Made his will in 1534 & died the same year.
Roger Boynton was also of Wintringham & resided at Knapton in that parish. (? - 1558) --- Married Jenet Watson. Four sons: James, Richard, William, Edmund. One daughter: Alice.
He was also of Knapton, in Wintringham. He died in 1615, having made his will on the second day of July in the same year. Left second wife Margaret as widow. Four sons: Francis who died at Knapton in 1638, Daniel of East Heslerton, John, William. Two daughters: Anne and Margaret.
He was the youngest son & was executor of his father's will and residuary legatee. He continued to reside at Knapton, where his sons William and John were born. These two brothers, in the year 1637, joined the expedition which was fitted out under the auspices of Sir Matthew Boynton and others who had made extensive preparations for a settlement in New England. Sir Matthew remained behind and joined the fortunes of Oliver Cromwell. The remaineder of the party embarked at Hull in the autumn of 1638, and arrived at Boston, in New England, the same year. Many of the families were wealthy, and with the means brought with them purchased a tract of land situated between the towns of Newbury and Ipswich, which they took possession of in April 1639, and called it Rowley in honor of their minister, Mr. Ezekiel Rogers, who had been sometime preacher at the village of that name in Yorkshire.
THE BOYNTON FAMILY by John Farnham and Caroline Harriman Boynton, 1897