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The Boydston-Snow Connection, Part 1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Marcia C. Field and Richard L. Tolman, Ph. D.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Boydston-Snow Problem<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Boydstons of the 18th century married Snows. Much has been said and published1<\/a><\/sup>See for example: Gustine Courson Weaver The Boydstun Family (Cincinnati, Ohio: Powell & White, 1927), no sources; hereafter Weaver<\/b><\/span>,2<\/a><\/sup>Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research, DAR Patriot Index, online at www.services.dar.org\/public\/dar_research\/search; \u2018david boydston\u2019; lists wife as Mehitabel Snow and b\u2019place as Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (stating both probably in error); hereafter as DAR Patriot Index<\/b>.<\/span> about the marriage3<\/a><\/sup>U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> of David Boydston<\/b> to Mehitabel Snow <\/b>(a Mayflower descendant) although there is no known marriage record. There are two David Boydstons in the literature that are contemporaries; a Massachusetts one and one from Virginia. The aforementioned David Boydston\u2014called David (I)\u2014was ostensively born 2 May 1726 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (no source). Mehitabel Snow, dau of Jabez and \u2018Elezebeth\u2019 Lewes Snow, was born 22 Apr 1731 at Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.4<\/a><\/sup>Online at FamilySearch<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:VQ6L-12B.<\/span>,5<\/a><\/sup>Harwich, Mass. Vital Records, Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History, Vol. 159, p. 162.<\/span> The uncomfortable fact is that she married6<\/a><\/sup>Hopkins\/Snow marriage: The Register, Vol. 102, p. 201 (New England Historical & Genealogical Register).<\/span> 23 Aug 1753 at Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Samuel Hopkins, not David Boydston. They had five children and when Samuel died, Mehitabel married7<\/a><\/sup>Hopkins\/Ryderr marriage: Massachusetts, U. S., Compiled Marriages 1633-1850; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> (2) 27 Sep 1766 at Harwich Rubin Ryderr. There was another Mehitabel Snow born8<\/a><\/sup>Harwich, Mass. Vital Records, Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History<\/i>, Vol. 159, p. 163.<\/span> 16 Jan 1733 also in Harwich to John and Hanah Merrick Snow, but she died in 1755,9<\/a><\/sup>. \u2018Nicholas Snow of Eastham and some of his Descendants\u2019, Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy, Vol 1, pp. 6-14; online at Ancestry<\/i>, image 516-526\/915; hereafter Cape Cod Library<\/b>.<\/span> no known marriage or issue. There is a real question whether David (I) Boydstone b. 1726 exists as there are no Massachusetts records; he is also not findable in New England in the 1790 U. S. Census.10<\/a><\/sup>This author found no records substantiating the existence of the 1726 David Boydston\/Boylston. Weaver<\/b> stated that David Boydston b.1726 existed and other authors have cited Weaver as proof. Weaver cites the DAR Patriot Index<\/b> (that acknowledges that there is no source and therefore that it may be incorrect).<\/span> Several published genealogical histories (Weaver<\/b>, Bates<\/b>,11<\/a><\/sup>Margaret R. Bates \u2018Genealogy Report: Descendants of Thomas Boylston, Jr.\u2019, online at www.genealogy.com\/ftm\/b\/a\/t\/Margaret-R-Bates\/GENE15-0003.html; 10 pages, accessed 10 Apr 2025; hereafter Bates<\/b>.<\/span> and Domonoske 3rd Ed<\/b>12<\/a><\/sup>Gladys Boydstun Domonoske The Boydstun-Boydston Family<\/i> (Davis, California: self-published, 1979, 3rd Edition); hereafter Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b> (1979) and the Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b> (1971).<\/span>) maintain that David (I) b. 1726 at Boston existed, but their accounts merge David (I) with the second David Boydstone (II) b. 1710 in Prince William County, Virginia. He is suggested to have died 1797 (no source) at Speedwell, Claiborne, Tennessee, although Claiborne County did not exist in 1797 (created abt 1810); in 1797 this area was still \u2018Indian Lands\u2019.13<\/a><\/sup>William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U. S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920<\/i> (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987).<\/span> David (II) died 1811 at Greene County, Pennsylvania vide infra<\/i>. The tertiary sources have him born in 1710 and 1716; since 1710 would make him 101 years at death, 1716 will be considered as the birthyear.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In the 17th century there were several prominent Massachusetts Boylston families. Dr. Thomas Boylston born 26 Jan 1644 at Watertown, Massachusetts, died 16 Dec 1695, buried14<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #216376860 with good, lengthy and well-documented biography.<\/span> at Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; a ggf of Abigail Adams. Thomas married Mary Gardner, and they had children: Richard, Peter, Abigail, Zabdiel, Sarah, and Dudley.15<\/a><\/sup>Zabdiel, Sarah, and \u2018Dudly\u2019 \u2018Boyleston\u2019 were born in Roxbury, Mass, 1677, 1680 and 1687, respectively. Massachusetts, U.S. Compiled Births, Marriages and Death Records, Roxbury births, image 36\/1080; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> His father Thomas (1612-1653) had no other sons.16<\/a><\/sup>. FamilySearch Family Tree<\/i>.<\/span> There is no known son or grandson David in this family! Without the DNA of a direct descendant of the David (I) b. 1726 it is not possible to determine his ancestry due to the paucity of other records. Domonoske<\/b> implies the Maryland Boydston\/Boylston and Boston families are related, with a Common Ancestor in Renfrewshire, Scotland descending from an original Boyd family. Bates<\/b> and Weaver<\/b> totally disregard the Eastern Shore of Maryland Boylston family merging them with a Boston family.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The first to expose these problems with Boydston\/Snow in 1971 was A. B. Domonoske, the husband of Gladys Boydstun Domonoske and an author of a chapter in her book The Boydstun-Boydston Family<\/i>,17<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b><\/span> a compilation of mostly tertiary sources. Mr. Domonoske dispels several other myths about this family (pp. 30-39) in the book as well. Chief among the other errors is the confusion over the names Boylston and Boydstun\/Boydston.18<\/a><\/sup>Cf. Weave<\/b>r: Thomas Boylston (m. Mathilda Box) of Boston had a son David BOYLSTON, b. 1726, not to be confused with David BOYDSTUN\/BOYDSTON b. 1710 of a Prince William County Virginia family, son of William and Mary Boydston.<\/span> The family used both names interchangeably as well as other spellings. Others are aware of this problem; namely Charles M. Ward, Jr., the state historian of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.19<\/a><\/sup>Charles M Ward, Jr. \u2018James Boydston (d. 1814): A Critical Examination of his Alleged \u201cMayflower\u201d Connection\u2019, linked to \u2018Mahala Snow\u2019 online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> It is the scramble of genealogists to show or prove a descendance from a Mayflower passenger that is the genesis of all this (incorrect and sometimes outrageous) speculation. The 17th and 18th centuries in the American colonies suffer from a paucity of primary records so it has been very important for genealogists to avail themselves of \u2018attic sources\u2019. An attic source is one that relies on oral tradition and personal family papers (in the attic). These sources have been important for the research into the Boydston family: Domonoske<\/b> and Bates<\/b> both rely a great deal on the collective memories of various enumerated descendants. There are very few primary or secondary sources available for the time period of this essay; two important secondary sources are Geneanet20<\/a><\/sup>Geneanet Community Trees Index: This collection contains an index of more than 2 million family trees created by members of Geneanet, the #1 genealogy site in France and the biggest community of genealogists in Europe. Each record in the index includes a link to the originating family tree on Geneanet, online at Ancestry<\/i>; hereafter Geneanet Index<\/b>.<\/span> and the U. S. and International Marriage Records on Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There was a David Boylston (II), called hereafter David Boylston of Virginia<\/i>, who was born 1716 at Prince William County, Virginia and died21<\/a><\/sup>DAR Patriot Index<\/b>.<\/span> 3 Aug 1811 at Paisley, Greene, Pennsylvania. He married22<\/a><\/sup>Boydston\/Snow marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, discloses birthyear and birthplace of groom and bride; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> in 1737 at Maryland Mahala Snow<\/b>; she was born 1718 in Maryland. Many23<\/a><\/sup>Bates<\/b>. <\/span> have presumed this to be the missing marriage record for Mehitabel Snow\u2014probably not\u2014Mehitabel Snow (of Massachusetts) was born 1731 and was only 6 yrs old in 1737. David and Mahala went to western Pennsylvania (Washington County) in 1779.24<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske<\/b>.<\/span> He is found in the 1790 U. S. Census25<\/a><\/sup>1790 U. S. Census of Washington County, Pennsylvania, \u2018David Boylstone\u2019, household of 7: 2males under 16, 1male over 16, 4females; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> of Washington County, Pennsylvania and in the 1810 U. S. Census26<\/a><\/sup>1810 U. S. Census of Whiteley, Greene, Pennsylvania, \u2018David Boydstone\u2019, household of 5: 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 male over 45, 1 female 16-25, 1 female over 45; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> in Greene County (created in 1796 from Washington County). David\u2019s son, David Jr. (1740-1826), fought in the Revolutionary War.27<\/a><\/sup>DAR Patriot Index<\/b>, \u2018david boydston, jr\u2019.<\/span>,28<\/a><\/sup>United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors 1775-1966 \u2018Boilston\u2019; online at FamilySearch<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:QG2M-YY49.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0According to Bates<\/b> and Weaver<\/b>, the \u2018family\u2019 subsequently moved to eastern Tennessee where they settled on the Nolichucky River.29<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b><\/span> Actually, only David Boylston of Virginia<\/i>\u2019s sons James, William,30<\/a><\/sup>Online at FamilySearch<\/i>, United States records, Muster rolls, Museum of the American Revolution \u2018Virginians in the Revolution\u2019, image 98\/886; https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-HF26-H?view=index.<\/span> and perhaps Jesse went to Tennessee;31<\/a><\/sup>Online at www.backto60s.tripod.com\/famhist\/index.html A wide variety of very interesting Boystun genealogical pages; owner C. B. (Chuck) Boydstun; hereafter backto60s<\/b>.<\/span>David Boylston of Virginia<\/i> stayed in Greene County, Pennsylvania and died there in 1811. The family of David Boylston of Virginia<\/i> moved from Virginia to settle around the beginning of the 18th century in Maryland later moving to western Pennsylvania in Washington County. The Maryland family is from \u2018Piney Ridge\u201932<\/a><\/sup>Piney Ridge\u2019 is not found on any of the several maps of Maryland the author has examined. Some say it was in Calvert County (which is not on the DelMarVa peninsula), but most say it was in Dorchester County (on the western side of the DelMarVa peninsula) close to the border of Somerset County.<\/span> Dorchester County (formed in 1669) from a part of Somerset County on the Maryland Eastern Shore and Chesapeake Bay.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In summary, all available records are consistent with and attributable to David Boylston of Virginia<\/i> and his family without the need to posit the existence of a David Boylston\/Boydstone (I) of Massachusetts.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

