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Descendants of Thomas BOYLSTON, Jr.

Generation No. 3

3. WILLIAM B.⁴ BOYLSTON (WILLIAM³, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 1716 in Virginia or Maryland, and died Bef. 1800. He married (1) MARGARET TRIPLETT Unknown in William may have married 2ce, daughter of FRANCIS TRIPLETT and ELIZABETH MASON. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown. He married (2) JOANNA AUSTIN Unknown in said to be William B.'s 2nd wife. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

Children of WILLIAM BOYLSTON and MARGARET TRIPLETT are:

	i.		FRANCIS⁵ BOYLSTON, b. Unknown.
6.	ii.		GEORGE BOYLSTON, b. 1770, Orange Co, NC (Pramge?); d. Unknown.

4. PRESLEY⁴ BOYLSTON (WILLIAM³, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 1722 in Prince William Co, VA, and died Unknown. He married ELIZABETH ROBERTSON Unknown. She was born Abt. 1722, and died Unknown.

Notes for PRESLEY BOYLSTON:
LDS Ancestral files sent to me in March 1998 by Richard Jennings of Austin, Texas list Presley's middle name as Thornton.

The following record pertains to Presley, Thomas and Benjamin, and was found by Cindy Owens:

CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA; Vol 2, pp 96-103
by Lyman Chalkley

Dated 6th February, 1792, Thomas Boydstone of Berkley County to Joshua and John Writson Browning and Roseman Keating, all of Maryland.

Recorded in Berkeley 21st February, 1792.

Recites that John Browning, deceased, in his life time bought from Jost Hite 1,200 acres on Potomac
in present Berkeley, then Orange, by title bond dated 6th November, 1736, which grantees are entitled to by several mesne devises under and from sd. John Browning. Anthony Turner deposes 13th February, 1798, that he came to Berkeley with his father, Anthony Turner, deceased, in 1740, when
he was between eight and nine. He lived there until 1752, when he moved to New Castle, and made several moves before August, 1762, when he went to Carolina, remained there two years, returned to Virginia and in August, 1765, removed to North and South Carolina, made several other moves and is now living in Berkeley. In 1741-1742 Jeremiah Yorke was living on the land in controversy.

John Hite, aged 43, deposes at same time as above. He is grandson of Jost Hite.

Nicholas McIntire deposes 6th September, 1797, in Berkley: He has known the land (Terrapin Neck) upwards of 50 years. Jeremiah York and Van Swearingen were the first settlers.

Presley Boydston, brother of Thomas and Benjamin Boydston, deposes.

David Osborn deposes September, 1797: He was on the land first in 1766-67.

Joseph Foreman deposes, that he knows the land since 1761.

John Van Meter says he was born in Berkeley in the neighborhood of the land.

John Welch, brother-in-law of Benj. Bordstone, deposes: He married a sister of Benjamin's wife.

Thomas Boydstone is very old, without either wife or children.

Jacob Bellar, born in 1736, moved with his father in 1742 on land adjoining Terrapin Neck.

Defendants in this suit are, viz: Abraham Shepherd; Joshua and John Writson Browning; William Keating, Jr.; Thomas Sappington and Mary, his wife, late Keating; Richard Johnston and Sarah, late Keating; John and Mary and Sarah Williams, daughters and heirs of Rachel Williams, deceased, late Keating; heirs and representatives of Rozamond Keating, deceased, late Browning--also Benjamin Biggs and Priscilla Israel, his wife, late Priscilla Israel Metcalf; Benjamin Beaths and Margery, his wife, late Metcalf; George, John, Alien, Andrew, Thomas Metcalf. David Owens is son and heir of Lucy Owens, deceased, late Metcalf. Heirs, representatives and devisees of Allen Metcalf, deceased.

Spa. addressed to Jefferson.

Child of PRESLEY BOYLSTON and ELIZABETH ROBERTSON is:

PRESLEY⁵ BOYLSTON, JR., b. 1754, Orange Co, NC; d. 13 Jan 1814, Scioto Co, OH.

5. DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON (WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 02 May 1726 in Boston, MA SEE NOTES, and died 03 Aug 1811 in Green Co, PA. He married (1) MEHITABLE SNOW Abt. 1745 in See Marriage Notes, daughter of JOHN SNOW and ELIZABETH HUDSON. She was born 22 Apr 1731 in (DAR dates) Harwick, MA, and died 23 Feb 1811 in (DAR death date) Harwick, MA. He married (2) SARAH PRUITT Unknown in see notes for possible children, daughter of SAMUEL PRUITT and ELIZABETH HAWKER. She was born 1730 in Blandenburg, Frederick Co, VA, and died Aft. 1802 in Claiborne Co, E. TN.\\\\\\\\

Notes for DAVID BOYDSTON:
Boydstun family researchers have attributed two marriages to David Boydstun:
1. Mahala or Mehitable Snow (usually md. about 1736 - 1737) (DAR Patriot Index lists David's wife as Mehitable Snow).

Their children: Sabra, Cynthia, Unknown, Malinda, George b. abt 1737; James b. abt 1738; David, b abt 1740, Nancy b. abt 1745. (One researcher, WFT Vol. 13, #344, adds Mahulda b. 1747 as the 8th child).

2. Sarah Pruitt, daughter of Samuel Pruitt and Elizabeth Hawker (see his son, James Boydstun Sr. -- did he marry his own aunt or am I impossibly confused? One cousin points out that James Sr. would NOT in this case have married his own aunt...she would have been his step-aunt!)

Their children: Priscilla, Jesse, Lesina, William b. 1753, Catherine b abt 1775

Other researchers reverse the marriages.

I have entered the DAR marriage to Mehitable Snow, although I have also entered a 2nd marriage to Sarah Pruitt, even though the DAR does not list this marriage. I have attributed the children born to David Boydstun to the marriage to Mehitable Snow, as DAR lists her death in 1811 in Harwick, Massachusetts, and this would accommodate all the children. I do this to try and include the research on later generations done by myself and others. Some may say this is not a correct lineage, and they are probably right, but until I am able to do the research myself, it will have to do. My apologies to Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. Domonoske!

The DAR lineage also included sons Benjamin and Thomas, not listed on several other lists, including that of Mrs. Domonoske.

Another researcher mentions only one marriage to Mahala Snow and the line is limited to this individual's direct line down from David. This same researcher has the following Boydstun line back to the year 1460:

Generation 1. Adam Beiston b. 1460 md. ...Cuthbert
Generation 2. Cuthbert Beiston b. 1494 md. Alice Lacke
Generation 3. John Beiston b. 1522, Baildon, Yorks, d. 1572 md. Ellin Bryan
Generation 4. William Beiston b. 1550, Kyrk Beiston md. Elsabeth Boswell
Generation 5. William Beiston b. 1571 Leeds, Yorkshire md. Mary Browne
Generation 6. John Balston b. 1608 Leeds, Yorks md. Lidia Elliott
Generation 7. Thomas Boylston b. 1634 d. 1719 md. Elizabeth Bennett
Generation 8. William Boyston b. 1672 d. 1719 Calvert Co, MD md. Mary Thornton
Generation 9. Thomas Boydstone b. 1693 d. 1766 md. Mahulda Box
Generation 10. David Boydstone b. 1716 d. 1811 md. Mahala Snow

Another attempt to go back on the Boydstun line by Mrs. Gladys Domonoske results in David Boydston (who married M. Snow) the son of William Boylston and first wife Sabra Polk as follows:

1. Thomas Boylston b. abt 1657 Dorchester Co, md. Mahulda Box
      children:
      a. John b. abt 1678 md. .. Harkney 1698; had child William b. abt 1702
*b. William b. abt 1680 Dorchester Co. MD md. 1) Mary Thornton
      (2) Sabra Polk
      c. Elizabeth b. abt 1682 md. Thomas Crump 1703 Ann Arundel Co MD
      d. Dinah b. abt 1684 md. John Brewer abt 1704 Ann Arnundel Co MD
      e. Jillion b. abt 1686 md. Amos Harrison 1703 Talbot Co MD
      f. Grace b. abt 1688 md. John Mitchell 1704 Talbot Co MD
      g. Mary b. abt 1690 md. Jonathan Miller 1708 Talbot Co MD
      h. Jane b. abt 1692 md. William Brewster 1716 Prince George Co MD
      i. Thomas b. abt 1695 md. Sarah King 1715, Talbot Co MD
2. William Boylston/Boydston b. abt 1680 Dorchester Co MD
      md. (1) Mary Thornton dau of William & Jane (Presley) Polk. Children:
      a. Nancy
      b. Jane
      c. Presley Thornton b. abt 1722 Somerset Co MD
      md. Elizabeth Robertson
      d. Elizabeth b. abt 1732 md. Thoma Triplett
      e. Benjamin b. abt 1734 md. Mary Moss
* md. (2) Sabra Polk. Children:
      a. John b. abt 1706 Somerset Co MD md. ...Harkney
      b. Thomas b. abt 1708 Somerset Co MD md. (1) Elizabeth Wallace
      md. (2) Patience Pruitt
* c. David b. abt 1710 Prince William Co, VA
      d. Sabra b. abt 1712
      e. James b. abt 1714
      f. William b. abt 1716 Somerset Co, MD md. (1) Margaret Triplett
      md. (2) Joanna Austin
      g. George b. abt 1718
      h. Cynthia b. abt 1720

