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Re: Augusta E Boylston

amcarmel1 — 2009-09-12 04:16:25Z

Hi Don:

I have been searching for information on my grandmother's cousin and beloved "adopted sister" Esther Kemp (Saunders) Campbell (who I believe was the second wife of your grandfather, patent attorney Donald Campbell.)

"Aunt" Esther was born in Nassau, Bahamas and moved to Manhattan with my grandmother (Margaret/Madge Saunders Morley) in the early 1900s. Esther had been "adopted" by Madge's parents (her mother's sister) because her own mother had passed away when she was quite young. My grandmother was very fond of Esther, and I believe she frequently visited Esther and Donald in White Plains/Scarsdale (?) in the 1940s and 1950s.

Do you have information on Donald and Esther you could share with me? I have had a challenging time finding anything about them - birth dates, death dates, marriage dates. Just a mention of them in the 1930 census.

Many, many thanks. Ann

BOYLSTON & ADAMS

MarilynRoth58 — 2009-01-26 20:52:12Z

Gary Boyd ROBERTS' Ancestors of American Presidents:

1. John Quincy ADAMS, b. 11 July 1767, Braintree, MA

2-3. John ADAMS (19 Oct. 1735, Braintree, MA - 4 July 1826, Quincy, MA) m. 25 Oct. 1764, Abigail SMITH (23 Nov. 1744, Weymouth - 28 Oct. 1818, Quincy, MA)

4-5. John ADAMS (8 Feb. 1691/2, Braintree, MA - 25 May 1761, Braintree, MA) m. 23 Nov. 1734, Brookline, MA, Susanna BOYLSTON (5 Mar. 1708/9, Brookline - 17 Apr. 1797, Quincy)

8-9. Joseph ADAMS (24 Dec. 1654, Braintree - 12 Feb. 1736/7, Braintree) m2. ca. 1688, Hannah BASS (22 Je. 1667, Braintree - 24 Oct. 1705, Braintree)

10-11. Peter BOYLSTON (ca. 1673, Brookline - 10 Sep. 1743) m. ca. 1704, Ann WHITE (Brookline (4 July 1686 - Mar. 1772)

12-13. Wm. SMITH (24 Mar. 1666/7 Charlestown - 3 Je. 1730, Charlestown) m. ca. 1699, Abigail FOWLE (7 Aug. 1679, Charlestown - 1731+)

16-17. Joseph ADAMS (9 Feb. 1626, Kingweston, Somerset - 6 Dec. 1694, Braintree) [a maltster, per Jas. SAVAGE's Genealogical Dictionary of New England] m. 2 Nov. 1650, Braintree, Abigail BAXTER (Sep. 1634, Roxbury - 27 Aug. 1692)

18-19. John BASS (bp. Saffron Walden, Essex, 18 Sep. 1630 - 12 Sep. 1716, Braintree) m. 3 Feb. 1657/8, Ruth ALDEN (ca. 1640 - 12 Oct. 1674).

20-21. Thomas BOYLSTON (26 Jan. 1644/5, Watertown, MA - 1695/6) m. 13 Dec. 1665, Roxbury, Mary GARDNER (bpt. 9 Apr. 1648, Roxbury - 8 July 1722, Brookline)

24-25. Thomas SMITH (ca. 1638 - 14 Feb. 1690/1, Charlestown) m. ca. 1663, Sarah BOYLSTON (30 Sep. 1642, Watertown - 8 Aug. 1711, Charletown).

32-33 Henry ADAMS (21 Jan. 1583, Barton St. David, Somerset - bu. 6 Oct. 1646, Braintree) m. 19 Oct. 1609, Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, Edith SQUIRE (bpt. 29 May 1587, Charlton Mackrell - 21 Jan. 1672/3, Medfield, MA).

38-39. John ALDEN (perhaps bp. New Windsor, Berkshire, 6 Je. 1602 - 12 Sep. 1687, Roxbury, MA) m. 1621, Plymouth Colony, Priscilla MULLINS, who d. 1680+.

