Rowley, MA original settler, John Boynton, served as an officer in the colonial American army in Queen Anne's War.
- Solomon Boynton (1754-1830), great grandson of Captain Joseph Boynton, served in the American army in the Battle of Chelsea Creek and the Battle of White Plains during the American Revolutionary War.
- Silas W. Boynton (1848-1907), great grandson of Solomon Boynton, served in Company K of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the Union Army in the US Civil War.
References
- ↑ http://archive.org/stream/visitationofyork00flow#page/32/mode/2up
- ↑ Holt, J.C. (1992). Northerners : Study in the Reign of King John (New ed. ed.). Oxford: Oxf. U.P. p. 38. ISBN 0-19-820309-8.
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