David Boylston\/Boydstone Antecedents<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As mentioned above, there is a 1737 marriage record33<\/a><\/sup>Boydston\/Snow marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>. <\/span> for David Boydston that has him born 1716 in Virginia and Mahala Snow born 1718 in Maryland. FamilySearch Family Tree and Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>34<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>, p. 55.34<\/a><\/sup><\/span> have parents for Mahala: John and Elizabeth Hudson Snow; Elizabeth35<\/a><\/sup><\/span>Maryland, Births and Christenings 1650-1995, \u2018Elizabeth Huttson\u2019, online at FamilySearch<\/i>, https:\/\/familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:HYLZ-QF2M. <\/span> was the dau of Nicholas and Elizabeth Freeman Hudson of Virginia and gdau of Sir Richard Hudson (1605-1659). This connection has now been confirmed by DNA studies; DNA from Marcia Case Field (MCF<\/b>) and a nephew John Scott Case (JSC<\/b>), both Boydston descendants; search: Hudson\/Maryland<\/i><\/a>, see Cluster 1<\/b><\/a>, proving this link of the Boydstons to the Snows. Not all the matches are shown, and not all the family trees are cited;36<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Grosardt Family Tree\u2019, owner tgrosardt, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/17630229; \u2018Steele-Elmore Family Tree\u2019, owner farmluvr, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/51183929; \u2018Mulliere Family Tree\u2019 owner servicedognm, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/854734560; \u2018James Long Family Tree\u2019, owner James Long, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/156863067; respectively (accessed 30 Mar 2025).<\/span> the Hudsons immigrated from Staffordshire, England. Sir Richard\u2019s son Henry Sr. immigrated to Accomack County, Virginia and then to the Eastern Shore in what became Somerset and Worcester Counties of Maryland.37<\/a><\/sup>Clayton Torrance Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland<\/i> (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1935),446; confirms John Snow\u2019s marriage to Elizabeth Hudson and names her parents and sibs as well as their spouses; hereafter Eastern Shore of Maryland<\/b>.<\/span> Elizabeth had son David at age 47.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Domonoski 3rd Ed.<\/b>38<\/a><\/sup>. Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>, p. 28.<\/span> and others have David Boylston of Virginia b. 1716<\/i> the son of Mahulda Box (husband Thomas, 2<\/b> in GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY below), but this has been disproven by DNA vide infra<\/i>. Thus, the incontrovertible truth proven by DNA, is that Elizabeth Hudson Snow\u2019s son-in-law, David Boylston of Virginia b. 1716<\/i>, was the son of William (I) Boylston39<\/a><\/sup>William is a popular name in the Boylston family; there is a William in every generation of the family and they are here named William I to IV.<\/span> (7<\/b> in the GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY below) and grandson of Thomas and Elizabeth Vaulx Boydston.40<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Pherigo Family Tree\u2019, owner RPherigo777, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/17515110; and the very useful Gallery, online at Ancestry<\/i>; hereafter Pherigo<\/b>.<\/span> There are several marriage records for William.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Five candidates for this William\u2019s wife have emerged with appropriate marriage records41<\/a><\/sup>Four William Boydston marriages: U. S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> and\/or other incomplete data (1) Sabra Polk (1689-1784)42<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Patricia Christy Family Tree\u2019, owner Patricia Christy, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/167978885, (accessed 23 Mar 2025); hereafter Christy Tree<\/b>.<\/span>, m. 1705; (2) Mary Hopkins dau of George and Elizabeth Presley Hopkins; (3) Mary Presley (1697-1739), b. and m. in VA; (4) Mary Thornton43<\/a><\/sup>Pherigo<\/b>, see the Gallery<\/span> and (5) Margaret Triplett (1734-1828).44<\/a><\/sup>Indexed by Carol Lee Ford, \u2018Genealogy of the Triplett Family\u2019 in Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly Magazine<\/i>, Vol. V. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), p. 211; according to her father\u2019s will (of 1757), Margaret had only one child, Frances Boydston, therefore she was not the mother of David (I).<\/span> Margaret was born too late to be David\u2019s mother; she likely married William (III) Boylston (1732-1807). It is not clear which of the other four possibilities was the mother of David Boylston of Virginia<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To divine David Boylston of Virginia<\/i>\u2019s mother turned out to be a formidable challenge. An MCF<\/b> match search for Polk\/Maryland<\/i><\/a> gave 20 matches, but half of them had 3-5 high-risk confounding surnames and were therefore useless in our search for Polk DNA. A confounding surname is a surname that is part of MCF<\/b>\u2019s AND the match\u2019s descendancy). There is no way to tell\u2014short of examining the location of the shared DNA sequence with a chromosome browser\u2014whether the shared DNA is Polk DNA or the other shared-surname-DNA. In order to use a chromosome browser, one would need access to both DNA\u2019s to be studied. Examination of the shared surnames and MCF<\/b>\u2019s genealogy allowed the surnames to be separated into high risk or low risk (see Table 1<\/a> below). Several other matches were abandoned because of geographical problems or spelling errors. In summary, there were no useful matches among the 20 that could substantiate the presence of Polk DNA.<\/b> One FamilySearch genealogist45<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Boylston71\u2019 on FamilySearch Family Tree<\/i>: \u2018William Boylston\u2019, collaborations: Sabra Polk didn\u2019t exist, and she wasn\u2019t the dau of Robert Bruce Polk and Margaret Tasker\u2014from conversations with Polk researchers and the John Polk book Beyond Damned Quarter<\/i> for details of the Polk family.<\/span> for excellent reasons denies Sabra Polk exists as a wife of William Boylston (I). Domonoske<\/b> suggests that Sabra Polk and Mary Thornton were wives (1) and (2) of William (II).46<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>, p. 28-31.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A search of matches for Presley\/Maryland<\/i><\/a> gave 9 matches, some but not all, with numerous confounding surnames. All but one match were descendants of Andreas Presler\/Presley who was born 1701 at Rhineland-Pfalz and immigrated to Cecil County, Maryland sometime after 1700; see Cluster 2<\/b><\/a>. Only matches with no confounding surnames or low risk confounding surnames are shown. Therefore, these CA\u2019s are proof that the Presleys are on MCF<\/b>\/JSC<\/b>\u2019s direct line. The Presleys were known to have a close association with the Hopkins.47<\/a><\/sup>. Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b> p. 31.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A similar search for Hopkins\/Maryland<\/i><\/a> gave 20 matches (MCF<\/b>, similar difficulties with confounding surnames) and 19 matches (JSC<\/b>). This is a proof that David\u2019s mother was indeed Mary Hopkins the dau of George and Elizabeth Hopkins; see Cluster 3<\/b><\/a>. The Hopkins family came from Lincolnshire. Not all the relevant matches are included in the clusters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But\u2014wait a minute! How can Hopkins and Presley BOTH be on the direct line\u2014David surely had only one mother. The answer is provided by Domonoske<\/b>48<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b> (1971), p. 31 and 41. For some reason there is no mention of \u2018Hopkins\u2019 in the 3rd Edition, although there is an International Marriage Record for Wm Boylston and Mary Hopkins on Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> who suggests that George Hopkins\u2019 wife Elizabeth was the dau of Peter Presley Jr. and his wife Elizabeth Smith. In summary, both Hopkins and Presley are on MCF<\/b>\/JSC<\/b>\u2019s direct line<\/b>; Mary Hopkins was the dau of George and Elizabeth Presley Hopkins and gdau of Peter and Elizabeth Smith Presley.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There are other William Boylston records that we have not yet utilized in the essay. This is because there was a William in every generation of the Virginia-Maryland-Massachusetts Boydstons and most of the records are not dated. Thomas Boylston and Elizabeth Vaulx had sons Thomas (m. Mahulda Box) and William (I) m. Mary Hopkins. Thomas and Mahulda had a son William (II) m. Mary Thornton. William (I) and Mary had sons David Boydston of Virginia<\/i> and another William (III) m. Margaret Triplett.<\/span><\/p>\n