40 - 41. Thomas BOYLSTON (bpt. 6 Je. 1602*, New Windsor, Berkshire, Eng. - 1653) m. ca. 1639, Sarah _, who d. Watertown, 14 Sep. 1704, having m2. John CHINERY.
[TORREY's New England Marriages Prior to 1700: Thomas, b. 1615. SAVAGE: Thomas, aged 20 when he came in the Defence, 1635. Sarah m2. 12 May 1655, John CHENERY.]

64-65. John ADAMS (ca. 1555 - before 22 Mar. 1603/4, Barton St. David) m. ca. 1576, Agnes, possibly STONE, bu. 15 Jan. 1615/6, Barton St. David.

80 - 81. Edward BOYLSTON, citizen & pewterer of London, bu. St. Dionis Backchurch, 22 Aug. 1625; m. ca. 1613, Ann BASTIAN (ca. 1595 - bu. 11 May 1621, St. Dionis Backchurch).

128-129. Henry ADAMS (ca. 1531, Barton St. David - before 12 Aug. 1596) m. Rose, bu. Barton St. David, 20 Sep. 1598.

160. Henry BOYLS[T]ON, d. Newton Solney, Derbyshire, 12/15 Sep. 1592.

Re: BOYLSTON AND ADAMS

roroyare — 2008-04-04 13:15:21Z

Hi there,

Here is what I have, in part.

1) Benjamin Hallowell was the Crown's Customs Agent in Boston in the 1770s.
He had 2 sons, Ward Nicholas and Benjamin.

Ward Nicholas took his mother surname to inherit from a rich uncle and became WNH Boytlston.

He married Anne Molineux (oy Molyneux) the daughter of William Molineux who was an ardent patriot. see Molineux link at (boston1775 dot blogspot dot com). Also see a new book, Cradle of Violence about pre Revolutionary War Boston.

WNHB and Anne had a son WNB who was sent to see with his unle Benjamin Hallowell 2nd. He married Mary Elizabeth Bentham in Charleston, SC. His father was quite unhappy with that and left him money if he promised never to set foot in Massachusetts.

He had 2 sons, Nicholas (maybe Ward Nicholas) and Henry. I come from Henry's line. He was a Doctor in Charleston. His son Robert Bentham Boylston was an attorney, served in the SC legislature and congress and was a Colonel in the CSA during the War between the States. RBBs brother was at the shelling of Fort Sumter at the start of the war.

My dad knew all this but never spoke about it. I only had the faintest clues which I would knot have gotten had I not gone to grad school at the U of SC in Columbia SC.

Hope this all helps.

Don

Re: Augusta E. Boylston

roroyare — 2008-04-04 12:45:16Z

Greetings,

John Boylston Campbell is/was my father (now deceased). His mother was Augusta Eccleston Boylston. AE's mother was Augusta Eccleston Shoemaker. AE's father was William Cloud Boylston. After he died, AE Shoemaker remarried S Montgomery Roosevelt.

AEB was indeed the actress. The divorce from Donald was amicable as he was a patent attorney and she the actress. The chemistry was not of the best. AEB died shortly before I was born but my oldest sister remebers visiting her in NYC.

We are short of info on her acting career, though. We would love to learn more. I understand whe was in a show that was raided by the police!

All the best,

Don

Augusta E. Boylston

AmyW3 — 2007-10-17 19:05:15Z

Does anyone know if the Augusta E. Boylston (ca. 1877?-1949) who was the daughter of Mrs. S. Montgomery Roosevelt, the wife (and ex-wife?) of Donald Campbell, and the mother of John Boylston Campbell, was the same Augusta E. Boylston who acted on Broadway in the 1920s?

Edward Boylston, b. 1765 in North Springfield, MA.

BasketLady420 — 2007-03-16 04:11:39Z

Edward Boylston, Born: 1765, North Springfield MA. Died: 1836, Manlius NY.