*Note that there appear to be duplications in this version of the line. This popular version has been accepted by many researchers, although Mrs. Domonoske's book contains many errors.

David Smith's data shows David Boydstun born 22 May 1726 in Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts, and died 3 Aug 1811. He married (1) Sarah Pruitt, having child William b. abt 1753 in Frederick County, MD and marrying Elizabeth Christian. David Boydstun married (2) Mahalia Snow (born 22 Apr 1731 in Harwich, MA and d 23 Feb 1811 in Green Co, PA) about 1737, and having 15 additional children:
2. James Sr. b. abt 1738, Eastern Shore of MD, d. 6 Feb 1814, Logan Co, KY
3. David Jr. b. abt 1740 Eastern Shore of MD, d. 2 Feb 1826, Green Co, PA, md. Esther Ann Burris.
4. Nancy b. abt 1745, MD; md. Joshua Yates
5. George b. abt 1746 md. Eunice Burris
6. William b. 24 Mar 1753, Frederick Co, MD
7. John b. abt 1755
8. Robert b. abt 1757
9. Jessie b. abt 1759.
10. Priscilla b. abt 1761
11. Mahulda b. abt 1763
12. Malinda b. abt 1765
13. Lesina b. abt 1767
14. Elizabeth b. abt 1771
15. Thomas b. abt 1773
16. Catherine b. abt 1775.

Still another source gives David's date of birth as 1716 in Prince William County, Virginia, and death in 1814, Barren County, Kentucky -- which would be at age 98. (Note that Barren County is on the southern side of Kentucky, fairly westerly.) This version is upheld by Shirley Nobles Erickson (shirley@htcomp.net), whose mother did extensive research on the family. She lists the children of David as:
1. George
2. James Sr.
3. David
4. Sabra
5. Malinda
6. Nancy
7. George
8. Mahulda
9. Jesse
10. Cynthia
11. (?) David
12. (?) Nancy
13 (?) George
14. (?) Jesse

I don't believe these last four are meant to be duplicate children, but indicate the question of which of the children belong to which wife. (See notes on Sarah Pruitt.)

I have not attempted to enter this line very far back in this database because of the numerous conflicts. However, it is said that the early line establishes a link to the Mayflower descendants, and other researchers may wish to take a closer look at the various published sources on this family. It should be noted that over a dozen applications to Mayflower Society have been rejected on this line.

Roster of Texas Daughters of American Revolution Ancestors, 1982:

BOYDSTON, David, born May 2, 1726 in Boston, Massachusetts; died August 3, 1811 at Paisley, Pennsylvania. Married Mehitable Snow about 1745. She was born April 22, 1731 in Harwick, Massachusetts and died in Harwick on February 23, 1811.

Service: Private, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Militia
Children:
      1. James, born September 23, 1747, married Mary Prewett
      2. William, born 1753
      3. Thomas
      4. Benjamin
      5. David, married Esther Ann Burrius.
      6. George or Pressley

Members: Frances Aileen Miller, National Number 417125

Notes for MEHITABLE SNOW:
LDS Ancestral Files dated 28 Nov 1997 sent to me by Richard Jennings of Austin, Texas show that David Boydstun/Boylston/Boyleston married Mahala Snow b. abt 1714 in Somerset, MD, died abt 1751 Barren County, KY. Her parents, according to this record, are John Snow (b abt 1684) and Elizabeth Hudson (b. 1671).

World Family Tree Vol. 13, Pedigree #3039 states that David married Mehitable Snow 1 Jun 1746 in Taunton, MA, daughter of Deacon Snow and Elizabeth Payne.