David Boydston\u2019s Grandparents<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0All family historians seem to agree that David Boylston of Virginia b. 1716 is descended from Thomas and Elizabeth Vaulx Boylston. They had two sons: Thomas and William, but the historians are divided about which of these is the father of David. Domonoske<\/b>, Bates<\/b>, and Weaver<\/b> all favor Thomas and his wife Mahulda Box (but volunteer no details about William and his family) while Pherigo<\/b>49<\/a><\/sup>Pherigo.<\/b>.<\/span> favors William (who married Mary Hopkins) and has some detail that seems more geographically sensible. Since we have already proven by DNA that Hopkins is on the direct line, it remains only to show that Mary Hopkins\u2019 husband William (I) is the William, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Vaulx Boydston. Inspection of the dates indicates that Elizabeth Vaulx Boydston\u2019s son William must be the William, husband of Mary Hopkins.50<\/a><\/sup>Pherigo<\/b> has William (I) married to Mary Thornton of Northumberland Co. Virginia, b. 1700, but this is unlikely if David is born 1710 as indicated in his manuscript.<\/span> As a double check, a search of MCF<\/b> DNA matches for Box\/Maryland<\/i><\/a> produced no useful matches, only cousins with incorrect lineages.<\/span><\/p>\n

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BOYDSTON GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Generation a<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 1.\u00a0 Thomas Boylston (I)<\/a><\/b> was born abt 1636 at Renfrewshire, Scotland and died 1706 at Somerset County, Maryland. He married abt 1656 at Westmoreland, Virginia Elizabeth Vaulx<\/b><\/a>, dau of Robert and Elizabeth Burwell Vaulx. She was born abt 1636 at Vaulxland, Westmoreland, Virginia and died 1706 at Somerset County, Maryland. Thomas paid for passage to the American colonies by working as a carpenter for the Vaulx family of Westmoreland County, Virginia. He bought land (over 1000 acres) in Talbot County, Manor of Baltimore (Maryland) on 26 Oct 1656; this land was called Piney Ridge. In 1665 he moved from the Piney Ridge Plantation to 950 acres he had bought in Dorchester County, Maryland on the west side of the Nanticoke River ten miles upstream from its mouth. That property was called Boylstone\u2019s Neck\u2014the neck formed by a sharp bend in the river just before it emptied into Fishing Bay.51<\/a><\/sup>RPherigo777<\/b>, William Boylstone gallery and Pherigo Family Tree, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span>,52<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>; p.13-23, a nice discussion with good sources.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas and Elizabeth Vaulx Boylston had six children.53<\/a><\/sup>Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Patron: Margo Butner, Butner Welty Family History, online at https:\/\/m.friendsofallencounty.org\/butnerwelty\/familygroup.php?familyID=F923&tree=Butnerwelty; hereafter Butner Welty<\/b>.<\/span>,54<\/a><\/sup>Pherigo<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0+ 2 i. THOMAS BOYLSTON (II)<\/a> was born 1657 at \u2018Piney Ridge\u2019, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1730 at Baltimore, Maryland. He married 1677 at Queen Ann County, Maryland Mahulda Box<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 3 ii. ANN BOYLSTON<\/a> was born 1658 Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland. She married 1674 at Somerset County, Maryland Robert Shockley<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 4 iii. ELIZABETH BOYLSTON<\/a> was born 1660 at Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland. She married 1677 at Maryland Henry Lewis<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 5 iv. MARY BOYLSTON<\/a> was born 1662 at Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland. She married 1679 at Maryland James Sangster<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 6 v. REBECCA BOYLSTON<\/a> was born 1670 at Boylstone\u2019s Neck, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1719. She married 1674 at Somerset County, Maryland John Turpin<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0+ 7 vi. WILLIAM BOYLSTON (I)<\/a> was born 1676 at Boylstone\u2019s Neck, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1719. He married 1706 at Cecil County, Maryland (1) Sarah Elizabeth Chism<\/b><\/a> and (2) Mary Hopkins<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Generation 1<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 2.\u00a0 Thomas Boylston (II)<\/a><\/b> was born 13 Dec 1665 at \u2018Piney Ridge\u2019, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1730 at Baltimore, Maryland. He married55<\/a><\/sup>Boylston\/Box marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records, 1590-1900; online at Ancestry<\/i>; cited on FamilySearch Family Tree<\/i> \u2018Mahulda Box\u2019.<\/span> at MarylandMahulda Box<\/b><\/a>, the dau of Thomas and Jane Jones (or Phoenix) Box.56<\/a><\/sup>FamilySearch Family Tree<\/i>.<\/span> She was born 1667 at Calvert County, Maryland and died 1749 at Scaggsville, Baltimore, Maryland.57<\/a><\/sup>Christy Tree<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas and Mahulda Box Boylston had nine children.58<\/a><\/sup>. \u2018Casterline\/St. Clair\u2019, owner Leslie Casterline, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/322428835897, (accessed 23 Mar 2025); hereafter Casterline Tree<\/b>.<\/span>,59<\/a><\/sup>. Geneanet Index<\/b>.<\/span>,60<\/a><\/sup>Weaver<\/b> and Bates<\/b>.<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 8 i. JOHN BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1678 at Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1719. He married 1698 ____ Harkney<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0+ 9 ii. WILLIAM M. BOYDSTON (II)<\/a> was born 1680 at Dorchester County, Maryland and died 1761 at Fairfax County, Virginia. He married (1) 1705 Sabra Polk<\/b><\/a>(widow of ____ Fitchett and (2) Mary Thornton<\/b><\/a>the dau of Wm Thornton and Jane Presley.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 10 iii. ELIZABETH BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1682 at Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1710. She married61<\/a><\/sup>Crump\/Boylston marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> 1703 at Anne Arundel County, Maryland Thomas Crump<\/b><\/a>.62<\/a><\/sup>Butner Welty.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 11. iv. DINAH BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1684 at Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1732. She married 1704 at Anne Arundel County, Maryland John Brewer<\/b><\/a>.63<\/a><\/sup>Butner Welty.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 12 v. JILLIAN BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1686 at Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1710. She married64<\/a><\/sup>Harrison\/Bolton (Boylston) marriage: Maryland Church Records 1660-1996; online at FamilySearch<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:QGVM-QJYJ and U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> 6 Nov 1703 at Saint Peters Parish, Talbot County, Maryland Amos Harrison<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 13 vi. GRACE BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1688 at Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1736. She married65<\/a><\/sup>Michall\/Boylston marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> 1704 at Talbot County, Maryland John Michall<\/b><\/a>.66<\/a><\/sup>Butner Welty.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 14 vii. MARY BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1690 at Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1715. She married67<\/a><\/sup>Miller\/Boylston marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> 1708 at Talbot County, Maryland Jonathan Miller<\/b><\/a>.68<\/a><\/sup>Butner Welty.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 15. viii JANE BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1692 at Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1722. She married69<\/a><\/sup>Brewster\/Boylston marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> 1716 at Prince George\u2019s County, Maryland William Brewster<\/b><\/a>.70<\/a><\/sup>Butner Welty.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 16 ix. THOMAS BOYDSTON (III)<\/a> was born 1695 at Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1722.<\/span><\/p>\n

