Boynton (surname)

Boynton is a surname derived from the village and civil parish of Boynton, East Riding of Yorkshire.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Benny Boynton (1898–1963), early National Football League player and member of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Boynton baronets
• Charles Lawrence Boynton (1864–1943), American botanist
• Sir Engleram Boynton (c. 1190–1250),[2] served in the First Barons' War (Magna Charta).[3] His descendants include Sir Matthew Boynton, 1st Baronet (see Boynton baronets above).
• Florence Treadwell Boynton (1876-1962), American dance educator and lecturer
• Frank Ellis Boynton (1859–1942), self-taught American botanist, possibly the brother of Charles Boynton
• Graham Boynton, British-Zimbabwean journalist, father of Lucy Boynton (see below)
• 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
• Joseph Boynton (1644–1730), a captain of 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.
• 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
• 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.
• Susan Brownlow Boynton (1837–1913), American folk heroine
• William Boynton (astronomer), head of The University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
• William Boynton (1641– 1689), English Member of Parliament.