The letter of Benjamin Franklin Boydstun of Rockwall, Texas, dated 10 Jan 1869 (published in part in Gladys Domonoske's book on the family, p. 12) states that David's first wife was Mahala Snow. She also cites the Bible record of Samuel Boydstun of Perry County, Alabama, which names the wife Mahala Snow.

Cindy Owens (cindyo@va.prestige.net) sends this extract taken from town records and published in New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 102, page 201:
      Mehitable Snow, daughter of Jabez, married 8/23/1753 to Samuel Hopkins.
            He was born 30 Aug 1724, died bef 29 Jun 1813
      Mehitable married 2ndly 1766 to Reuben Ryder,
      Mehitable married 3rdly 1775 to Deacon Paul Crowell.
This pretty much rules out this Mehitable Snow being our ancestress.

Following is an excellent discussion on the Mayflower lineage by Lynette Kurcina, edited for space reasons:

MAHALA/MEHALA SNOW
BORN ABOUT 1714-18; DIED ABOUT 1750-52

Our family history has been passed down verbally. We can verify some of it with written records. Other parts we have tried to figure out from what was said. I am looking primarily at the verbal account of our history. I am giving you my thoughts on our lineage based on what has been said in books and to me by my anscestors. In that tradition I will tell you what I remember and how I see our lineage.

When I started researching the Boydston tree there was no doubt in my mind, the Boydston tree would be difficult and complicated. There have been moments of great joy and great sorrow. The joy was seeing the truth, the sorrow was how difficult it has been for so many people to preserve it. Some people have the opinion that a record must be found to prove a lineage. That doesn't make sense to me having studied sociology. I would like to preserve our history exactly as it was, to pursue the truth, and to preserve our traditions. The way I've approached my research is to assume everything I was told about our lineage was true and I found it to be so.

My grandmother's father Charley Boaz Burris Boydston, who died in 1909 from a falling tree, told my grandmother stories that were passed down to me. I remember stories about Stephen and Constance Hopkins and David Boydston Jr. I remember the stories about Constance coming on the Mayflower, Stephen Hopkins friendship with Myles Standish and stories about David and George Boydston fighting the American Revolution. The stories and traditions that were passed down to me are the corner stone of my happiness today. Grandmother said to me on many occasions that we were the descendants of Constance Hopkins who came on the Mayflower. My favorite stories were of the Mayflower.

Late in my grandmothers life she decided to join the Mayflower Society in Nebraska. When she found out that our lineage was innaccurate she agonized over it. She and her sisters took many trips to Pennsylvania where she looked for our early roots. I can clearly say to you that my grandmother made the decision to pass down the Mayflower lineage after much thought. She told me she believed what her father had told her. My mother also stated the information that we are descendants of Stephen and Constance Hopkins was passed down to her and she believed it to be true. Grandma said to me and said in the letters "Surely someday we'll be able to prove this." When I received her research it was heart warming to remember her honesty and openness through her correspondence with other relatives.

Although I don't have the record in hand, based on what I've read, there are family records stating Mehala Snow married David Boydston/Boylston. Gustine Weaver in her book The Boydston Family, cited two family records and her mothers records, and Gladys Domonske in her book The Boydston-Boydstun Family cited Benjamin Franklin Boydstun records all stating that David Boydston/Boylston married Mahala/Mehala Snow.

In the book The Boydstun Family by Gustine Courson Weaver published in 1926, Mrs. Weaver states, "I will always feel deeply indebted to those cousins- Mrs. Eva Boydstun Johnstone, and her sister, Mrs. Susan Boydstun Cody- both wives of Presbyterian ministers, (now of Florida)-for, in their records, I found the clue that was of the greatest assistance of any I had thus far discovered. Their records stated that the wife of David Boydstone was "Mehala Snow." I recalled this name a few years ago, discovered it was also among my mother's data as a casual bit of recorded data."

The assumption that Mahala was the daughter of Jabez and Elizabeth Snow has been proven inaccurate. The book The Boydstun Family by Gustine Courson Weaver was put together by a group of women who were related. It's difficult to believe that they would research in Boston unless they had a reason. In Glady's book The Boydston/Boydstun Family on page 33, Mrs. Domonoske states that "For some reason, Mrs. Cody assumed that David Boydstun and wife moved from Massachusetts and settled near Paisley, Greenc Co. PA prior to 23 Sept. 1747. She claims that James Boydston (Boidston), their son was born there on that date, and David Boydstun died there 3 August. 1811." I thought it interesting that she said "they came from Boston to Paisley, Greene Co. PA". It explains why the women went to Boston to research. I haven't found Paisley, Greene Co. I know that David Jr settled in Green Co. PA. as an adult. It is possible that there was a Paisley, PA at the time David and Mehala were married. As you'll see later in the maps, PA included the area that is now Delaware. My grandmother also remembered our early roots to be PA.