He worked in 1789 as a silversmith in Stockbridge MA

He worked in 1792 as a silversmith in Catskill NY

He worked in 1800 as a silversmith in Pompey NY

He worked from 1804 to 1836 as a silversmith in Manlius NY

Edward married Ruth Jerome, daughter of Samuel Jerome and Lucy Foster, in 1791. (Ruth Jerome was born on 10 Feb 1768 in Wallingford CT, died in Oct 1849 in Manlius NY and was buried in Oct 1849 in Manlius NY.)

I am not related to this family, just passing on this information, which comes from a website called "American Silversmiths." The link for the site is listed below.
Joyce

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~silversmiths/makers...

Re: BOYLSTON AND ADAMS

2006-11-08 00:55:37Z

Sorry, I have no one by that name in my database, and do not have the surname at all.

Good luck with your research.

Re: BOYLSTON AND ADAMS

masteruke — 2006-11-07 13:28:01Z

Do you have any information on Benjamin Hollowell. i am looking for info on BH born in 1823 ( Ibelieve it was Sept.)

James Monroe BOYLSTON 1876-1938

hybrasil — 2006-08-19 10:13:15Z

James Monroe BOYLSTON was born on April 11, 1876 in New York City and died December 22, 1938 in Far Rockaway, Queens, NY. He was buried on Dec. 26th at Calvary Cemetery, Queens, NY.
He was the son of Joseph BOYLSTON & Mary DOYLE. He was preceeded in death by his wife Hannah MCGUIRE. James was the father of Esther, Mary (married Charles NAMMACK) & Rose. He worked as an accountant for over 42 years. He also had a sister Mary BOYLSTON FAULKNER.

Abigail Boylston, Worcester, MA

ckstaples — 2005-12-29 04:03:18Z

Seeking any information on Abigail Boylston, born ca. 1753, in (probably) Worcester, MA. She married Moses Barnard, son of Benjamin Barnard and Lucy Bush. Abigail and Moses were the parents of William Moore Barnard, Abigail Barnard, Lydia Barnard, Nancy Barnard, and Lavinia Barnard. Lavinia married Moses Kimball of Newburyport. Nancy married Simeon Howard Whitney. Lydia married John Parker. Abigail married Rufus Houghton. William Moore Barnard died in infancy.

Thomas Boylston of Boston in 1777

BasketLady420 — 2005-07-16 10:52:34Z

In the fall of 1776 salt riots erupted in Maryland. In 1777, when Thomas Boylston of Boston refused to sell at reasonable rates, a crowd of North End women took what they needed by force while a concourse of men stood amazed, silent spectators of the whold transaction, for these were not "your Maggys but reputable Clean drest Women."

I am not related to this person, just passing on this information, which comes from a book titled "A Restless People: Americans in Rebellion 1770-1787" by Oscar and Lilian Handlin. Anchor Press/Doubleday. Garden City, NY. 1982. pg. 88-89.
Joyce

Re: BOYLSTON AND ADAMS

2004-09-05 02:08:14Z

Beth, I have quite a lot of information. CYE.

Re: BOYLSTON AND ADAMS

eelliott1 — 2004-09-05 00:00:17Z

What information do you have on Nicholas Boylston and Nicholas Hallowell Boylston. I know the famous Nicholas Boylston was very prominent in Boston, but I keep getting conflicting info on Nicholas Hallowell Boylston. My line is Nicholas Boylston born in 1802 who was living in Charleston, SC when he married Catherine Farmer. The info I have is that he was the son of Nicholas Hallowell Boylston, born 1771, who married Mary Bentham. His father was Ward Nicholas Hall, whose mother was Mary Boylston, who married Benjamin Hollowell. She had her son's name changed to Boylston to preserve the family name. Any light you can shed on this would be appreciated

Re: Boylston

Shuri_1 — 2004-02-22 02:41:53Z

Nancy, yes that was Zabdiel Boylston of Boston, MA, son of Thomas Boylston and Mary Gardner. (His sister, Abigail, married Ebenezer Brooks and was grandaunt to President John Adams.) In "Watertown Genealogies," it says Dr. Zabdiel Boylston's life was threatened by the populace who were frightened about the concept of innoculation. He was a brave fellow to do what he did.