He married71<\/a><\/sup>Boylston\/King marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, grooms birth ;online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> 1715 at Talbot County, Maryland Sarah King<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 7.\u00a0 William Boylston (I)<\/a><\/b> was born (son of Elizabeth Vaulx Boylston) 1676 at Boylstone\u2019s Neck, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1719. He married (1) 1706 at Cecil County, Maryland Sarah Elizabeth Chism<\/b><\/a>. She was born 1690 and died during childbirth in 1709 at Cecil County, Maryland. He married72<\/a><\/sup>Boylston\/Hopkins marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> (2) abt 1710 Mary Hopkins<\/b><\/a> dau of George and Elizabeth Presley Hopkins. Mary was born 1689. They initially settled in Prince William County, Virginia on Four Mile Run, but soon moved to Maryland\u2019s Eastern Shore.<\/span><\/p>\n

William and Mary Hopkins Boylston had at least eight children.73<\/a><\/sup>Weaver<\/b>, p. 39.<\/span>,74<\/a><\/sup>Cynthia Marie Galloway Family Tree\u2019, owner Lynn Pearson, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/179831895, (accessed 23 Mar 2025); hereafter Galloway Tree<\/b>.<\/span>,75<\/a><\/sup>Christy Tree<\/b>.<\/span>,76<\/a><\/sup>Casterline Tree<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 17 i. JAMES BOYLSTON<\/a> was born 1714. He married Sarah Pruitt\/Prewett<\/b><\/a> of Frederick County, Maryland. They relocated in 1732 to Hampshire County, Virginia with their sons William and James. All three appear in the 1777 Militia Records.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0+ 18 ii. DAVID BOYLSTON<\/a> was born 1716 at Prince William, Virginia and died 1811. He married Mahala Snow<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 19 iii. THOMAS BOYLSTON (IV)<\/a> was born 1718 and died 1804 at Jefferson, Fairfax, Virginia. He married (1)77<\/a><\/sup>Boylston\/Wallace marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, grooms birth; online at Ancestry.<\/i><\/span> Elizabeth Wallace<\/b><\/a> and (2)78<\/a><\/sup>Boylston\/Triplett marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, grooms birth; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> Patience Triplett<\/b><\/a>. Patience was born 1725.79<\/a><\/sup>Boydstone\/Pruitt marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900; online at Ancestry<\/i><\/span> Between 1764 and 1766, he acquired a large tract of land called Terrapin Neck with his brothers Benjamin and Presley Boylston.80<\/a><\/sup>Boydstone vs. Sheppard, Augusta, VA; Court Records of Augusta County, VA; Benjamin and Presley Boydston identified as brothers of Thomas, owner of the land \u2018Terrapin Neck\u2019 on the Potomac River; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span>,81<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>; p. 23-42, the family relationships of these sons and their wives is supported by the lengthy deed books reproduced in these pages.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 20 iv. JOHN BOYLSTON<\/a> was born 1720.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 21 v. GEORGE BOYLSTON<\/a> was born 1722. In the 1810 U. S. Census he was also in Greene County, Pennsylvania with his brother David. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 22 vi. PRESLEY BOYLSTON<\/a> was born 1730 at Prince William County, Virginia. He married82<\/a><\/sup>Boylston\/Robertson marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, birth of groom; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> Elizabeth Robertson<\/b><\/a>, dau of James Robertson.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 23 vii. WILLIAM BOYLSTON (III)<\/a> was born 1732. He married83<\/a><\/sup>Boylston\/Triplett marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> abt 1752 Margaret Triplett<\/b><\/a>; she was born 1734; they had one child Frances.84<\/a><\/sup>Indexed by Carol Lee Ford, \u2018Genealogy of the Triplett Family\u2019 in Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly Magazine<\/i>, Vol. V. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), p. 211; according to her father Francis\u2019s will; https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:3QS7-L9PC-QJQD?lang=en&i=449, Margaret had only one child, Frances Boydston, therefore she was not the mother of David (I).<\/span> They eventually moved to South Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 24 viii. BENJAMIN BOYLSTON<\/a> was born 1734. He married Mary Moss<\/b><\/a> and Mary Davis<\/b><\/a>.85<\/a><\/sup>Boylston\/Davis marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, groom b. 1734 VA, no other information; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Generation 2<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 9. William Boylston (II)<\/a><\/b> was born 1680 (son of Mahulda Box Boylston) at Hampshire County, Virginia (then Frederick County, VA) and died 1761 at Fairfax. Fairfax, Virginia. He married (1)86<\/a><\/sup>Boylston\/Polk marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, grooms birth; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> 1705 Sabra Polk<\/b><\/a> (widow of ____ Fitchett<\/b><\/a>) and (2)87<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>, p. 24 and U. S. and International Marriage Records 1590-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> Mary Thornton<\/b><\/a> the dau of Wm Thornton and Jane Presley. She was born 1700. He signed a lease in 1732 with Mary (Thornton), his wife in Hamilton Parish, Prince William County.88<\/a><\/sup>Lease, 1732, James Robertson to William Boilstone, Mary, his wife & James Boilstone, his son. General index to deeds, 1732-1887; deeds, 1731-1869; election poll, 1840; online at FamilySearch<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:3Q9M-CSL6-Y95G-L?lang=en&i=28. <\/span> Before 1770 the family moved to Montgomery County, Virginia, at the headwaters of the Bluestone and Clinch Rivers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Figure 1. Location of the William Boylstone property in Fairfax County, Virginia, 1760. [produced by the Government of Fairfax County, Virginia]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 18. David Boydston Sr.<\/a><\/b>89<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 50.<\/span> was born 1716 at Prince William County, Virginia,90<\/a><\/sup>Weaver<\/b> has him born in Boston.<\/span> the son of William and Mary Hopkins91<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 86.<\/span> \u2018Boylstone\u2019. He died 3 Aug 1811 at Paisley, Greene, Pennsylvania.92<\/a><\/sup>Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research, DAR Patriot Inde<\/b>x, online at www.services.dar.org\/public\/dar_research\/search; \u2018david boydston\u2019; lists wife as Mehitabel Snow and b\u2019place as Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (both probably in error).<\/span> He married93<\/a><\/sup>Boylston\/Snow marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> (1) 1737 at Maryland Mahala Snow<\/b><\/a> dau of John and Elizabeth Hudson Snow of Somerset County, Maryland.94<\/a><\/sup>Family Data Collection-Births, birthyear and parents named, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> She was born 1718 at Maryland and died 1751,95<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske and others claim Mahala died 1751 in Barren County, Kentucky (no source). This county was formed in 1796 (45 yrs after her death) and was erroneously claimed to be formed from western Virginia. It is in central Kentucky, formed from two other Kentucky counties, and a long way from Virginia.<\/span> probably in Maryland. He married96<\/a><\/sup>Boylston\/Pruitt marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, groom b. 1716, bride b. 1730, no marriage year; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> abt 1752 (2) Sarah Denton Pruitt<\/b><\/a>, dau of Samuel Pruitt of Frederick County, Maryland.97<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 88.<\/span> The family lived first in Talbot County and then moved to Dorchester County close to the border of Somerset County. After 1750 the family moved to Frederick County, Maryland and finally in 1779 to Washington County, Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/p>\n