Gladys Domonskes book The Boydston/Boydstun Family talks about Mrs. Weaver's name change from Mehala to Mehitable. Whether our ancestors name was Mehala or Mehitable hasn't really been resolved. Since the records posted say Mehala I'll use that name Mehala.

We can estimate when Mehala was born and it would probably be around 1714. We can guess that Mehala and David were married before James was born in 1736.

In an informal letter my grandmother received from Mrs. H. Clark, Secretary of the Green County Historical Society, and Mrs. John Berryman a descendant (Thornton Boydston, Boaz and Mary Wiley Boydston's son), they place David and Mehitable Snow together in 1731. The letter also states that David Jr. was the great-great-grandson of Constance Hopkins.

It's clear when researching our family tree that Mrs. Weaver assigned the wrong parents to Mehala/Mehitable Snow. When doing a current time line, Mehala was probably born around 1714. Mrs. Weaver assigned a birth date of 1731. We know now that 1731-36 was the approximate date that Mehala and David Boydstone were married based on the birth or their first son James. Besides the time line and location, the will of Jabez and Elizabeth Snow disproves this parentage. Mrs. Weaver did her research in the early 1900's and the book was published in 1926.

In the book written by Glady's Boydstun Domonoske, The Boydstun-Boydston Family, Mrs. Domonoske suggested the possibility that Mehala Snow might be the daughter of Elizabeth Hudson and John Snow. I would like to present some records that shed doubt and I think disprove this possibility, at the end of this report.

If Mehala Snow's parents weren't Jabez and Elizabeth Snow or John and Elizabeth Hudson Snow who were her parents? I would like to suggest the possiblity that Mahala Snow's parents were Elisha or Isaac Snow. Although this possiblity is something that hasn't been proved through records, I am presenting it as a possiblity. I think it was more likely to be Elisha in his first marriage. There also is an assumption on the web that Elisha's first marriage was to Elizabeth Bedwell.

If anyone decides to write the Boydston History I hope they include the pain the Mayflower Society has caused our family. I will be happy to share my grandmothers letters. When the Mayflower Society put the line that Mrs. Weaver submitted "in question" and requested that we prove our lineage it caused a tremendous upset for all that were aware of it. We were from an area where many records were either not kept or destroyed. Most of the Mayflower Society lineages stayed in Boston where they kept fairly good records. It was and still is like putting a square in a round peg to prove our lineage with records.

If anyone has doubts about our lineage, I think a DNA test with a Hopkins descendant might help prove it. My understanding of DNA is we would have to have some common DNA. I haven't looked into it. It is possible that we aquired our traditions and stories through a close association with another Hopkins. My mother and my grandmother believed and I believe, that the traditions are deeply rooted in our family. The only other option we were able to see, other then being a descendent is a close association with a descendant of Constance Hopkins or possibly an adoption by one of them. I can prove with records that we were in close proximatey to the Snow line in the early PA now Delaware area.

I read Mayflower Family Volume 5 to see if I could find a clue to possible parents for Mahala Snow. After reading volume 5,The Stephen Hopkins Family, in the book The Mayflower Family , published in 1997, I found most children accounted for that stayed in the Massachusetts area.
Taking a trip back in time to Constance and Nicholas Hopkins, the records I found on numerous web pages and in the above book show that Constance and Nicholas Snow had the following children :

Husband: Nicholas Snow

Born: 25 JAN 1599/00 at: Saint Leonard's ,Shorwditch, London, England 1
Married: 1 JUN 1627 at: Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA 1
Died: 15 NOV 1676 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 2
father: Nicholas Snow
Mother: Elizabeth Rowlles
Other Spouses:

Wife: Constance Hopkins

Born: BEF. 11 MAY 1606 at: Shorwditch, London, England 3
Died: 15 NOV 1676 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 4
Father:Stephen Hopkins
Mother: Mary
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Name: Mark Snow
Born: 9 MAY 1628 at: Plymouth, Plymouth, MA 5
Married: 18 JAN 1653/54 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 6
Died: 9 JAN 1694/95 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 2
Spouses: Anna Cooke Jane Prence