Re: Boylston

2004-02-22 02:31:28Z

For the past year, a cousin and I have been researching the Boylston-Brooks-Hall-Adams family line in Medford, Braintree and Boston, since one side of our family descends from there. We have gathered most of our data from the usual historical sources, but I would be very interested to hear from you, as a member of that direct line.

Re: BOYLSTON AND ADAMS

2004-02-22 02:19:41Z

I have been doing research on the Boylston-Adams-Hall mariages, along with another cousin. Our line shares President Adams. Is that the same as yours? It was a John Adams who married Susanna Boylston in 1734 that led to the President John Adams and his son Quincy. Susanna's father was Peter Boylston. We have a few generations back from him to Henry Boylston of London.

Re: WILLIAM BOYLSTON , VA AND SC, by 1790

williamking39 — 2003-12-13 22:16:14Z

Do you have children or Alabama grandchildren of Joseph C. Boylston? Or, do you have a George C. Boylston who died in Jefferson Co, AL (Birmingham or environs) in Sep 1931?

This is not my line, and I have no information. I am asking these questions for a friend.

Re: Boylston

2003-02-12 20:38:45Z

i am from this same boylston family of nh and boston-same family that donated the commons to the city of boston-same family of winston churchils mom.

Boylston and Brooks connection

2000-07-16 05:47:10Z

I have a Sarah Boylston married to Caleb Brooks in the late 1600 in the bay colony.
If any one know of this famliy line you can E-mail me at NDTWALT1024@aol.com

WILLIAM BOYLSTON , VA AND SC, by 1790

2000-05-26 10:44:11Z

Would like to correspond with anyone working on William Boylston from Fairfax Co., etc., VA. May have married Margarett Triplett and did marry Joanna poss. Austin. He moved to Fairfield County, South Carolina and has estate there about 1790. I descend from his son, George Boylston who m. Alice Cloud and moved to Barnwell Co., SC. George has estate there about 1840. I descend further from George's son, Joseph C. Boylston, who went to Barbour County, Alabama, and has 1860 estate there.

David in TX

Boylston

2000-05-04 09:24:03Z

Hum, no not bored yet. Did you know that there was a Boylston in colonial Boston who was the first to inoculate people for small pox? I am an artist and I fly planes for fun.

Boylston Genealogy

2000-05-03 22:20:51Z

Nancy: Thanks for your help. Although not directly on point (yet) I will continue my efforts and keep you informed. My mother (Ruth Elinor Boylston) married a surgeon (Edward Woodruff Gibbs) and moved to Billings,Montana after WWII. Her brother (my uncle), Arthur Boylston, also a physician, settled in Portland, Oregon. His son (my cousin), also a physician (bored yet?) developed the anti-rejection drugs for kidney transplants and resides in Leeds, England. I have settled in the Seattle area and practice law here. Will try to keep you informed and again, thanks for the reply and information.

Boylston

2000-05-03 06:50:09Z

P.S. My grandmother also went to Wellsley although she would have been there earlier. She was a sophmore when the Great Crash came and most of the ladies had to go home.

Boylston

2000-05-03 06:45:22Z

All my info is Boston and NH stuff and much earlier. Email me at nancytodd@att.net I'll be looking for those steam boilers. My ancestor, Edward Boylston, ran a newspaper in Amherst NH. His house is still there. The family also owned property in Boston along what is now Boylston St.(runs along the common) His son Edward Boylston Eaton was active in timber and shipping this all back in the days of sail. It's not a common name. I live in Cincinnati. Where are you?

Boylston Genealogy

2000-05-02 20:47:39Z

Nancy:
My mother was Ruth Elinor Boylston, born in Chicago (Winnetka), Illinois on 5/7/1914. She graduated from New Treer (spelling) HS and went on to Wellsley. Her Father was Arthur William Boylston and her mother was Orpha Estelle Wann. Her paternal grandfather was William Boylstron and paternal grandmother was Emma Louise Hahn. Mother's paternal great-grandfather was John Boylston and great-grandmother Alice Quinlan. At some point in the famil history, one of the ancestors founded the Boylston Steam Valve Company in Chicago. If you look in the boiler room of any "older" hotel, many have Boylston Steam valves. It is at this point that I am out of information. Should you have any helpful info, it would be appreciated. Thanks for your inquiry.

