Polly Boynton
(circa February 1774 - 10 March 1808)
3 gen. navigation
5th great-grandmother of Darrell Allen Martin.

Polly was born circa February 1774.1,2 She was the daughter of Nathaniel Boynton. She married Edmund Tarbell in Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, in March 1796.3 Polly was probably age 16 and under 26 in Edmund Tarbell's household in the 1800 Census taken in Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont.4 Polly died on 10 March 1808 in Mt. Holly.5 She was buried in the Old Mechanicsville Cemetery in Mt. Holly.6

     Appears on these charts:
          10-generation pedigree for Darrell Allen Martin

     Children of Polly Boynton and Edmund Tarbell:

Polly Tarbell +   (26 Jul 1796 - 1875)
Dorcas Tarbell   (2 May 1798 - )
Laura Tarbell   (20 Jan 1800 - )
Calvin Tarbell   (16 Mar 1802 - 1870)
Sally Tarbell   (22 Feb 1804 - )
Luther Tarbell +   (11 Apr 1806 - 23 Aug 1860)

Cited documentation:

1. [S101] Margaret R. Jenks, Wallingford and Mount Holly Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991, pg. 92, "TARBLE, Polly, wife of Edmund, d. March 10, 1808 in her 35th y. [DAR: Polly Boynton, dau. of Nathaniel ...]" [sic brackets]; this calculates to 11 March 1773 to 10 March 1774 inclusive, which cannot be reconciled to the 1800 census.
2. [S231] Tarble, Edmund, 1800 Census Mt. Holly, Vt., age 16 to less than 26 on 4 Aug 1800; the implied range of her birth dates would be 5 Aug 1774 to 4 Aug 1784, which cannot be reconciled to the gravestone.
3. [S101] Margaret R. Jenks, Wallingford and Mount Holly Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991, pg. 92, "TARBLE, Polly, wife of Edmund" buried next to Edmund;. "[DAR: Polly Boynton, dau. of Nathaniel, m. in Cavendish by her uncle, Dr. Asa Fletcher.]" [sic brackets]
4. [S231] Tarble, Edmund, 1800 Census Mt. Holly, Vt., age 26 to 44.
5. [S101] Margaret R. Jenks, Wallingford and Mount Holly Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991, pg. 92, "TARBLE, Polly, wife of Edmund, d. March 10, 1808."
6. [S101] Margaret R. Jenks, Wallingford and Mount Holly Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991, pg. 92, "TARBLE, Polly, wife of Edmund."

The author strongly cautions the reader about making any assumption concerning the existence of uncited documentation (whether the assumption is that it does exist -- or that it does not).

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