Richard was the son of Nathaniel and Mary (Stewart) Boynton of Rowley, Mass. He married Susannah Williams c1775.
Richard was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a substitute for Joseph Smith of New Hampton. Richard served under Captain Stephen Peabody at Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
With his brother David, Richard arrived in Meredith about 1795. He brought fifteen acres of the minister's lot from Simon Finley Williams on the Province Road. The Proprietors held their meetings in Meredith in 1796, 1797 and 1798 at the home of Richard Boynton, innkeeper. In 1799 and 1800 the Proprietors' meetings were held at his house, but he is no longer called innkeeper, but Esq. is added to his name.
It is certain that he has kept, at one time, the tavern, that was afterwards Davenports built by George Leighton. When Richard Boynton bought the property in 1793 he turned it into a tavern and it remained a tavern for the next sixty years although not under the ownership of Richard and Susannah (Williams) Boynton.
Richard removed to Meredith about 1795 and was the leading merchant there. He had a small place, the land a part of the Minister's lot so called, about opposite the old Pound.
His pension record is among the Revolutionary pensioners of Meredith and states that he went as a substitute for Joseph Smith of New Hampton, who was mustered a second time.
Tradition tells us that he died of spotted fever.
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Children of Richard and Susannah were Sally who married Nathan Davis of Meredith, John who married Sally Durgan Page and Stephen. Stephen lived on the right side of the lane gong into the County Farm with his daughter Mary.
Richard was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a substitute for Joseph Smith of New Hampton. Richard served under Captain Stephen Peabody at Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
With his brother David, Richard arrived in Meredith about 1795. He brought fifteen acres of the minister's lot from Simon Finley Williams on the Province Road. The Proprietors held their meetings in Meredith in 1796, 1797 and 1798 at the home of Richard Boynton, innkeeper. In 1799 and 1800 the Proprietors' meetings were held at his house, but he is no longer called innkeeper, but Esq. is added to his name.
It is certain that he has kept, at one time, the tavern, that was afterwards Davenports built by George Leighton. When Richard Boynton bought the property in 1793 he turned it into a tavern and it remained a tavern for the next sixty years although not under the ownership of Richard and Susannah (Williams) Boynton.
Richard removed to Meredith about 1795 and was the leading merchant there. He had a small place, the land a part of the Minister's lot so called, about opposite the old Pound.
His pension record is among the Revolutionary pensioners of Meredith and states that he went as a substitute for Joseph Smith of New Hampton, who was mustered a second time.
Tradition tells us that he died of spotted fever.
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Children of Richard and Susannah were Sally who married Nathan Davis of Meredith, John who married Sally Durgan Page and Stephen. Stephen lived on the right side of the lane gong into the County Farm with his daughter Mary.
Richard was the son of Nathaniel and Mary (Stewart) Boynton of Rowley, Mass. He married Susannah Williams c1775.
Richard was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a substitute for Joseph Smith of New Hampton. Richard served under Captain Stephen Peabody at Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
With his brother David, Richard arrived in Meredith about 1795. He brought fifteen acres of the minister's lot from Simon Finley Williams on the Province Road. The Proprietors held their meetings in Meredith in 1796, 1797 and 1798 at the home of Richard Boynton, innkeeper. In 1799 and 1800 the Proprietors' meetings were held at his house, but he is no longer called innkeeper, but Esq. is added to his name.
It is certain that he has kept, at one time, the tavern, that was afterwards Davenports built by George Leighton. When Richard Boynton bought the property in 1793 he turned it into a tavern and it remained a tavern for the next sixty years although not under the ownership of Richard and Susannah (Williams) Boynton.
Richard removed to Meredith about 1795 and was the leading merchant there. He had a small place, the land a part of the Minister's lot so called, about opposite the old Pound.
His pension record is among the Revolutionary pensioners of Meredith and states that he went as a substitute for Joseph Smith of New Hampton, who was mustered a second time.
Tradition tells us that he died of spotted fever.
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Children of Richard and Susannah were Sally who married Nathan Davis of Meredith, John who married Sally Durgan Page and Stephen. Stephen lived on the right side of the lane gong into the County Farm with his daughter Mary.
Richard was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a substitute for Joseph Smith of New Hampton. Richard served under Captain Stephen Peabody at Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
With his brother David, Richard arrived in Meredith about 1795. He brought fifteen acres of the minister's lot from Simon Finley Williams on the Province Road. The Proprietors held their meetings in Meredith in 1796, 1797 and 1798 at the home of Richard Boynton, innkeeper. In 1799 and 1800 the Proprietors' meetings were held at his house, but he is no longer called innkeeper, but Esq. is added to his name.
It is certain that he has kept, at one time, the tavern, that was afterwards Davenports built by George Leighton. When Richard Boynton bought the property in 1793 he turned it into a tavern and it remained a tavern for the next sixty years although not under the ownership of Richard and Susannah (Williams) Boynton.
Richard removed to Meredith about 1795 and was the leading merchant there. He had a small place, the land a part of the Minister's lot so called, about opposite the old Pound.
His pension record is among the Revolutionary pensioners of Meredith and states that he went as a substitute for Joseph Smith of New Hampton, who was mustered a second time.
Tradition tells us that he died of spotted fever.
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Children of Richard and Susannah were Sally who married Nathan Davis of Meredith, John who married Sally Durgan Page and Stephen. Stephen lived on the right side of the lane gong into the County Farm with his daughter Mary.
Inscription
Richard D. Boynton | 3 N.H. Regt. | Cont'l Line
Gravesite Details
At one time Richard probably had a stone that resembled his wife's.
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