David and Mahala Snow Boydston had at least seven children.98<\/a><\/sup>Weaver<\/b>, p. 39.<\/span>,99<\/a><\/sup>Christy Tree<\/b><\/span>,100<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Cynthia Marie Galloway Family Tree\u2019, owner Lynn Pearson, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/179831895, (accessed 23 Mar 2025); hereafter Galloway Tree<\/b>.<\/span>,101<\/a><\/sup>The foregoing tertiary sources have other children for this couple (Sabra, Malinda, Mahulda), but as there is no other evidence for their presence in this family, they are not included.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 25 i. JAMES BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 23 Sep 1738 at Eastern Shore of Maryland and died 6 Feb 1814 at Russellville, Logan, Kentucky; buried102<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #202694666.<\/span> at Perry Cemetery, Russellville, Logan, Kentucky. He married (1) 1767 Mary Prewitt<\/b><\/a> of Frederick, Maryland and (2) Tabitha Smith<\/b><\/a>; Mary was born 21 Jan 1747 and died 22 May 1809 at Russellville, Logan, Kentucky; buried103<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #202694740.<\/span> at Perry Cemetery. Eleven children104<\/a><\/sup>Galloway Tree<\/b>, p. 34-5.<\/span> including Priscilla b. 1759 and Benjamin b. 1776. He and four sons (James Jr., Samuel, William, and John) fought in the Revolutionary War from Montgomery County, Virginia.105<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 128-138.<\/span> After the War they moved to eastern Tennessee on the Nolichucky River, then Rutherford, North Carolina,106<\/a><\/sup>1790 U. S. Census of Rutherford, North Carolina, Household of 4, 3males over 16 and 1female over 16; M637, Roll 7, Page 147, FHL Film 0568147;online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> and then to Kentucky. He had a son Thomas (1770-1835).107<\/a><\/sup>backto60s<\/b>, cf. \u2018The Boydstuns of Lauderdale County, TN 1887\u2019.<\/span>,108<\/a><\/sup>Pterigo<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 26 ii. THOMAS BOYDSTON (V)<\/a> was born abt 1738 at Frederick County, Maryland. He married Mary Patience Prewitt\/Pruitt<\/b><\/a>; she was born 21 Jan 1741 and died 22 May 1809 at Kentucky. He fought in the Revolutionary War from Montgomery County, Virginia. He bought land in Augusta County, Virginia in 1761.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 + 27 iii. DAVID BOYDSTUN Jr.<\/a> was born 1740. He married Esther Ann Burris<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 28 iv. GEORGE BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1746 at Eastern Shore of Maryland and died 18 Nov 1825 at Sugar Creek Township, Wayne, Ohio; buried109<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #36734246.<\/span> at Bodine Cemetery, East Union, Wayne, Ohio. He married110<\/a><\/sup>Boylston\/Burris marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> 19 Jan 1773 at Hampshire, Virginia Eunice Burris<\/b><\/a>; she was born 1753 and died 1816. In 1800 they lived in Greene County, Pennsylvania near a son George Jr.111<\/a><\/sup>1800 Septennial Census of Greene County, Pennsylvania, image 7\/22, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> George Sr. fought in the Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania.112<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 87.<\/span> Children: George N. (1777-1845), Thomas (1786-1863), Belinda Boydston Wade (1792-1861), John (1794-1875).113<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #36734246; George Boydston son of David Sr. and Mahala Snow.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 29 v. NANCY BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 30 Jun 1745 at Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1824. She married114<\/a><\/sup>Yates\/Boylston marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> abt 1762 Joshua Yeates<\/b><\/a>. Eleven children.115<\/a><\/sup>Galloway Tree<\/b>; Bible record of the Yeates family; shared by Lynn Pearson online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 30 vi. JESSE BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1748 at Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1780. He fought in the Revolutionary War in the 1st Virginia State Regiment from Montgomery County, Virginia.116<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 87.<\/span> He received a land grant of 640 acres in Davidson County, Tennessee (central TN) in 1783.117<\/a><\/sup>backto60s<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 31 vii. CYNTHIA BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1749 at Piney Ridge, Dorchester, Maryland and died 1843.<\/span><\/p>\n

David and Mary Ann Pruitt Boydston had two children.118<\/a><\/sup>Galloway Tree<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 32 i. WILLIAM BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 24 Mar 1753 at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland and died in Clay County, Missouri in 1838. He married Elizabeth Jane Christian<\/b><\/a>. They went to Hampshire County, Virginia.119<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 87.<\/span> He fought in the Revolutionary War from Montgomery County, Virginia. After the War they moved to eastern Tennessee for five decades on the Nolichucky River in Washington County.120<\/a><\/sup>backto60s<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 33 ii. TABITHA BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1772 at Montgomery County, Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Generation 3<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 27. David Boydston Jr.<\/a><\/b>121<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 90.<\/span> was born 1740 at Somerset County, Maryland (Eastern Shore of Maryland) and died 2 Feb 1826 at Greene County, Pennsylvania,122<\/a><\/sup>1825 Will of David Boydston (Jr.), online at FamilySearch<\/i>; Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, images, FamilySearch https:\/\/familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:3QS7-8991-Z73P?cc=1999196&wc=9PMX-T38%3A268494001%2C268539201; mentions wife Ester Ann and son Boaz, dau Amelia Glasgo.<\/span> buried123<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #62731815; David Boydstun son of David Sr. and Mahala Snow.<\/span> at Mount Morris Cemetery (Perry Twp), Greene County, Pennsylvania. He was a practicing physician. He married (1) unknown<\/b><\/a> at Frederick County, Maryland (no known issue) and (2) 1775 at Monongalia County, West Virginia Hester \u2019Esther\u2019 Ann Burris\/Burroughs<\/b><\/a> dau of John and Elizabeth Boaz Burroughs.124<\/a><\/sup>1793 Will of John Burroughs of Monongalia County, West Virginia names wife Elizabeth and sons Elijah, Boaz and William, daus Unisay Boydstone and Hester Ann Boydstone; online at FamilySearch, Film 7616715, page 40 (cited at Hester Ann Burroughs).<\/span> She was born 4 Feb 1750 (calc\u2019d: age 77y 11m 9d at death) and died125<\/a><\/sup>Historical Society of the Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Cemetery, compiled by John Corly Chapter, DAR and the Greene County Historical Society; Records of Perry Twp, Greene County, Pennsylvania, hereafter Perry Twp cemetery records<\/b>.<\/span> 13 Jan 1838 at Perry Twp, Greene, Pennsylvania; buried126<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #126444374.<\/span> at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Mount Morris, Greene County. David and family moved with Esther\u2019s parents to Washington County, Pennsylvania127<\/a><\/sup>1790 U. S. Census of Washington County, Pennsylvania, online at FamilySearch.<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:XHK5-1N9; David Boylstone household of 7.<\/span> where David fought in the Revolutionary War.128<\/a><\/sup>Weaver<\/b>, p. 35.<\/span> Thereafter they settled in Mt. Morris in Greene County, Pennsylvania. He and his brother George Boydstone Sr. (and George Jr.) are found in Greene County, Pennsylvania with adjoining properties129<\/a><\/sup>Pennsylvania, U. S., Direct Tax Lists 1798, Greene, Washington, and Allegheny Abstracts; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> in the 1800 Septennial Census of Pennsylvania.130<\/a><\/sup>1800 Septennial Census of Greene County, Pennsylvania, image 7\/22, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