Name: Mary Snow
Born: ABT. 1630 at: Plymouth , Plymouth, MA 7
Married: JUL 1650 at: Of Eastham, Barnstable, MA 1
Died: 28 APR 1704 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 7
Spouses: Thomas Paine

Name: Sarah Snow
Born: ABT. 1632 at: Plymouth , Plymouth, MA 7
Married: 25 JAN 1654/55 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 1
Died: AFT. 8 MAR 1696/97at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 7
Spouses: William Walker

Name: Joseph Snow
Born: 24 NOV 1634 at: Plymouth , Plymouth, MA 7
Married: 1670 at:
Died: 3 JAN 1722/23 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 7
Spouses: Mary

Name: Stephen Snow
Born: ABT. 1636 at: Plymouth , Plymouth, MA 7
Married: 28 OCT 1663 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 1
Died: 17 DEC 1705 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 7
Spouses: Susanna Deane Mary Cottle

Name: John Snow
Born: ABT. 1638 at: Plymouth , Plymouth, MA 7
Married: 19 SEP 1667 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 1
Died: BEF. 4 APR 1692 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 7
Spouses: Mary Smalley

Name: Elizabeth Snow
Born: ABT. 1640 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 7
Married: 13 DEC 1665 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 1
Died: 16 JUN 1678 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 7
Spouses: Thomas Rogers

Name: Jabez Snow
Born: ABT. 1642 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 7
Married: 6 SEP 1670 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 8
Died: 27 DEC 1690 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 7
Spouses: Elizabeth Smith

Name: Ruth Snow
Born: ABT. 1644 at: Plymouth , Plymouth, MA 7
Married: 10 DEC 1666 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 8
Died: 27 JAN 1716/17 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 7
Spouses: John Cole

Eventually I began to consider the following :

Name: John Snow
Born: ABT. 1638 at: Plymouth , Plymouth, MA 7
Married: 19 SEP 1667 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 1
Died: BEF. 4 APR 1692 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 7
Spouses: Mary Smalley

In considering a possible Mayflower connection , I began looking by location and the time line that past researcher were able to determine. I found that the children of John Snow and Mary Smalley Snow, Isaac and Elisha, match our time line and our location. Also they matched the stories that were passed down to me. "We come from pioneer stock", a favorite saying of my mother.

Name: Isaac Snow
Born: 10 AUG 1683 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 3
Married: at:
Died: BET. 1745 - 1748 at: Duck Creek, Kent, de 2
Spouses: Alice

Name: Elisha Snow
Born: 10 JAN 1686/87 at: Eastham, Barnstable, MA 3
Married: at:
Died: BET. 1744 - 1752 at: Duck Creek, Kent, DE 2
Spouses: Elizabeth Bedwell

John Snow Sr. took the freeman's oath at Eastham, Massachusetts June 5, 1684. He is believed to have resided in Eastham most of his life except for a short period in Piscataway NJ. Mary Smalley's parents, John and Ann Walden, lived in NJ. John Snow died in 1692. Isaac would have been about nine and Elisha about five years old. Mary Smalley remarried Ephraim Doanne shortly after and had six more children. All of her children from her second marriage are recorded as staying in Eastham. Mary Smalley Snow was a twin. (Grandma and my mother told me to look for twins when researching the Boydston Mayflower lineage. Grandma underlined reference to twins in two books that I have of hers. I remember they considered twins or the propensity to have twins a clue in our lineage.)

Isaac Snow their son, is on the list of proprietors in 1707 and a selectman in 1709. It is noted that Isaac and Elisha Snow, sons of John went to Duck Creek in 1711.

As shown in the map below, Delaware was considered Pennsylvania until 1776.William Penn annexed land south of Pennsylvania on the western side of the river and along the Delaware Bay. The owner, the duke of York, conveyed the land to Penn in August 1682, known today as New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, Delaware. The area had been organized long before Penn annexed it to Pennsylvania. From the web site www.state.de.us/facts.htm the following information was found:

As a result of Penn's petition to the Crown for the land on the west side of the Delaware River and Bay below his province, the Duke of York in March 1682 conveyed, by deeds and leases now exhibited by the Delaware State Archives in the Hall of Records at Dover, the land included in the Counties of New Castle, St. Jones, and Deale. On October 27 of the same year, William Penn landed in America first at New Castle and there took possession from the Duke of York's agents as Proprietor of the lower Counties. On this occasion, the colonists subscribed an oath of allegiance to the new proprietor, and the first general assembly was held in the colony. The following year the three Lower Counties were annexed to the Province of Pennsylvania as territories with full privileges under Penn's famous "Frame of Government." Also in this year, the counties of St. Jones and Deale were renamed Kent and Sussex Counties respectively. After 1682, a long dispute ensued between William Penn and Lord Baltimore of the Province of Maryland as to the exact dominion controlled by Penn on the lower Delaware. The dispute continued between the heirs of Baltimore and Penn until almost the end of the colonial period. In 1776 at the time of the Declaration of Independence, Delaware not only declared itself free from the British Empire, but also established a state government entirely separate from Pennsylvania. In 1776 the area became the state of Delaware.

The following information can be found in several sources:

"A petition of 27 June 1711 from residents of Monomoit <Chatham> noted that 23 "ratable men" and their families had gone from there to "a place named Duck Creek" in Pennsylvania. This area is Kent County Delaware. Both Isaac and Elisha Snow went."

In the NEHG Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society), Elisha and Isaac bought land in 1712/1713 near Duck Creek PA. The Massachusetts State Archives have the Petition of Monomoit for incorporation (1711). Also cited is Scharf, History of Delaware, volume 2, page 1085.

John Snow Sr.'s son John is said to have moved to the PA area in 1722. Mayflower accounts show he had children and they are believed to have stayed in Massachusetts. His daughter Mary became Mary Nye. Marriages of his children are recorded in Massachusetts. It's believed he might have had children in PA, as a son David is mentioned in his will. I don't think John Snow is Mehala's parent because of the time line.

On the web and in the books, there are incomplete accounts of Isaac and Elisha Snow. Some of the following information that I found contains a probably by the date. Isaac married Martha ____ and had six children. Recorded are John and William. Elisha Snow is recorded as being married twice. One marriage, some Web sites record, as Elizabeth Bedwell (assumption). The second marriage was to Elizabeth Redmond. Only Elisha's sons are recorded in his will. No birth records have been found.

The sons were:

Elisha b abt.1713
James b abt.1715
Joshua b abt.1717
Jesse b abt.1719
Silas b abt.1738
John b abt.1740
Phebe was mentioned in her brother John's will.

Gladys Domonoske's research lists the know children of the marriage of David Boydston/Boylston and Mahala Snow as:

James b 1738 m. Mary Prewitt
David Jr. b 1740 m. Hester (Esther) Ann Burris/Burroughs
Nancy b abt.1745 m. Joshua Yates
George b abt. 1746 m Unisay(Eunice)Burris/Burroughs
Jesse
William b 1753 son of Sarah Pruitt (David 2nd marriage) m Eliz. Christian

Gladys also notes other possible daughters Mahulda, Melinda, Sabra, Cynthia, Tabitha.

The recorded names of their children's children, that I found on web sites and in Gladys book are:

Parents: Joshua Yates and Nancy Boydston

Children:
William
Benjamin
Mahala/Mehitable
Nancy
Johanna
Joshua Jr.
Elijah

Parents: David Jr Boydston and Hester Ann Burris/Burroughs

Children:
Boaz Burris b 1791 m Mary Willey
Amelia m Jerimiah Glasgo

Other children noted by Gladys were; David b 1789, Mary, and Nellie

Parents: George Boydston and Unisay(Eunice) Burris/Burrows/Burroughs:

Children:
John
Elizabeth
William
George N.
Mary
Benjamin
David
Thomas

Parents: James 1 Tabitha Smith and 2 Mary Prewitt:

Children:
Mahulda
James Jr.
Samuel
William
John
Sarah
Thomas
Tabitha
Mehitable/ Mahala Nancy
Benjamin
Jesse

I haven't researched all lines and for more information there are excellent Boydston Web sites to look at that have more detail.

When I started researching the early PA now Delaware area I found alot of records Looking at David Boydston Jr.'s wife Hester Burris/Burrow/Burroughs family we find that the Burris/Burrow/Burroughs family built a Mill on Duck Creek in Duck Creek, Delaware.

Also David Jr. son Boaz married Mary Wiley and her family records go back to Sussex, Delaware.