Boylston

2000-05-01 19:50:08Z

My line of Boylstons only goes up to 1880. Do you have any more info? Where is your family from?
Nancy Todd

Boylston

2000-03-12 18:16:05Z

My grandfather, Arthur William Boylston, died in 1963. It is my understanding that his father was William Boylston and his mother, Emma Louise Hahn. William's father may have been John Boylston, married to Alice Quinlan. Any information available ?

ADAMS

2000-02-03 22:34:44Z

Nancy,
Regarding my Agnes (Boylston) - I have found no proof that her name was Boylston. Someone on the Internet had posted that Thomas Adams was married to a Boylston and I have been searching further but as I said I have found no proof.
Aileen

Boylstons

2000-01-29 07:11:48Z

I haven't found you exact line but I'm descended from Boylstons of Mass and N.H.

Boylston

2000-01-29 07:08:52Z

Edward Boylston of Boston and N.H. Boylston Street in Boston was named after him. Anyone with info about him?

BOYLSTON AND ADAMS

1999-04-25 20:56:43Z

Looking for any info on Thomas Adams and (Agnes?) Boylston married on Nov 26, 1791.
Their children were possibly Soloman, Rachel, Mary, Rosanah, Henry, John, James and Jane born from 1792 through 1811. I have the exact dates but I am not sure if all the names I have are all actually their children.
I have some spouse names also, if any one is interested.
I am searching for Thomas' father, is Samuel Adams born abt 1744 possibly in PA. Please contact me via email if you have any info to share. I will do the same.
Thank you, Aileen (Al)

Re: Boylston

2003-02-12 20:36:46Z

Member of the boylston family from Boston.

George Boylston, Barnwell County, SC

2002-10-04 14:38:09Z

Though I am not of Boylston or Willis descent, I have connections with the Willis family of Williston, SC through my Johnston, Head, & Merritt lines, so I thought this information could be useful to others.

This information was compiled by Elizabeth Willis DeHuff prior to 1965. I have not verified any of this infomation.

Sarah Willis, daughter of Robert Willis and Keziah Boylston, married George Boylston (Boyleston, Boilstone, Boilston). Sarah was born about 1796 (1804 hand written above this.)

Their children were: 1) Robert Belton Boylston m. Winnifred Porter (part of this info. from LDS website) 2) Judson 3) Martha m. John Mixon 4) Antoinette m. Gus Weeks 5) Joanna m. James Fanning, her 1st cousin, son of James Patrick Fanning & Ellen Willis.

Sarah Willis Boylston had a brother, Elijah Willis, who never married. In his will at Barnwell County Courthouse, Book D, Vol. 2, Page 270, (1826-1856), George Boylston & Sarah, his wife, received part of the estate of Elijah Willis.

I believe that George may be the son of George Boylston & Alice Cloud.

CALLIE LOUISE BOYLSTON----SC.

BHOOTEN3205 — 2002-08-11 16:45:41Z

SEEKING INFO ON, (CALLIE L. BOYLSTON) DAUGHTER OF CALLIE LOUISE GANTT AND ? BOYLSTON. BORN 18 NOV. 1908 NEAR WAGENER SC. HER MOTHER DIED DURING HER BIRTH. SHE IS MENTIONED IN THE 1925 WILL OF GEDDINGS GANTT OF WAGENER SC. THANKS IN ADVANCE.
BILL HOOTEN

John Adams, born 1802 VA

Bruder9737 — 2001-07-02 19:54:37Z

Aileen what is the date of John's birth. I am looking for John Adams, born in Va. 1802. Went to Ky or IN (could be reversed) married Nancy Bell from KY, his son John M. Adams, m/Mary Bastin of IN 1854, 2nd m/ Margaret Clendenen 1861 IN