David and Esther Ann Burris Boydston had at least seven children.131<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #62731815; biographical note at David Jr.\u2019s grave.<\/span>,132<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 33 i. MARY BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1791 (calc\u2019d) and died 2 Apr 1864.133<\/a><\/sup>Perry Twp cemetery records.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 34 ii. NELLIE BOYDSTON<\/a>. She married ____ Glass<\/b><\/a> and went west.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 35 iii. THOMAS BOYDSTON<\/a>; died young.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 36 iv. BENJAMIN BOYDSTON<\/a>; died young.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 37 v. AMELIA BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1778 at Pennsylvania and died 1857 in Ohio. She married abt 1799 at Pennsylvania Jeremiah\/John Glasgo<\/b><\/a>; he was born 1772 at Pennsylvania.134<\/a><\/sup>1850 U. S. Census of Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio; Amelia age 72, John age 78; online at FamilySearch.<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:MXQG-782.<\/span> Seven children: Otho, Hiram, Vincent, Airy Minty (Cunningham), Eli, Marmaduke, Lucinda (Kinney).135<\/a><\/sup>1848 Will of John Glasgo; online at FamilySearch<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 38 vi. DAVID BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 1789 at Greene County, Pennsylvania and died 8 Jan 1852 at Salisbury, Chariton, Missouri.136<\/a><\/sup>1840 U. S. Census of Chariton Missouri, Roll 221, Page 320. FHL Film 0014855, Household of 6, 1male 15-19, 1male 50-59, 1female 15-19, 2females 20-29, 1female 50-59; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> He married 1810 at Mount Morris, Greene, Pennsylvania Rebecca \u2018Massage\u2019 Gerard<\/b><\/a>. Two children.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 + 39 vii. BOAZ BOYDSTON<\/a> was born 12 May 1791 and died 2 Apr 1864 at Greene County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Willey<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Generation 4<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 39. Boaz Boydston<\/a><\/b>137<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>, p. 91.<\/span> was born 12 May 1791 at Virginia and died138<\/a><\/sup>Perry Twp cemetery records<\/b>.<\/span> 2 Apr 1864 at Greene County, Pennsylvania;139<\/a><\/sup>1863 Will of Boaz Boydston, Pennsylvania, U. S. Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1874; Greene County, Wills, Vol. 4; online at Ancestry<\/i>; names wife Mary and children.<\/span> buried140<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #122118180.<\/span> at Mount Morris Cemetery. He married 17 Jan 1813 at Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio Mary \u2018Polly\u2019 Willey<\/b><\/a>; she was born 21 Feb 1793 at Delaware and died 1864. She was the dau of John Alexander Willey (30 July 1757 to 3 Apr 1814) and Mary (Polly) Griffith (10 Oct 1758, Sussex, DE to 12 Dec 1842, Zanesville, Muskingum, OH).141<\/a><\/sup>DAR Application for Membership by Louise Elizabeth Smith Knibbs (descendant of Peter Miller 1759-1838), research by Eugene Smith; papers in possession of the author (MCF).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Boaz and Mary Willey Boydston had fourteen children.142<\/a><\/sup>Geneanet Community Trees Index<\/b>; https:\/\/gw.geneanet.org.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 40 i. EUGENOS LOCK BOYDSTON was born 1 Dec 1813 and died 19 Jun 1859; buried143<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #88673682; Ruhama #88673702.<\/span> at Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia. He married144<\/a><\/sup>Boydston\/Jackson marriage: West Virginia, Marriage Index 1785-1971, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> 29 Nov 1838 Middletown, Monongalia, Virginia (now Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia) Ruhama Jackson<\/b><\/a> dau of Samuel Jackson (1 Apr 1793 to 17 Jul 1861) and Nancy Miller Jackson (5 Feb 1800 to 1877). Ruhama was born 27 Oct 1820 and died 11 Mar 1911; buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. He was a sadler of Fairmont, West Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 41 ii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BOYDSTON was born 1815. He married145<\/a><\/sup>Boydston\/Spencer and Borden marriages: Arkansas County Marriage Records, 1837-1957, online at FamilySearch<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:N974-Z8X; and Missouri County marriages 1800-1991 https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:Q2Z3-613S, respectively.<\/span> (1) 10 Nov 1860 at Franklin County, Arkansas Mary Jane Spencer<\/b><\/a> and (2) 21 Jul 1867 at Jackson County, Missouri Martha Ann Borden<\/b><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 42 iii. CURTIS WILLEY BOYDSTON was born 17 Oct 1817 and died 9 Oct 1898 at Monmouth, Warren, Illinois. He married (1)146<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b><\/span> Orpha Ambler<\/b><\/a> and (2)147<\/a><\/sup>Boydston\/Underwood marriage: Illinois County Marriage Records, Warren County, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> 3 Oct 1858 at Warren County, Illinois Loretta Underwood<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 43 iv. DAVID JOHN BOYDSTON was born 24 Aug 1819 at Greene County, Pennsylvania and died 5 Feb 1884 at Iowa; buried148<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #1199944999.<\/span> at Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion, Iowa. He married (1) Rebecca A. Garrard<\/b><\/a> and (2) 4 Dec 1861 at Marion County, Iowa Martha C. McMeeken<\/b><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 44 v. GEORGE NELSON BOYDSTON was born 1821 and died 27 Mar 1872. He married149<\/a><\/sup>Boydston\/Calahan marriage: Ohio Select County Marriage Records, Harrison County, 1874-1893, online at Ancestry.<\/i><\/span> 24 Oct 1847 at Harrison County, Ohio Rebecca C. Calahan<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 45 vi. AMELIA ANN \u2018EMILY\u2019 BOYDSTON was born 1823 and died 16 May 1904 at Los Angeles County, California; buried150<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #117939168, nice bio.<\/span> at Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion, Iowa. She married151<\/a><\/sup>Woodruff\/Boydston marriage: Iowa County Marriage Records, Marion County, he was age 29 yrs., therefore marriage was in 1867; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> 1867 at Marion County, Iowa Erastus K. Woodruff<\/b><\/a>; he was born 1838.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 46 vii. WILLIAM LANDON BOYDSTON was born 1825 and died 2 Jun 1875. He married (1)152<\/a><\/sup>Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b><\/span> Cornelia Gates<\/b><\/a> and (2)153<\/a><\/sup>Boydston\/Cromwell marriage: Nebraska Select County Marriage Records, Lancaster County, 1871-1880, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> 18 Aug 1873 at Lancaster County, Nebraska Julia C. Cromwell<\/b><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 47 viii. ELIZA BOYDSTON. She was born 1826 and died young.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 48 ix. MARY BOYDSTON. She was born 1827 and died young.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 49 x. BOAZ BURRIS BOYDSTON was born 1828. He married Rachel Burge<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 50 xi. MARTHA \u2018MARY\u2019 L. BOYDSTON was born 1830 and died 20 Nov 1928 at Franklin County, Ohio.154<\/a><\/sup>Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932; online at FamilySearch https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:VKRC-B8Z. <\/span> She married155<\/a><\/sup>Dunham\/Boydston marriage: Illinois County Marriage Records, Woodford County, FHL Film 1401898; online at FamilySearch<\/i>.<\/span> 29 Oct 1850 at Woodford County, Ohio James Dunham<\/b><\/a>.156<\/a><\/sup>1860 U S. Census of Mackinaw, Tazewell, Illinois, P. 209, she is age 31; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 51 xii. CYRUS BASCOM BOYDSTON was born 31 Oct 1831 at Whiteley, Greene, Pennsylvania and died 11 Sep 1898 at Knoxville, Marion, Iowa; buried157<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #121860674.<\/span> at Graceland Cemetery. He married158<\/a><\/sup>Boydston\/Wallace marriage: Iowa County Marriage Records, Marion County,; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> abt 1861 at Marion County, Iowa Sarah \u2018Sally\u2019 Agnes Wallace<\/b><\/a>.159<\/a><\/sup>1870 U S. Census of Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, Roll M593_409, P. 111A, Cyrus and Sallie and 4 children; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span> He was a commissioned officer (Major) in the Civil War.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 52 xiii. THORNTON ELSWORTH BOYDSTON was born 12 Oct 1833 at Greene County, Pennsylvania and died 29 May 1913 at Mount Morris, Greene, Pennsylvania; buried160<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #198879428.<\/span> at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Greene County. He married 1858 Susanna Donley<\/b><\/a>.161<\/a><\/sup>Samuel P. Bates, A Biographical History of Greene County, Pennsylvania<\/i> (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield, 1888) Perry Township, p. 812.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 53 xiv. ELIZABETH MARGARET BOYDSTON was born 26 Oct 1836 Whiteley. Greene, Pennsylvania and died 11 Apr 1919 at Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia; buried162<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave #8404915.<\/span> at Oak Grove Cemetery. She married 1861 at Monongalia County, West Virginia Henry Lazier Cox<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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NOTES<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

1. See for example: Gustine Courson Weaver The Boydstun Family (Cincinnati, Ohio: Powell & White, 1927), no sources; hereafter Weaver<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research, DAR Patriot Index, online at www.services.dar.org\/public\/dar_research\/search; \u2018david boydston\u2019; lists wife as Mehitabel Snow and b\u2019place as Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (stating both probably in error); hereafter as DAR Patriot Index<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Online at FamilySearch<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:VQ6L-12B.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Harwich, Mass. Vital Records, Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History, Vol. 159, p. 162.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Hopkins\/Snow marriage: The Register, Vol. 102, p. 201 (New England Historical & Genealogical Register).<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Hopkins\/Ryderr marriage: Massachusetts, U. S., Compiled Marriages 1633-1850; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Harwich, Mass. Vital Records, Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History<\/i>, Vol. 159, p. 163.<\/span><\/p>\n

9. \u2018Nicholas Snow of Eastham and some of his Descendants\u2019, Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy, Vol 1, pp. 6-14; online at Ancestry<\/i>, image 516-526\/915; hereafter Cape Cod Library<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