Grandma told me many stories that she said her father had told her when she was young. I would think how fortunate we are to not have the hardships of the early settlers. She told me "How hard the women worked". Grandma told me that "many men wanted to marry Constance, there was even a duel for her hand in marriage".(That was my favorite story by the way). I have read that some researchers now think that Constance's age when she came on the Mayflower might have been older then ten. I thought you'd find interesting, one account, published in 1875:

The first duel of New England is said to be that between Edward Doty and Edward Leister, servants of Steven Hopkins. They fought with sword and dagger and both were wounded. Having no statute against the offense, the Pilgrims met in council to determine the punishment. It was, according to observers, exemplary. The parties were ordered to be tied together, hand and foot, and to remain twenty-four hours without food or drink. The intercession of their master and their own entreaties procured their release before the sentence was carried out.

From what I gather the Mayflower Society requires a record to join their organization. I haven't been working with their organization but perhaps someone else might want to do that. If you choose to look into that you should probably check what their requirements are.

My goal hasn't been to prove our lineage for an organization. My goal has always been to share my thoughts and research with the Boydston families and to help preserve our traditions.

I am copyrighting this so I have some control over where my opinions go.

Copyright@2000 Lynette Kurcina
Copying is permitted for non-commercial use. Any other use, including electronic reproduction or distribution, requires written permission of the author.

Notes for SARAH PRUITT:
According to records found by Mrs. Gladys Domonoske in Powell Valley, Tennessee, the charter petition for the Davis Creek Baptist Church there dated 1 Oct 1797 has the name of Sarah Boydstun. Charter members, according to Mrs. Domonoske, give clues for the children of David and Sarah, including the possibility of Catherine Boydstun and Priscilla Box. Other sons may have been John, Robert, and Thomas Boydstun in the 1810 census records of Logan County, Kentucky.

There was also a land grant of 640 acres granted to Jesse Boydston in 1783 in Davidson County, Tennessee. This Jesse was a revolutionary soldier of Virginia, serving in the 1st Virginia State Regiment.

Children attributed to Sarah Pruitt by some researchers are:

William b. 24 Mar 1853
Jesse, said to be a Revolutionary Patriot of Montgomery Co, VA
Lesina
Priscilla, who md. John Box
Catherine b. 1775 who married James Stewart Warren.

Shirley Nobles Erickson (shirley@htcomp.net) lists only William as a child of Sarah Pruitt.

Children of DAVID BOYDSTON and MEHITABLE SNOW are:

8.	i.	GEORGE⁵ BOYDSTON, b. 1746, date from DAR SEE NOTES (Talbot Co, MD?); d. 18 Nov 1825, Wooster, Wayne Co, Ohio.\\\\
9.	ii.	DAVID BOYDSTUN, JR., b. Unknown, 1740? (See notes); Eastern Shore of MD (Piney Ridge, Dorchester Co?); d. 02 Feb 1826, Green Co, PA.
	iii.	SABRA BOYDSTUN, b. Unknown, Piney Ridge, Dorchester Co, MD.
	iv.	MALINDA BOYDSTUN, b. Unknown, Piney Ridge, Dorchester Co, MD.
10.	v.	NANCY BOYDSTUN, b. 30 Jun 1745, Piney Ridge, Dorchester Co, MD; d. 29 May 1824, Montgomery Co, KY.
	vi.	MAHULDA BOYDSTUN, b. Unknown.
	vii.	CYNTHIA BOYDSTUN, b. Unknown.

Notes for CYNTHIA BOYDSTUN:
World Family Tree Vol. 13, pedigree #344 shows Cynthia Boylstun married to James Stewart Warren. Note that this same pedigree shows her half-sister, Cynthia also married to James Stewart Warren.

David Smith shows her married to William Adams, and sister Malinda married to James Warren.

11.	viii.	JAMES BOYDSTUN, SR., b. 23 Sep 1747, Green Co, PA SEE NOTES; d. 06 Feb 1814, Russellville, Logan Co, KY.\\\\\\
12.	ix.	WILLIAM BOYDSTON I, b. 24 Mar 1753, Frederick Co, MD; d. Dec 1838, Buchanan Co or Clay Co, MO.
	x.	BENJAMIN BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1755; d. Unknown.
	xi.	THOMAS BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1757; d. Unknown.
13.	xii.	CATHERINE BOYDSTON, b. Unknown, Virginia (1775?); d. See Notes.
	xiii.	JESSE BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1760, Frederick Co, MD; d. 1780, Mansco Lick, VA.

Notes for JESSE BOYDSTUN:
Jesse is said to be a Revolutionary patriot from Montgomery County, Virginia.

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