Person:Thomas Boylston (2)

Thomas Boylston
d.Bef 4 Oct 1653
  • F.  Edward Boylston (add)
  • M.  Anne Bastian (add)
m. Est 1613
  1. Thomas Boylston1614/15 - Bef 1653
  • HThomas Boylston1614/15 - Bef 1653
  • WSarah UnknownBef 1620 - 1704
m. Bef 1640
  1. Elizabeth Boylston1640 - 1665
  2. Sarah Boylston1642 - 1711
  3. Dr. Thomas Boylston, Jr.1644/45 - Bef 1695
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Thomas Boylston
Gender Male
Christening[1][2] 12 Feb 1614/15 St Dionis Backchurch, City of London, Middlesex, England
Emigration[2] 1635 On the Defence
Residence[2] 1635 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1640 to Sarah Unknown
Occupation[2] Planter.
Death[3] Bef 4 Oct 1653 Before date of probate.
Probate[3] 4 Oct 1653
Estate Settlement[3] 1668
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009)
    p. 6.

    Ancestor of both John Adams and his wife Abigail Smith Adams. Thomas Boylston, bp. St. Dionis Backchurch, London 12 Feb. 1614/15, of Watertown, d. 1653, [m] c. 1639 Sarah _____. Parents Edward Boylston and Anne Bastian.

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Thomas Boylston, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    1:368-72.

    ORIGIN: London.
    BIRTH: About 1615 (aged 20 in 1635 [Hotten 99].
    DEATH: After 26 July 1652 [SLR 1:247-48] and before 12 March 1654/5 [WaVR 1:17].

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bond, Henry, M.D., and Horatio Gates Jones. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston (1860): To which is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860)
    1:91.

    He d. 1653, and his estate was admin, by his wid., Sarah (the mother of his chil.), Oct. 4, 1653, and the estate was divided, 1668.



Defence (1635)
Sailed: Late July 1635 from London, England under Master Edward Bostocke
Arrived: 8 Oct 1635 at Massachusetts Bay Colony

Passengers:
~100 (Full List)
Thomas Boylston - Richard Champney family - George and Joseph Cocke - Robert and Edward Colburne - Penelope Darno - Elizabeth Fenwick - James Fitch and family - French family - Jasper and Ann Goun - Eglin Hanford and family - Roger and Mabel Harlakenden - William Holman and family - William Hubbard and family - Jo Jenkynn- John Jones and family - Robert Keayne and family - Robert Longe and family - Adam Mott and family - Francis Nutbrowne - Rich Peck - William Read and family - Symon Roger - William Sawkyn - Samuel Shepherd - John (Thomas?) Sheppard and family - Sarah Simes - Henry Stevens - William and Marie Williamson - Ann Wood

Resources: Primary Sources:
Other information: Passenger list


Founders of Watertown, MA

Located along the Charles River, Watertown was one of the first settlements in Massachusetts Bay Colony. After a brief stay by Roger Clapp and others who then went on to settle Dorchester. In late July 1630, Sir Richard Saltonstall led a group of about 115 households to settle at Watertown, which at the time included parts of present-day Cambridge and much of the surrounding area; the population approached Boston's in the mid 17th century. In 1632 the residents of Watertown protested against being compelled to pay a tax for the erection of a stockade fort at Cambridge; leading to the establishment of representative government in the colony.

Full list of original heads of households

See also: History of Watertown - Wikipedia entry - Richard Saltonstall on Wikipedia

Watertown Founders' Monument

Current Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts   Parent Towns: None   Daughter Towns: Cambridge, Weston, Waltham, Belmont, Lincoln