10. This author found no records substantiating the existence of the 1726 David Boydston\/Boylston. Weaver<\/b> stated that David Boydston b.1726 existed and other authors have cited Weaver as proof. Weaver cites the DAR Patriot Index<\/b> (that acknowledges that there is no source and therefore that it may be incorrect).<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Margaret R. Bates \u2018Genealogy Report: Descendants of Thomas Boylston, Jr.\u2019, online at www.genealogy.com\/ftm\/b\/a\/t\/Margaret-R-Bates\/GENE15-0003.html; 10 pages, accessed 10 Apr 2025; hereafter Bates<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Gladys Boydstun Domonoske The Boydstun-Boydston Family<\/i> (Davis, California: self-published, 1979, 3rd Edition); hereafter Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b> (1979) and the Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b> (1971).<\/span><\/p>\n

13. William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U. S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920<\/i> (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987).<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Findagrave #216376860 with good, lengthy and well-documented biography.<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Zabdiel, Sarah, and \u2018Dudly\u2019 \u2018Boyleston\u2019 were born in Roxbury, Mass, 1677, 1680 and 1687, respectively. Massachusetts, U.S. Compiled Births, Marriages and Death Records, Roxbury births, image 36\/1080; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

16. FamilySearch Family Tree<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

p class=”Normal”>18. Cf. Weave<\/b>r: Thomas Boylston (m. Mathilda Box) of Boston had a son David BOYLSTON, b. 1726, not to be confused with David BOYDSTUN\/BOYDSTON b. 1710 of a Prince William County Virginia family, son of William and Mary Boydston.<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Charles M Ward, Jr. \u2018James Boydston (d. 1814): A Critical Examination of his Alleged \u201cMayflower\u201d Connection\u2019, linked to \u2018Mahala Snow\u2019 online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Geneanet Community Trees Index: This collection contains an index of more than 2 million family trees created by members of Geneanet, the #1 genealogy site in France and the biggest community of genealogists in Europe. Each record in the index includes a link to the originating family tree on Geneanet, online at Ancestry<\/i>; hereafter Geneanet Index<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

21. DAR Patriot Index<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Boydston\/Snow marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, discloses birthyear and birthplace of groom and bride; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

23. Bates<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n

24. Domonoske<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

25. 1790 U. S. Census of Washington County, Pennsylvania, \u2018David Boylstone\u2019, household of 7: 2males under 16, 1male over 16, 4females; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

26. 1810 U. S. Census of Whiteley, Greene, Pennsylvania, \u2018David Boydstone\u2019, household of 5: 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 male over 45, 1 female 16-25, 1 female over 45; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

27. DAR Patriot Index<\/b>, \u2018david boydston, jr\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

28. United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors 1775-1966 \u2018Boilston\u2019; online at FamilySearch<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:QG2M-YY49.<\/span><\/p>\n

29. Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

30. Online at FamilySearch<\/i>, United States records, Muster rolls, Museum of the American Revolution \u2018Virginians in the Revolution\u2019, image 98\/886; https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-HF26-H?view=index.<\/span><\/p>\n

31. Online at www.backto60s.tripod.com\/famhist\/index.html A wide variety of very interesting Boystun genealogical pages; owner C. B. (Chuck) Boydstun; hereafter backto60s<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

32. \u2018Piney Ridge\u2019 is not found on any of the several maps of Maryland the author has examined. Some say it was in Calvert County (which is not on the DelMarVa peninsula), but most say it was in Dorchester County (on the western side of the DelMarVa peninsula) close to the border of Somerset County.<\/span><\/p>\n

33. Boydston\/Snow marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

34. Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>, p. 55.<\/span><\/p>\n

35. Maryland, Births and Christenings 1650-1995, \u2018Elizabeth Huttson\u2019, online at FamilySearch<\/i>, https:\/\/familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:HYLZ-QF2M. <\/span><\/p>\n

36. \u2018Grosardt Family Tree\u2019, owner tgrosardt, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/17630229; \u2018Steele-Elmore Family Tree\u2019, owner farmluvr, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/51183929; \u2018Mulliere Family Tree\u2019 owner servicedognm, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/854734560; \u2018James Long Family Tree\u2019, owner James Long, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/156863067; respectively (accessed 30 Mar 2025).<\/span><\/p>\n

37. Clayton Torrance Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland<\/i> (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1935),446; confirms John Snow\u2019s marriage to Elizabeth Hudson and names her parents and sibs as well as their spouses; hereafter Eastern Shore of Maryland<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

38. Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>, p. 28. <\/span><\/p>\n

39. William is a popular name in the Boylston family; there is a William in every generation of the family and they are here named William I to IV.<\/span><\/p>\n

40. \u2018Pherigo Family Tree\u2019, owner RPherigo777, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/17515110; and the very useful Gallery, online at Ancestry<\/i>; hereafter Pherigo<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

41. Four William Boydston marriages: U. S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

42. \u2018Patricia Christy Family Tree\u2019, owner Patricia Christy, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/167978885, (accessed 23 Mar 2025); hereafter Christy Tree<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

43. Pherigo<\/b>, see the Gallery.<\/span><\/p>\n

44. Indexed by Carol Lee Ford, \u2018Genealogy of the Triplett Family\u2019 in Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly Magazine<\/i>, Vol. V. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), p. 211; according to her father\u2019s will (of 1757), Margaret had only one child, Frances Boydston, therefore she was not the mother of David (I).<\/span><\/p>\n

45. \u2018Boylston71\u2019 on FamilySearch Family Tree<\/i>: \u2018William Boylston\u2019, collaborations: Sabra Polk didn\u2019t exist, and she wasn\u2019t the dau of Robert Bruce Polk and Margaret Tasker\u2014from conversations with Polk researchers and the John Polk book Beyond Damned Quarter<\/i> for details of the Polk family.<\/span><\/p>\n

46. Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>, p. 28-31.<\/span><\/p>\n

47. Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b> p. 31.<\/span><\/p>\n

48. Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b> (1971), p. 31 and 41. For some reason there is no mention of \u2018Hopkins\u2019 in the 3rd Edition, although there is an International Marriage Record for Wm Boylston and Mary Hopkins on Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

49. Pherigo.<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

50. Pherigo<\/b> has William (I) married to Mary Thornton of Northumberland Co. Virginia, b. 1700, but this is unlikely if David is born 1710 as indicated in his manuscript.<\/span><\/p>\n

51. U. S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s; Thomas Boylston, arrived Boston, Massachusetts; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

52. RPherigo777<\/b>, William Boylstone gallery and Pherigo Family Tree, online at Ancestry<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

53. Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>; p.13-23, a nice discussion with good sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

54. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Patron: Margo Butner, Butner Welty Family History, online at https:\/\/m.friendsofallencounty.org\/butnerwelty\/familygroup.php?familyID=F923&tree=Butnerwelty; hereafter Butner Welty<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

55. Pherigo<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

56. Boylston\/Box marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records, 1590-1900; online at Ancestry<\/i>; cited on FamilySearch Family Tree<\/i> \u2018Mahulda Box\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

p class=”Normal”>57. FamilySearch Family Tree<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

58. Christy Tree<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

59. \u2018Casterline\/St. Clair\u2019, owner Leslie Casterline, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/322428835897, (accessed 23 Mar 2025); hereafter Casterline Tree<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

60. Geneanet Index<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

61. Weaver<\/b> and Bates<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

62. Crump\/Boylston marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

63. Butner Welty.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

64. Butner Welty.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

65. Harrison\/Bolton (Boylston) marriage: Maryland Church Records 1660-1996; online at FamilySearch<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:QGVM-QJYJ and U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

66. Michall\/Boylston marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

67. Butner Welty.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

68. Miller\/Boylston marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

69. Butner Welty.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

70. Brewster\/Boylston marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

71. Butner Welty.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

72. Boylston\/King marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, grooms birth ;online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

73. Boylston\/Hopkins marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

74. Weaver<\/b>, p. 39.<\/span><\/p>\n

75. \u2018Cynthia Marie Galloway Family Tree\u2019, owner Lynn Pearson, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/179831895, (accessed 23 Mar 2025); hereafter Galloway Tree<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

76. Christy Tree<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

77. Casterline Tree<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

78. Boylston\/Wallace marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, grooms birth; online at Ancestry<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

79. Boylston\/Triplett marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, grooms birth; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

80. Boydstone\/Pruitt marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

81. Boydstone vs. Sheppard, Augusta, VA; Court Records of Augusta County, VA; Benjamin and Presley Boydston identified as brothers of Thomas, owner of the land \u2018Terrapin Neck\u2019 on the Potomac River; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

82. Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>; p. 23-42, the family relationships of these sons and their wives is supported by the lengthy deed books reproduced in these pages.<\/span><\/p>\n

