Boynton (surname)

Boynton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Benny Boynton (1898-1963), early National Football League player and member of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Charles Lawrence Boynton (1864-1943), American botanist
• Sir Engleram Boynton (c. 1190-1250),^[1] served in the First Barons' War (Magna Charta).^[2] His descendants include Sir Matthew Boynton, 1st Baronet .
• Frank Ellis Boynton (1859-1942), self-taught American botanist, possibly the brother of Charles Boynton
• Henry V. Boynton (1835-1905), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, eventually promoted to brigadier general
• Jack Boynton (1928–2010), American Contemporary Surrealist artist
• James S. Boynton (1833-1902), American politician and jurist
• John F. Boynton (1811–1890), an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an American geologist and inventor
• Lucy Boynton (born 1994), English actress
• Nick Boynton (born 1979), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Peter Boynton (born 1957), Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
• Ruth Boynton (1896 – 1977) was a physician, researcher, and administrator
• Sandra Boynton (born 1953), children's author and illustrator
• Thomas Jefferson Boynton (1838–1871), American lawyer, journalist and judge
• Captain Joseph Boynton (1644-1730), served as an officer in the colonial American army in Queen Anne's War . He was the son of John Boynton who arrived in America on the John of London (ship) and was an original settler of Rowley, MA.
• Solomon Boynton (1754-1830), great grandson of Captain Joseph Boynton, served in the American army in the Battle of Chelsea Creek and the Battle of White Plains during the American Revolutionary War.
• Silas W. Boynton (1848-1907), great grandson of Solomon Boynton, served in Company K of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the Union Army in the US Civil War.

References

1. "The visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564". archive.org. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
2. Holt, J.C. (1992). Northerners : Study in the Reign of King John (New ed.). Oxford: Oxf. U.P. p. 38. ISBN 0-19-820309-8.