83. Boylston\/Robertson marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, birth of groom; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

84. Boylston\/Triplett marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

85. Indexed by Carol Lee Ford, \u2018Genealogy of the Triplett Family\u2019 in Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly Magazine<\/i>, Vol. V. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), p. 211; according to her father Francis\u2019s will; https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:3QS7-L9PC-QJQD?lang=en&i=449, Margaret had only one child, Frances Boydston, therefore she was not the mother of David (I).<\/span><\/p>\n

86. Boylston\/Davis marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, groom b. 1734 VA, no other information; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

87. Boylston\/Polk marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, grooms birth; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

88<\/span><\/p>\n

89. Lease, 1732, James Robertson to William Boilstone, Mary, his wife & James Boilstone, his son. General index to deeds, 1732-1887; deeds, 1731-1869; election poll, 1840; online at FamilySearch<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:3Q9M-CSL6-Y95G-L?lang=en&i=28. <\/span><\/p>\n

90. Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 50.<\/span><\/p>\n

91. Weaver<\/b> has him born in Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n

92. Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 86.<\/span><\/p>\n

93. Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research, DAR Patriot Inde<\/b>x, online at www.services.dar.org\/public\/dar_research\/search; \u2018david boydston\u2019; lists wife as Mehitabel Snow and b\u2019place as Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (both probably in error).<\/span><\/p>\n

94. Boylston\/Snow marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

95. Family Data Collection-Births, birthyear and parents named, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

96. Domonoske and others claim Mahala died 1751 in Barren County, Kentucky (no source). This county was formed in 1796 (45 yrs after her death) and was erroneously claimed to be formed from western Virginia. It is in central Kentucky, formed from two other Kentucky counties, and a long way from Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n

97. Boylston\/Pruitt marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, groom b. 1716, bride b. 1730, no marriage year; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

98. Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 88.<\/span><\/p>\n

99. Weaver<\/b>, p. 39.<\/span><\/p>\n

100. Christy Tree<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

101. \u2018Cynthia Marie Galloway Family Tree\u2019, owner Lynn Pearson, www.ancestry.com\/family-tree\/tree\/179831895, (accessed 23 Mar 2025); hereafter Galloway Tree<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

102. The foregoing tertiary sources have other children for this couple (Sabra, Malinda, Mahulda), but as there is no other evidence for their presence in this family, they are not included.<\/span><\/p>\n

103. Findagrave #202694666.<\/span><\/p>\n

104. Findagrave #202694740.<\/span><\/p>\n

105. Galloway Tree<\/b>, p. 34-5.<\/span><\/p>\n

106. Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 128-138.<\/span><\/p>\n

107. 1790 U. S. Census of Rutherford, North Carolina, Household of 4, 3males over 16 and 1female over 16; M637, Roll 7, Page 147, FHL Film 0568147;online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

108. backto60s<\/b>, cf. \u2018The Boydstuns of Lauderdale County, TN 1887\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

109. Pterigo<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

110. Findagrave #36734246.<\/span><\/p>\n

111. Boylston\/Burris marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

112. 1800 Septennial Census of Greene County, Pennsylvania, image 7\/22, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

113. Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 87.<\/span><\/p>\n

114. Findagrave #36734246; George Boydston son of David Sr. and Mahala Snow.<\/span><\/p>\n

115. Yates\/Boylston marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

116. Galloway Tree<\/b>; Bible record of the Yeates family; shared by Lynn Pearson online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

117. Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 87.<\/span><\/p>\n

118. backto60s<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

119. Galloway Tree<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

120. Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 87.<\/span><\/p>\n

121. backto60s<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

122. Domonoske 1st Ed.<\/b>, p. 90.<\/span><\/p>\n

123. 1825 Will of David Boydston (Jr.), online at FamilySearch<\/i>; Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, images, FamilySearch https:\/\/familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:3QS7-8991-Z73P?cc=1999196&wc=9PMX-T38%3A268494001%2C268539201; mentions wife Ester Ann and son Boaz, dau Amelia Glasgo.<\/span><\/p>\n

124. Findagrave #62731815; David Boydstun son of David Sr. and Mahala Snow.<\/span><\/p>\n

125. 1793 Will of John Burroughs of Monongalia County, West Virginia names wife Elizabeth and sons Elijah, Boaz and William, daus Unisay Boydstone and Hester Ann Boydstone; online at FamilySearch, Film 7616715, page 40 (cited at Hester Ann Burroughs).<\/span><\/p>\n

126. Historical Society of the Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Cemetery, compiled by John Corly Chapter, DAR and the Greene County Historical Society; Records of Perry Twp, Greene County, Pennsylvania, hereafter Perry Twp cemetery records<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

127. Findagrave #126444374.<\/span><\/p>\n

128. 1790 U. S. Census of Washington County, Pennsylvania, online at FamilySearch.<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:XHK5-1N9; David Boylstone household of 7.<\/span><\/p>\n

129. Weaver<\/b>, p. 35.<\/span><\/p>\n

130. Pennsylvania, U. S., Direct Tax Lists 1798, Greene, Washington, and Allegheny Abstracts; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

131. 1800 Septennial Census of Greene County, Pennsylvania, image 7\/22, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

132. Findagrave #62731815; biographical note at David Jr.\u2019s grave.<\/span><\/p>\n

133. Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

134. Perry Twp cemetery record<\/b>s.<\/span><\/p>\n

135. 1850 U. S. Census of Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio; Amelia age 72, John age 78; online at FamilySearch.<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:MXQG-782.<\/span><\/p>\n

136. 1848 Will of John Glasgo; online at FamilySearch<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

137. 1840 U. S. Census of Chariton Missouri, Roll 221, Page 320. FHL Film 0014855, Household of 6, 1male 15-19, 1male 50-59, 1female 15-19, 2females 20-29, 1female 50-59; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

138. Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b>, p. 91.<\/span><\/p>\n

139. Perry Twp cemetery records<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

140. 1863 Will of Boaz Boydston, Pennsylvania, U. S. Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1874; Greene County, Wills, Vol. 4; online at Ancestry<\/i>; names wife Mary and children.<\/span><\/p>\n

141. Findagrave #122118180; Ruhama #88673702.<\/span><\/p>\n

142. DAR Application for Membership by Louise Elizabeth Smith Knibbs (descendant of Peter Miller 1759-1838), research by Eugene Smith; papers in possession of the author (MCF).<\/span><\/p>\n

143. Geneanet Community Trees Index<\/b>; https:\/\/gw.geneanet.org.<\/span><\/p>\n

144. Findagrave #88673682.<\/span><\/p>\n

145. Boydston\/Jackson marriage: West Virginia, Marriage Index 1785-1971, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

146. Boydston\/Spencer and Borden marriages: Arkansas County Marriage Records, 1837-1957, online at FamilySearch<\/i> https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:N974-Z8X; and Missouri County marriages 1800-1991 https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:Q2Z3-613S, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

147. Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

148. Boydston\/Underwood marriage: Illinois County Marriage Records, Warren County, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

149. Findagrave #1199944999.<\/span><\/p>\n

150. Boydston\/Calahan marriage: Ohio Select County Marriage Records, Harrison County, 1874-1893, online at Ancestry<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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151. Findagrave #117939168, nice bio.<\/span><\/p>\n

152. Woodruff\/Boydston marriage: Iowa County Marriage Records, Marion County, he was age 29 yrs., therefore marriage was in 1867; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

153. Domonoske 3rd Ed.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

154. Boydston\/Cromwell marriage: Nebraska Select County Marriage Records, Lancaster County, 1871-1880, online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

155. Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932; online at FamilySearch https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/1:1:VKRC-B8Z. <\/span><\/p>\n

156. Dunham\/Boydston marriage: Illinois County Marriage Records, Woodford County, FHL Film 1401898; online at FamilySearch<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

157. 1860 U S. Census of Mackinaw, Tazewell, Illinois, P. 209, she is age 31; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

158. Findagrave #121860674.<\/span><\/p>\n

159. Boydston\/Wallace marriage: Iowa County Marriage Records, Marion County,; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

160. 1870 U S. Census of Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, Roll M593_409, P. 111A, Cyrus and Sallie and 4 children; online at Ancestry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

161. Findagrave #198879428.<\/span><\/p>\n

162. Samuel P. Bates, A Biographical History of Greene County, Pennsylvania<\/i> (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield, 1888) Perry Township, p. 812.<\/span><\/p>\n

163. Findagrave #8404915.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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